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Internet: As a learning tool

Internet: As a learning tool. Let’s talk about Internet. When and why do you use Internet? In your personal life? As a teacher? As a student?. “Surfing the Internet”?. Surfing is not enough. Surfing. Researching. Learning. Creating. Collaborating. Sharing & Serving. ultimately.

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Internet: As a learning tool

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  1. Internet: As a learning tool

  2. Let’s talk about Internet When and why do you use Internet? In your personal life? As a teacher? As a student?

  3. “Surfing the Internet”? • Surfing is not enough. Surfing Researching Learning Creating Collaborating Sharing & Serving ultimately (College of Education, University of Illinois)

  4. Internet as a learning tool • Try to use a single page rather than an entire web site • Use the web to explore multiple perspectives on topics • Utilize the web to enhance critical thinking skill, interactive learning & collaborative learning

  5. Let’s taste it • http://www.hitentertainment.com/barney/flash_mx/sites/player.asp • http://www.funbrain.com

  6. Informational resources • Examples: • All about frog: http://www.frogsonice.com/froggy/ • All about tiger: http://www.5tigers.org/ • Basic information about US States: http://www.50states.com/ • Use search engines • Yahooligans, http://www.yahooligans.com/ • Kidsclick, http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/ • Kid’s search tool: http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm

  7. Multimedia Resources • Use Search Engines (Google, Altavista, HotBot, etc.) • Special Search Engines • Image • Pics 4 Learning • http://www.faganfinder.com/img/ • Animal video, sound,, and images • http://www.junglewalk.com/ • Lesson plans • Your favorites?

  8. Interactive Learning Resources • Examples: • Art, History and Science: http://www.eduweb.com/ • Art: http://www.childrensmuseum.org/artsworkshop/index2a.html • Math: http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html • Music: http://www.musicplay.com/piano/pianoclass.html • Chemistry: http://www.miamisci.org/ph/

  9. Collaborative learning (telecollaboration) • Global School House • http://www.globalschoolnet.org/gsh/ • Global grocery list • http://landmark-project.com/ggl/index.html • International Newsday • http://www.newsday.co.uk/

  10. Judy Harris Virtual Architecture • http://virtual-architecture.wm.edu/index.html

  11. WebQuest • A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the internet, optionally supplemented with videoconferencing. (Bernie Dodge, San Diego State University) • http://webquest.sdsu.edu/

  12. When you use the Internet for your class: Considerations • Technology, often, fails • Plan alternatives • Technology takes time • Take advantages of the Web • Use resources • Adapt existing plans (why reinvent a wheel?) • Students have good ideas • The Internet is addictive • Planning is critical • Finding and evaluating Web resources is a necessary skill for teachers

  13. Search on the Internet • http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html • http://www.google.com/help/refinesearch.html

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