ANSWERS TO PEERS

Exploring the World Wide Web in the Classroom

Now that I have access to the Web, how can I use it effectively?

How do I manage students’ use of the Web in my class?

Which features of the Web do I use?

Chapter 6

Key Topics

Web to Achieve ISTE NETS

Creativity and Innovation
When using data from the web, students will construct new knowledge and generate products based on research and credible information.
Research and Information Fluency
As students do research using various Web-based tools, they will learn to evaluate and select information from reliable sources while weeding out information that lacks credibility.
Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making
Students will use the resources to define problems, determine what is known and not known, manipulate the data, generate and test solutions, and present their findings.
Technology Operations and Concepts

The Web: A Tool for Students

Search Strategies from Google

Search Terms	Finds pages with the following:
achondrite meteorite	The words achondrite and meteor.
welding iron or brass	Pages with welding iron or welding brass
“ground water”	Will only find pages that have the phrase ground water. If the quotation marks were not used, pages that had water and ground in any order and separated by other words. For example, the search without quotation marks around the phrase would return a page with the following “There was water available in bottles. The ground was very dusty.”
oil -engine	Finds web pages that mention oil, but not those mentioning engine oil. The minus sign is used to find web pages without a specific term.
cooking +oil	Finds web pages with the term cooking and oil, but not pages with engine oil. The plus sign tells Google to match the terms exactly, thus, the results will not include pages with mineral oil.
educational ~media	Searches for media and the word’s synonyms. This search would find web pages with the words educational media as well as multimedia, audio, film, television, etc.
U.S. trade deficit 1992..1998	Searches for web pages with the terms U.S. trade deficit in the years 1992 through 1998. The two periods are used to search through a range of numbers including dates.
Robert* Kennedy	Returns pages that include Robert Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Robert Tom Kennedy. The * is a wild card and will find any word between (or lack of) between Robert and Kennedy. It can also be used with Oct* to find Oct. and October.

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Google Docs

The Web: A Tool for Students

The Web: A Tool for Teachers

Content Management Features

Feature	Function
Web Portal	Provides students a starting point for access to your course
Discussions	A managed threaded discussion. Threaded discussion are linear with students and teacher replying to responses
Materials	Course handouts, syllabus, assignments, and other documents can be posted for easy access. Multimedia units can also be uploaded and accessed.
Personal web page	Student can create a personal web page with access limited to class member
Collaborative work space	Chat rooms and file sharing can be created for individual groups
Announcements and Calendar	Announcements about due dates or changes can be posted and as well as a calendar of course activities and due dates
Gradebook	Students can view grades online and submit assignments for grading
Tests and Surveys	Tests and surveys can be created and managed

Appropriate Web Practices

District Policies

Many states suggest or require each school district to develop an Acceptable Use Policy concerning the Internet
Acceptable Use Policy may include:
Uses of the Internet
Responsibilities
Acceptable and unacceptable behavior
Consequences
Parent notification
Access

Classroom Policies

Copies may be used for only one course in the school.
Same author copies may not exceed more than one article or two excerpts, or more than three from a collection of works.
Multiple copying for one course is limited to a maximum of nine instances during the term.
Copying may not be used to substitute for collections of works.
You may not copy “consumable” materials such as workbooks.
Students may not be charged for the copied material, other than photocopying costs.

Placing another person’s graphic or photograph on your Web page
Copying text and including it in curriculum materials from which you or others gain profit
Copying icons not specifically created to be shared publicly

Creative Commons License

Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives
Allows use of the material without alteration as long as a link is provided back to the creator
Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike
Allows user to modify and then redistribute as long as they assign the same license.
Attribution Non-commercial
Allows the users to modify the piece and redistribute for non-commercial use as long as they provide credit for the original piece.

Creative Commons License

Attribution No Derivatives
Allows distribution of the piece for commercial and non-commercial purposes as long as it includes credit for the original piece and is not modified.
Attribution Share Alike
Users can modify the original piece and distribute for commercial and noncommercial purposes as long as others can do the same.
Attribution.
Users can modify the original and distribute commercially as long as credit is given to the original creator.

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