Introducing the kids to the World Wide Web

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Introducing the kids to the World Wide Web

• Millennium Minds 2000

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Desired outcomes

• Able to use the Web as
• a thinker
• an evaluator
• At ease
• With responsibility

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Learners

• Digitally disadvantaged backgrounds, machine
  fearful
• Have own BBs, commercially design web pages and
  do DTP work
• Must keep all challenged

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Resources

• Link to World Wide Web from one computer linked
  to data projector
• All kids have email
• Internet Explorer on all computers
• All lessons on network
• All material, text and pictures available on
  network

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Mindmap

• Inspiration
• Mindmap of self
• Understanding the links of WWW

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Model of Internet

• Tabs
• Many networks
• All networks linked
• Understanding concept of a network linked by
  cable or satellite

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Database of URLs

• Access
• Found in magazines, on TV screen, buses, heard on
  radio
• Understand letters in URL
• Part of their lives, not foreign
• www.sabc.co.za
• www.5fm.co.za

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Lessons on internal network

• In classroom lessons on internal network
• All work hyperlinked
• Same lessons on the real World Wide Web
• Feel comfortable

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Create web site

• Create web site about electronic commerce
• Had one as example
• Downloaded material from WWW in real time from
  electronic databases
• Found pictures online or wherever - scanned,
  looked, thought

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Create online CV

• Given example of my boring one
• Only limits
• No home address
• Correct spelling
• All links must work
• Will put them up if okay

Mine Web!
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Create online CV

• Results
• Excitement
• Scanning pictures
• Searching web for suitable animations
• http//www.wcape.school.za/subject/CS/PHS/0011-1st
  .htm

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Be aware

• Use correct terminology
• Use cache if using online resources
• Check links beforehand
• Network may be slow or unaccessible
• Only use for material if not available in books

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Reflection

• All learners gain
• Not intimidated by the web
• Will look at their own CV, over time improve it
• Will use web critically

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Pinelands High on the web
http//www.wcape.school.za/phs/phs.htm