Transcript Educators` Guide to the Internet

Educators’ Guide to the Internet
John DiElsi
Anna E. Story
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Arachnids and Acronyms?
• A network of networks
– Providing information and communication
– Promotes linking
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World Wide Web
Browsers
E-Mail
URL
– .com .org .info .name .net .edu .gov
– .etc
– http://www.amazon.com
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Navigating the Web
• URL
• Favorites/ Bookmarks
• Search Engines
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http://www.google.com
http://www.excite.com
http://yahoo.com
http://www.lycos.com
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Filtering the Bad Guys
• Filtering software restricts child access to
unacceptable sites
• Used by educators and parents
• See why!
– http://www.whitehouse.com
– http://www.whitehouse.gov
• Filtering info
– http://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/reviews/kidsafe/1/sw_sum
1.shtml
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A Plague …
• Computer viruses
– Erase data
– Create annoying messages
– Replicate
• Vaccinate
– http://www.mcafee.com
– http://www.symantec.com
– http://www.drsoloman.com
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Acceptable Use Policies
• Must establish guidelines for use
• Written and signed by
– Parents
– Students
– Teachers
• Outlines terms and conditions of Internet use
– http://www.bham.wednet.edu/schinfo/policies.htm
– http://wima.org
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Professional Development
• Training and faculty development ops
– www.yahoo.com/Education/Instructional
Technology/Conferences
• Links to a variety of educational technology conferences
– http://sunsite.unc.edu/horizon/conferences
• List of conferences for using technology in education
• Distance Learning (online) graduate
certifications and programs
– http://www.capellauniversity.edu
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Educational Administration
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Educational resources
Trends in ed policy
Information design development
Educational reform
links
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http://www.fromnowon.org/
From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal
http://www.learner.org/
The Annenberg/CPB Projects: Learner Online – multimedia educational
resources
– http://www.nysernet.org/ NYSERNet, Inc. – non-profit organization
whose mission is to advance education and research using network
technologies
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Funding a Grant $$$$
• Technology the key to evolution and innovation
in teaching
• The following web sites will help you get started:
– A Grant Writer’s Primer:
http://scholastic.com/EL/grants.index/
– What Should You Know About Education Department Grants
http://gcs.ed.gov/grntinfo.htm
– National Science Foundation Grants:
http://www.nsf.gov/home/grants.htm#opps
– The Foundation Center Online
http://fdncenter.org
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Creating and Hosting a Site…
• Web editors
– Dreamweaver (http://www.macromedia.com)
• Image Editors
– Photoshop (http://www.adobe.com)
• Usability
– Jakob Nielson (http://www.useit.com)
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Links to Enhance Your
Curriculum
• General Web Starter Sites
• http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu Busy teachers K-12 web site
• http://www.remc4.k12.mi.us/Resources and lessons plans online
curriculum
• http://www.education-world.com American Fidelity Education
Service
• http://www.thejournal.com Technological Horizons in Education
magazine
• http://www.ets.org/resource.html Educational Testing Service –
Internet resources for teachers and students listed alphabetically by
subject
• http://www.nea.org/resources National Education Association
• http://www.studyweb.com Resources by categories –sites are ranked
by subject and grade level
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More Links
• Classroom Management
• http://www.scholastic.com/teachertalk
Scholastic teacher ideas and tips
• http://www.teachtsp.com Tom Synder
Productions
• http://www.classroom.net/
Variety of Web education materials
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Specific Links for Language
Arts
• Language Arts
– www.bartleby.com/100/ Bartlett’s Familiar
Quotations
– www.ipl.org Internet Public Library
• Foreign Language
– polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/langlink.html A
multi-language site with Web activities for
teachers and students
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Specific Links for Math
• Math
– math forum.org Contains extensive mathrelated resources
– aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/mathhist/mathhist.h
tml Links to timelines and databases of
information on the history of mathematics
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Contact Information
John DiElsi
[email protected]
Anna Story
[email protected]
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