Teaching
Search Strategies
This site is a guide for teachers to help teach students how to
search for their own information on the Internet. This web site
uses the Yahooligans web site, which is a children based section
of Yahoo!
Boolean
Search Tips
This site has been compiled by the Lake-Sumpter Community College.
These tips help narrow web searches when using search engines.
Teaching
Internet Literacy
This site discusses how to help students determine which web sites
are good sites and which ones should be used with caution or not
used at all.
The
WebQuest Page
This site is hosted by San Diego State Univeristy. Bernie Dodge
maintains the site as the person who originated the concept of online
lessons called WebQuests in 1995.
Kathy
Schrock's Guide for Educators
This site is a collection of educational curriculum based web sites
for supporting teaching and learning in the classroom and on the
internet. There is a mailing list available for a different educational
web site to be sent to an e-mail address for each school day.
(example topics: News Sources/Magazines, History and Social Studies,
Special Ed Resources, Weather Info/Maps)
Evaluation
Guidelines with examples from the Treasure Zone
This site discusses different educational web site evaluations.
Perhaps the best part of this web site is the examples of each evaluation
criteria. The concept is delivered better with an example and the
example sites are great resources on their own.
You've
Got Mail! Ten nifty ways your teachers can use e-mail to extend
kids' learning
This site is an article written by James Lerman posted on the Electronic
School web site.
The
Smileys and Acronyms Dictionary
This site lists many of those sideways smiley faces :-) people use
in online communication. This is not just something cute. This is
part of the online culture and helps people communicate in the text-based
world of e-mail and chat. Think of the smileys as the facial expressions
we all use to communicate face to face. Don't forget to have fun.
;-)
Am I confused? :/
Or am I very sad? :<
Maybe I am shocked. :-o
Connected
University
This site is an online university for educators. The students at
this school are teachers, librarians, administrators and other school
district employees from all over the US and a few other countries.
Courses are conducted online with online reading assignments and
places for posting assignments. Students respond to each other for
discussion questions, which allows for students to learn from each
other. Unless this is supported by the school district, there is
a fee of $349 to take as many classes as desired for one year. Guide-led
classes are three to six weeks long. There are short sessions that
can be done at your own pace without a Guide as well. Continuing
Education Credit may be earned from various universities through
Connected University for an additional fee.
(example courses: Message Board Basics, Reading and Language Arts
Online, Best Calculations - Success with 3-5 math Standards, Virtual
Fieldtrips: Exploring the World Without Leaving the Classroom)
