An Internet Guide

Ultimately, educational technology is not about technology.  It's about what teachers and students are doing with technology to extend their knowledge and understanding of the world around them.

MDR, Technology in Education, 2000

The Cyber-Generation
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Grazing the Internet
by Jamie McKenzie

For more information on this topic read the entire article at the URL above.

 Gathered around a classroom computer monitor, three students are exploring the Internet — a global network linking them to vast databases, immense archives, rich art collections and millions of users.

Is this a good thing for schools?

The potential is amazing. An impressive information harvest is just within our grasp. Suddenly we might have all the cultural treasures and the best ideas of human civilization available within a simple mouse click (provided someone digitizes and shares them.)

 

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Virtual Tours
 www.virtualfreesites.com/tours.html

Discovery School

 http://school.discovery.com
For puzzles, worksheet generators and Kathy Schrock's resources.
 

Keypals
www.epals.com

Ask an Expert
www.askanexpert.com
 
Use this site to search for math resources and lesson plan ideas. CyberBee Header



CyberBee is a teacher resource site for lesson plans and assessments by subject and grade-level as well as technology tutorials.

Scholastic On-Line Activities
 http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/
 

Biographies Please
http://www.infoplease.com/people.html
 


 


 

Landmarks for Schools -- Web Links for Information Building Educators

Graphic Organizers

 http://www.nvo.com/ecnewletter/graphicorganizers/

 http://www.lburkhart.com/elem/clarist.htm

 http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/graphic_org/

 
Lesson Planning Sheet

Logistical Questions

5 W's for Evaluating
Web Sites

 Webquests

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html

http://bestwebquests.com/what_webquests_are.asp

http://webquest.org/search/

Evaluating Webquests

 http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquestrubric.html

 www.techtrekers.com/rubrics.html
 
Rubrics

Exisiting

 http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/tidepoolunit/Rubrics/reportrubric.html

 http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/rubrics/weblessons.htm

www.techtrekers.com/rubrics.html

Create Your Own

 http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/july/rubrics/Rubric_Template.html 

 http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

 http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/

 
Beware copy and paste syndrome.

Learning Page is a huge collection of professionally produced instructional material for you to download and print. Lesson plans, books, worksheets and much more can be found on the site.  Becoming a member is FREE.

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