Internet+Resources

__** Tracy Dennis and Kym Slavin- See Search Engines in collaboration with Internet Resources Internet: The Internet, sometimes called simply "the Net," is a worldwide system of computer networks - a network of networks in which users at any one computer can, if they have permission, get information from any other computer (and sometimes talk directly to users at other computers). [|http://searchwindevelopment.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid8_gci212370,00.html#]  Web 2.0: There are many different definitions here is one I found to be the most relevant. This is the name which has been given as an umbrella term to what is considered to be the next phase of the evolution of the internet, encompassing technologies such as blogs, wikis and other forms of interaction, development and innovation above and beyond the web technologies which have been around since it's inception. http://absolute-digital.co.uk/glossary.php  Internet:  Web 2.0: http://www.informationweek.com/1113/IDweb20_timeline.jhtml  Internet and Web 2.0 some educational benefits:  Learning Theories: <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">The Internet address many learning theories here are some of them. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Linguistic Intelligence- Students are reading information they research <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Logical- Mathematical Intelligence- Students can do maths related activities on many Web 2.0 sites. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Spatial Intelligence- Students can study photos/ animations and videos on the internet. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Musical Intelligence- Students can listen to different forms of music and sounds through the internet for example radio stations or international music. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Interpersonal Intelligence- Students can talk to other students around the world. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Learning Research: ·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Study Shows Value of Wired Classroom http://netdaynj.org/press4.html ·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">UNESCO's Learning Without Frontier -- Case Study: Global Classrooms, Learning Networks and Virtual Communities http://unesco.uneb.edu/educprog/lwf/doc/portfolio/case5.htm ·  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Shinohara, Mayumi. "Tales from the Electronic Frontier: First-Hand Experiences of Teachers and Students Using the Internet in K-12 Math and Science." 1996.  ·   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Educational Technology Improves Student Performance http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/OP/edtech/other/perform.html ·  <span style="COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Internet: Does It Really Bring Added Value to Education? http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ539684&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=EJ539684 <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Here are some links that offer good websites for students: <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">[|tweegee.com] [|offtype.net] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">[|kerpoof.com] [|getbackboard.com] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">[|imbee.com] [|myschoolog.com] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">[|tikatok.com] [|notesake.com] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">[|activeallowance.com] [|hotchalk.com] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> [|childnet-int.org] [|e-learningforkids.org] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">[|moshimonsters.com] [|zefty.com] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">[|lookybook.com] [|www2.shidonni.com] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">[|hangout.net] [|totlol.com] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">[|pikikids.com] [|kids.audible.com] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">[|yudomagic.com] [|toondoo.com] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">[|beanbaglearning.com] [|buddyschool.com] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">[|visualthesaurus.com/?vt] [|babbel.com] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">[|schoopy.com] [|songsterr.com] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">[|chitch.at] [|yacapaca.com] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">[|edu20.org] [|wiziq.com] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">[|edmodo.com] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">
 * __<span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Internet Resources for Students
 * __<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Definition: __**
 * __<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">History: __**
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Started by the military as a means after WWII to create a secure network for sending messages. (was not technically the internet was more the beginning of email)
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the U.S. government conceived the term ARPANET which was early internet in 1969.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Original aim of ARPANET was to create a network that would allow users of a research computer at one university to be able to ‘talk’ to research computers at other universities.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">In 1971 Ray Tomlinson created the email address using the @ sign.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Today the internet is a public and self-sustaining facility accessible to hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">The first type of Web 2.0 technology appears in January 1996 called BackRub- a search engine which later becomes Google
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">December 1997- the term weblog is coined
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">January 1999- 23 blogs exist
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">January 15, 2001- Wikipedia is launched
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">2003- MySpace begins
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">February 2004- Flickr starts which has several Web 2.0 principles
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">April 1, 2004- Gmail starts which has rich user interface
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">October 2004- First Web 2.0 conference
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">December 2004- Digg launches ( harnessing the wisdom of crowds on the Internet to locate interesting articles and rank and present them in order of importance
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Google Maps begins
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">February 8, 2005- Wikipedia’s page on Web 2.0 is created
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Web 2.0 history is still continuing and new sites will continue to be added every day.
 * __<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Educational Values: __**
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Helps students with low English levels as it is so interactive they can understand what is going on connecting the pictures to the text
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Connects parents to their students for homework, they can sit with their student and help them research a project
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Easy for teacher to adjust to different learning styles in the classroom. The students are more able to have an individual program made for them which can improve student achievement.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Teachers can spend less time on administration duty by utilizing the internet in their classroom
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Students and teachers have access to people all over the world- can be an interesting penpal lesson
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Can be independent learning which may suit some students
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Real world projects- brings the world to the classroom
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Multiple Intelligences:
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs- although the internet does not satisfy the lower levels of the hierarchy it works towards the higher levels where students need to be motivated and creative. Using the internet can help students achieve the need of self-actualization because they are problem solving when doing research and being creative when using interactive websites. Using the internet in the classroom will also help motivate the students to do the task.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Social Development Theory (Vygotsky) - The internet can help students socially interact with their classmates as well as with the global community.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Discovery Learning (Bruner) - This theory is a method of inquiry based instruction which the teacher can use when incorporating the internet into the classroom. The teacher can set research projects using Web 2.0 and internet resources.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Stage Theory of Cognitive Development (Piaget) – When students use the internet they are in the concrete and formal stages of development. Teachers can use the internet as a tool to help their development by posing questions that require abstract thought and reasoning.
 * __<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Future Learning and Teaching: __**