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Integrating Online Tools and Internet Resources

Integrating Online Tools and Internet Resources. Why use the Internet in the Classroom? Searching the Internet Internet as a Research and Information Tool Evaluating Web Resources Citing Internet Sources. Curriculum Resources Collaborative Projects Email Projects WebQuests

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Integrating Online Tools and Internet Resources

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  1. Integrating Online Tools and Internet Resources

  2. Why use the Internet in the Classroom? Searching the Internet Internet as a Research and Information Tool Evaluating Web Resources Citing Internet Sources Curriculum Resources Collaborative Projects Email Projects WebQuests Discussion Forums Other Helpful Tools Topics

  3. The Power of the Internet • Students and teachers can: • Access a truly astronomical amount of information • Publish work before a global audience of peers • Communicate with peers and individuals around the planet • Electronically collaborate with others around the globe to solve problems and create information and knowledge

  4. Searching on the Internet • Conventional Search Engines • Excite- http://www.excite.com • Lycos- http://www.lycos.com • Metasearch engines • MetaCrawler- http://www.metacrawler.com • Dogpile- http://www.dogpile.com • Search Engines for Children • Yahooligans- http://www.yahooligans.com • Ask Jeeves for Kids- http://www.ajkids.com

  5. Four NETS for Better Searching • Start Narrow • Find Exact Phrases • Trim back the URL • Look for Similar Pages • From: Four NETS for Better Searching- http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/fournets.htm

  6. The Internet as a Research and Information Tool • Primary Source Data • US National Archives and Records Administration- http://www.archives.gov/index.html • Electronic Field Trips • White House- http://www.whitehouse.gov • Newspapers, Books • The Boston Globe- http://www.boston.com/globe/ • Online Simulations • Virtual Frog Dissection-http://www-itg.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/dissect/info.html

  7. Evaluating Web Resources • Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators- Critical Evaluation • http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html • Education World- Great Sites for Teaching about Web Literacy • http://www.educationworld.com/a_sites/sites081.shtml • Thinking Critically About Web Page Content • http://www.lib.msu.edu/link/critical.htm • ICYouSee: T is for Thinking- A Guide to Critical Thinking About What You See on the Web • http://www.ithaca.edu/library/Training/hott.html

  8. Questions for Evaluating Websites • Who is responsible for this site? • What is the content/subject matter of the website? • Where does the website reside? • When was the website last updated? • How does the main page look and function? • Why does the website exist?

  9. Citing Internet Resources • Citing Internet Sources- http://www.connectedteacher.com/newsletter/citeintres.asp • Tek Mom’s Citation Page-http://www.tekmom/cite/index.html

  10. Curriculum Resources • Education World-http://www.education-world.com • Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators-http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/index.html • Pacific Bell Knowledge Network Explorer-http://www.kn.pacbell.com • Sun Associates’ Collection of WWW Resources-http://www.sun-associates.com/cos/webresources/noframesites.html

  11. Collaborative Projects • Collections of online projects • Global Schoolhouse Project Page- http://www.globalschoolhouse.org/pr • Blue Web’n- http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/ • Classroom Connect- http://www.classroom.com/login/home.jhtml • Individual Projects • Jason Project- http://www.jasonproject.org

  12. Email Projects • Intercultural E-mail Classroom Connections-http://www.iecc.org • KIDLINK- Global Networking for Youth-http://www.kidlink.org • ePALS Classroom Exchange-http://www.epals.com • NASA Quest- Meet NASA people-http://quest.nasa.gov/services/people.html

  13. WebQuests • An inquiry activity that presents student groups with a challenging task, scenario, or problem to solve • Students use a variety of resources to accomplish the task - including some online carefully chosen by the teacher • Scaffolds the learning process to prompt higher order thinking

  14. Finding Existing WebQuests • Search Bernie Dodge’s WebQuest Sitehttp://webquest.sdsu.edu/matrix.html • Knowledge Network Explorer Searchhttp://www.kn.pacbell.com/kne_search.html • GEC Computers in the Classroom WebQuest Locatorhttp://www.gecdsb.on.ca/d&g/DP/main.htm • San Diego City Schools Technology Challenge Grantshttp://projects.edtech.sandi.net/projects/featured/featured.html • edHelper.com- Lesson Plans and WebQuestshttp://edhelper.com/cat311.htm

  15. Discussion Forums for Teachers • Teachers Network-http://www.teachersnetwork.org • The Beginning Teachers Toolbox-http://www.inspiringteachers.com/community/index.html • Scholastic’s Professional Discussion Groups-http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/

  16. Other Helpful Tools • Web Page Tools • Filamentality- http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/ • Teacher Web- http://www.teacherweb.com • MySchool Online-http://www.myschoolonline.com • Inspiring Teacher-http://inspiringteachers.com • Assessment Tools • Rubistar- http://rubistar.4teachers.org

  17. Contact Information Sun Associates Suite 216 55 Middlesex Street N. Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01863 www.sun-associates.com 978-251-1600 978-251-8700 fax info@sun-associates.com

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