1. The Internet in Instruction

2. In Education, is the WWW:
The world’s biggest encyclopedia?
An information superhighway?
Full of useless junk?

3. Biggest Encyclopedia? Lots of information WWW Encyclopedia Static
Lively
Organized
Amorphous/chaotic
Cross-referenced
Passionately compiled
Careful research
information
Full of opinions
Bias-free (effort)
Written by anyone
Professionally written

4. An information superhighway?
Sophisticated network with interdependent parts
Transports facts/good & services
Communication Sharing Learning Building

5. Full of useless junk?
“Viewed through the eyes of traditional education, who would want a learning resource that presents the world in all its chaos, offers more opinion than facts and requires a subtle intelligence to sort the gems from the junk? Viewed from a more student-centered, active-learning perspective, what better resource could you imagine!”
Web-and-Flow

6. So what is it? Rich Immediate Passionate Clever Funny Interactive
Authentic

7. So what is it?
A unique opportunity to reach students with varying intelligences
Multiple intelligences & technology

8. Multiple intelligences
Civil War
Linguistic
Logical Mathematical
Spatial
Bodily-Kinesthetic
Musical
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal
Naturalist
Existential

9. So what is it?
“An embarrassment of riches that is next to worthless without an educator (You!) to facilitate learning and integration in your classrooms.”
Working the Web

10. Successful teaching & learning
A positive learning environment
Aligned with mandated curriculum standards
Appropriate objectives (including objectives at the upper end of Bloom’s taxonomy)
Assessments that match objectives
Links to students’ prior knowledge
Attention to individual learning styles
Multiple ways for students to study and work with the content
Teacher with a thorough understanding of the content
Enthusiasm in the classroom (it is contagious)

11. Content first
“It is a fallacy to think that technology will make traditional content outdated… The corollary to this thinking is that traditional content is less important than learning to learn... Is a dangerous doctrine.”
(Tinker,1998, p.2)

12. Where does the Internet fit?
Content
Pedagogy
Access to scholars
Interdisciplinary
Site based
Collaborative
Meaningful
Active
Knowledge
Primary sources
Current events
Authentic data
Internet As
Enhancer
Technology is an enhancer of content and pedagogy. It is not a separate subject; it i s not something that takes away from the core content. It provides opportunities to enhance it. Examples of how technology has been in your classes either as a student or as a teacher - show video “Dynamic.mov” which shows how a teacher integrates traditional content with multimedia project for a new generation of learners.
Pedagogy: the art and science of teaching - the instruction of teaching methods
Activity for video: Write down all the pedagogical approaches you notice in the video

13. “Is it worth it?”
Does the Internet enable you to do something you couldn’t do before?
Does the Internet enable you to do something you could do before, only better?
(Harris, 1998)

14. 9 Good Reasons to Teach with the Web
Access Information
Complementary Lesson Materials
Practice Information Seeking Skills
Use Real Data
Discover Differences
Build Mental Schemas and Connect to the Subject Matter

15. 9 Good Reasons to Teach with the Web (cont.)
Add Background Information
Use Multimedia
Engage in Higher Order Thinking
Quebec English Schools Network

16. Reference
Tinker, R. (1998). Teaching and learning in the knowledge society: Putting technology at the service of content. The Concord Consortium Newsletter, Winter 1998, p. 1-2,

17. Your assignment Go back to slide 8
Create your own (or with a partner) slide on a new PowerPoint
Pick your own topic
Find Internet sites that support 5 different Multiple Intelligences
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