1. Using the Internet to Facilitate Problem Based Learning How can the internet help my students become problem solvers?

2. What is Problem Based Learning? A teaching strategy where students are required to solve real world problems. Students must define the problem, access information and present a solution.

3. How can the internet help with Problem Based Learning? Research Surveys Question of the day Webquests Electronic Appearances Impersonations Mentors

4. What obstacles are there to using the internet? Availiablity Inappropriate material

5. Solutions: Download web pages to disk or hard drive After hours access Use kid safe sites Filtering software Acceptable Use Policies Honor Codes for Students Teacher/Staff monitoring

6. Safe Sites for Kids AOL@School or school.aol.comAOL@School Ask Jeeves for Kids at www.ajkids.comwww.ajkids.com Bigchalk’s HomeworkCentral at www.bigchalk.com www.bigchalk.com Discovery School at www.school.discover.com www.school.discover.com

7. Conclusion By using the internet for problem based learning, students have a world of information at their fingertips.