Create 1.1.3

In an online learning environment, the aesthetics of a site can be paramount to the actual instruction.  Most students want to look at engaging content, but are wary of being overwhelmed.  Font and color choice can play a huge role in how effective and engaging a site is.  Too much color and students can be distracted and overly excited, too little color and students will be bored.  In my own teaching practice, and during synchronous sessions I do my best to "color coordinate" as I teach.  So if I am working a problem, the problem might be written in black, while the solving process (subtracting 2 from both sides) is written in red so students can clearly see what is changing each time.

Here are some sites that I find to be visually pleasing, not overly distracting and helpful for students:
http://patrickjmt.com/
https://www.khanacademy.org/
https://www.purplemath.com/
http://www.regentsprep.org/regents/math/algebra/math-ALGEBRA.htm
http://www.gavirtuallearning.org/Resources/SharedLandingPage.aspx

Here are some sites I find to be too distracting, to have a very poor layout or to have too many advertisements:

http://www.coolmath.com/
www.sosmath.com/algebra/fraction/frac1/frac1.html
http://www.mathplanet.com/education/algebra-1/exploring-real-numbers/integers-and-rational-numbers
http://www.mathgoodies.com/lessons/vol7/order_operations.html
http://math2.org/

*This post is the collaborative work between Alice Johnson, Heather McCormick and Cameron Wood