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Online Newspaper Search
Middle schoolers use the Internet to research an article. When they find an article they like, it be printed and they highlight the important information and present to the class.
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The Internet Dilemma
Learners match the beginning and ending of sentences and then order them to make a story. They make their own stories. The stories describe the dangers of the Internet and Internet safety.
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Integrating the Internet into Instruction
Students describe personal confidence barriers to technology integration in the classroom
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Can You Find It?
Students use the Internet and search engines to research a foreign country. They use the Internet and library to further their understanding on how to use those resources.
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Electronic Mail the Postman Delivers
Middle schoolers practice E-mail programsto access information about math and science resources.
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Evaluating General Web Search Tools: Which are Best?
Students develop a topic statement or research question. They examine the best use of search engines and directories to effectively retrieve good information.
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Choosing the Best Hits
Students practice quickly scanning the results of an internet search to determine which might provide the best information. They choose key words or phrases to type into the search engine and read the descriptions of each hit.
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Online Collaborative Writing Lesson Plan
Students write poetry and post it on the Internet for others to see.
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Online Collaborative Social Studies Lesson Plan
Students create newspapers and post them online for others to see.
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Word Processing and Internet Planet Report
Fourth graders write a research report on a selected planet in the solar system. They conduct Internet research, save a graphic from the Internet onto a disk, bookmark websites, and present their report.
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Adding Links using HTML
High schoolers create hyperlinks using the "A HREF" tag. They are creating a page concerning colleges and universities they might like to attend. They link their page to each college/university.
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Surfing for ABC's
Students explore how to use the Internet and how it can be a learning tool and a safe, informative place for them.
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McLean Train Yard
Students conduct online research and incorporate graphics and maps into a Powerpoint presentation that details life at the McLean train yard in its heyday.
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The California Gold Rush:
Students complete an Internet treasure hunt designed to give them practice in using Internet resources.
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ILLINOIS HISTORY HOW TO SEARCH THE INTERNET
Fourth graders use the internet to search for pictures about historical events and then use those pictures for a timeline game
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Visiting a Website
Second graders study technology terms and practice working with webpages about Dav Pilkey.
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Email Around the World
Students send and receive e-mail messages and find the location of each of the messages on a map. Students then write a description and trivia facts about their school to send to others.
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Internet Pen Pals
Students write letters to e-mail pals and respond to letters received. Students describe the geography of their community to their pals.
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Happy Birthday to Them!
Third graders use a search engine to search the Internet and find the birthdates of the singers listed on the Popular Singers Worksheet. They provide the URL address from which they obtain their information for each singer.
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The History of the Pencil
Students research and write about the pencil. They organize the research using concept maps and write an essay using the writing process.
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Teaching About Freedom of Speech on the Internet
Students explore the first amendment in relation to their own personal use of the internet and discuss the legal implications that occur when schools and libraries put filters on computers to restrict access to certain websites.
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Penguin Math
Students represent and describe relationships between two quantities using words, symbols, pictures and/or manipulatives.
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Production Time
Seventh graders identify terms related to computer-generated productions (e.g., desktop publishing, WYSIWYG, clip art, hypertext, multimedia, laserdisc, CD-ROM, VCR, scanners, camcorders).
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Proper Use of the Internet
Young scholars examine guidelines for proper use of the Internet.