Transcript Fun with the Internet

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
(College of Education, University of Illinois)
ultimately
Sharing &
Serving
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
Let’s taste it
http://www.hitentertainment.com/b
arney/flash_mx/sites/player.asp
http://www.funbrain.com
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
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?
Interactive Learning Resources
Examples:
 Art, History and Science:
http://www.eduweb.com/
 Art:
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/artsworksh
op/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/
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/
Judy Harris Virtual Architecture
http://virtualarchitecture.wm.edu/index.html
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/
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
Search on the Internet
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie
/literacies/information/5locate/advic
eengine.html
http://www.google.com/help/refines
earch.html