January 15, [email protected] Using the Internet in the Classroom

January 15, 2006 [email protected]

Using the Internet in the

Classroom


Why use the Internet?

• To do something that could not have been done before

• To do something that could have been done before, but better

» Dr. Jamie McKenzie


What can be done?

• WebQuests

• Research Modules

• Telecollaborative Projects

• Virtual Field Trips


What can be done (cont.)

• Scavenger Hunts

• Homework pages

• Pen pals

• Peer editing


CurriculumIntegration


Where to find Internet Projects

• Find sites that already exists– Considerations

• What is a powerful project?

• “Plug and play?”

• Create your own– Research cycle


WebQuests

• WebQuest Page– http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html

• Filamentality– http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/


Research Modules• Baltimore County Public Schools

– http://www.bcpl.net/~sullivan/modules/

• Bateman’s Bay, New South Wales– http://

www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/bbcap_intro.html

• Grand Prairie ISD, Texas– http://

www.gpisd.org/gpisd/modules/modulepage.html


Telecollaborative Projects

• KIDLINK/KIDPROJ– http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ

• I*EARN– http://www.iearn.org/

• Global SchoolNet Foundation– http://www.gsn.org


Tellecollaborative Projects

• CIESE (Science) http://www.k12science.org/collabprojs.html


Scavenger Hunts/E-sheets

• TRACKSTARhttp://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/index.jsp

• Educational Web Design http://www.oswego.org/staff/cchamber/webdesign/scavenger.htm


Online Projects

• AskEric virtual lesson plans – http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/index.shtml

• CIESE Science Classroom Projects http://www.k12science.org/currichome.html


Personalizing Instruction

• Keypals http://www.epals.com/

• Cookbook

• Comparisons





Create Your Own


Thematic Focus

• French Revolution

• Anne Frank

• Cultural Traditions

• Mexican Revolution


ClarifyQuestion

GatherInfo

DevelopResearch

Plan

ExpandQuestion

Sort &Sift Synthesize

Evaluate

ReviseQuestions

RevisePlan

Gather Info

Sort &SiftSynthesize

Evaluate REPORT


Sources

• http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.html

• http://oops.bizland.com/

• http://www.essdack.org/Tips/page1.htm


Project Ideas

• Art

• Bilingual Broadcast

• Poetry

• Culural fusions: music, food, daily life


Project Resources• Walk Through Time http://www.bbc.co.uk

/history/walk/

• ExploreScience.Com http://www.explorescience.com/

• CIA World Factbook http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

• National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/






Web Quest


Telecollaborativehttp://www.senior.dubuque.k12.ia.us/french


Considerations

• Effective use of search engines

• Use of graphic organizers

• Use of printed material (2 to 1 ratio)

• Safety of Internet sites

• “Ask 3 then me”


OnlineTours


Virtual Field Trips

• Virtual Tours– http://www.virtualfreesites.com/tours.html

• Web Museum Network– http://metalab.unc.edu/wm/

• AAA tours in U.S. and Europe– http://www.autoclubgroup.com/mnia/travel/index.asp?zip=52002


Virtual Field Trips

• The “OOPS” Virtual Field Trip Page http://oops.bizland.com/vtours.htm


Countries• Spain

http://www.virtourist.com/europe/madrid/

• Germanyhttp://munichtoday.de/d_munich.htm

http://www.geopanorama.com/

Francehttp://www.net-cities.com/virtual/paris/


Countries (cont.)

• Global Gateway http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html


Museums• Museums Around the World

http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/other/museums/world.html

• Anne Frank Househttp://www.annefrank.nl

• Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadthttp://www.darmstadt.gmd.de/Museum/HLMD


Interactive Maps

• Maps of Cities/Countries Around the Worldhttp://www.mapquest.com

• Austria and Germanyhttp://www.globecorner.com/r/12.html

• Owl and Mouse Interactive Maps http://www.yourchildlearns.com/owlmouse.htm


Authentic Resources


Magazines/Newspapers

• Spanishhttp://www.sipuebla.com/spanish-guide.htm

• French– http://www.utm.edu/departments/french/french.html

– http://www.spectacles-nancy.presse.fr/nancy/nancy.html


Magazines/Newspapers

• History News Network http://hnn.us/

• CNN Student News http://fyi.cnn.com/fyi/

• Reference Desk http://www.refdesk.com/


Comics

• Free Online Comicshttp://www.webcomics.com/

• Germanhttp://www.cologneweb.com/asterix/index.htm

• Frenchhttp://www.coolfrenchcomics.comhttp://www.asterix.tm.fr


Postcards

• All languageshttp://postcards.www.media.mit.edu/Postcards


TeacherResources


Resources/All Languages

• CTI Resources for Language Teachershttp://www.fredriley.org.uk/call/langsite/

• Human-Languages Pagehttp://www.june29.com//HLP

• OOPS ESL/Foreign Language Pagehttp://oops.bizland.com/esl.html


Resources (cont.)

• Eric Clearinghousehttp://www.cal.org/ericcll/faqs/rgos/flint.html

• Activities, Games, Create Your Own…http://www.quia.com

• Lina Lee’s Resources for Teachershttp://www.unh.edu/spanish/lina/resources.html


Resources (cont.)

• Teacher Vision Lesson Plan Finder http://www.teachervision.com/tv/curriculum/lessonplans/index.html?wtlAC=tablinks,FENhome

• Teach-nology http://www.teach-nology.com/


Resources (cont.)

• Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

• Franklin Institute Online http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/hotlists.html

• Thinking thru Linking http://www.ozline.com/learning/thinking.html


Resources (cont.)• Rubistar http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php• Babson College: Horn Library http://

fusion.babson.edu/html/library/pg.cfm?ID=52#images

• The Amazing Picture Machine http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm

• Teachers at Work http://www.teachers-work.com/


Resources (cont.)• Classroom Clipart

http://classroomclipart.com/

• Printable Graphic Organizers http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-6293.html?s2

• Scholastic http://teacher.scholastic.com/

• Freefoto.com http://freefoto.com/


Homework Pages

• Eboard http://www2.eboard.com/eboard/servlet/IndexLoginServlet

• Teacher Web http://www.teacherweb.com/

• SchoolNotes http://www.schoolnotes.com

• Create Your Own (using Netscape Composer)









Create Your Own


Teachers’Tools


Search Engines

• http://www.bizforms.com/search.htm

• http://www.alltheweb.com

• http://www.voila.fr

• http://wizard.imsa.edu/locate/faq.html

• http://www.dogpile.com


Multimedia Production

• PowerPoint tutorialhttp://www.actden.com/pp

• Web Page Constructionhttp://www.senior.dubuque.k12.ia.us/french/Pages/MmeAnderson.htm

• Posting Web Pagehttp://geocities.yahoo.com/

AEA server


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