internet in education

Contains advice on completing research projects, discussing finding information, writing the report, and finishing the project.

Offers teachers of grades three and up practical ideas and simple techniques for incorporating wikis, blogs, podcasts, and other digital resources in the classroom, and includes reproducible worksheets for classroom activities.

"The founder of the Khan Academy, the world's most popular free online learning site, tells the story of his school's astonishing success, and shares his revolutionary vision for the future of education"--Provided by the publisher.

Presents guidelines and rules for teachers, parents, librarians, and other adults to use in teaching children ethical behavior regarding computers and the Internet, and presents thirty-six scenarios related to privacy, property, and appropriate use, along with discussion questions.

Explores the reasons why teachers should become computer literate, and presents a framework designed to help teachers set goals for mastering the functions of the personal computer, including the Internet.

Explains how to use the Big6, an information literacy problem-solving approach, to teach students K-12 how to utilize the Internet in their learning; covers such topics as instruction planning, student coaching, communicating with students on the Internet, and designing and providing Internet content for students; also includes appendices on several topics including searching the Internet and evaluating Web sites.

Offers ideas and strategies to educators and parents for combating the increase in cheating and plagiarizing that has accompanied access to the Internet, discussing the extent of the problem, looking at high- and low-tech defenses against cheating, and examining ways to make it more difficult to cheat.

Social networking sites are an essential part of everyday life. But whether they are good for relationships and society as a whole is debatable. Through objective discussion, numerous direct quotes, and full-color illustrations this title examines the issue.