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This book explores the remarkable ways technology can transform education, targeting teachers with varying levels of computer literacy.
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The Internet and the World Wide Web for Teachersby Eugene F. Provenzo Reviewed by Michelle Meyer
Author’s Purpose • Guide to using Internet and Web for teachers • Show remarkable ways technology can transform education Kind of... Not so much... Did he realize his purpose?
Intended Audience • No experience • “Reasonably high level of computer literacy” Yes, definitely. Definitely not! Did he reach his intended audience?
Who would be a good audience? • People of my parents’ generation • “Digital immigrants” (vs. “Digital Natives”) • Young students just starting out in technology • Anyone who’s never surfed the Web
My Suggestion • Add a detailed technology lesson plan at the end of each chapter that integrates one or some of the resources introduced in that chapter into a core subject area of the curriculum. • This simple addition would greatly enhance the educational value for teachers.
History of Internet and Web • Internet • 1960s military computer scientists • 1969 experimental ARPANET system • 1972 e-mail programs sent for first time • 1980s National Science Foundation set up super-computing centers for high-speed access across the country • World Wide Web • Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist working in Switzerland • Wanted a computer-based communications system that would make it easier for scientists to communicate with each other • envisioned Web as a place where information could be easily ADDED • 1990 wrote first Web software and put it on the Internet
Requirements for the “New Professional Teacher”(NCATE – National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education) • New Understandings • New Approaches • New Roles • New Forms of Professional Development • New Attitudes
Some other useful/interesting links: • Technology Standards for Teachers and Students • http://cnets.iste.org/students/s_stands.html • How Many People on the Net • http://www.glreach.com/globstats/index.php3 • Comparing Search Engines • http://www.searchengineshowdown.com • Netiquette • http://www.iwillfollow.com/email.htm
The best part… • The entire text is online at: • http://www.ablongman.com/provenzo2e • Bookmark this page!
Conclusion • “In many ways, introducing you to this technology is like providing an introduction to a library…The quality of what you get out of a library will only be as good as the skills you bring to using it.” (p. 114)