1. Survey of: Internet Content in the Classroom Beechfield Elementary School Educational Technology Outreach Director, Davina Pruitt-Mentle December 1, 2001

2. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle2 Outline Internet Background and Terms Search Engines & Strategies –Search Activity Web Resources Web Site Evaluations Issues

3. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle3 Knowledge Objectives 1.Describe the characteristics of the Internet, including its advantages, limitations, and instructional applications. 2.Discuss the advantages and limitations of using the Internet for classroom-based instruction. 3.Select a grade level you are interested in teaching. Discuss the pros and cons of the amount of access and supervision students at this level should have when using the Internet. 4.Explain the advantages and limitations of offering instruction totally on the Internet. 5.Discuss appropriate etiquette when using the Internet. 6.Describe the characteristics of a wide are network (WAN). 7.Describe the characteristics of local area networks (LANs), including their advantages, limitations, and applications. 8.Describe the characteristics of intranets, including their advantages, limitations, and instructional applications. 9.Compare and contrast the characteristics, advantages, and limitations of local area networks, wide area networks, intranets, and the Internet from an educational or training perspective. 10.Select an example from a “Copyright Concerns” or create another example and prepare a presentation for your class that reflects your opinion on the issue.

4. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle4 Knowledge Objectives Describe the purpose of each of the following Internet resources: Web Browsers, search engines, gophers, e-mail, listserv, bulletin boards, chat rooms, FTP and streaming video/audio, Web authoring tools Identify an Internet resource that would meet a specific written or visual communication need. Select and use an appropriate Web authoring tool to meet a specific need. Identify recent developments on each of several ethical issues related to Internet use. Develop a plan for an Internet project designed according to a directed or a constructivist model.

5. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle5 LEXICON Network Electronic mail (email) Listserve Download Chat room Internet Wide are network (WAN) Local area network (LAN) Intranet Extranet Internet service provider (ISP) Information superhighway Cyberspace Modem Distance learning Gateway Portal World Wide Web (WWW – the Web) Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) Website Uniform resource locator (URL)Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) Search engine WebQuest/Treasure /Scavenger Hunt Computer platform Firewall Bulletin board Newsgroup

6. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle6 Definitions & Background Connected computers enable people to communicate  network –Exchange messages with one or more people through electronic mail  e-mail –Communicate with several people simultaneously (like a meeting)  listserv –Get or download material (text, files, video, images, audio) –Can chat in real time through chat rooms

7. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle7 Types of Connections Wide area network (WAN) –less complex than Internet; can connect geographic locations or within school district Local area network (LAN) – a network within a school or lab; can even connect computers between rooms at home. Allows you to share files and other resources. Relies on a central file server that “serves” all the others Intranet is a proprietary or closed network that connects multiple sites across the country-- usually private and accessible with passwords etc. Allows different departments with different computer platforms (hardware and/or operating system) to communicate. Sometimes a software package called a firewall prevents external users from accessing the internal network ( sometimes makes it hard to get outside access) Extranets – networks of intranets These type of “connections” allow people to connect and communicate with each other even if using different applications (word vs. works) or platforms (Mac vs. PC)

8. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle8 Connections Intranet Firewall Internet

9. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle9 Internet History The U.S. DOD developed 1 st version of Internet during the 1970’s for researchers to communicate Project(s) funded by DOD Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) – ARPAnet. Internet initially conceived :1989 by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN (European Particle Physics Lab in Switzerland)/NSF funded project based on ARPAnet for universities to communicate Needed a wide variety of information to be shared and distributed to many different computers and platforms “Universal readership”

10. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle10 Internet History cont. Internet made up of thousands of networks worldwide No one in charge of Internet - No governing body Internet backbone owned by private companies

11. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle11 Internet Providers: Research and Educational Institutions Government and Military Entities Businesses Private Organizations Commercial Providers

12. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle12 Looking at the Net Taken from: http://www.cio.com/WebMaster/sem2_net.html

13. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle13 Understanding the Map Computers use TCP/IP to communicate (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) Computers use client/server architecture

14. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle14 Web vs. Internet The Internet connects thousands of computers across the world, but it is the web that allows communication to occur Web - abstraction and common set of services on top of the Internet Web - set of protocols and tools that let us share information with each other

15. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle15 WWW System of Internet servers that support hypertext to access several Internet protocols on a single interface Almost all protocols accessible on Internet are accessible on web (email - FTP - Telnet - etc) In addition, WWW own protocol: HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

16. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle16 HTTP Hypertext - means of information retrieval Contains links that connect to other documents Links selected by user Virtual “web” of connections

17. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle17 HTTP (cont) Produce HTTP through HTML HyperText Markup Language Way of writing or creating with “tags” added to tell information –i.e. Bold yields Bold See Handout

18. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle18 WWW cont. WWW or Web or W3 includes all information, text, images, audio, video, and computational services that are accessible from the internet July 8, 1999 Nature - approximately 800 million pages of publicly accessible information (1) Web continues to grow, tripling in size over the past two years (2) (1) Steve Lawrence & C. Lee Giles, “Accessibility of Information on the Web,” Nature 400 (July 8, 1999), 107 (2) OCLC Office of Research, “June 1999 Web Statistics” Web Characterization Project

19. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle19 Web Popular Because: Easy to use Easy to navigate Combines words, graphics, sound, video Easy to Publish Plethora of information Reach larger audience

20. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle20 Summary: Web vs. Internet What is the relationship between the web and the Internet? The Internet contains physical components –computers –networks –services

21. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle21 The Internet Internet ISP Student Corporate LAN University LAN Government LAN

22. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle22 Internet Connections Any person on the Internet can communicate with any other person on Internet regardless of type of computers because of the standard protocols that allow computers to communicate with each other Internet is free, except access fee charged by Internet service provider (ISP) who starts and maintains your account (AOL, Prodigy, BCPSS, UMCP) Internet superhighway = Internet but also the network of cables, fibers, telephone and satellites that go with it. This is sometimes referred to as the electronic “universe” or cyberspace Connecting to other computers requires a modem, a device that changes computer data into audio signals for transmission across telephone lines. Communication software connects the computers to a telecommunication service.

23. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle23 To Connect to the Internet You Need: your computer (the client) the ISP the server (host computer) telecommunication network (communication software, modem and phone or cable modem) –your computer runs the communication software  modem with software provides a path between your computer and your ISP –ISP provides you a link to the Internet

24. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle24 Internet Services E-mail Bulletin boards & listservs Information search capabilities (including database of pictures, texts etc.) Access to highly specialized computer programs not readily available to individuals Live chats (Tappedin, WebCT) Audio Video-based communication (CU-seeMe or NetMeeting)

25. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle25 IP Addresses: Internet Protocol Assigns “a code” to each Internet address contains three parts –person’s name or user name (pseudonym) –computer network they go through –type of organization i.e. dp151@umail.umd.edu name computer network type of organization

26. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle26 Organization Abbreviations Commercial com Educational edu Government (U.S.)gov Military (U.S.)mil Service networksnet Nonprofit organizationorg

27. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle27 International Abbreviations Usually a 2 letter abbreviation Australiaau Canadaca Italyit Mexicomx Netherlandsnl

28. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle28 Internet Usage Users can communicate with one another through discussion groups –Newsgroup (chat groups or news groups) –Mailing lists (listserv) Students and teachers can access information from a variety of sources (databases, libraries, educational sites) Distance Learning or hybrid models (F2F w/ web enhancement) –WebCT –Blackboard –TeacherWeb –Tappedin Educational and commercial networks are developing ways to connect to the Internet to get a variety of services through gateways or portals

29. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle29 Internet Language Go to: http://www.whatis.com/ check out chat acronyms

30. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle30 WWW: Access to the Internet Summary WWW (the Web) is not separate from the Internet, but it is not equal to it It rides on to of the Internet like PowerPoint runs on top of Windows The Web is a communication “tool” or series of protocols between the client and server Web protocol = hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) ensures compatibility before transferring the information The Web consists of web pages or documents that are written or coded through a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). An individual collection of pages = website (book vs. pages in book). The Web is basically a file formatting standard and a set of programs (browsers and helpers) that can read this HTML. Users access a site by entering its address or URL (uniform resource locator) You enter this in your browser -software like Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator that is needed to search and access multimedia information. These often have to be upgraded since newer and fancier websites with more bells and whistlers are being added (audio and video)

31. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle31 How Do I Find Information on the Internet? Join an email discussion or USENET newsgroup Go directly to a site if you have the address Browse Explore subject directory Conduct Search

32. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle32 Browsers Netscape Navigator (Communicator) –Product of Netscape (Now owned by AOL) –Originally was dominant –Multi-platform (all operating systems) Internet Explorer –Product of Microsoft –Current Dominant Browser –Not available for all operating systems Browser compatibility problems can cause web page problems

33. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle33 Netscape Search

34. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle34 Netscape Search 1: Access to different search engines 2. Type words or phrases into text entry box 3. Click Button 4. Preserve favorite search engine

35. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle35 Internet Explorer Search Separate Panel In Browser Uses MicroSoft Network search

36. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle36 Internet Explorer Search Direct access to only Microsoft Network’s search engines Allows easy access to different types of search –Web pages –People –Businesses –Maps

37. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle37 Internet Keywords Type straight in location bar of Netscape/Explorer Simple words instead of URL (uniform resource location) “Words” tie to websites Can be tied to language preference Example: Typing in maryland converts to http://www.state.md.us/

38. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle38 Know the URL Address: Uniform Resource Locator “ Address” of a file on the Internet Contains type of protocol followed by the computer name, directory and file name Examples –http://www.capecod.net/Wixon/wixon.htm –gopher://gopher.boombox.micro/ –ftp:// wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/windows/psp3.zip –mailto:kschrock@capecod.net

39. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle39 Anatomy of a Web Address protocol://host/path/filename See handout “Anatomy of a Web Address”

40. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle40 Do a Search With A Search Engine

41. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle41 Two Basic Approaches to Searching (although not really “basic”) Search Engines Subject Directories

42. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle42 How Does Information Get Indexed by the Search Tools A publisher of a web page can register the site with the search engine or directory Database collects data autonomously

43. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle43 Search Engines vs. Directories Search Engines Computer built index of information on web More inclusive Used to find specific resources Searchable by keyword Excessive “hits” Every page of a Website is indexed Better for general searches, but can be used to find specific information Directories Human aided, organized list May be general or subject-specific May be able to “search” directory –Google - general –NetTech Educational Technology Coordinator Website - subject specific User has control of browsing Fixed vocabulary Links go to Website home pages only Better at general searches

44. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle44 What are Search Engines? Designed to assist you in searching through the enormous amount of information on the Web No single search tool has everything Each engine is a large database which utilizes different search techniques and tools (spiders or robots) to build indexes to the Internet (some also utilize submissions and administration)

45. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle45 Which Search Engine? Yahoo Altavista Excite Google NorthernLights Hotbot Infoseek See Handout - “The Little Search Engine that Could”

46. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle46 How to Choose Consider Size of the database (# of URLs) Currency of the database (updates) Search interface Help screens Search features Results listed (# of documents retrieved) Relevance of results

47. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle47 More About Search Engines Searches for matching terms (keywords or several keywords) Results “ranked” by relevancy (for some) Can search by –subject or category –keyword Learn about each search engine’s description, options, and rules and restrictions

48. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle48 GO TO http://www.google.com/help.html

49. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle49  Searches for exact matches  Try different versions of your search term  Example: “Boston hotel” vs. “Boston hotels”  Rephrase query  Example: “cheap plane tickets” vs. “cheap airplane tickets”

50. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle50 Automatically places “and” between words (expands search) To reduce search – –add more terms in original search –refine search within the current search results. ( adding terms to first words will return a subset of the original query ) Exclude a word by using a – sign –Example: to search bass but not speaker  bass –speaker Does not support “or” operator Does not support “stemming” or “wildcard” searches Not case sensitive

51. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle51 Finds street maps –Just enter a U.S. street address, including zip code or city/state into the search box –Google recognizes query as a map request Try your address

52. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle52 Phrase Searches and Connectors Phrase Searches are useful when searching for famous sayings or specific names “Gone with the Wind” Phrase Connectors are recognized –Hyphens –Slashes –Periods –Equal signs –Apostrophes Example: mother-in-law

53. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle53 Stop Words Stop words are ignored These rarely help narrow and slow down search –http –com –certain single digits –certain single letters to include stop words use [space]+ Example –Star Wars, Episode 1  Star wars episode +1 –OS/2  OS/ +2 ***don’t forget the space before the + - signs

54. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle54 How to Interpret Results See Handout

55. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle55  Combines in one search a very large full-text Web-page database (~160 million pages) with over 5,400 searchable full-text published (print) journals and an array of online news resources

56. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle56 You may access both relevant web-pages and relevant journals and news releases Tagged –WWW like other search tools or –Special Collection (published, fee-for-viewing journal articles or other publication)

57. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle57 GO TO: http://www.northernlight.com/docs/specoll_help_ overview.html To obtain an item from the Special Collection:  Click on link  Decide if you are willing to pay fee Page provides citation so you can locate publication in library

58. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle58 Unique Folders Approach Results grouped in folders listed at left Folders dynamically generated by search results –From a controlled vocabulary –Similar to library cataloging –Not fixed like subject directories Click on any folder to refine or further focus search Sub-folders allow you to further “zero in”

59. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle59 Four Types of Folders Subjects (baseball, desserts) Source descriptors (commercial, personal, magazines, databases) Types of documents (press releases, product review, maps) Languages (major Romanized languages only)

60. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle60 Approaches to Searching Basic Search Power Search Industry Search Investext Search News

61. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle61 Basic Search http://www.northernlight.com From Home Page Allows Boolean logic Phrase in “ ” Truncation (*for many characters or % for 1 character) + requires, - excludes

62. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle62 Power Search http://www.northernlight.com/power.html Combines ALL basic search features in one search Limits to major language or country Can select subject or document in advance

63. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle63 Industry Search http://www.northernlight.com/business.html All features of basic search Can limit by date range or industry-based subject category Default is ALL industries

64. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle64 Investext Search http://www.northernlight.com/investext.html Search or browse thousands of investment research reports written by expert analysts.

65. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle65 News Search http://www.northernlight.com/news.html Allows on-line news searches

66. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle66 “Meta” Search Tools Multi-threaded search engines Allows access to multiple databases simultaneously or via a single interface (-) Do not offer the same level of control over search interface and logic as individual engines (+) Fast (+) Improvements –Results sorted by site used for search, or location of Website –Able to select search engines to include –ability to modify results

67. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle67 Popular Meta-Search Engines Dogpile Metacrawler Profusion SavvySearch

68. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle68 Subject-Specific Search Engines Do not index entire web Focus within specific Websites/pages within defined subject area, geographical area, type of resource Specialized search - depth rather than breath

69. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle69 Selected Subject-Specific Engines Companies Companies Online (http://www.companiesonline.com/) Hoover's Online (http://www.hoovers.com/) Wall Street Research Net (http://www.wsrn.com/) People (E-mail and Phone) Bigfoot (http://bigfoot.com/) WhoWhere? (http://www.whowhere.lycos.com) Yahoo! People Search (http://people.yahoo.com/) Switchboard.Com (http://www.switchboard.com)

70. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle70 Selected Subject-Specific Engines Images The Amazing Picture Machine (http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm) Lycos Image Gallery (http://www.lycos.com/picturethis/) WebSeek (http://disney.ctr.columbia.edu/webseek/) Yahoo! Image Surfer (http://ipix.yahoo.com/)

71. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle71 Selected Subject-Specific Engines Jobs Hotjobs.com (http://www.hotjobs.com/) Monster.com (http://www.monster.com/) The Riley Guide (http://www.rileyguide.com/) Games CNET Gamecenter.com (http://www.gamecenter.com/) Games Domain (http://www.gamesdomain.com/) Gamesmania (http://www.gamesmania.com/) GameSpot (http://www.gamespot.com/)

72. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle72 Selected Subject-Specific Engines Software Jumbo (http://www.jumbo.com) Shareware.com (http://www.shareware.com) ZDNet Downloads (http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/) Health/Medicine Achoo (http://www.achoo.com/) BioMedNet (http://www.bmn.com/) Combined Health Information Database (http://chid.nih.gov/) Mayo Clinic Health Oasis (http://www.mayohealth.org/) Medical World Search (http://www.mwsearch.com/) OnHealth (http://www.onhealth.com)

73. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle73 Selected Subject-Specific Engines Education/Children's Sites AOL NetFind Kids Only (http://www.aol.com/netfind/kids/) Blue Web'n (http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/) Education World (http://www.education-world.com/) Kid Info (http://www.kidinfo.com/) Kids Domain (http://www.kidsdomain.com) KidsClick! (http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/) Yahooligans! (http://www.yahooligans.com)

74. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle74 Subject Directories Hierarchically organized indexes of subject categories User can browse through lists of Websites by subject in search of relevant information Maintained by human May include a search engine for searching their own database

75. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle75 Examples of Subject Directories INFOMINE (Academic Scholarly Subject Directory - http://infomine.ucr.edu/) LookSmart Lycos Magellan (http://www.magellan.excite.com/) Open Directory (http://www.dmoz.org/) Yahoo Many of these have aspects of both search and directory

76. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle76 Specialized Subject Directory Guide complied by subject specialist List important resources in his/her area of expertise More comprehensive than general guide Examples –Film: Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/) Includes Clearinghouses –Argus Clearinghouse (http://clearinghouse.net/) –About.com –WWW.Virtual Library (http://www.vlib.org/)

77. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle77Summary Search Engines The Big Guys –Altavista –Google –Yahoo Meta-Search Tools –Dogpile –MetaCrawler Subject-Specific –The BigHub.com –Search Engine Colossus Subject Directory –LookSmart –Lycos Specialized Subject Directory –WWW.Virtual Library –About.com

78. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle78 Preparing to Search What’s the topic, question, area of interest? Identify search terms to describe your topic of interest Consider synonyms (echinoderm OR echinoidea OR "sea urchin") Consider variations of terms (restaurants, dining, gourmet) See Handouts: Practical Steps/Searching worksheet with answers and Advanced Search Activity

79. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle79 Search tips Enclosing a multiword phrase in quotation marks tells the search engine to list only sites that contain that exact phrase –Example: “heart disease”

80. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle80 Boolean Logic Combines search terms in many databases AND, OR, and NOT or (+) and (-) Must check to see if search engines use Boolean logic

81. Limits your search “Oral History” & Women Only returns pages with both of these terms on them Boolean Logic : AND

82. Broadens your search Returns every page with either of these terms on them “Oral History” ORWomen Boolean Logic : OR

83. Limits your search Only returns pages that contain one but not the other term on them “Oral History” NOTWomen Boolean Logic : NOT

84. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle84Wildcards Special Character that can be appended to the root of a word so you can search for all possible endings to that root Good for variant spellings and common root words Example –rocket* will yield rocket, rockets, rocketry psycholog* = psychology, psychological, psychologist –colo*r = color and colour

85. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle85 Ctrl-F Follow a link to a document retrieved by a search engine and don’t know how relevant Ctrl-F finds the relevant words in current document Example: women +“El Salvador” +“Oral History” –Pick one link, then Ctrl-F

86. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle86 The Web for Delivery of Instruction Advantages: –Variety of media –Up-to-date information access –Navigation –Idea exchange –Convenient communication –Low cost Limitations: –Age inappropriate material –Copyright –Growth –Support –Access and access speed –Digital divide –Lack of quality control Web pages are designed and written and a host computer identified to house them

87. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle87 Other Educational Sites Classroom Connect (www.classroom.net) web applications in k-12setting http://k12.cnidr.org The Center for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval – deals with technology for school reform Often there are so many resources and one is trying to present material in a specified period of time a method of delivery is through development of a WebQuest see: –(http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html) Or Scavenger Hunts See Handouts

88. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle88 Lesson Plan Databases Kathy Schrock http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/ AskEric Lesson Plans http://www.askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/ The Lesson Plans Page http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ EdHelper http://www.edhelper.com/ TeachersNet http://teachers.net/lessons/

89. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle89 Selected Internet Activities WebQuests (http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html) Scavenger Hunts (http://lserver.aea14.k12.ia.us/Scavenger.html) Treasure Hunts (http://www.cybersurfari.org/)

90. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle90 Can Use Internet for Online Assessments Try… Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching: http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/roblyer/ Go to Try This! Tutorial Select Step 1

91. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle91 Integration Application Science experiments that involve sharing data –National Geographic at magma.nationalgeographic.com –NOAA at www.NOAA.govwww.NOAA.gov –NASA www.nasa.gov Research using databases On-line resources Mentor partnerships Projects between schools, classes, internationally Monitoring current events and news –http://www.weather.com/ –http://www.census.gov/ –http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/i ndex.html –MSDEsite: http://www.msde.state.md.us/ –K12 site: www.mdk12.org –MapQuest http://mapquest.com/ History activites –www.ancestry.com Sharing instructional lesson plans –Kathy Schrock’s Guide at school.discovery.com/schrockguide

92. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle92 Applications (continued) Databases of teaching materials, methods, instructional strategies, and lesson plans –http://www.questia.com/Index.jsp Teacher training workshops, tutorials, and courses available online –http://www.edtechoutreach.umd.edu/ Teacher exchanges –http://www.educationamerica.net/ –http://www.teachersteachers.com/index2.cfm Teacher education journals –http://coe.asu.edu/edrev/ –http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/erm.html

93. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle93 Lots of Sites: Now What? Overall Evaluation –Accuracy –Presentation/Objectivity –Currency –Design and Style –Navigability

94. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle94 Authority and Accuracy Where was the resource created? Author listed? Dated? Legitimate source of information? Accurate, objective, and impartial? –Or opinion or propaganda? Have you “explored” this site in depth?

95. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle95 Visual and Spatial Design: Look and Feel Design Should be Consistent Color –Light background with dark text (easiest to read) –Pale or subtle colors (larger areas) –Bright and saturated colors (smaller areas) good for emphasis, accent use sparingly

96. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle96 Visual and Spatial Design: Look and Feel Graphics, Banners –should be relevant to site and/or content –small as possible to reduce download time –optimum size: 30-60K Images (graphics, photos, etc) –can provide a thumbnail to larger image Banner –unobtrusive (shouldn’t have to scroll to get past it)

97. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle97 Visual and Spatial Design: Look and Feel Text –Common font Arial, Times, Comic Sans, Helvetica, Courier, Verana –Text size 2-4 for body text (3 is default) –Lists used –Little underlining (indicates hyperlink) –Titles, headings, slide/sub-headings –Includes white space

98. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle98 Other Evaluations Readability see handout Using Bobby http://www.cast.org/bobby/ Gender and Cultural issues –Language converters

99. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle99 Issues CERIAS The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security. Concerned with issues of privacy, ethics, and management of information. http://www.cerias.org/ or www.cerias.purdue.edu/ –Monitoring –Bookmark –School filters –Activities such as WebQuest –LAN system so can monitor all from your computer –Physical arrangement –“Wack” sites

100. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle100 More Issues Acceptable Use Policies (AUP’s) Copyright Issues– Teach Act See Handout Online Safety Kit – http://www.getnetwise.org/ –www.nasro.com Plagiarism –http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfbhl/wiu/plagiarism.htm –http://www.schoolsucks.com/ –http://www.turnitin.com/ Netiquette –Limit message to one screen – short and to the point –Identify yourself –Double check URL before sending –If replying include only important parts of the message –Do not write unless you want it read –Use lower case

101. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle101 In Summary: Know a little about the “Internet” and how it operates –in order to answer student questions –solve small problems Be able to Search efficiently and effectively Be able to evaluate the material you find Use Integration and effective use strategies Be aware of copyright and other ethical issues

102. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle102 Standards Online ISTE Draft: http://cnets.iste.org/review/ectlitreview2.html NCATE Standards: http://www.ncate.org/standard/m_stds.htm Joint ISTE/NCATE: http://www.iste.org/standards/ncate/ TSSA: http://cnets.iste.org/tssa/ NETS for Students: http://cnets.iste.org/index2.html

103. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle103 Rubrics Go to: –http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/ That will get you to the WebQuest page. Click on Search, type in Rubric Navigate to item # 8.

104. Beechfield ElementaryDavina Pruitt-Mentle104 For More Information Contact Davina Pruitt-Mentle 301 405 8202 dp151@umail.umd.edu