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Rosie Gabrielyan 3/17/09

SED 514 Assignment 4 Web RESOURCES

(1) Internet Vocabulary – Define the following terms/acronyms:

Search Engine: a program that searches documents for specific keywords that then provides a list in which the keyword’s were found Web Crawler: is an automated program that accesses a web site and navigates through the site by following the links present on the pages. Boolean logic: type of logic (using AND, OR, NOT operators, for example) used by search engines to find information on the Internet and in electronic databases. Wildcard: A symbol that can represent one or more characters. Firewall: is a hardware or software solution to enforce security policies. Start saving all your links as bookmarks/favorites (2) WWW searching: Use Google, Alta Vista or other search engine with advanced

search features to locate web sites relevant to your teaching. Use Boolean search (aka advanced search) or wildcard characters to perform 2 different searches.

Be sure to save the sites you find in the favorites list

Topic you are

searching for Search strings used

# of good sites in

the first 20 1 Imagery

7

2

Scarlet Letter Contemporary Literature

American

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(3) Research with Electronic Resources: Identify a teaching topic that you would like to learn more about. Try to keep the topic

narrow (e.g. ‘Battle of Gettysburg’ rather than ‘US History’). Topic Canterbury Tales by Chaucer Identify 7 different online resources to gain information on each of the two topics (fill in table below). Choose resources of different types including encyclopedias, newspaper, personal accounts, fiction, video, audio,

Topic of research

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• Analyzes the main characters in each of the stories

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• Gives a background on the tales themselves

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• Allows students to watch a contemporary take on Canterbury Tales

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• This website is a good way for students to get suggestions for an essay topic.

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• Gives a background on Chaucer.

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• Modern English Translation of Canterbury Tale

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• This is an audio of Canterbury Tales.

(4) Web Quest: Describe an assignment or quest where students would use the resources you identified

above to learn about the topic and draw conclusions.

(A) Introduction (provide context for the quest) Students will be able to use web resources to find information on topic discussed in class. (B) Task (what is the goal of the quest)

Before reading Canterbury Tales in class students would have this assignment so they could do research about the story. By doing so they would be familiar with the story and have most of their research done for their essay assignment later. Also, they will gain the tools of proper research that is vital in regards to furthering ones education in and out of the classroom. (C) Process (what are the steps the students will go through) 1. Research Web Resources on Canterbury Tales 2. Pick out the resources that would help you understand the story better. 3. Print out the resources. 4. Create an annotated bibliography for the 3 resources you found most informative.

They will then use the bibliography for their essay. 5. Students will come to class, sit in groups of three, and discuss the site they found

most helpful.

(D) Evaluation (how will the quest be evaluated) Students will turn in their annotated bibliography and resources. I will give them full credit if I feel that an effort has been made. Then I will go over the most

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useful resources in class and show the correct way to do an annotated bibliography.

(5) Job search: Use Internet job search services to obtain two announcements for a teaching job in your

discipline, one within California, and one outside of California. Post screen shots of both job ads here

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(6) School Information: use Dataquest http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/ Obtain standardized test scores for your school from the California State Department of

Education. Get a screen shot of the test results and interpret them (what do those scores tell you).

Over 95% of the Fluent-English Students, socio-economically disadvantages students and not socio-economically disadvantages students passed the High-School exit exam.

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(7) Professional Organization: Locate the web site for a professional organization related to your teaching discipline

(e.g. National Science Teacher Association, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, College Board, etc.) Identify the date and location of the next national meeting, and find the costs of airline flights necessary to take you from LAX to the site of the convention.

The convention is June 18-21 in Chicago. A round-trip is $820.00.