TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM, FROM THE ICN CLASSROOMS TO THE INTERNET

(Presentation made on behalf of the Iowa State Education Association)

I. Kinds of Technology

     A. ICN classrooms

     B. Internet-based education: Teaching and Methodologies

          1. Pro Teacher Teaching Practices

          2. Teaching Methods

          3. Theme-Based

          4. Teachers Helping Teachers

          5. Teaching Methods/Subject Area Resources Links

          6. Teachers First Professional Resources (for New Teachers)

          7. Using Technology in Teaching

     C. Internet-based education: Lesson Plans

          1. Yahoo! Arts:Education:K-12:Lesson Plans

          2. The Chalkboard: A Classroom Corporate Connection

          3. The Lesson Plan Page

          4. Pro Teacher Lesson Plans

          5. Web Links Lesson Plans

          6. Educational Sites

          7. Gateway to Educational Materials

     D. Software-based programs

          1. Africa Quest and other Quests (America Quest!)

          2. Oregon Trail and Amazon Trail

II. ICN capabilities

     A. Scheduling

     B. Advantages

     C. Disadvantages

     D. Future of the system

III. Internet Integration

     A. Supportive sites

     B. Enrichment sites

          1. Kathy Schrock

          2. ED's Oasis Teachers' Guild Lesson Plan Library

          3. SCR*TEC Classroom Collections

          4. Links to Help in Building Webpages!

     C. ListServs

           1. E-Mail Discussion Lists

           2. How to Join ListServs

     D. Barriers to consider

          1. Limited access to computers

          2. Network filtering

          3. Email access (and Hoaxes and Viruses)

          4. Copyright

                a. Fair Use

                b. Copyright Law

                c. Intellectual Property

          5. Ability to integrate successfully with current content

IV. Web-based education

     A. Requisites

          1. Connections

          2. Access

     B. Sites

          1. Unitized materials (Example: social studies)

          2. Integrated writing

          3. Integrated audio

     C. Collaborative aspects

          1. E-Pals and chat rooms

          2. Web Quests

          3. Software: compressed video-based

          4. CU-SEEME/Net Phone

          5. Web page Interactions

     D. Caveats

          1. Filtering sites

          2. Monitoring Email

          3. Copyright considerations redux

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This page last updated July 9, 2001.