Your Students Use The Internet

The World Wide Web has definitely opened up a whole new world for students. It has captured and engaged the most reluctant student. It can also bridge the gap between the "hands-on" concrete learning that should continue to take place in the classroom and the abstract conceptual understanding that is expected of students. The internet can provide the missing "in-between" stage of learning for students. The following explain the type of websites to which you can guide your students as you use the internet to enhance your instruction and their learning.

• There are search engines that are designed especially for students. They will help you and your students find age appropriate content, images, graphs, and charts.  Use the Search Button.
  

• Developing the ability to determine which websites contain valid information that will be helpful to the student is of extreme importance. Help your students develop the skills to evaluate websites for their usefulness and to become information literate when it comes to the Internet. Use the Information Literacy Button.
  

• There are websites that will allow your students to learn the safety precautions that they must take when using the Internet. Use the Online Safety Button. 
  

• It is important for students to understand the social and ethical implications of using content from the Internet. Understanding the fundamentals of copyright will allow students to understand what they can and cannot do with mterial that they find on the Internet. Use the Copyright Button. 
  

• Many topics, whether as a part of the student's curriculum, or as a part of the student's interest, can be explored in depth on the internet. Usually graphics, charts, and other visuals help to heighten interest and provide further understanding. Use the Explore/Communicate Button.
  

• Many concepts developed in the classroom can be enhanced and students can construct meaning if they interact with activities that further develop the concepts. The internet has provided many opportunities for interactivity, a real boost to the student's ability to  internalize and truly understand concepts. Use the Tech. Integration Button.
  

• After a skill has been taught in the classroom, practice on the internet can be both engage the student and help to further develop proficiency with the skill.  Use the Skill Practice Button.
  

• Valuable resources and effective tools can create a wider variety of learning experiences for novel studies in the classroom. Use the Enjoying Literature Button.
  

• Stories that students hear being read to them using the technology of the computer can serve a definite purpose as one of the tools for creating a literacy environment. Use the Online Stories Button.
  

• Students can "show what they know" right on the internet as they publish and share their writing, art work, and ideas. Use the Student Publishing Button.
  

• Students can not always travel everywhere in the world, but they can have vicarious experiences by using the internet for virtual field trips. Use the Virtual Field Trips  Button.
  

• Live cameras in remote locations can bring the world into the classroom. Use the Virtual CyberCams  Button.
  

• A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet.. WebQuests have been developed by teachers and are available for other teachers and students to use. Use the Webquests  Button.