1. Internet: As a learning tool

2. Let’s talk about Internet When and why do you use Internet? In your personal life? As a teacher? As a student?

3. SurfingResearchingLearning Sharing & Serving Creating ultimately (College of Education, University of Illinois) “Surfing the Internet”?  Surfing is not enough. Collaborating

4. Internet as a learning tool  Try to use a single page rather than an entire web site  Use the web to explore multiple perspectives on topics  Utilize the web to enhance critical thinking skill, interactive learning & collaborative learning

5. Let’s taste it  http://www.hitentertainment.com/b arney/flash_mx/sites/player.asp http://www.hitentertainment.com/b arney/flash_mx/sites/player.asp  http://www.funbrain.com http://www.funbrain.com

6. Informational resources  Examples: All about frog: http://www.frogsonice.com/froggy/ http://www.frogsonice.com/froggy/ All about tiger: http://www.5tigers.org/http://www.5tigers.org/ Basic information about US States: http://www.50states.com/ http://www.50states.com/  Use search engines Yahooligans, http://www.yahooligans.com/http://www.yahooligans.com/ Kidsclick, http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/ Kid’s search tool: http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm

7. Multimedia Resources  Use Search Engines (Google, Altavista, HotBot, etc.)  Special Search Engines Image  Pics 4 Learning Pics 4 Learning  http://www.faganfinder.com/img/ http://www.faganfinder.com/img/ Animal video, sound,, and images  http://www.junglewalk.com/ http://www.junglewalk.com/ Lesson plans  Your favorites?

8. Interactive Learning Resources  Examples: Art, History and Science: http://www.eduweb.com/ http://www.eduweb.com/ Art: http://www.childrensmuseum.org/artsworksh op/index2a.html http://www.childrensmuseum.org/artsworksh op/index2a.html Math: http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html Music: http://www.musicplay.com/piano/pianoclass. html http://www.musicplay.com/piano/pianoclass. html Chemistry: http://www.miamisci.org/ph/http://www.miamisci.org/ph/

9. Collaborative learning (telecollaboration)  Global School House http://www.globalschoolnet.org/gsh/  Global grocery list http://landmark-project.com/ggl/index.html  International Newsday http://www.newsday.co.uk/

10. Judy Harris Virtual Architecture  http://virtual- architecture.wm.edu/index.html http://virtual- architecture.wm.edu/index.html

11. WebQuest  A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the internet, optionally supplemented with videoconferencing. (Bernie Dodge, San Diego State University)  http://webquest.sdsu.edu/ http://webquest.sdsu.edu/

12. When you use the Internet for your class: Considerations  Technology, often, fails Plan alternatives  Technology takes time  Take advantages of the Web Use resources Adapt existing plans (why reinvent a wheel?)  Students have good ideas  The Internet is addictive  Planning is critical  Finding and evaluating Web resources is a necessary skill for teachers

13. Search on the Internet  http://www.noodletools.com/debbie /literacies/information/5locate/advic eengine.html http://www.noodletools.com/debbie /literacies/information/5locate/advic eengine.html  http://www.google.com/help/refine search.html http://www.google.com/help/refine search.html