21st Century Learning

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• 21st Century Learning

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Through the Years
1955
Laptop 1996
1938
Laptop 2010
1982
1946
2010
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Introduction

• What is the Internet?
• Way to reach information stored on computers all
  over the world.
• How do you access and use the World Wide Web
  (WWW)?
• Web Browser, URL, hyperlinks
• What does a computer do?
• Allows you to communicate (e-mail), explore, seek
  find (search engines)

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Internet Beginnings

• The World Wide Web (WWW or Web) is a tool that
  allows for the easy viewing of content placed on
  the Internet for people interested in any number
  of topics. The Web is based on the
  interconnectivity the computers provided by the
  Internet. The Web consists of Websites and
  documents that are made available to the public
  through their internet access. The content of
  pages available on the World Wide Web can
  include, but is not limited to, text, music and
  video.

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Internet As we know it
An academic Consortium (Group) in Europe was the
first to allow the exchange of data between
computers. The Web was created in 1991 to
provide access to the large number of articles,
papers and reports that were being produced. Tim
Berners-Lee developed the computer protocols in
the project. In the beginning most data exchange
was textual in nature. It was not until 1993 the
first graphical browser was released for use in
accessing data available on the Web.
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• Do you trust everything you read in a library
  book?
• You better say, Yes!"
• Do you trust everything you read on the
  internet?
• You better say, "NO!"
• There are thousands of websites that contain
  inaccurate and biased information.

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Information on the Internet

• The Internet contains a wide variety of high
  quality resources for learning, teaching, and
  research but
• Which are the key sites for your subject?
• Where can you find these sites?
• How do you know which sites to trust?

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Internet Information Skills

• You should be able to ...
• Identify the main sites for your subject.
• Search the Internet effectively.
• Evaluate Internet resources.
• Properly use the Internet to support your work.

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The Internet Can BeA Waste of Time

• The Internet connects you to information and
  people around the World. Its easy to get
  distracted, lost, and/or confused.
• However, The Internet Can
• Save You Time
• Learn how to be a focused, efficient Internet
  user

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Be Careful on the Web

• Before deciding that a website is a good
  resource, keep in mind that ANYONE can publish
  something on the web!
• The information may not be valid or verified!

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Be Careful On the Web

• Anyone can publish anything on the Internet -
  you need to be careful not to degrade your work
  by using poor quality information.
• Wikipedia can be a site for resources, however
  be CAREFUL!!!
• Watch as I change an existing entry in Wikipedia
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_StadiumFans
  

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Lets Evaluate These Sites

• California's Velcro Crop under Challenge (1993)
• buydehydratedwater.com
• Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide
• Google Technology
• Jacopo di Poggibonsi

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Meet Snowball she weighs over 87 pounds and lives
in Ontario, Canada near a nuclear facility. Her
photo attracted so much attention from the
Internet that it was featured on television shows
such as NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and
ABC's Good Morning America.
Truth Meet Jumper she actually weighs 21 pounds
and lives in Edmonds, Washington, not near a
nuclear facility. Her owner used photo
manipulation software to create the photo and
then emailed the image to a few friends as a
joke. They sent the picture to other people and
then it Snowballed to reach all over the world
through the internet.