Using the Internet As an Active Learning Tool

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Using the Internet As an Active Learning Tool

• By Odis Franklin

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Table of Contents

• How can we use the internet as a learning tool?
• Digital literacy
• Difference
• Searching
• Website building
• Tips
• Ineffective site
• Effective sites
• Sources

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How Can We Use the Internet As a Learning Tool?

• Build a class web site that is to be used in
  conjunction with the regular classroom
  curriculum.
• Design activities for students that incorporate
  the use of the Internet.
• Have the students use the Internet on a regular
  basis in the classroom.

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Digital Literacy
Digital Literacy The ability to understand,
evaluate, and integrate information in multiple
formats that the computer can deliver.
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How Is Digital Literacy Different From the
Traditional Concept of Literacy?

• Information found on the Internet is different in
  many ways. It is not only text, it has many
  multimedia components such as video,audio, and
  pictures.

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Other Differences

• Being digitally literate is interactive and
  multidimensional.
• - Files can be saved, printed, e-mailed, shared,
  and talked about in newsgroups.

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Searching the Internet

• Teach students guidelines for searching
• use Boolean searches
• Check the sources
• Check hyperlinks
• Communicate with the author

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Building an Effective Classroom Website

• Supplement teaching
• Share information
• Create a place for guided learning
• Present New Learning experiences for students

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Web Site Tips

• Keep it Simple
• Use a weekly schedule
• Break information into groups
• Promote Collaboration

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Ineffective Classroom Web Sites

• http//216.167.182.203/3way/3wayhomepage/faculty/t
  eacherswebpages/webpages/kingsley.htm
• http//www.springlake-earth.org/faculty/hs/hsteach
  ers/hsfacpg1.html
• http//wwwstd.enmu.edu/franklio/welcome.htm

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Effective Classroom Web Sites

• http//edtech.boisestate.edu/educ573/
• http//www.hc.cc.tx.us/ofranklin/boise.htm
• http//edtech.boisestate.edu/educ583mm/

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Sources

• http//www.esc17.net
• http//www.ascd.org/readingroom/edlead/9711/pool.h
  tm
• http//edtech.boisestate.edu/educ573
• http//hc.cc.tx.us

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Questions?
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The Curriculum drives the Technology!