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Finding the Best Educational Resources on the Web (all)
The World Wide Web provides rich resources for educators, but they are useful only if educators know what resources are there and how to find them.
Overview
The World Wide Web provides rich resources for educators, but they are useful only if educators know what resources are there and how to find them. Participants in this course will explore the range of educational material available on the Internet and learn time-saving skills to search the Web more effectively for useful curricular resources. Participants will become familiar with popular search engines and subject directories and will learn techniques to use each one appropriately and efficiently. The course will also examine the importance of critical evaluation of web resources and consider how to develop evaluation skills in the classroom. Participants will leave the course with a collection of web resources appropriate for their own classroom use.
Goals and Products
This online course will enable participants to:
- Learn effective techniques for using popular search engines and directories to find useful educational resources
- Critically assess the content and quality of web-based resources
- Teach students how to evaluate content on the Web
- Develop a collection of appropriate web-based resources for curricular use
As a final product, participants will develop a collection of web-based resources to accompany a lesson plan. These resources will be saved on the Internet in Trackstar, an online lesson-building tool.
Format and Requirements
This workshop is divided into six one-week sessions that include readings, an activity, and an online discussion among workshop participants. Each session is designed to take approximately two to four hours to complete.
The outline for the workshop is as follows:
| Session 1 | Using the Internet in the Classroom |
| Session 2 | Search Engines Basics |
| Session 3 | Effective Searching Techniques |
| Session 4 | Evaluating Internet Resources |
| Session 5 | Finding Multimedia Resources to Enhance your Lessons |
| Session 6 | Internet Resources for your Curriculum |
Prerequisites
This is an introductory course for teachers, technology specialists, curriculum specialists, professional development specialists or other school personnel. Participants are expected to have regular access to computers, and proficiency with e-mail and current web browsers.
Content and Technology Standards
This workshop, Finding the Best Educational Resources on the Web, will help participants meet the ISTE Educational Technology Standards and Performance Indicators for All Teachers (http://edtechleaders.org/documents/NETSAdminTeachers.pdf), especially Standards I and II. In addition, this workshop will help teachers to enable their students to meet the following Information Literacy Standards (http://cnets.iste.org/currstands/cstands-il.html), especially Standards I, II, and III. For more information about Technology Integration visit: http://www.iste.org.
