Chapter 2 Important Ideas Leu Dr. McNierney

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Chapter 2 Important Ideas(Leu)Dr. McNierney

• Navigating Internet With Critical Eye
• Review Five new literacies that help students to
  be successful when using the Internet.
• To Identify important questionsTo Navigate
  complex information on networksTo Critically
  Evaluate informationTo Synthesize informationTo
  Communicate solutions to others

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Chapter 2 Important Ideas(Leu)Dr. McNierney

• Manage Internet Browsers in CR
• Create startup page on CR computer
• Replace commercial links with education links
• Organize bookmarks in folders for CR use
• Download plug-ins for audio and video
• Save webpages to hard drive

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Chapter 2 Important Ideas(Leu)Dr. McNierney

• Search Tools Navigation Strategies in CR
• Locate information with central directory -
  portal Teaching Learning
  http//www.proteacher.com Education World
  http//www.education-world.com
• Locate search engines - for adults
  Dogpile Webcrawler Alta Vista
  All the web

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Chapter 2 Important Ideas(Leu)Dr. McNierney

• Child Safety on the Internet
• To insure safety do the following
• Discuss risks benefits
• Develop AUPs (Acceptable Use Policy)
• Use filters
• Students get Internet Drivers License
• Use search engines for children

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Chapter 2 Important Ideas(Leu)Dr. McNierney

• Child Safety on the Internet
• Sites for information
• getnetwise.org
• cybercitizenship.org
• netsmartz.org
• cyperpatrol.com (for parents)
• netnanny.com (for parents)

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Chapter 2 Important Ideas(Leu)Dr. McNierney

• Have search engines appropriate for age level
• Ages 7 - 12 yahooligans.com kidsclick.org ajk
  ids.com

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Chapter 2 Important Ideas(Leu)Dr. McNierney

• Child Safety on the Internet
• To insure safety do this
• discuss risks benefits
• develop AUPs (acceptable use policy)
• use filters - Federal law, The Childrens
  Internet Protection Act of 2003- requires
  schools to have filters
• get Internet Drivers license

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Chapter 2 Important Ideas(Leu)Dr. McNierney

• Have search engines appropriate for age level
• Ages 7 - 12 yahooligans.com kidsclick.org ajk
  ids.com

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Chapter 2 Important Ideas(Leu)Dr. McNierney
Instructional Strategies to Help Student Develop
Navigation Skills and Critical Thinking Planning
Three elements to include in planning
lessons a. making meaning of hyperlinks, scroll
bars, animated images-- need to make inferences,
analyze authors meaning b. efficiency to
navigate well on Internet, make decisions,
inferences, focus on relevant information c. use
technical skills to use tool bars, threaded
discussion, menus
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Chapter 2 Important Ideas(Leu)Dr. McNierney
Organize teaching time (one computer
CR?) 1.teach one strategy a week 2. work in
small groups 3. have a group teach another 4.
work in partners
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Chapter 2 Important Ideas(Leu)Dr. McNierney

• Instructional strategies increase navigation
  skills and critical thinking (how?)
• 1. know difference between searching
  browsing select keywords2. make sense of search
  results understand URLs

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Chapter 2 Important Ideas(Leu)Dr. McNierney

• New Search Engines
• kartoo - interactive interface, visual
  multi-layered
• teoma ( now Ask.com)