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Teachers design Internet Research Guide
sites as portals for their students who are researching particular
topics on the Internet. These guide sites accomplish two
important goals: They provide students with starting places for
their Internet searches, and they eliminate the need for them to type
in URL's directly. Guiding students to pre-selected sites on
their topics enables them to quickly find many other quality sites,
just by following the links. Creating links with correct URL's
prevents the common problem of error messages and confusing excursions
into irrelevant Web sites.
Examples of Internet Research Guides
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eNature.com- The complete guide to
over 4,800 North American plants and animals, with detailed
descriptions and photographs.
http://www.eNature.com/
- SciNet
- Einstein never had it so easy. Search over 88,000 science listings
along with science news.
http://www.scinet.cc/
- Scientific
American Site-SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN's editors
come across a steady stream of interesting,
informative, entertaining--and sometimes unexpected
internet links.
http://www.sciam.com/
Publishing on the Internet
The Internet is a powerful publishing tool
for collaborative class projects. Much like any collaborative
research project, a Web site is, by nature, a collection of
interconnected parts with a common theme. Class project sites
work well around topics with multidisciplinary interest and can include
images, text, and even multimedia elements. Upon completion and
publication on the Web, students often feel a strong sense of
accomplishment. Projects created as PowerPoint or HyperStudio
documents can be saved as Web Pages (html documents). Many word
processing applications also have the ability to save documents as Web
Pages.
The following is a good examples of a class
project site.
1. The
following is a good examples of a class project site.
Loogootee Elementary West's Activities
Visit this page to find
activities developed by kindergarten - third grade educators.
2. Examples of Class Homepage- the classroom
homepage can be the central hub for information on your
classroom. Be warned
that to be effective a class homepage must be updated frequently.
My
American History Class Homepage
This site lists classroom activities and information
for students and
parents.
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