Internet Classroom Integration Research Skills for Todays Communication Age.

Internet Classroom Integration

Research Skills for Today’s Communication Age

• Technology Allows Students To: • Excel in achievement in Content Area• Develop Higher-order Thinking and Problem Solving

Skills• Develop Creative Artifacts, Unique Products, and

Service Projects• Develop Workforce Professional Skills• Develop Information Literacy & Communication Skills

(Research Skills)• Apply learning to Real-World Situations• Develop Organizational & Teamwork Skills • Produce, Preserve, Present & Publish their work• Investigate beyond their community experience• Produce a Complete & Complex Project• Share their experiences, findings, questions and

concerns with others in the global learning community

• Technology Allows Teachers To: • Provide Digital Up-to-Date Resources• Develop Better Communication &

Assessment Skills through Electronic Syllabi, Rubrics, Lesson Plans, Parental Communications, Online Collaboration

• Distribute Information through Web-based pages accessible from home or anywhere

• Organize Lessons and presentation and distribute for slow or absent learners

• Provide Remediation Materials Online• Provide Student Samples & Electronic

Portfolios

What is the INTERNET?

• http://www.brainpop.com/tech/communication/internet/index.weml

What is Needed to Connect?

• Computer, cellular, pager or TV

• Modem, Ethernet or Wireless Card

• Telephone line, Wireless or Cable Line

• Internet Account

• Software (Browser)

History of the INTERNET

• http://www.internet101.org/internet.html

TERMINOLOGY

• http://www.stimulus.com/education/terminology.html

• http://www.stimulus.com/education/connectivity-p2.html • Other Terms:

– Popups (popup stopper)– Virus, Worm, Trojan– AUP– Email & Attachment– Plug-ins – URL

Popup Stoppers

• Zero Ads Pop-up Killer & Ad Blocker – Kill pop-up windows, remove banner ads, boost surfing speeds, increase privacy, and more. Pop-Up Stopper Basic – Block pop-up windows in Internet Explorer. Pop-Up Stopper Professional – Block pop-up windows in every browser on every Internet connection. Guard-IE Pop-up Killer and Privacy Suite – Remove ads and pop-ups, clean browser history and cache, kill scripts, manage cookies,... Steganos Internet Anonym – Quickly & easily block pop-up ads, ensure Web surfing safety/anonymity and destroy Internet...

Virus, Worm, Trojan• Virus Alerts – McAfee, Symantec

• Virus Hoaxes

• Email Spam is a Form of Virus (takes up valuable resources, time, and energy & can over extend a mail server)

• Chain letters• Mass mailings• Unsolicited Email

What is an AUP?Acceptable Use Policy are designed to protect

students, staff, and resources– Typical AUP Issues

• The use of the Internet is a privilege and not a right. • E-mail is not private. • All Internet & Network Resources in the school should be

used for educational purposes.• 3 Rules of Thumb: Monitor, Monitor, Monitor, student use

of the Internet• Copyright Issues

• Federal, State, & District violations may result in imprisonment, fines, and loss of certification

• CIPA & COPPA• Engaging Parents & Safety Issues

COPPA PROTECTING CHILDREN Children’s

Online Privacy Protection Act • COPPA wanted to prohibit Web

sites from making it possible for children under 13 to disclose personal information to others on the Internet without parental consent. This is costly to child-oriented Web sites

• Educational Web sites are shutting down the areas in question for children cause it is so hard to comply with the law

COPPA

• Personal information cannot be collected on the Web from children under age 13 without permission from a parent or legal guardian.

• Parents have the right to know what personal information their children are being asked for and how it is to be used.

COPPA

• Parents can review the personal information collected from their child, determine who it can be given to, and have the right to have it deleted. Children cannot be required to give out more information than is reasonably necessary… to use in contests or games Permission from parents and guardians must be verifiable, for example, a signed authorization form mailed.

COPPA

• Web sites and online services must prominently post a clear privacy policy

• EXCEPTIONS TO REQUIRING PARENTAL PERMISSION

• Collecting a child’s email address for one-time request – homework

• Entering a child in a contest or sending an online newsletter

What are Inappropriate Sites?

– SomeSome categories include: – Adult sites – Weapons & Crime sites – Sites that promote the use of illegal substance – Some entertainment sites that are not suitable for

students – Gambling sites – Intolerance sites – Some vacation & travel sites– Some clothing & shopping sites– Most advice & horoscope sites– Job Databases

– Sites that show or advocate violence or hate.

The Most Popular Tool :Email

• Can be effective communication tool if used correctly– Net-etiquette– Reread before sending– Over explain –rather than under explain

Email Attachments

• Properly forward messages (attachments VS repetitive forwarding)

• Properly attach documents• Be aware that Email attachments

are usually:– Suspect for Virus Transmission– Limited in Size by the Network

Administrator

Browser Plug-insMedia available on the Internet is

becoming more varied in type and requirements

Plug-ins are software programs that work with your browser to enable it to view or experience different types of media.

Plug-ins are usually downloaded from the Internet from reputable sites

MediaMedia Type Viewer Editor

Graphics–.jpg–.gif

Native to Browser (no plug-in needed)

•Image composer•PhotoShop•Paint

Movies–.mov–.avi–.ram

•QuickTime•MS Media Player•Real Player

-Final Cut Pro

-Adobe Premier•Real Producer

MediaMedia Type Viewer Editor

Flash Movie Shockwave Flash Player

•Macromedia Flash

Audio

–.wav–.mp3–.ram

•Native (ms media player)•Mp3 Player•Real Player

-Cool Edit

-Music Match•Real Producer

Citing Internet Resources

• http://www.arp.sprnet.org/default/District/TRAINING/citing_Internet_Resources.pdf

Copyright Issues

• Copyright Quiz (Handout)

• Crash Course in Copyright Issues

• Copyright for Educators

• Software Piracy

Evaluating WWW

• Data, Data, Everywhere…and NOT a Drop of “Think”

• SNAP

Six Life-Long SkillsSCANS

•Discuss: What is it you want your students to be able to do?

6 Life-Skills – Skills that NEVER go out of date

Discuss: Critical Attributes of Good Research Skills

Engaged Learning

The Question IS THEAnswer!

Never Accept a Student’s First Attempt

Engaged Learning

• K-2 & 3-5

• K-2 Projects– The Zoo

• 3-5 Projects

• WebQuests, More

• START

• Sample Lesson Plans

Changing Role of the Teacher

• http://www.arp.sprnet.org/admin/supt/page2.HTM

• Constructivist PowerPoint

• Rubrics – Teaching with a Purpose

• Teaching in Centers

Does & Don’ts• http://www.arp.sprnet.org/admin/su

pt/Dont.htm

• "To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society." — Theodore Roosevelt, 19th/20th century American adventurer and politician, Nobel

Prize-winning U.S. president

• RESOURCES