Internet Research in the Classroom:
Online and Offline

Taught by Wesley A. Fryer
http://www.wtvi.com/offline
email: wes@wtvi.com

Course Description / Objectives

Upcoming Inservice Presentations:

Learn how to teach students to use internet websites in your classroom for research related to curriculum activities, even if you don't have a phone line or internet connection in your room. Participants will learn how to use software to copy websites to their computer so they can be viewed offline. Research skills and solutions for "objectionable websites" will be addressed. Options for configuring student computers for quick website access that maximizes time-on-task will be explored. This is a hands-on workshop focused on providing teachers with internet skills they can immediately use in the classroom following the workshop. Previously taught for Lubbock ISD April 7 & 15, 1998, and ESC 17 on August 3, 1998, and September 12, 1998. Read what previous participants said about this class!

TBD ESC 17 Macintosh and Windows Labs

Last updated 9-13-98

Class Outline

1. Welcome/Intro and Survey of Internet Experiences
2. Overview of Netscape
   • The world-wide web and TCP/IP
   • Setting up a "homepage" for Netscape Communicator
     • Open the webpage you want to use as a "homepage" in Netscape.
     • From the EDIT menu, choose PREFERENCES.
     • Click on NAVIGATOR, and click the button named "USE CURRENT PAGE."
   • Copy/Paste Skills (http://www.wtvi.com/teks/article1.html)
   • Obtain smaller, faster versions of Netscape 2.02 (Mac and Win - ftp://archive:oldies@archive.netscape.com/archive/index.html?#2.02en)
3. WebWhacker Requirements:
   • Comparison of Offline Software (http://www.wtvi.com/teks/article4.html)
   • External Storage Devices (Zip Drive: http://www.iomega.com)
   • Sample sites to WebWhack:
     • The 9 Planets (http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/billa/tnp/)
     • Martin Luther King website from the Seattle Times (http://www.seattletimes.com/mlk/) located from the Black History Hotlist (http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/bh_hotlist.html)
     • Hurricane and Tropical Storm Tracking (http://hurricane.terrapin.com/)
     • Tropical Storms Worldwide (http://www.solar.ifa.hawaii.edu/Tropical/tropical.html)
4. Steps to WebWhacking:
   • Step 1: Create a new "Group"
   • Step 2: Add a URL (Uniform Resource Locator = web address)
   • Step 3: Enable or Disable Whack
   • Step 4: Whack
5. Search Strategies
   • Search Engine Differences
   • General Search Guidelines
   • Finding Educational Resources
     • Classroom Connect's GRADES database (http://www.classroom.net/GRADES/)
     • Yahooligans (http://www.yahooligans.com)
     • The Library Spot (http://www.libraryspot.com)
     • My workshop on internet educational resources (http://www.wtvi.com/internet)
   • Browsing for websites and simple keyword searches (http://www.yahoo.com and http://www.excite.com)
   • Advanced Boolean Searches
     • Excite's Power Search
     • Altavisita Advanced Search (http://www.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=aq)
   • Search Within a Document (In Netscape, From the "Edit" menu select "Find")
6. Dealing with Objectionable Internet Content
   • Solutions on my Tools and Techniques webpage
7. Setting Up Student Workstations
   • TechEdge Article http://www.wtvi.com/teks/article2.html
8. Online Evaluation

Software Resources:

• Educator's Internet Tools CD: ($10 plus shipping - http://www.wtvi.com/toolscd/) This collection of software demos, shareware, and freeware for Macintosh and Windows computers includes all the tools you need to create effective educational websites. It additionally includes tutorials about webpage creation and over 400 internet bookmarks relating to integrating technology in the classroom. Includes demo versions of WebWhacker 3.0 (Win95) and WebWhacker 2.0 (Mac).

• Buy current WebWhacker versions directly from from Blue Squirrel at http://www.bluesquirrel.com/whacker/
• Buy Classroom Connect's "Educator's Guide to WebWhacker " for around $50. Catalog ordering info is available at http://register.classroom.com/ordercat.htm. This package includes WebWhacker 1.0 for both Mac and Windows (3.1 and 95), and a 145 page tutorial about using WebWhacker.
• Download NASA's SIMON software (Macintosh only) free at http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/simon.html.

Instructional Technology Resources:

• Article "Validating Information and Resolving Information Conflicts" (http://www.wtvi.com/teks/98_99_articles/validate.html)
• Tools for the TEKS website: http://www.wtvi.com/teks

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