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By: Jamie Bunting and
Michelle O’Callaghan
Chapter 8Selecting and Integrating World Wide Web Resources, Including
Designing Online Instruction
The “Ten C’s” provide criteria to consider in evaluating Internet resources.
- Content - Continuity- Credibility - Censorship- Critical Thinking - Connectivity- Copyright - Comparability- Citation - Context
Educational Website Review Guide
Documentation and Credibility
Content
Audience Appeal and Suitability
Ease of Use, Navigation, and Accessibility
User Interface and Design
Educational Website Review Guidelines
Portal SitesContent Resources
Language ArtsMathematicsScienceSocial StudiesArts
Experience SimulationsResearch Tools
Harvesting Information
Provide links to a great variety of educational resources, from very general to topics specific
Portal sites that contain teacher tools contain lesson plans, teacher discussion boards, and links to other support materials
Examples: Discoveryschool.comhttp://school.discovery.comEducation Worldwww.education-world.comEdupuppywww.edupuppy.com
Portal Sites
Sites that provide some type of content information
National organizations, research institutes, or even individual Internet users maintain these sites
Can be used as a supplemental or enrichment resource or can supply the backbone of a series of lessons
Content Resources
Language ArtsReadWriteThink
www.readwritethink.orgInspirational Poetry Online: A Guide to
Internet Resourceswww.poetry-portal.com
Vocabulary puzzles to enhance vocabulary masteryhttp://www.vacabulary.com
Content Resources
MathematicsIlluminations
http://illuminations.nctm.orgCool Math
www.coolmath.comCuriousMath.com
www.curiousmath.com
Content Resources
ScienceEarthSLOT
www.earthslot.orgFranklin Institute Online
http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/welcome.htmlVolcanoworld
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu
Content Resources
Social StudiesAmerican Civil War Homepage
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html
Digital Historywww.digitalhistory.uh.edu
Geography Zonehttp://www.geographyzone.com/new/index.php
Content Resources
ArtsMetropolitan Museum of Art
www.metmuseum.orgPlay Music
www.playmusic.org
Content Resources
Through online communication, students can experience what they cannot see in person
Pictures and stories bring remote events and foreign parts of the world to vivid life through the computer screen
Examples:Global Online Adventure Learning
Site (Goals)www.goals.comThe Jason Projectwww.jasonproject.org
Experience Simulations
Answerswww.answers.com
Educator’s Reference Deskwww.eduref.org
Google Scholarhttp://scholar.google.com
Research Tools
Complete works of art are not just for the eyes of parents and peers anymore
There are online sites for students to post their papers and other workThe Virtual Refrigerator Door: ages 2-18
displays artwork by artist namewww.educationindex.com/weaselworld/fridge.html
Cyberkids: ages 7-12 publishes written workswww.cyberkids.com
Planting Information
Collaborative work opportunities
Sites available to work with other classes world wideEducation World’s Collaborative Projects
www.education-world.com/projects/index.shtml
Global SchoolNet Internet Projects Directorywww.gsn.org/pr/_cfm/index.cfm
Cultivating Information
Sites can create puzzles for the content area or just generate puzzles
Astronomy for Kids Puzzleswww.dustbunny.com/afk/puzzles
Fact Monster: The History of the Crossword Puzzle
www.factmonster.com/spot/crossword1.html
Puzzle Sites
As a supplement, requiring students to log on at home for homework, keeping information for a lesson on a class website or using the internet to find conduct research for class
WebQuest: http://webquest.org
Online district information, informational websites from school districts for parents
Online Instruction
“the delivery of the educational process to receivers who are not in proximity to the person or persons managing or conducting the process” (Lewis, Whitaker, & Julian 1995)
Feeling of being part of a class from anywhere
Option of flexibility and courses not provided by school
Distance Education
Teachers feel relationships are stronger
Teachers feel they lose face time
Teachers feel working with other teachers is harder
Teachers find it hard to take their ways of teaching and duplicating them online
Distance Education
Mental Plan
Audience- Who do I want the attention of?
Types of Information- Is it information that my audience will enjoy?
Presentation Strategies- How should my information be presented?
Creating A Website
Design ProcessStudy- Look at other sitesSketch- Imagine your pagePlan the Navigation- Create a simple user-friendly
pathPlan the Organization- Keep records of page titles,
sources and reasons, source for graphics, size and type of graphics, width of horizontal lines
Plan for Accessibility- For students with disabilities, students with slower connection, type of hardwareAccessible Quick Tips:
www.w3.org/WAI/References/QuickTips Accessible Compliance:
http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp
Creating a Website
Involve StudentsTeaching through using the internet
Students might be able to create one better than adults
Complete process can be a valuable cross-curricular project
Creating a Website
The Development Process
Web Editing Software- allows construction of attractive and effective web pages complete with multimedia elements
Productivity Software- new productivity tools provide option to save documents as a webpage
Creating a Website
The Development Process
Online Web Editors- wizards are provided for step by step creation
Course Management Software- used to either create professional-quality course supplements or convert entire courses to online format to be offered at a distance
Creating a Webpage
Server Storage
Local Server Space- procedures f or hosting individual classroom web material
Hosted Server Space- public and educational websites offer free web pages and subscription-based hosting
Creating a Webpage
Check your siteHave someone else “proofread” your
site
Update your siteChecks your web links
Improve your siteAccommodate new ideas
Maintaining A Quality Website
The World Wide Web is a source of unlimited resources
Teachers can try exploring how to design web based instruction
Software advances make creating a web page easier
Keep up on your new web page.
Rewind and Recap
Bitter, Gary G., Legacy, Jane M. Using Technology In The Classroom. Seventh Edition.
References