Internet

Internet

 * **How to Select Websites**
 * Will use of the internet enable my students to do something they couldn't do before?
 * Will use of the internet enable my students to do something they could do before, but better?


 * New tools should be applied in new ways rather than new tools being applied in the traditional ways. **

For example...
 * Using a math website to do flash cards to review multiplication facts VS. using an interactive website and SMARTBoard to deepen understanding.
 * National Library of Virtual Manipulative
 * Illuminations
 * Reading an article about earthquakes VS accessing real-time data to determine if there were any earthquakes last week and how many.
 * Earthquakes in the Last Week
 * Earthquakes with Plate Boundaries
 * Researching and writing a paper VS participating in collaborative projects with students around the world.
 * Web Projects
 * Webquests
 * Simulations
 * Virtual Volcano
 * Jamestown Online Adventure
 * Animated Theater Battle Map
 * ExploreLearning
 * Primary Source Documents
 * Archiving Early America
 * Charters of Freedom
 * Footnote
 * Our Documents.gov
 * Collaboration
 * Research and Beyond
 * Portaportal
 * Google Custom Search
 * Filamentality

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 * Writing a Web-based Activity (Learning Activity)**
 * Purpose of Learning Activity
 * Engage learners
 * Present material
 * Encourage higher-order thinking
 * Add materials, handouts, media components, etc.
 * Strategies to look for:
 * FAF
 * Bookmarking
 * Previewing websites
 * Use of a projection device