There
are thousands of models for building lessons and activities for your
students that incorporate the Internet. Some involve an exclusive
use of online resources, while others blend traditional materials
with new technologies.
Before jumping into adding Internet resources to your lessons and units, be sure to examine your technology applications TEKS. Understand what each wants your students to know and be able to do. Remember that you are not required to create new lessons and units to incorporate the technology applications TEKS.
Always start with your core subject learning objectives and examine which units and lessons you already teach could be enhanced with Internet resources. If adding the Internet will strain your and your students' work rather than make their successes better and more enjoyable, then rethink your choices.
Activity
Browse the online resources below and complete the following:
- Find and write down a learning objective you have for your students.
- What are some reasons to use the Internet to help your students achieve this objective? Cite which web sites you base your answers on.
- Read Tom March's "Working the Web for Education" and then decide what type(s) of online activity that he lists would be best for this objective. Explain your choice.
- What steps would you take to create a lesson that meets this objective and incorporates the Internet? Cite which web sites you base your answers on.
Related Online Resources
- Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills (TEKS) www.tea.state.tx.us/teks
- ISTE's National Educatioanl Technology Standards for Students cnets.iste.org/students/
- Working the Web for Education www.ozline.com/learning/theory.html
- Teachers' Internet Use Guide www.rmcdenver.com/useguide/index.htm
- Some Thoughts About WebQuests http://webquest.sdsu.edu/about_webquests.html
- Building Blocks of a WebQuest http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/buildingblocks/p-index.htm
- Filamentality www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil
