Some critics believe there's no place for Internet projects in today's world of high stakes testing and emphasis on student achievement. What is Harris'(2000) answer to this criticism? What is your answer?
Harris believes that use the internet is helpful for students if it is a well designed project. She emphasizes that the internet itself is not what distracts from teaching well, but that it can help students learn their content area and learn how to process if according to standards if guided in an appropriate engaging manner.
She states, “tools (internet) don’t constitute curriculum. Rather tools should be used in service of students’ learning needs. Therefore if guided appropriately the internet can be a valuable source of information for students and teachers alike.
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Dodge Article
Dodge Article
According to Dodge one of the elements from the Focus Five article that I found useful was “Find Great Sites.” In my experience for the content area Spanish, it is hard to find really useful websites that are free and helpful. Often times the best sites require a fee and the free ones are often not very useful or often have links that no longer work. While at the UCET conference I attended a class for Foreign Language Resources where we received information on many useful sites that we were able to use in our webquest.
Another great resource is the Delicious Bookmark tool where you can keep track of all your bookmarks no matter what computer you work on. Since it is web based the convenience of signing in and clicking on bookmarks allows for the freedom from having to use large blocks of time working on a personal computer. With this service you have the freedom to look up information at any time that you have free, that is great.
According to Dodge one of the elements from the Focus Five article that I found useful was “Find Great Sites.” In my experience for the content area Spanish, it is hard to find really useful websites that are free and helpful. Often times the best sites require a fee and the free ones are often not very useful or often have links that no longer work. While at the UCET conference I attended a class for Foreign Language Resources where we received information on many useful sites that we were able to use in our webquest.
Another great resource is the Delicious Bookmark tool where you can keep track of all your bookmarks no matter what computer you work on. Since it is web based the convenience of signing in and clicking on bookmarks allows for the freedom from having to use large blocks of time working on a personal computer. With this service you have the freedom to look up information at any time that you have free, that is great.
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