THE INTERNET STYLE OF LEARNING TUTORIALS;
INTERNET INTEGRATION IN K12 EDUCATION
The following is a summative outline of the most important Internet basics topics, complete with web addresses for selected tutorials on each topic. You’ll find additional tutorials in the resource listings later in this handbook. It is strongly recommended that you regularly use search engines and common sense keywords to find additional information and tutorials on topics of interest to you, as we can’t let students be the only ones who know the benefits of this strategy!
- Master Web Browsing
- Using Search Engines
- Create Your Own Web Pages
- Master Email and Multiclassroom Online Projects
- Internet Curriculum Integration Strategies
- How to Deal With the Essential Issues of K12 Internet Use
- Internet Collaborative Skills
- Internet Multimedia Overview
- Downloading Free Software
- Link Up to Vast K12 Curriculum Archives
Learn the basics for using a web browser to access, print and save web pages. Connect with many of the best sites for K12 on the Internet.
Learn Web Browsing:
WebTeacher Tutorials:
http://www.webteacher.org/
Polaris Tutorials
http://www.provide.net/~bfield/polaris/index.html
K12 Resources:
2. USING SEARCH ENGINES;http://lone-eagles.com/self.htm
http://lone-eagles.com/k12.htm
http://lone-eagles.com/curric.htm
http://lone-eagles.com/webtours.htm
Learn how both teachers and students can benefit from use of the many available search engines. Focus on how to properly cite resources, and how best to deal with copyright and fair use issues.
http://www.searchenginewatch.comLearn Searching:
Search Engine Watch
1,200 Search Engines on One Page! WOW!
http://beaucoup.com
The Difference Between Search Engines and Search Directories http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/mystery/mystery1.htm
Copyright Guidelines http://fairuse.stanford.edu
Citing Internet Resources
http://www.ipl.org/ref/QUE/FARQ/netciteFARQ.html
Learn how easily you and your students can create your own web pages using information obtained from searching or from your own classroom.
Learn to create web pages:
Global SchoolNet’s Great Tutorials
http://lone-eagles.com/webdev.htm
4. MASTER EMAIL AND MULTICLASSROOM
ONLINE PROJECTS;
Learn how to link up with existing teacher-created projects and how to create and conduct your own dynamic online projects with a minimum of effort. Connect with the best K12 project directories available:
Learn Email and online projects:
Polaris Tutorials
http://www.provide.net/~bfield/polaris/index.html
WebTeacher Email Tutorials
http://www.ustc.org/webcourse/email/email.html
How to Design a Successful Online Project:
http://www.gsn.org/teach/articles/design.project.html
Guidelines for Educational Uses of Networks
http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/Guidelines/guidelines.htmlJudi’s Great "Mining the Internet" Articles: http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/Mining
Judi Harris’ Network-based Educational Activity Structures:
http://www.esu3.k12.ne.us/institute/harris/Harris-Activity-Structures.html Sixteen models overview with examples!
Sample Curriculum-based K12 Educational Telecomputing
Projects organized by activity structures:
http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/Activity-Structures/harris.html
Global SchoolNet’s Projects Directory:http://www.gsn.org/pr/index.html
http://www.gsn.org/project/index.html
Master Listings of Project Sites
See the section for Level Three of this handbook; starting on Page 64 (http://lone-eagles.com/projects.htm)
5. INTERNET CURRICULUM INTEGRATION
STRATEGIES;
Learn to integrate the key aspects of the Internet Style of Learning within your existing curriculum. Connect with hundreds of instructional websites created by students through the ThinkQuest, and Cyberfair competitions; guaranteed to motivate your students!
Learn Internet Curricular Integration:
Global SchoolNet Harnessing the Web Tutorial:http://www.gsn.org/web/
Thinkquest Winners: 1000+ Student-Created Instructional Websites
http://library.advanced.org/library/index.html OR http://www.thinkquest.org
CyberFair Winners; Student-Created School/Community Sites:
http://www.gsn.org/cf97/cb97winners.html
StudyWeb; Tips on Curriculum Integration plus research tools for students; http://www.studyweb.com
Classroom Connect; Curriculum Integration Resources and Products; http://www.classroom.com
Master Listings of Integration Resources:
http://lone-eagles.com/curric.htm
6. HOW TO DEAL WITH THE ESSENTIAL ISSUES
OF K12 INTERNET USE;
Connect up with the best specific web resources for:
- Censorship/Child Safety
- Liability Issues/Authorized Usage Policies
- School Technology Planning Guidelines
- Professional Development Resources
Learn how to deal with essential K12 Internet issues:
http://lone-eagles.com/k12.htm
Authorized Usage Policy Guidelines
http://www.erehwon.com/k12aup
Child Safety on the Information Highway
http://www.police.guelph.on.ca/chldsfty.html
7. TEN INTERNET COLLABORATIVE SKILLS;
Learn about the 10 Internet collaborative tools used in education through self-directed hands-on exploration.
Explore Ten Internet Collaborative Tools:
http://lone-eagles.com/collab.htm
8. INTERNET MULTIMEDIA OVERVIEW;
Learn about the eight dominant Internet multimedia capabilities used in instructional web sites. Explore sample sites through self-directed hands-on exploration. (Sources for free software included!)
Learn eight multimedia capabilities:
Connect with many of the very best sites on the Internet offering free software.
Learn Downloading:
Download.com
http://www.download.com
Shareware.com
http://www.shareware.com
Tucows.com
http://www.tucows.com
Winfiles.com
http://www.winfiles.com
10. LINK UP TO VAST K12 CURRICULUM
ARCHIVES;
Connect with many of the best web sites for lessonplans, K12 online courses and complete curricular packages.
Learn where the best resources are:
Master listings
http://lone-eagles.com/self.htm
http://lone-eagles.com/k12.htm
http://lone-eagles.com/curric.htm
http://lone-eagles.com/webtours.htm
http://lone-eagles.com/projects.htm