By: Jamie Bunting and Michelle O’Callaghan

The “Ten C’s” provide criteria to consider in evaluating Internet resources. - Content- Continuity - Credibility- Censorship - Critical Thinking- Connectivity - Copyright- Comparability - Citation- Context

Documentation and Credibility Content Audience Appeal and Suitability Ease of Use, Navigation, and Accessibility User Interface and Design

Portal Sites Content Resources Language Arts Mathematics Science Social Studies Arts Experience Simulations Research Tools

Provide links to a great variety of educational resources, from very general to topics specific Portal sites that contain teacher tools contain lesson plans, teacher discussion boards, and links to other support materials Examples:Discoveryschool.com Education World Edupuppy

Sites that provide some type of content information National organizations, research institutes, or even individual Internet users maintain these sites Can be used as a supplemental or enrichment resource or can supply the backbone of a series of lessons

Language Arts ReadWriteThink Inspirational Poetry Online: A Guide to Internet Resources Vocabulary puzzles to enhance vocabulary mastery

Mathematics Illuminations Cool Math CuriousMath.com

Science EarthSLOT Franklin Institute Online Volcanoworld

Social Studies American Civil War Homepage Digital History Geography Zone p

Arts Metropolitan Museum of Art Play Music

Through online communication, students can experience what they cannot see in person Pictures and stories bring remote events and foreign parts of the world to vivid life through the computer screen Examples: Global Online Adventure Learning Site (Goals) The Jason Project

Answers Educator’s Reference Desk Google Scholar

Complete works of art are not just for the eyes of parents and peers anymore There are online sites for students to post their papers and other work The Virtual Refrigerator Door: ages 2-18 displays artwork by artist name Cyberkids: ages 7-12 publishes written works

Collaborative work opportunities Sites available to work with other classes world wide Education World’s Collaborative Projects Global SchoolNet Internet Projects Directory

Sites can create puzzles for the content area or just generate puzzles Astronomy for Kids Puzzles Fact Monster: The History of the Crossword Puzzle

As a supplement, requiring students to log on at home for homework, keeping information for a lesson on a class website or using the internet to find conduct research for class WebQuest: Online district information, informational websites from school districts for parents

“the delivery of the educational process to receivers who are not in proximity to the person or persons managing or conducting the process” (Lewis, Whitaker, & Julian 1995) Feeling of being part of a class from anywhere Option of flexibility and courses not provided by school

Teachers feel relationships are stronger Teachers feel they lose face time Teachers feel working with other teachers is harder Teachers find it hard to take their ways of teaching and duplicating them online

Mental Plan Audience- Who do I want the attention of? Types of Information- Is it information that my audience will enjoy? Presentation Strategies- How should my information be presented?

Design Process Study- Look at other sites Sketch- Imagine your page Plan the Navigation- Create a simple user-friendly path Plan the Organization- Keep records of page titles, sources and reasons, source for graphics, size and type of graphics, width of horizontal lines Plan for Accessibility- For students with disabilities, students with slower connection, type of hardware Accessible Quick Tips: Accessible Compliance:

Involve Students Teaching through using the internet Students might be able to create one better than adults Complete process can be a valuable cross-curricular project

The Development Process Web Editing Software- allows construction of attractive and effective web pages complete with multimedia elements Productivity Software- new productivity tools provide option to save documents as a webpage

The Development Process Online Web Editors- wizards are provided for step by step creation Course Management Software- used to either create professional-quality course supplements or convert entire courses to online format to be offered at a distance

Server Storage Local Server Space- procedures f or hosting individual classroom web material Hosted Server Space- public and educational websites offer free web pages and subscription- based hosting

Check your site Have someone else “proofread” your site Update your site Checks your web links Improve your site Accommodate new ideas

The World Wide Web is a source of unlimited resources Teachers can try exploring how to design web based instruction Software advances make creating a web page easier Keep up on your new web page.

Bitter, Gary G., Legacy, Jane M. Using Technology In The Classroom. Seventh Edition.