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Fifty Web sites, lesson ideas, new resources, and real-life examples help educators use technology to expand classroom experiences and strengthen students’ critical thinking, research, and problem-solving skills.
Alan November began his education career as a science and math teacher and a residential dorm counselor on an island reform school in Boston Harbor.November went on as a teacher and administrator in the Boston Public Schools, Lexington and Wellesley (Massachusetts) Public Schools, and the Glenbrook High Schools in Illinois.He has also taught in the graduate schools of education at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and Seton Hall in New Jersey.He was the cofounder of the Institute for EducationLeadership and Technology at Stanford University.He has presented in all 50 states, every province of Canada, across Europe, Asia, Central America, and South Africa.He is most proud of being named one of the first Christa McAuliffe Educators in the United States.November is the author of the best-selling book Empowering Students With Technology.Each July, November leads the international Building Learning Communities summer conference near Boston.
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
About the Author xv
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Teaching and Learning the Structure of Information 11
Information Literacy: A New Basic Skill 12
Zack's Story: The Danger of Ignorance 12
MAPping the Internet: Meta-Web Information, Author, and Purpose 14
Meta-Web Information 14
Understanding the Web Address 15
E-Venture: Invent a Domain Name 17
Looking Back in Time 18
Digital Threads: The Structure of Linked Information 18
Internet Sleuth: The Link Command 20
E-Venture: Register.com 23
Search Engines 24
E-Venture: Sorting Out Search Engines 25
Author 26
Purpose: Advocacy and Objectivity 26
Confusing Technical Mastery With Critical Thinking 27
E-Venture: Comparing for Understanding 27
Blocking Versus Access 28
The Digital Gutter 29
Professional Growth Opportunity: Relate and Reflect on Chapter 1 30
Chapter 2 Empowering Learning by Expanding Relationships 31
Planning for Learning (Instead of Technology) 31
Creating Collaborative Partnerships 34
Skype in the Classroom 35
Gro up Work on a Project 35
Ask an Expert 36
Getting Help After Hours 36
Inclusion 36
Revisiting the Role of the Family 36
School-to-Family Connections 37
Bridging the Digital Divide 38
School-to-World Connections 38
Cultural Connections 39
E-Venture: Information Campaign 40
E-Mail in a Cultural Context 41
Teacher-Created Web Sites 42
Publishing Student Work on the Web 43
Professional Growth Opportunity: Relate and Reflect on Chapter 2 44
Chapter 3 Emerging Roles Within the Knowledge Community 47
Teachers as Digital Immigrants 48
Reverse Mentoring 48
Help andSupport in Your Own Backyard 50
Collegiality 50
The Anonymous Reviewer 51
Collaboration With Parents 52
E-Venture: Dino Documentary 52
Benchmarking Educational Practice to the Knowledge Community 53
Shifting Control 54
Real Problems 56
Raising Expectations: Students as Knowledge Producers 57
Colleen's Story: Colleen's Health Care Database Project 58
Promoting Student Responsibility for Learning 59
E-Venture: Connecting With Congress 61
Managing Fear 62
Professional Growth Opportunity: Relate and Reflect on Chapter 3 64
Chapter 4 Accessing Primary Sources to Enhance Critical Thinking 65
Using Primary Sources 65
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) 66
The Digital Classroom 67
Archival Research Catalog (ARC) 67
The Archivists 70
E-Venture: Do-It-Yourself School Archives 70
Teaching the Skills to Assess Primary Sources 72
Perspective 73
Database Search Skills 73
Visual Literacy 74
E-Venture: What's Wrong With This Picture: Adventures in Visual Literacy 74
Thinking Critically About Primary Source Material 75
Generating Questions 75
Identifying Information Sources 75
Student-Generated Data 76
Jessie's Story: Wavelength Probe 76
Experts 77
Finding an Authentic Audience for Student Analysis 77
E-Venture: Kennedy Versus Nixon, October 13, 1960 78
NARA Worksheets 78
Professional Growth Opportunity: Relate and Reflect on Chapter 4 81
Chapter 5 Online Learning 83
Pioneers on the Digital Frontier 85
A World Away From the Desktop 86
Changing Roles and Interactions 88
Positive Student Interaction 88
Improved Teacher Interaction 89
Peer Interaction on the Internet 89
Better Parent Interaction 90
Students Involved in Online Learning 90
Who Makes a Good Online Student 91
Motivation to Take the Class 91
Self-Discipline and Responsibility 91
The Ability to Work Independently 92
Parental Support 92
Online Learning Is Not Right for Everybody 92
Teachers Involved in Online Learning 93
Who Makes a Good Online Teacher 94
Devotes Time and Energy to Teaching Online 94
Available to Students 94
Creative and Willing to Experiment 95
Breaks Down the Curricula Into Smaller Units 95
Focuses on Concepts, Not Class Periods 97
Integrates Curricula 97
Teacher Training 97
Positive Consequences of Teaching Online 98
Individual Courses: Supporting Learning 98
Building Online Learning Environments 99
Building on Exceptional Programs 99
Professional Growth Opportunity: Relate and Reflect on Chapter 5 100
Appendix 103
Bibliography 107
Index 109
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