How to Find Classroom Ready Internet Curriculum in Twenty Minutes for Implementation the

Next DayIt has been done..... but I must say it

is not the best situation. :-)Mentor Teacher: Rick Boster

Spring 2001

Before Planning Consider the following…..

• What technology skills will your students have to know to successfully complete the assignment? Do they have them?

• Format of the lesson:

(Station, small group, or full class instruction)

• Back up plan…. if the Internet goes down?

Before planning consider the following (cont’d)

• Academic Goal

• Assessment of learning/ skills

• Extension for further learning

• Best use of Visual media?

• Download time

• Hardware Issues

• Software Issues (Do I have the right plug-in, browser, etc.)

Lesson Evaluation

Evaluate Lesson:

Bloom’s Taxonomy What level of thinking?

Appropriate:

Reading Level Can they comprehend?

Grade Level/Subject Standards alignment?

Vocabulary Help for low end students?

Where do I begin?

• Lesson Plan Databases

• Educational Search Engines

• Individual Web Sites

• Publisher’s Web Sites

What is out there so I don’t have to re-invent the wheel?

Lesson Plan Database Sites

• E.R.I.C. ERIC is the Educational Resources Information Center

• S.C.O.R.E.Schools of California On-line Resources for Education

+ Both of these are governmental Databases with a multitude of resources

- Be prepared to search!

Lesson Plan Database Sites

E.R.I.C. • The heart of the ERIC system is the ERIC database, the world’s

largest source of education information. The ERIC database contains more than 1 million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. You can search the database online via the Internet, on CD-ROM, or through the printed abstract journals Resources in Education and Current Index to Journals in Education. The database is updated monthly (quarterly on CD-ROM) to ensure that the information is timely and accurate.

• You can access the wealth of information offered by the ERIC components

The ERIC System

Adult, career, and vocational education

Assessment and evaluation

Community colleges

Counseling and student services

Disabilities and gifted education

Educational management

Elementary and early childhood education

Higher education

ERIC consists of a network of 16 subject-specific clearinghouses, plus adjunct clearinghouses, and support components. The clearinghouses cover these areas:

Information & technology

Languages and linguistics

Reading, English, and communication

Rural education and small schools

Science, mathematics, and environmental education

Social studies/social science education

Teaching and teacher education

Urban education

The ERICDatabase

ERIC also features:

• Lesson plans—links to more than 6,000 online educational materials from 90 organizations: http://www.thegateway.org

• Listservs—electronic discussion groups on school library and media services, early childhood education, school administration, and many other topics: http://www.accesseric.org

• A Conference Calendar—a searchable database of more than 600 education-related conferences: http://www.accesseric.org

SCORE:Web-based Classroom

Resource

SCORE:Web-based Classroom

Resource

• links to quality Internet resources and teacher-developed lessons

• supporting California’s content standards and curriculum frameworks

• promoting information literacy

http://www.score.k12.ca.us

• History/Social Science

• Language Arts

• Mathematics

• Science

http://www.score.k12.ca.us

SCORE Websites: SCORE Websites: 4 content areas4 content areas

SCORE Websites: SCORE Websites: 4 content areas4 content areas

SCOREHistory/Social

Sciences

SCOREHistory/Social

Sciences

• Over 3,000 web resources supporting California’s academic standards

• Searchable by grade level or topic

• Lesson activities, projects, electronic fieldtrips, discussion groups & more

http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/

SCORELanguage Arts

SCORELanguage Arts

• CyberGuides: Internet-based lessons

• Correlated to academic standards

• Supplement core literature

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/cla.html

SCOREMathematics

SCOREMathematics

• Web-based resources and lessons

• Correlated to academic standards

• Mathematics research

• Real-world mathematics

http://score.kings.k12.ca.us

SCOREScienceSCOREScience

• Web-based resources and lessons

• Searchable by standards or topics

• Student-friendly “Kid’s Corner”

• “Ask-A-Scientist” feature

http://scorescience.humboldt.k12.ca.us

Educational Search Engines• PacBell Bluewebn

• StudyWeb

• Encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse

• Searchopolis.com

• Teachers.Net

• Lightspan.com

• http://score.k12.ca.us/

These resources are a combination of search engines and pre-fabricated lessons searchable by subject and grade level

Individual Web Sites

• CMS Virtual Library• TRMS Virtual Librar

y+ Independent, no ads,

specific to school curriculum.

- Must be maintained by knowledgeable teacher

Publisher’s Web Pages

• Holt, Rinehart and Winston

• Harcourt School Publishers

• Prentice Hall                             

+When you adopt a textbook the technical support is integrated.-These sites are new as publishers are trying to align texts with State Standards and tackle technology at the same time. (Some do it better than others.)Sometimes I wonder what changes more often the standards, teachingmethods or the web…..

You’ve got 20 minutes….

Go back and search the topic that piqued your interest and find a

plausible lesson for tomorrow!!!!