Educ 5413 - Teaching with Technology Summer 2005: Dr. Helen Mongan-Rallis

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Day 8

Today's topics:

• Web Quests (cont)
• Teaching students to become critical consumers of the Internet:
• Using Laptops in the classroom
• Using CPS "clickers" as teaching and learning tools

Objectives:

As a result of today's class you should be able to:

1. Use existing WebQuests and create your own WebQuests as teaching and learning tools in your classroom.
2. Become a more informed and critical user of the Internet, and teach your students to do the same.
3. Suggest a variety of ways in which teachers and students can use laptops in the classroom to enhance student learning.
4. Suggest ways to use CPS effectively in your class to enhance student learning

Overview:

Teaching students to use the Internet

1. DO NOW: Working on your own, typing your responses into a M.S. Word document on your laptop, reflect on the following questions:

1. When you search the Internet, which search engine do you use? Why this one?
2. What type of search strategy do you use so that the search engine locates relevant pages?
3. Once you find relevant pages, how do you decide if they are any good?
4. What guidance/training, if any, have you received from past teachers on how to search the Internet and to make decisions about the quality of websites that you find?

We will discuss your responses to these questions as a whole class, looking at NETS for better searching

2. Next:

1. Go to http://www.dhmo.org/
2. Is this a quality website? Why/why not? Make brief notes on your responses on your laptop and prepare to share these with your group.
3. Once you have done this, conduct a search of the Internet to find guidance on who to assess the quality and credibility of websites. Make brief notes on what you learn from your search about key factors that you should consider when evaluation the quality of a website and in making decisions about if and how to use a the website.
4. Once Helen gives the signal, move into the following small groups (1) Dylan, Jodi, John, Josh (2) Bryan, Kirk, Laura, Tara
   Discuss your responses to the (a) DHMO site and (b) to how you decide on the quality and credibility of websites. Have one group member record your group's responses on your laptop using Inspiration.
5. Prepare to share your findings with the whole class (copy your Inspiration notes onto your jump drive and bring to Helen's computer when you are called on to share your findings.

Whole class discussion of findings and of implications of this for preparing your students to be critical consumers of the Internet.

3. Review and discussion plagiarism in the electronic age

• Discussion of The New Plagiarism article (not new anymore, but still relevant!)
• Purchasing term papers online: http://www.a1-termpaper.com/
• What can teachers do about this? TurnItIn.com and video overview.
• Would you consider using a service such as this? What are pros and cons?

Using laptops in the classroom

Discussion of:

• Uses for teachers
• Uses for students

Using CPS responders for teaching and learning

• Using CPS
• See eInstruction.com

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