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Preparing Students
Managing theClassroom
Search Strategies~Lesson Sites
~Wrap Up~Questions
Presentation
Domain Name.com
Website maintained by a commercial entity
.org
Website maintained by a nonprofit organization
.k12
Website maintained by a k-12 school or district
.edu
Website maintained by Higher Education or some k-12 schools
.gov
Website maintained by the U.S. government
.net
Website maintained by a network
.mil
Military websites (most need a password)
Student User and Agreement/Parent Permission Form
Practical Application (Browser Use Page)
Web Site Evaluation Guides
Internet Driver’s License
Selecting Quality Sources
How to make a good choice:Check the domain of the serverThink about what their “angle” or bias isLook at who the Webmaster isWhen was the site last updatedUsing all of the information make an educated guess about the websiteDon’t forget anyone can post to the Web
Safety TipsIf you end up at a place that you do not belong, hit the BACK button, or the HOME button. If all else fails, turn the monitor off.
Bookmarking: In Netscape, click on “Bookmarks”, then click on “Add”
Favorites: In Internet Explorer to keep a site, you click on “Favorites”, then click on “Add”.
E-mailThere are a variety of email programs you can use.Gaggle.net is a program for schools that allows you to monitor incoming and outgoing mail. There are also web-based email providers such as Yahoo, and Hot Mail.
Standard letter format should be used.Students working in partnerships can proofread for mistakes. Spelling counts!Never use all caps, as this is like shouting at someone.Emoticons are common place as are abbreviations LOL.
Classroom Management of ComputersAll computers face
towards the room, not the wall. Never
have computer screens facing
where you can not see them at all
times!
Use a HELP cup rather than a raised hand. It is less disruptive and allows other students to respond.
More Tips
Earphones cut down the noise, yet allow students to take advantage of the sounds.
Internet Log Sheets: students are held accountable for each site they visit.
Name the computers
Time Management IdeasTwo people per computer
Post rotation schedule
Have students be responsible for time (as much as possible depending upon age)
Name and Number student’s floppy disks
Time Management
Time Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs Fri.
8:00 1&2 13&14 24&25 6&7 18&19
9:00 3&4 15&16 26&27 8&9 20&21
10:00 5&6 17&18 28&29 10&11 22&23
11:00 7&8 19&20 30&1 12&13 24&25
1:00 9&10 20&21 2&3 14&15 26&27
2:00 11&12 22&23 4&5 16&17 28&29
Computer Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri
Zeus 1&2 13&14 25&26 7&8 19&20
Apollo 3&4 15&16 27&28 9&10 21&22
Athena 5&6 17&18 29&30 11&12 23&24
King Tut 7&8 19&20 1&2 13&14 25&26
Caesar 9&10 21&22 3&4 15&16 27&28
Cleopatra 11&12 23&24 5&6 17&18 29&30
Time Line for One Period5 computers
HOMEPAGE
Homepage
http://www.bess.net/ (Internet retriever)
Blocking,
Filtering,
Monitoring
Blocking will not allow accesses based on vocabulary.
Filtering is based on coding by ranked categories.
Monitoring keeps track of websites visited, but does not block them.
“I know it’s here someplace. I just can’t
find it.”
The Joys of Searching the
Internet
Subject Directories
~Catalogue of sites collected and organized by humans
~Called “trees” because they start with main categories and branch out to other subcategories, subtopics and topics
~Hierarchically organized indexes of subject categories.~Subject guides tend to be smaller than those of general search engines, so results tend to be smaller as well. However, subject guides can lead to producing more relevant results!~Better for a general subject than a specific piece of information.
Sources: Mike Menchaka, California State University Sacramento, 1999 Debbie Flannigan, http://home.sprintmail.com/~debflanagan/main.html
Subject Directory Sites
Examples of subject guides include: •Yahoo: http://www.yahoo.com •Public Library: http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/•Magellan: http://www.mckinley.com
Example of a subject guide for kids:•Yahooligans: http://www.yahooligans.com
Search EnginesSearch engines rely on computer programs
called spiders or robots to search the web. The size of the database, the frequency of the updating and the search capabilities will influence the results.
In most cases, search engines are best used to locate a specific piece of information, such as:
•a known document•an image•a computer program
rather than a general subject.
Search Engine SitesExamples of search engines include:
•Alta Vista: http://www.altavista.com (uses boolean logic)•Infoseek: http://www.infoseek.com•Lycos: http://www.lycos.com
Search engines for kids:•Yahooligans: http://www.yahooligans.com
Search engines that search other search engines:
•HotBot: http://www.hotbot.com
•Dogpile: http://www.dogpile.com
•Metacrawler: http://www.metacrawler
Natural Language
•Ask Jeeves: http://www.askjeeves.com
•Ask Jeeves: http://www.ajkids.com
Natural language search engines allow sentences and phrases rather than key words and Boolean search strategies.
For kids:
http://home.sprintmail.com/
~debflanagan/main.html
Good tutorial sites~
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!
http://www.worldsofsearching.org/
http://home.sprintmail.com/~debflanagan/main.html
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~gek/Search/
http://searchenginewatch.com/facts/index. html http://searchenginewatch.com/links/
http://www.howstuffworks.com/cookie.htm?printable=1
More Sites for Internet Search Strategy Tips
AND
Searches for documents that have both words in it. Searching for human AND body finds pages where both human and body occur somewhere in that page.
OR
Searches for documents that have either word in it. Searching for human OR body finds pages where either human or body occurs somewhere in the page.
( )
The parentheses determine how And's and Or's are treated. Words within parentheses are considered a unit, and are considered first. Searching for anatomy OR (human AND body) finds pages where either anatomy or human and body occur somewhere on the page.
" " Words or phrases within quotation marks are treated as a unit and searched for literally. This is especially helpful when the search term you are interested in contains the words "and" or "or." Searching for "rock and roll" finds pages where the string of words rock and roll occurs somewhere on the page.
* The asterisk functions as a wildcard symbol in searches. It designates any string of text that could stand in for the asterisk. Searching for cook* will find pagescontaining the words cooking, cooked, andcookies.
Variations on the basic Boolean operators are also supported by many
librarydatabases and Internet search engines. Known as proximity
operators,
these include: ADJACENT, WITH, NEAR, and FOLLOWED BY. ADJACENT and
WITH require that the words appear next to each other, NEAR
requires that the search terms appear in close proximity and
FOLLOWED BY requires that one term follow another.
Web Whacker/WebBuddySoftware programs that will allow you to save
websites as files to a floppy. This is good if you don’t have Internet access or want to monitor the
access.
http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/catalog/Library of Congress Online
Catalogue
http://www.searchopolis.com/Filtered search engine
More Places to Start
http://www.burlco.lib.nj.us/internet/kids.html
Burlington County Library’s Guide to Internet Searches
LessonsBe clear in your objective! Have a reason and a focus. Keep everyone on that track throughout the lesson.
Don’t print off of the Internet. Use a word document that you can cut and paste onto.
You need to clean the cache after each class or they will be using the cache information.
Each time a new site is visited, it must be documented.
A few good sites…
California Learning Interchangehttp://www.gse.uci.edu/cli/
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educatorshttp://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
SCORE:Schools of CA. Online Resources for Education http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/
California Technology Assistance Programwww.ctaponline.org
Presented by Cathie ConfortiCUE Conference November, 2000
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