"So We Have the Internet at School, Now What Do We do ?" reviewed and updated, March 4, 2006 Presenter David Brear
UBC Course Web siteURL for today's talk : http://members.shaw.ca/dbrear/G3.html
Sample Steps
1. Choose Your Web Browser
Think about the placement of the Web browser on the Desktop.
2. Students and AUP's ( Acceptable Use Policy )
3. Where to begin introducing students to the Internet
Use a program like The Internet Driver's Licence from Classroom Connect
4. Searching the Web
Two Search Engines for students
5. A simple plan to start using the Web
Subscribe to an existing project
eg., WebQuests - This site is designed to serve as a resource to those who are using the WebQuest model to teach with the web. By pointing to excellent examples and collecting materials developed to communicate the idea, all of us experimenting with WebQuests will be able to learn from each other. A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web.6. What to do about Email
Suggestions
a. use the Web based Email system through SD#43 for students
b. Use a Web based Email system SD#43 for staff
eg., HotMail, YahooMail, EudoraMail
c. Do nothing7. Resources - Books
Educator's Internet Companion, by The Staff of Classroom Connect, 1996, Wentworth Worldwide Media, Inc.
Classroom Connect's Yellow Pages, K - 6, by The Staff of Classroom Connect, 1997, Wentworth Worldwide Media, Inc.
The Online Classroom, Eileen Giuffré Cotton, 1997, Wentworth Worldwide Media, Inc.
Internet Homework Helper, by The Staff of Classroom Connect, 1997, Wentworth Worldwide Media, Inc.
The Learning Highway, Trevor Owen, Ron Owsten & Cheryl Dickie,1998, Key Porter Books
The Busy Educator's Guide to the World Wide Web, Marjan Glavac,1998, NIMA Systems
The Internet, Kids and Family, Golden Edition, Jean Armour Polly, 1999, Osborne/ McGraw-Hill
National Educational Technology, Standards for Students, Connecting Curriculum and Technology, International Society for Technology in Education
8. Resources - Magazines
Technology and Learning, Miller Freeman, Inc.
Classroom Connect, The K-12 educators' practical guide to using the Internet in the classroom, Classroom Connect, Inc.
Teaching PRE K - 8, Highlights for Children, Inc.
9. Resources - Publications
Cybersurfer, The Owl Internet Guide for Kids, Nyla Ahmad, 1996, Owl Books
Space Science, Classroom Connect, Inc.
iCD, Internet CD, Classroom Connect, Inc.
EDUTOPIA - The George Lucas Educational Foundation
Multimedia Schools - A Practical Journal of Multimedia,
CD-ROM, Online, and Internet in K-1210. Sample Web Sites
Ten Stages of Working the Web for Education
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Surf, Stumble, Search and Lurch
11. More sites - Internet Sites that Work for Students and Teachers
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