Class 5

Chapter 8 - Integrating the Internet into the Curriculum

Web-Based Learning Activities, also called WebQuests

• Types and Examples of Web-Based Lessons and Projects (see Table 8.1, p.242 for complete list and links)
• Sites with Collections of Web-Based Lessons and Projects (see Table 8.2, p.244 for complete list and links)
• Website Support Functions (see Table 8.3, p.248 for complete list and links)
• Rubric for Evaluating Webquests (see Table 8.4, p.254-256)

Top Ten Strategies for Integrating the Internet into the Curriculum (p.253): an overview of 10 established and proven web-based lessons and projects with corresponding links

Adapting for Special Needs (p.257)
     *Windows on the Universe, adjustable reading/interest levels (www.windows.ucar.edu)
     *TrackStar, alternative to report writing (trackstar.4teachers.org)

• Resources to assist teachers with Internet integration into curriculum for students with special needs
• Cheryl Wissick's Web Toolboxes (www.ed.sc.edu/caw/toolbox.html)
• TeAch-nology (www.teach-nology.com)

Web Page and Website Development

•  Popular Programs to Download for Web Page Development and Use (see Table 8.5, p.261 for complete list and links)

• Use Web Page Development Software to Avoid Programming in HTML
• Adobe's Dreamweaver 
• must be purchased
• requires File Transfer Protocol (FTP) software to upload web pages to the desired server
• Google's Google Sites (sites.google.com)
• free
• stores web pages on the Google server so no FTP software is needed

• Recommended Eight-Step Website Development Sequence (see Figure 8.11, p.264)

•  Evaluation of Web Pages
• Web Page Evaluation Checklist (see Table 8.6, p.266)
• Rubric for Assessing Young Learners' Web Pages (see Table 8.7, p.267)
• Rubric for Evaluation of Older Learners' Web Pages (see Figure 8.14, p.267)