Credits and Awards


I would like to thank the following people and organizations for their nice comments and awards that they have given. Please take the time to visit some of these sites.

4 August 2000

Education Planet
"Greetings!! This message is being sent to you because your site has just been selected for addition to the Education Planet web site database and directory of quality education sites. Congratulations!"
9 June 2000

MidLink Magazine
"Congratulations! Your web project has been selected for the MidLink Magazine Showcase 2000. Your name and school are listed in the Distinguished Teacher Editor. Approximately 5,000 - 10,000 visitors come each month to see the projects of exemplary educators like you. Thank you for allowing us to share your work with our global audience."
October 1998

Skewl Sites
"The Best of Educational Web Sites. We are teachers who are dedicated to providing quality education in our classrooms. We believe that the Internet is a valuable tool that can provide teachers with quality information. We also understand that finding quality sites can be time consuming. Through our research, we will provide quality education sites in our monthly Skewl Sites newsletter. "
3 August 1998

Learning in Motion Top 10
"Congratulations! Your site,"Graphing Linear Equations," is featured in the August issue of the "Top 10 Educational Sites on the World-Wide Web." Learning in Motion publishes the Monthly Top 10 List on our Web site for educators and students who are interested in integrating the Internet with their schoolwork."
4 June 1998

The Password
"Greetings from The Password,a new service that directs users to the very best content of the Web. Our editors have selected your site for its great content and have linked to it in our Mathematics magazine. Password Internet Publishing, Inc."
19 April 1998

Jayde Online Personal Best
"...your site is Awesome!! Jayde is one of the most selective award sites on the Web and chooses only the very best of the thousands of sites submitted weekly. We are pleased to offer you our Personal Best Award. We review deserving sites on the basis of design, style and content. Your Algebra Linear Equations site received a high rating from our reviewers in all 3 areas. Congratulations on an outstanding site and an informative web resource."
9 April 1998

Holt, Rinehart and Winston (HRW)
"Holt, Rinehart and Winston (HRW) is a publisher of educational materials for the secondary school market. We have created a website entitled Homework Hotline to assist students and teachers in planning and succeeding in their work at secondary schools. We request permission to include your site named Algebra 1: Graphing Linear Equations as a hyperlink from the HRW Site..."
17 March 1998

Surfing the Net with Kids 5 star site
"Congratulations! Your site (Algebra 1: Graphing Linear Equation) has been rated 'Spectacular!' and awarded 5 stars in my 3/24/98 syndicated newspaper column "Surfing the Net with Kids". My column appears in many papers nationally including San Diego Union-Tribune, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Indianapolis Star News,Contra Costa Times and Winston Salem Journal. "
17 March 1998

Top Pick Of The Month
"Wow! what a great math site. I have posted it and a mini review in our Top Picks section in The Third Millennium Classroom. Congrats on a great acccomplishment.... and thanks for sending this our way. I'm passing it on to my daughter's middle school math teacher."
12 March 1998

SelectSurf
"Congratulations Graphing Linear Equations! SelectSurf which features only the best sites on the internet has selected your site for inclusion in our guide. This recognition is given only to top sites meeting SelectSurf's criteria for content, usefulness, presentation, ease of use, and originality. Only the very best sites carry the distinction of being included in SelectSurf. Your site is now eligible for consideration as a featured site. Again, our congratulations on this outstanding achievement."
7 March 1998

School Page UK Hot Site
"We are an international group of teachers and administrators with offices in America and England. We distribute educational information and products. We assist Parents, Teachers, Department Heads, Principals, Media Specialists and Commercial Companies with evaluations and recommendations. We will be pleased to feature this as a Hot site."
7 March 1998

Webmaster Award
"Congratulations! You have been chosen as part of a select few to have won the prestigous Webmaster Award. After review of your website, our staff of judges has found your website to be in the TOP 2% of all the websites we've reviewed. Of the thousands of websites we review every month, our staff believes your web site to have exceptional graphics as well as unique & interesting content."
25 February 1998

InterNIC Academic Guide
"Congratulations! Your web site, Algebra1: Graphing Linear Equations has been selected for the 'InterNIC Academic Guide to the Internet'. The National Science Foundation funded Guide has been created especially for the higher education community. Congratulations on your site's selection!"
19 February 1998

Dr. Matrix Award for Science Excellence
"Hello and congratulations! Your Web site, is being recognized with the Dr. Matrix Award for Science Excellence from 'Dr. Matrix' Web World of Science. It is also being honored with prominent display as a select site in the categories: Creative Minds and Student Resource A heart-felt thank you for enriching the time we spend on the World-Wide Web."
17 February 1998

Knot a Braid of Links
"We have selected your page for our 'Knot a Braid of Links'. A fine example of what the 'high school classroom of the future' might look like. We are pleased to include your site in our collection, and expand this braid of magnificent math pages. Thanks again for being a part of our collection."
13 February 1998

The Scout Report
"A Publication of the Internet Scout Project from the Computer Science Department at the University of Wisconsin. The Scout Report is a weekly publication offering a selection of new and newly discovered Internet resources of interest to researchers and educators."
13 February 1998

5 Aces Award
"The judges thought you should have this. Your site is designed well and has some of the best content on the web. Outstanding! Your web site is wonderfull keep up the good work."
11 February 1998



Eye Candy WWW Site Reviews
"Congratulations!  Your web site nomination has been accepted for the 1998 site reviews."



1 February 1998

Math Forum Hot Spot
"February 1998 Hot Spot:
Algebra I: Graphing Linear Equations: Part of our task, as we see it, is to make it easy for mathematicians and math teachers to find the resources available for their purposes. "
29 January 1998

ENC's Digital Dozen
"The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse wants to let you know that your site is featured in this month's February Digital Dozen. Congratulations. In addition to being featured in this month's Digital Dozen, your site has been included in our main listing of educational links."
28 January 1998

KidBytes Website Award!
"Congratulations! We are pleased to inform you that your website, Graphing Linear Equations, meets all of the criteria for the KidBytes website award! We will be including a link to your site on KidBytes."
17 January 1998

Super Site Award
"What a fine job you have done. We want you to know that it hasn't gone unnoticed. CONGRATULATIONS! Your site has been selected as a SUPER SITE by "The Info Service". And is among the best in the world."
15 January 1998

Featured in KidWeb
"Your Site Has been Added to KidWeb and KidWeb: Framed! It has been put in under the catergory: Education. Rated 4 stars."
12 January 1998

Los Angeles Times Pick
"Your site, Graphing Linear Equations, has been selected as the Times Pick for 1/12/98 by the Los Angeles Times. Graphing Linear Equations may seem an esoteric topic, but Tim O'Brien's Java-heavy site offers first-year algebra lessons online. These first-rate pages provide a glimpse of what the classroom of future may look like. "
11 January 1998

Wings Award
"Your web site has been chosen by our staff as useful, fun, exciting, looks great, or is just plain good to know about.  This is such an excellent site.  We let our son's Algebra 1 teacher know about it, too.  I'm amazed.  Top Notch job."
7 January 1998

EduNET Choice Award
"Congratulations,  I have reviewed your site and am pleased to offer you the EduNET Choice Award for providing and maintaining valuable educational content. Please let me know if  we can feature your site on our "closed network" as well as our Internet site. Keep up the great work. Sites like yours are great for our age level of students."
6 January 1998

Awesome Library
"Congratulations!  Your site has been selected for inclusion in the Awesome Library, a collection of the top 5% of sites in the field of K-12 education. I wish to thank you, on behalf of teachers, students, parents, and librarians everywhere, for making your carefully developed resource available to us."
4 January 1998

University Of Illinois MSTE
"I work for the Office of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education at the Univeristy of Illinois. Looks really nice!  If you don't mind I would like to add it to our math lessons database."
4 January 1998

Critical Mass Award
Critical Mass Award
"Congratulations!!......Your site definitely qualifies for the "Critical Mass Award". A very nice site, excellent design, beautiful original graphics, and your content is informative, entertaining, presented well and easy to access. A worthy enterprise and a positive contribution to the Web. Thanks for helping make the Web a more interesting, fun and attractive place to visit."
2 January 1998

Medaille d'Or Award
Medaille d'Or Award
"This truly innovative and simply brilliant site makes full use of Web technology to help users understand the graphing of linear equations in algebra. Set aside any negative feelings you may have about algebra and go and see just how good today's Web sites can be."
2 January 1998

Wise Owl Award
Wise Owl Site of the Month
Congratulations! "Your Web page has been nominated as a "Wise Owl Site of the Month" for December, in recognition of exemplary design and educational excellence."