Using the Internet in the Classroom

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Using the Internet in theClassroom
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Why use the Internet?

• To do something that could not have been done
  before
• To do something that could have been done before,
  but better
• Dr. Jamie McKenzie

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What can be done?

• WebQuests
• Research Modules
• Telecollaborative Projects
• Virtual Field Trips

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What can be done (cont.)

• Scavenger Hunts
• Homework pages
• Pen pals
• Peer editing

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CurriculumIntegration
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Where to find Internet Projects

• Find sites that already exists
• Considerations
• What is a powerful project?
• Plug and play?
• Create your own
• Research cycle

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WebQuests

• WebQuest Page
• http//webquest.sdsu.edu/
• Filamentality
• http//www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/

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Research Modules

• Baltimore County Public Schools
• http//www.bcpl.net/sullivan/modules/
• Batemans Bay, New South Wales
• http//www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/bbcap_intr
  o.html
• Grand Prairie ISD, Texas
• http//www.gpisd.org/gpisd/modules/modulepage.html
  

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Telecollaborative Projects

• KIDLINK/KIDPROJ
• http//www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ
• IEARN
• http//www.iearn.org/
• Global SchoolNet Foundation
• http//www.gsn.org

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Tellecollaborative Projects

• CIESE (Science) http//www.k12science.org/collabpr
  ojs.html

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Scavenger Hunts/E-sheets

• TRACKSTAR
• http//trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/index.js
  p
• Educational Web Design http//www.oswego.org/staff
  /cchamber/webdesign/scavenger.htm
• Explanation of Scavenger http//www.spa3.k12.sc.us
  /scavenger_hunts.htm

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Online Projects

• AskEric virtual lesson plans
• http//www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/index.shtml
  
• CIESE Science Classroom Projects
  http//www.k12science.org/currichome.html

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Personalizing Instruction

• Keypals http//www.epals.com/
  
• Cookbook
• Comparisons

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Create Your Own
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Thematic Focus

• French Revolution
• Anne Frank
• Cultural Traditions
• Mexican Revolution

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Evaluate
REPORT
Gather Info
Sort Sift
Revise Plan
Synthesize
Revise Questions
Expand Question
Clarify Question
Develop Research Plan
Evaluate
Gather Info
Sort Sift
Synthesize
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Sources

• http//school.discovery.com/schrockguide/webquest/
  webquest.html
• http//oops.bizland.com/
• http//www.essdack.org/Tips/page1.htm

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Project Ideas

• Art
• Bilingual Broadcast
• Poetry
• Culural fusions music, food, daily life

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Project Resources

• Walk Through Time http//www.bbc.co.uk/history/wal
  k/
• ExploreScience.Com http//www.explorescience.com/
• CIA World Factbook
• http//www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index
  .html
• National Geographic http//www.nationalgeographic.
  com/

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Web Quest
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Telecollaborative
http//www.senior.dubuque.k12.ia.us/french
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Considerations

• Effective use of search engines
• Use of graphic organizers
• Use of printed material (2 to 1 ratio)
• Safety of Internet sites
• Ask 3 then me

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OnlineTours
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Virtual Field Trips

• Virtual Tours
• http//www.virtualfreesites.com/tours.html
• Web Museum Network
• http//metalab.unc.edu/wm/

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Virtual Field Trips

• The OOPS Virtual Field Trip Page
  http//oops.bizland.com/vtours.htm

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Countries

• Spainhttp//www.virtourist.com/europe/madrid/
• Germanyhttp//munichtoday.de/d_munich.htm
• http//www.geopanorama.com/
• Francehttp//www.net-cities.com/virtual/paris/

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Countries (cont.)

• Global Gateway http//international.loc.gov/intldl
  /intldlhome.html

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Museums

• Museums Around the Worldhttp//www.comlab.ox.ac.u
  k/archive/other/museums/world.html
• Anne Frank Househttp//www.annefrank.nl

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Interactive Maps

• Maps of Cities/Countries Around the
  Worldhttp//www.mapquest.com
• Austria and Germanyhttp//www.globecorner.com/r/1
  2.html
• Francehttp//www.ismap.com/geo/afrance2.htm

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Authentic Resources
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Magazines/Newspapers

• Spanishhttp//www.sipuebla.com/spanish-guide.htm
• French
• http//www.utm.edu/departments/french/french.html
• http//www.spectacles-nancy.presse.fr/nancy/nancy.
  html

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Magazines/Newspapers

• History News Network http//hnn.us/
• CNN Student News http//fyi.cnn.com/fyi/
• Reference Desk http//www.refdesk.com/

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Comics

• European Comics on the Web
• http//lcg-www.uia.ac.be/erikt/comics/welcome.htm
  ltop
• Germanhttp//www.cologneweb.com/asterix/index.htm
  
• Frenchhttp//www.coolfrenchcomics.comhttp//www.
  asterix.tm.fr

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Postcards

• All languageshttp//postcards.www.media.mit.edu/P
  ostcards

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TeacherResources
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Resources (cont.)

• Teacher Vision Lesson Plan Finder
  http//www.teachervision.com/tv/curriculum/lessonp
  lans/index.html?wtlACtablinks,FENhome
• A list of the Top 10 sites for educators
  http//www.glavac.com/topeducatorsites.htm
• Teach-nology http//www.teach-nology.com/
• Teachers at work
• http//www.teachers-work.com/reviews/search.asp

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Resources (cont.)

• Kathy Schrocks Guide for Educators
  http//school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
• Franklin Institute Online http//sln.fi.edu/tfi/ho
  tlists/hotlists.html
• Thinking thru Linking http//www.ozline.com/learni
  ng/thinking.html

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Resources (cont.)

• Classroom Clipart http//classroomclipart.com/
• Printable Graphic Organizers http//www.teachervis
  ion.com/lesson-plans/lesson-6293.html?s2
• Scholastic http//teacher.scholastic.com/
• Freefoto.com
• http//freefoto.com/

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Homework Pages

• Eboard http//www2.eboard.com/eboard/servlet/Index
  LoginServlet
• Teacher Web http//www.teacherweb.com/
• SchoolNotes http//www.schoolnotes.com
• Create Your Own (using Netscape
• Composer)

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www.classedefrancais.eboard.com
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Create Your Own
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TeachersTools
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Search Engines

• http//www.bizforms.com/search.htm
• http//www.alltheweb.com
• http//www.voila.fr

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Multimedia Production

• PowerPoint tutorialhttp//www.actden.com/pp
• Web Page Constructionhttp//www.senior.dubuque.k1
  2.ia.us/french/Pages/MmeAnderson.htm
• Posting Web Page
• http//geocities.yahoo.com/

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