Internet in the CLassroom

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Internet in the CLassroom
Steve R. Gordon Director of Technology sgordon_at_eup
.k12.mi.us
NOW WHAT ?
Linda Donaldson Teacher/Building Tech
Representative lindado_at_eup.k12.mi.us
Gail Storey Teacher/Building Tech
Representative gstorey_at_eup.k12.mi.us

• Sault Area Public Schools
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  http//eup.k12.mi.us/sault

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Classrooms in Transition

• Unprecedented Pace of Change

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Changing Economics of Information

• Encyclopaedia Britannica
• Premier Product
• 1500 - 2200
• Cost 300
• Purchased to do the right thing
• CD-ROM Free with books or 1000

• Encarta
• Funk and Wagnalls
• 50 or installed
• Cost 1.50
• Full Multimedia
• Computer purchased to do the right thing

Automobiles, Insurance, Real Estate, Travel,
Tourism, Research
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Internet Timeline

• 1971 23 Hosts
• 1984 Number breaks 1000
• 1987 Number breaks 10,000
• 1989 Number of hosts breaks 100,000
• 1996 number of hosts 9,472,000
• 1997 number of hosts 16,146,000
• 1998 number of hosts 29,670,000

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The Web is Dynamic
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And Ever Changing
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- Our Choice

• Fast, easy, AUTOMATIC update of filter files.
• Smaller filter files for faster updating.
• Update only those files you select.
• Third party filter files available.
• Selectable port filtering.
• Optionally blocks ALL Newsgroups, FTP, Chat.
• Full support for PICS compliant ratings systems.
• Can be set to ignore e-mail.
• User definable filtering criteria.

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Computer Safety Rules for Kids

• Dont give out personal information -- your last
  name, address, phone number -- on-line
• Dont give out your password EVER
• Remember that the people you meet on-line are
  strangers. They arent always who they say they
  are. Be smart. If you wouldnt tell it to a
  stranger, dont say it in Cyberspace

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Computer Safety Rules for Kids

• Dont meet someone in person who you met on-line
  without your parents permission...
• Even better, if you do want to meet up with
  someone, have your Mom or Dad go with you
• Dont answer messages that make you
  uncomfortable. Get your Mom or Dad if you are
  ever afraid of ANYTHING.

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Be a Good Netizen

• Remember The Internet is a public place. Dont
  say or do things on the Internet that you
  wouldnt say or do in public.
• The Golden Rule Dont be rude or cruel to
  others. Even if someone is rude to you, be
  smarter.
• Follow the rules of your on-line or Internet
  service provider

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Be a Good Netizen

• Be smart -- everything you read in a magazine or
  hear on the street isnt true. Neither is
  everything you read or hear on the Internet.
• A.U.P.
• http//eup.k12.mi.us/sault/usf/aup98.html

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Safety Rules for Parents

• Consider placing the computer in a family
• room, particularly if you have young children
• Be interested! Ask your kids where they go on
  line let them know you are interested in what
  they are doing and learning on-line.
• If your children know more about the Internet
  than you do, let them be your guide. Learn about
  the Internet together.

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How can we Use the Internet

• E-Mail
• Mailing Lists
• Net 101
• Good General Sites
• Searching
• Lesson Plans Projects
• Educational Research Studies

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E-Mail

• This Tool puts you in contact with thousands
  of other educators
• It is a convenient form of communications
• Participate in projects with other schools
• Allows students to communicate
• Take the time to learn E-mail

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E-Mail Field Trip
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What to Use for E-Mail

• Netscape
• Internet Explorer
• Eudora
• http//www.eudora.com/
• Download Eudora 3.0.6 from
• ftp//ftp.qualcomm.com/eudora/eudoralight/windows/
  english/306/eul306.exe

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Problem of the Weekend

• Teacher sends Question
• Involves students and parents at home
• or parents work
• or grandparents
• They respond via E-mail
• Teacher sends a certificate

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KeyPals Club

• Mighty Media presents the KeyPals Club, a place
  for young people, teachers and students to locate
  and correspond with other youth and students
  around the world.
• http//www.mightymedia.com/keypals/

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100th Day of School

• 100 E-mails
• http//sun.lssu.edu/sault/elem/mckinley/100days/
• 100 Points of Kindness

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Pen-Pal Connection

• A pen-pal (or if you prefer a web-pal) is a
  friend from a different country, language,
  culture. Many countries are listed.
• http//alberti.crs4.it/pen-pal/

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Finding Keypals

• If you are interested in finding keypals for your
  class, the hyperlink below should be useful.
• http//www.oxford.net/ocbe/keypals.htm

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Mailing Lists

• Lets you see on-going discussions
• An easy way to ask a question to Thousands of
  educators
• Lots of E-mail

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Question of the Week

• One E-mail per week
• We answer by E-mail
• Panel of people judge the answers
• Winners list sent by E-mail
• kellyd2_at_ocps.k12.fl.us

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OnlineClass

• They create original K-12 programming for the
  Internet, delivering a planned, organized and
  moderated e-mail/Web learning experience.
• http//www.onlineclass.com/

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Global SchoolNet Foundation

• They are a nonprofit corporation, is a major
  contributor to the philosophy, design, culture
  and content of Internet-based learning.
• http//www.gsn.org/

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Learn the Net

• A website dedicated to helping you save time and
  money when roaming through cyberspace.
• http//www.learnthenet.com/english

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Classroom Connect

• A free, interactive mailing list! In all, more
  than 3,500 K-12 educators have subscribed to the
  list.
• ftp//ftp.classroom.com/Classroom-Connect/crcposts
  /crc-faq.txt

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EUP Elementary List

• Send mail to
• majordomo_at_eup.k12.mi.us
• subscribe elementary
• No Subject
• No signature line

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Other Lists

• Thousands of Lists to join
• http//www.liszt.com/

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Net 101

• Learn the Net on the Net
• There are many on-line tutorials
• Some are introductory and some are advanced

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A Gentle Introduction to the Internet

• What it the Internet?
• Why Would I Want to Be Part of the Internet?
• http//www.lm.com/info/Internet/gentle.html

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About the Internet

• Various tutorials and information on the Internet
  thanks to Netscape.
• http//home.netscape.com/netcenter/newnet/index.ht
  ml

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Beginners Guide to Life on the Internet

• The information in this section will provide a
  consistently reliable starting point for your own
  exploration of the Internet.
• http//www.screen.com/start/guide/

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Good General Sites

• Education Oriented with links
• K-12 oriented
• Grade level oriented
• Subject oriented

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Web66 A K12 World Wide Web Project

• Just as U.S. Highway Route 66 was a catalyst for
  Americana, we see the World Wide Web as a
  catalyst that will integrate the Internet into
  K12 school curricula.
• http//web66.coled.umn.edu/

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Reber's Resources for K-6 Teachers

• This site is intended to help teachers cut down
  on the amount of time they spend looking for
  quality sites on the Internet.
• http//www.geocities.com/Athens/8854/

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Kid Source On-Line K-12

• They have great articles and information that
  will help you raise your child from who is from 6
  to 18 years old.
• http//www.kidsource.com/kidsource/pages/k12.html

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Sharing NASA

• These projects allow students to share in the
  excitement of NASA's scientific and engineering
  pursuits like flying the shuttle, spacecraft
  explorations of distant planets, and space-based
  life sciences research.
• http//quest.arc.nasa.gov/interactive/

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WWW 4 Teachers

• For teachers powering learning with technology
• http//www.4teachers.org

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Share Curriculum

• ISD sponsored Sharing
• http//curriculum.eup.k12.mi.us
• http//science.eup.k12.mi.us
• http//math.eup.k12.mi.us
• http//history.eup.k12.mi.us
• http//language.eup.k12.mi.us

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Searching

• The art of finding Stuff
• There are Millions of computers on the Net
• Learn the techniques
• Try it before your students
• Yellow Pages Book

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Search Engines

• A variety of Search Engines exist.
• You should try various ones.
• Search Tools for Mining the Internet
• http//www.classroom.com/resource/search.asp

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Kids Safe Surfing

• Yahooligans
• http//www.yahooligans.com/
• Super Kids
• http//www.super-kids.com/
• Ask Jeeves for Kids
• http//www.ajkids.com/

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Lesson Plans Projects

• Gold Mines
• Sharing
• No need to invent the Wheel

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Chinese New Year

• Enhance your units with Web Resources
• HTTP//www.chinapage.com/china.html

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Fox Exchange

• Send your animal aroundthe country.
• Writing, Sociology, Communications
• Geography
• Kids involved
• Follow with E-mail
• http//www.ncal.verio.com/lafiesta/trav.htm

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Connections

• Lesson plans, activities, curriculum
  resources--linked with corresponding subject-area
  content standards.
• http//www.mcrel.org/connect/plus/

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School Net

• Sample Internet lesson Plans and Learning
  Projects
• http//schoolnet2.carleton.ca/english/ext/aborigin
  al/lessons/index.html

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Magic School Bus

• Science unit materials
• Free educational games
• http//www.microsoft.com/kids/msb/

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Global SchoolNet'sInternet Projects Registry

• Created for busy teachers who are searching for
  online projects for classroom integration.
• http//www.gsn.org/pr/index.html

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Bonus

• They sell stuff but also offer a wide variety of
  on-line activities. Check out the teacher
  section.
• http//www.bonus.com

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Just 4 Kids

• This is the ultimate family based site with lots
  of ideas for
• FUN! FUN! FUN!
• http//eup.k12.mi.us/dwhite/JUST4KIDS.html

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Educational Research Studies

• Studies are always being done
• Current
• At your finger tips

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The Impact of Technology

• Surveys, Bibliographies, Literature Reviews,
  Articles, Reports, Case Studies and Additional
  Resources .
• http//www.mcrel.org/connect/tech/impact.html

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The Story of Dinosaurs

• In a fossil and dinosaur unitFirst Grade
  students at Washington Elementary School explain
  how fossils provide evidence about the nature of
  ancient life.
• http//sun.lssu.edu/sault/elem/wash/dino

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ERIC

• Educational Resources Information Center
• http//www.aspensys.com/eric/

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Citing Electronic Materials - Guidelines

• The new MLA rules generally treat electronic
  materials as if they were printed texts that
  require additional information to be fully
  described.
• http//www-dept.usm.edu/engdept/mla/rules.html

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Next Steps

• Make Time/Take Time
• Experiment
• Try one easy application
• Then another
• Then another
• Publish and share what you do.

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QUESTIONS ???