EDUCATION ON THE INTERNET Designed for teachers Designed to meet professional needs Designed to meet instructional needs
Section I: Access to People Using the internet for sending and receiving information Using the internet for tutoring or mentoring
Part 1 Sending and Receiving Messages Via The Internet E-mail Listservs Mailing list Discussion groups Chats Bulletin boards Newsgroups Forums
How can Email be used for Instructional Purposes? Enhance the curriculum Establish new friendships Enrich student communication skills http://communities.msn.com/internationalfriends/
Email – electronic mail Anywhere in the world Any number of people at once Any time schedule
Mailing Lists Discussion Groups Listservs Subscribe Email multiple recipients Public or private membership Asynchronous
Chats Synchronous Chat room Kidlink offers a private network of real time “chats” for both teachers and students. Student participation limited to people age 15 and younger. http://www.kidlink.org/
Newsgroups Messages posted on bulletin board No subscription necessary Un-censored and public Examples EDTECH WEBTALK IDEAS_LIST Forum One Teachers Helping Teachers
Telementoring One to One Moderated group Un-moderated group Peer mentoring Formal and informal http://www.tutor2000.com/
Section 2 Access to Resources Using the Web as
An Information Source Search Engines Yahoo http://www.yahoo.com/ Alta Vista http://altavista.digital.com/ Google http://google.com/
Research Tool Online libraries Library catalogs http://library.ncsu.edu/ Articles and documents New York Times Learning Network http://www.nytimes.com/learning/ Topic related Web sites Jason Project - Science http://www.jasonproject.org/
Professional Development Tutorials Online forums Online courses Distance education From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal http://fromnowon.org/
Lesson Plan Bank Teachers creating Web pages CEARCH:The Cisco Archive Education Resource List Education World
Publishing Tool Website Publication