1. USING INTERNET TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM
Written and Presented by Mike Hetherington to the H.W. Porter faculty – August 25, 2005

2. THE WIRED GENERATION Late 2004 survey of 1,100 random teens…12 to 17
Teens are technology rich and surrounded by a wired world
87% use the internet – compared to 66% of American adults
Of wired teens
About 50% use the Web everyday
About 50% high speed – 50% dial-up
75% of teens use IM vs. 42% of on-line adults

3. The Wired Generation
45% of teens have cell phones and 33% use text messaging
is still a fixture in teens lives, but IM is preferred
33% of teens with IM have used it to send a music or video file
The size of the wired teen population surges at the seventh grade mark

4. Class Web Pages Teacher Pages at H.W. Porter
Mike Hetherington - Schoolnotes page and server based page
Roy Lawrence – Schoolnotes page
Tammy Ekstrom – Scholastic.com page
Jean Trask – TeacherWeb page
Heather Montanile – TeacherWeb page
Karen Martin – TeacherWeb page
Jane Skolnick – TeacherWeb pag

5. Class Web Pages What are they used for? Posting homework assignments
“What we did today” communications to parents
Reminders for Tests, Quizzes and Project due dates
Links for on-line notes, study guides and project directions
Links to other interesting web sites
Here is list of web pages at Smith Middle School

6. Class Web Pages How to get started! http://schoolnotes.com -

7. Quia.com Website used for teacher created on-line games and activities
Shared activities from other quia users on many different subjects
Also allows you to set up a class page – could be used as your web page
Accepts file uploads – can be used as a home for your notes and study guides
Has an excellent quiz feature. You can create on-line quizzes and tests. These tests are automatically scored and quia presents a detailed question by question analysis of the results.
One month free trial - 1 year subscription is $49 per year per instructor.

8. Google Earth
“For anyone who had ever dreamed of flying” New York Times
A 3D globe that sits in your computer
Use to demonstrate from aerial views
Physical landforms
Political boundaries
Very detailed city and street views
Free download at

9. On-Line Gradebooks mygradebook.com
Very similar to Integrade Pro – Very fast and very reliable
Web based- can be accessed from home
Ongoing home-school communication
Students and Parents can review student grades with password protection
Used from November – June with very positive feedback from students/parents
Eliminated 90% of the “I didn’t know my student was having trouble” calls.
Free 30 day trial - $49.95 year – less w/grp. Disc.

10. Weblogs (Blogs)
Web based journal of thoughts and ideas on a particular subject
Allows students to have a published voice
Room_613-Talk – Last year’s class Blog
Class discussions; polls; poetry; what we learned today;post student writing for an authentic audience
Can collaborate with other classrooms across the world
Planet 5th – Millard Public, Omaha, Neb.
Mr. Hetherington’s Class Blog
Weblog for this presentation (Full list of links)

11. Weblogs
Where to blog?????
- powerful, moderated comments – 30 day free trial – then $49.95 and up
- commercial
- free –– Post a comment here
- another free site built for educators – school passcode is hpwnpr

12. Podcasting
Also known as webcasts, an audio file that is made available over the internet
Itunes software (and others) allow downloading and uploading of podcasts.
Room 208 Podcast is an example of a classroom podcast
Start with a blog, then let it develop from there
Gives students a voice, they decide the topics, write the stories, transitions, script times etc and then record the broadcast using digital recorders.