Using the Internet As an Active Learning Tool

By: Odis Franklin

Table of ContentsHow can we use the internet as a learning tool?Digital literacyDifferenceSearchingWebsite buildingTipsIneffective siteEffective sitesSources

How Can We Use the Internet As a Learning

Tool?•Build a class web site that is to be used in conjunction with the regular classroom curriculum.

•Design activities for students that incorporate the use of the Internet.

•Have the students use the Internet on a regular basis in the classroom.

Digital Literacy

Digital Literacy – The ability to understand, evaluate, and integrate information in multiple formats that the computer can deliver.

How Is Digital Literacy Different From the

Traditional Concept of Literacy?

•Information found on the Internet is different in many ways. It is not only text, it has many multimedia components such as video,audio, and pictures.

Other Differences

•Being digitally literate is interactive and multidimensional.

- Files can be saved, printed, e-mailed, shared, and talked about in newsgroups.

Searching the Internet

•Teach students guidelines for searching

-use Boolean searches

-Check the sources

-Check hyperlinks

-Communicate with the author

Building an Effective Classroom Website

•Supplement teaching

•Share information

•Create a place for guided learning

•Present New Learning experiences for students

Web Site Tips

•Keep it Simple

•Use a weekly schedule

•Break information into groups

•Promote Collaboration

Ineffective Classroom Web Sites

•http://216.167.182.203/3way/3wayhomepage/faculty/teacherswebpages/webpages/kingsley.htm

•http://www.springlake-earth.org/faculty/hs/hsteachers/hsfacpg1.html

•http://wwwstd.enmu.edu/franklio/welcome.htm

Effective Classroom Web Sites

•http://edtech.boisestate.edu/educ573/

•http://www.hc.cc.tx.us/ofranklin/boise.htm

•http://edtech.boisestate.edu/educ583mm/

Sources

•http://www.esc17.net

•http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/edlead/9711/pool.htm

•http://edtech.boisestate.edu/educ573

•http://hc.cc.tx.us

Questions?

The Curriculum drives the Technology!