Introduction to Internet for Primary Teachers
Materials Required: Internet access
Date activities: Three one-hour sessions
Concept Taught: Internet exploration
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Introduction to Internet for Primary Teachers
Goal: To help staff build the main interest in using the Internet to increase
teaching.
Format: Three one-hour sessions.
Content: A road will be used to hunt far away from the classroom door to find new people, places, and activities using the Internet.
One session
Day you were born is a very important day in history. To find out what happened on this day, you need to visit the website:
This Day in History http://www.historychannel.com/today/
1. Do one thing that happened on this day in history?
2. Who else was born on your birthday that you want to meet?
3. What else can you find on this site?
Close the door to the Today in History and meet with fellow teachers on the new web site:
Kathy Schrock http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/
Find an idea that can be used in the classroom and ready to share with colleagues.
Candybar-sweepstakes: Catch a candy bar and sharing ideas to keep the candy bar.
Two sessions
Now we will meet someone who can answer a few questions for us on a new web site:
Ask Jeeves for Kids http://www.ajkids.com/
1. Ask Jeeves to find questions and answers.
2. Back to the main page and scroll down. Find vacation ideas you can use in class.
Three sessions
What happens when light, air and water meet? Go to this web site:
YAHOOLIGANS http://www.yahooligans.com/
The students will have the opportunity to explore and answer the questions themselves. They will be guided through the process if they can not find the answer.
Process: To YAHOOLIGANS
click Science and Nature
click on the Weather
click Rainbows
click 1. Questions about rainbows.
Search for sites:
Introduction to Internet
for elementary teachers
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Goal: To help staff build the main interest in using the Internet to improve their teaching.
Format: Three one-hour sessions.
Content: A road will be used to hunt far away from the classroom door to find new people, places, and activities using the Internet.
One session
Day you were born is a very important day in history. To find out what happened on this day, you need to visit the website:
This Day in History http://www.historychannel.com/today/
1. Do one thing that happened on this day in history?
2. Who else was born on your birthday that you want to meet?
3. What else can you find on this site?
Close the door to the Today in History and meet with fellow teachers on the new web site:
Kathy Schrock http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/
Find an idea that can be used in the classroom and ready to share with colleagues.
Candybar-sweepstakes: Catch a candy bar and sharing ideas to keep the candy bar.
Two sessions
Now we will meet someone who can answer a few questions for us on a new web site:
Ask Jeeves for Kids http://www.ajkids.com/
1. Ask Jeeves to find questions and answers.
2. Back to the main page and scroll down. Find vacation ideas you can use in class.
Three sessions
What happens when light, air and water meet? Go to this web site:
YAHOOLIGANS http://www.yahooligans.com/
The students will have the opportunity to explore and answer the questions themselves. They will be guided through the process if they can not find the answer.
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