Classroom Applications Using the World Wide Web

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Classroom Applications Using the World Wide Web

• Presented by
• Carolyn Cotton
• Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher
• Bristow High School

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Famous Mis-Quotes on Technology
Who in their right mind would ever need more
than 640k of RAM? --Bill Gates, 1981 I think
there is a world market for maybe five
computers. --Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM,
1943
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Goals of this Seminar

• Introduce you to the Internets educational
  capabilities
• Get you excited about using the Internet in your
  classroom
• Answer any burning questions you may have about
  the online world
• Brainstorm ideas for using it with your students!

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Do you ever feel like Lucy in the Candy Factory ?
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Wouldnt it be sad if you woke up one morning
and realized you were done learning?
Make technology in the classroom your slave!
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Internet History

• Started by the U.S. military in mid-1960s
• The Internet was used exclusively by government
  and university researchers until the early 1990s
• Today, anyone with a personal computer and modem
  can access the Internet

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Growth of the Internet

• The Net grows 10 per month

The Internet
In the year 2000, there will be over 400 million
people worldwide online! NOTE 40 of the
U.S. is now online
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Growth of the Internet

• The number of people using the Internet doubles
  every 100 days.
• It took only four years for the WWW to be used by
  more than 1/4 of U.S. population
• took electricity 46 years
• television 26 years
• personal computers 16 years

Growing daily
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Growth of the Internet

• The web now contains some 1.2 billion pages and
  roughly doubles in size each year
• About 38 pages are added per second
• How do you find all the exciting
  new stuff ?

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Schools and the Internet

• Accessing information, from single documents to
  entire libraries.
• Communicating with peers worldwide . . .
• Students are taking field trips to places they
  have only dreamed about !
• Publishing their own information to the world via
  the WWW.

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The Net Enhances Education

• Ties with educational reforms
• Replaces sage on the stage with guide on the
  side
• Promotes life-long learning
• Aids in cross-curriculum development
• Creates opportunities for multi-cultural learning

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Rules of the Online Road

• Establish Specific Classroom Rules
• Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) (signed by
  teachers, students, and parents)
• Follow rules of Netiquette

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Terminology

• URL (Uniform Resource Locator) - The address
  assigned to an Internet resource
• HTTP (Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol) - Protocol
  to tell the computer what tools are necessary to
  view the WWW. Also the colored words you select
  on a Web page.
• HTML (Hyper-Text Markup Language) - The code
  or language used to create Web pages placed on
  the Internet

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Terminology cont.

• Web Page - a document on the Web, can contain
  text, pictures, sound and video.
• Web Site - a collection of Web pages maintained
  by a university, government agency, company, or
  individual.
• Web Server - a computer connected to the
  Internet that makes Web pages available to the
  world.

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THREE PART OF A URLhttp//www.whitehouse.gov/welc
ome

• http// The type of resource
• www.whitehouse.gov Name of server
  or host computer
• /welcome Specific directory and file name

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Domain Names

• .gov Government
• .com Commercial
• .edu Education
• .org Nonprofit organization
• .mil Military
• .net Internet related activities

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Internet Navigation Tools

• Electronic Mail (e-mail)
• Web browser Software
• Web Search Engines (examples)
• Yahoo
• Alta Vista
• Dog Pile
• Ask Jeeves

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What Does the Future Hold ?

• It is changing the way teachers teach, and
  students learn
• Empowers everyone, from adult to child, to become
  life long learners
• Compliments our school/classroom library
• More schools, classrooms and homes are getting
  connected

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Oklahoma

• Last year, the SDE estimated that 75 of OK
  schools were online, but only 15 of OK homes had
  such access
• Since many of our students do not have physical
  access at home, it is our responsibility to
  provide it at school

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Implications for Education

• Beware a digital divide . . . a splinter
  between the info haves and have-nots
• Students need Net access to become the knowledge
  workers of the 21st Century!
• Now is the time to put this information to work
  in your classroom!!!

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Resources

• TrackStar - create your own online lesson plans
  or use those already developed
• http//scrtec.org/track/
• Eboard - Virtual Corkboard put
  information (Internet links, pictures,
  assignments, announcements, etc.) online
• http//www.eboard.com

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Resources cont.

• Curriculum Integration Web Sites
• Web Sites for Teachers
• Resource Materials

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Don Tapscott - author

• We do have to make sure that the
  engagement with the Internet is stimulating and
  intelligent. We have to remember that its not
  the Internet itself that will do that - its
  the teacher who mediates the students engagement
  with the Internet.

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The Internet
In todays world, knowing the answer may not be
as powerful as knowing where to find the answer !
Your Window to the World!
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The World Wide Web
Real-Life Learning at your fingertips!