Web Resources in Your Classroom

Outline

I. Starting out all wrong – Wasting time, energy and resources on the Web
Poll: How much do you use the Net in your teaching? Why?
Your experiences, positive and negative
Your assignment: Download a copy of “Starting Our All Wrong” to complete 2 assignments.

II. Critical Thinking While Surfing – Teach it, or don’t even go there….
“Teaching Zack to Think” - http://www.anovember.com/articles/zack.html

III. Search Skills - More than everything you ever wanted to know about finding stuff on the Net
Bare Bones 101: A Basic Tutorial on Searching the Web – University of South Carolina Library
http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/bones.html

IV. A Better Way – WebQuests
Your Assignment: Download a copy of “A Better Way” to complete 2 assignments.

V. When Enough is Too Much – Getting a handle on the “big lists”
Great, BIG resources – a short list of the big lists
Marco Polo - http://www.marcopolo-education.org/index.aspx
Kathy Schrock - http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Blue Web’n - http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Sacket’s Harbor - http://www.nc3r.org/shcslmc/teacher.html - Likely the most complete resources list at a public high school –

VI. Project Work – Your annotated “hot lists”