The Savvy Cyber Teacher ® Using the Internet Effectively in the K-12 Classroom 1Copyright © 2001 Stevens Institute of Technology, CIESE, All Rights Reserved (elem) Savvy Cyber Teacher ® Using the Internet Effectively in the K-12 Classroom Developed by Stevens Institute of Technology Funded by U.S. Department of Education

The Savvy Cyber Teacher ® Using the Internet Effectively in the K-12 Classroom 2Copyright © 2001 Stevens Institute of Technology, CIESE, All Rights Reserved (elem) Real-Time Adventures... on the Internet

The Savvy Cyber Teacher ® Using the Internet Effectively in the K-12 Classroom 3Copyright © 2001 Stevens Institute of Technology, CIESE, All Rights Reserved (elem) Week Four Workshop Agenda Getting Started Internet-Based Real-Time Data Break Implementing Real-Time Data Projects in the Classroom Workshop Evaluation Reinforcement Activity

The Savvy Cyber Teacher ® Using the Internet Effectively in the K-12 Classroom 4Copyright © 2001 Stevens Institute of Technology, CIESE, All Rights Reserved (elem) What is Internet-Based Real-Time Data? Information available on the Internet that changes frequently and is regularly updated Not necessarily information available the moment it is collected Can you think of other examples?

The Savvy Cyber Teacher ® Using the Internet Effectively in the K-12 Classroom 5Copyright © 2001 Stevens Institute of Technology, CIESE, All Rights Reserved (elem) Examples of Real-Time Data Weather Images Recent Earthquakes & Volcanic Events Satellite Tagging and Tracking Currency Exchange Current Events & Live News Reports Live Web Cams Real Time Satellite Images Stock Market Quotes

The Savvy Cyber Teacher ® Using the Internet Effectively in the K-12 Classroom 6Copyright © 2001 Stevens Institute of Technology, CIESE, All Rights Reserved (elem) Using Real-Time Data in the Classroom Lends itself better to some science and math subjects than to others –Example: human body online data Enhance, not replace existing hands-on activities and experiments –Example: For weather, students can measure temperature, rain, etc. in addition to using radar images from the Internet

The Savvy Cyber Teacher ® Using the Internet Effectively in the K-12 Classroom 7Copyright © 2001 Stevens Institute of Technology, CIESE, All Rights Reserved (elem) Time / Date Stamps Identifies when the data was recorded –generally located, stamped, somewhere on the web page –informs visitor about the “age” of the data Example: 22 DEC 00 at 17:45 UTC December 22, 2000 at 5:45 pm Coordinated Universal Time

The Savvy Cyber Teacher ® Using the Internet Effectively in the K-12 Classroom 8Copyright © 2001 Stevens Institute of Technology, CIESE, All Rights Reserved (elem) Reading the Time/Date Stamp Time expressed using a 24-hour clock –AM and PM are not used (e.g. 17:45 is 5:45 pm) –Format is Hours:Minutes:Seconds Use of a standardized time zone (e.g. UTC) –Example: UTC – 5 hours = EST 17:45 UTC – 5 hours = 12:45 EST 12:45 EST = 12:45 PM EST –Related Issues: Daylight Saving Time, GMT, Zulu, & UT