Last updated 6/5/2000

OUR GOALS: Learn to quickly locate educational resources on the internet Explore a wide variety of educational projects on the internet Prepare to create your own internet-based instructional project Three red balls () beside a resource indicate it is highly recommended

• Yahooligans (http://www.yahooligans.com)
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators (http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/)
• Blue Web'n (http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/)
• Classroom Connect's GRADES database (http://www.classroom.net/GRADES/)
• The Library Spot (http://www.libraryspot.com)
• Altavista (http://www.altavista.digital.com) - Try typing in your question as a sentence.
• The Texas Education Network (http://www.tenet.edu)
• The Texas Center for Educational Technology (http://www.tcet.unt.edu/)
  • Ways to engage the learner with technology (http://www.tcet.unt.edu/chart1.htm)

Basic Project Examples: Scavenger Hunts

• The African American Mosaic at the Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html (A link to the printable scavenger hunt is available.)
• Texas Heritage Scavenger Hunt
• Mathematics Resources Scavenger Hunt

Other Project Examples:

• Shopping on a Budget on the Internet
• Planning a Texas Vacation
• Rush Elementary Technology Integration Resources

Virtual Field Trips:

• WWW Virtual Library: Museums Around the World
• Weekly Reader Virtual Field Trip http://www.weeklyreader.com/features/ftrip2.html (The Weekly Reader Homepage is located at http://www.weeklyreader.com/index.html).

Telecomputing Projects by Page Function

• Overview of Page Functions
• Listing of K-12 Telecomputing Projects Organized by Function

Websites for NASA and John Glenn's recent space flight

• http://www.shuttle.nasa.gov
• John Glenn's Homepage: http://shuttle.nasa.gov/sts-95/crew/glenn.html
• A Sample HyperStudio Project: John Glenn Returns to Space

Sign up and use free web-based email

• http://www.amexmail.com (The handout for this section is available)
• http://mail.yahoo.com
• http://www.hotmail.com

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Suggestions for Homework:

We do not have enough time in the workshop to cover all the links and material presented here. It might be helpful, as a followup exercise, to browse through these resources and work on some of the suggested skills after printing out and reading each article.

You will need to download and install Adobe Acrobat Reader (it is free) from http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html to view and print the handouts referenced here, if it is not already on your computer.

Educational Philosophy

• Why Technology?
• Taking a Problem Solving and Process Skills Approach
• The Space Telescope Science Institute: http://www.stsci.edu/ (Links to the individual photos of the Hubble Deep Field South and archived Hubble Space Telescope photos are available.)

Important Technology Literacy Skills:

• Web Browser Basics: Navigating the Web
• Copy and Paste from a web browser to another application
• Successful Search Strategies

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