1. Integrating Online Tools and Internet Resources

2. Topics 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

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 http://www.excite.com –Lycos- http://www.lycos.com http://www.lycos.com Metasearch engines –MetaCrawler- http://www.metacrawler.com http://www.metacrawler.com –Dogpile- http://www.dogpile.com http://www.dogpile.com Search Engines for Children –Yahooligans- http://www.yahooligans.com http://www.yahooligans.com –Ask Jeeves for Kids- http://www.ajkids.com 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 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 http://www.archives.gov/index.html Electronic Field Trips –White House- http://www.whitehouse.govhttp://www.whitehouse.gov Newspapers, Books –The Boston Globe- http://www.boston.com/globe/http://www.boston.com/globe/ Online Simulations –Virtual Frog Dissection-http://www- itg.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/dissect/info.htmlhttp://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.htmlhttp://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html Education World- Great Sites for Teaching about Web Literacy –http://www.educationworld.com/a_sites/sites081.shtmlhttp://www.educationworld.com/a_sites/sites081.shtml Thinking Critically About Web Page Content –http://www.lib.msu.edu/link/critical.htmhttp://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.htmlhttp://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 http://www.connectedteacher.com/newsletter/citeintres.asp Tek Mom’s Citation Page- http://www.tekmom/cite/index.html http://www.tekmom/cite/index.html

10. Curriculum Resources Education World- http://www.education-world.com http://www.education-world.com Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators- http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/index.html http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/index.html Pacific Bell Knowledge Network Explorer- http://www.kn.pacbell.com http://www.kn.pacbell.com Sun Associates’ Collection of WWW Resources- http://www.sun-associates.com/cos/webresources/noframesites.html 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 http://www.globalschoolhouse.org/pr –Blue Web’n- http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/ http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/ –Classroom Connect- http://www.classroom.com/login/home.jhtml http://www.classroom.com/login/home.jhtml Individual Projects –Jason Project- http://www.jasonproject.org http://www.jasonproject.org

12. Email Projects Intercultural E-mail Classroom Connections- http://www.iecc.org http://www.iecc.org KIDLINK- Global Networking for Youth- http://www.kidlink.org http://www.kidlink.org ePALS Classroom Exchange- http://www.epals.com http://www.epals.com NASA Quest- Meet NASA people- http://quest.nasa.gov/services/people.html 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 Site http://webquest.sdsu.edu/matrix.html http://webquest.sdsu.edu/matrix.html Knowledge Network Explorer Search http://www.kn.pacbell.com/kne_search.html http://www.kn.pacbell.com/kne_search.html GEC Computers in the Classroom WebQuest Locator http://www.gecdsb.on.ca/d&g/DP/main.htm http://www.gecdsb.on.ca/d&g/DP/main.htm San Diego City Schools Technology Challenge Grants http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/projects/featured/featured.h tml http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/projects/featured/featured.h tml edHelper.com- Lesson Plans and WebQuests http://edhelper.com/cat311.htm http://edhelper.com/cat311.htm

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

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

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