Top 10 Uses of the Internet in Teaching and LearningByGreta GaryADE 6606, Term 1, 2010

Reason #10

Current Events: The internet allows teacher and students to keep up with today’s headlines.

Images retrieved from http://www.google.com/search?q=news+logos

Reason #9

WebQuests: A great way to teach students how to conduct research on the internet. They are guided through the step by step process: Introduction, Tasks, Process, and Evaluation.

http://webquest.org/index.phphttp://questgarden.com/

Reason #8

Communication: Students, teachers, and parents can keep in touch after school hours through email.

www.gmail.com www.hotmail.com you’ve got mail !

www.aol.com

Reason #7

Video Tours: The next best thing to being there! Teachers and students can take a trip in the classroom and learn about other places.

www.youtube.comwww.apple.com/education/itunes-u

Reason #6

Lesson Plans: The internet is a great place for teachers to find lesson plans for all ages. They can take advantage of many lesson tools and plans written by fellow teachers. Why recreate the wheel?

http://www.lessonplans.com/http://www.nwlincs.org/nwlincsweb/lessons.htm

for adult teaching lesson plans

Reason #5

Test Preparation: The internet provides resources for students to access free online practice tests.

http://www.testprepreview.com/http://

www.actstudent.org/testprep/index.html

Reason #4

Video and Podcasting: this is a great way to reach out to students or students to reach out in the classroom.

www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/ has some wonderful examples of schools and students using these tools to do projects online and in school, i.e. podcasts and videos for the morning news in school! A great lesson in using technology in the classroom.

Reason #3

Homework Help: The internet can help parents find resources to assist their children with their homework. After all we don’t have all the answers!

http://www.homeworkspot.com/http://www.tutorvista.com/homework-help

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Reason #2

Social Networking: A way for students and teacher to communicate and a resource for professional development.

http://www.delicious.com/www.facebook.comwww.linkedin.com

Reason #1

Research: The internet has some powerful search engines to assist student’s with research.

www.google.comwww.wikepedia.org