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1.
Use articles and documents from the Internet for you and your students.
If
you provide students with the location (URL address) they can read, and
in many cases print, articles without infringing upon copyright law. Many
journals and newspapers are now online. You can view the Wall
Street Journal (interactive edition),
The
New York Times ,
The Boston
Globe , as well as thousands of other electronic journals. Other
sites with some noteworthy publications include:
2.
Communicate with other educators through listservs and distribution lists.
ListServs
are e-mail discussion groups. You subscribe to a listserv and receive all
the messages posted to your e-mail. There are thousands of listservs where
people with similar interests are communicating about common issues. Some
places to get addresses of listservs can be found at
To join a group send out an e-mail message to the address given,
keep the subject blank. The Message
should say:
sub LISTNAME your name
(example)
sub INFOCATS Joyce Morris
Use e-mail distribution lists to communicate with your students. In your address book of your e-mail program, you can create an E-mail distribution list. This enables you to send one message that will reach everyone on the list. Setting up a class distribution list is easy and provides a fast convenient way to send one message to a number of students or faculty. This is an easy and convenient way to discuss articles, work on collaborative projects, or share and critique case studies.
3.
Use Internet resources to access useful documents, grant information, reports,
state departments of education. The following sites represent
only a few places of interest to educators of educators.
4.Take
and make a virtual trip. When the real thing isn't possible a virtual
experience may be the next best thing. There are virtual museums, field
trips, adventures and experiments.
5.
Have your students access lesson plans and units on a variety of standard-based
curricula. Many sites have juried plans and many provide an opportunity
for your students to publish their work
6.
Have students publish useful material on the Internet: The world is
your audience for Internet published products. Students learn how to build
web pages, collect and synthesize information, connect concepts, and produce
multimedia web-based documents. Some examples of work produced by students
in undergraduate education programs include"7.
Telecommunciation Projects: Have your students communicate with other
students and educators. They can participate in a telecommunciation project,
mentor and K-12 students, or talk with new and experienced teachers.An
excellent source about kinds of telecommunication projects created by Judi
Harris from The University of Texas in Austin is Virtual
Architecture's Web Home. Other good trips include:
8.
Place your syllabus and other course information on the Web.
Students can see their course objectives, syllabus, requirements,
all before the course even begins. They can always look on line if they
are without their printed copies. You can also leave copies of handouts
and other course information assisting in organization of information and
distibution of materials.
9.
Have students use, critique and examine educational software. We currently
have a number of educational programs that are available in 531 Waterman
for students and faculty to preview and use. Some demos of software as
well as reviews are available on the Internet.
10.
Create electronic portfolios and multimedia presentations.
With computers,
text, graphics, animation, sound and video can be used to document and
reflect upon experiences as well as organize and present new information.