Class 4

Chapter 7 - Distance Learning Tools and the Role of the Internet in Education

SearchEngineWatch (p.214)

http://searchenginewatch.com/

information on all available search engines (e.g., filtered for kids, multimedia search engines)

• Most Popular Search Engines
• Google (www.google.com)
• Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com)
• Ask Network (www.ask.com)
• Top 5 Metacrawlers (program using more than one search engine at the same time)
• Dog Pile (www.dogpile.com)
• Clusty (clusty.com)
• HotBot (www.hotbot.com)
• Kartoo (www.kartoo.com)
• Mamma (www.mamma.com)

Adapting for Special Needs (p.228)

     *Opera search engine (www.opera.com)

Criteria for Evaluating Website Content (see Figure 7.6, p.216)

Strategies to Increase Privacy and Safety on the Internet (see Figure 7.7, p.218)

• Teach Online Safety
  
• SafeKids (www.safekids.com): resource on internet safety for children
• Manage Cookies 
• SpyChecker (www.spychecker.com/software/cookiemanager.html): lists cookie managing programs
• Cookie Pal (www.kburra.com/cpal.html): for web browsers with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000 and XP

Strategies to Prevent Computer Viruses (see Figure 7.8, p.219)

Strategies to Address Copyright and Plagiarism Problems (see Figure 7.9, p.219)

•  Teach Copyright and Plagiarism
• Check for and Prevent Plagiarism
• Turn It In (www.turnitin.com): students can check their own writing for improperly used content, inadvertent plagiarism, or quotation errors
• My Drop Box (www.mydropbox.com) is now SafeAssign by BlackBoard: plagiarism prevention tool for teachers

Resources for Communicating on the Internet (see Table 7.1, p.219)

• Asynchronous (left message) Communications
• Synchronous (live interaction) Communications
• Cyber Communications
• MUDs = Multiuser Dungeons/Dimensions/Domains for multiuser interactions from different sites at the same time via typed text
• MOOs = Object Oriented MUDs meaning code is available so it is free
• Avatar Spaces = interactions via avatars and typed text in a graphical, virtual reality like environment

Netiquette: Rules of Behavior on the Internet (see Figure 7.10, p.222)

DISTANCE LEARNING (DL)

The acquisition of knowledge and skills through mediated information and instruction, encompassing all froms of technology and other forms of learning at a distance (USDLA).

Classification System for Distance Learning Delivery (see Table 7.2, p.225)

Types of Distance Learning Activities (p.226-227)

•  Student Research
• Big Six (www.big6.com)
• task definition
• information-seeking strategies
• location and access
• use of information
• synthesis
• evaluation

• Online Classroom  Materials
• Internet4Classrooms (www.internet4classrooms.com): online tutorials of this type

• Web-based Lessons

• Virtual Courses and Programs

Summary of Research Findings and Major Reports on Distance Learning (see Table 7.3, p.229)