I. Some Background on the Internet

• The Internet is a "Network of Networks"
• The Internet is expansive: 155 Countries and over 30 Million Users
• The Internet's growth is huge: For example, 15 minutes in 1994, was all of 1992 traffic
• Nebraska is a national leader in the classroom use of the Internet

II. A Quick Look: What Resources and Sites Are Available?

• Global School Net Foundation (http://www.gsn.org/)
• The UNO OIS Math and Science Sites (http://ois.unomaha.edu/ois/mathsci2.html)
• Selected web sites for educators (http://ois.unomaha.edu/casde/webshop/edsites.htm)

III. A Quick Look &endash; How do I Structure a Lesson?

Some great integration ideas are from Dr. Judi Harris, at the University of Texas at Austin:

http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/Activity-Structures/harris.html
http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~jbharris/Virtual-Architecture/Telecollaboration/index.html

Keypals Students Global Classrooms Electronic Appearances Telementoring Question & Answer Activities Impersonations Information Exchanges Database Searches Electronic Publishing Telefieldtrips Pooled Data Analysis Information Searches Peer Feedback Activities Parallel Problem Sequential Creations Telepresent Problem Solving Simulations Social Action Projects

communicate with other students electronically.... Two or more classrooms study a common topic... A special guest talks to the class electronically as an expert... Subject experts or other adults continue to work with students electronically.. Sites which have experts available to "ask the expert" electronically... Teachers, students etc., pretend to be famous historical or literary characters... What is the weather at different locations, etc. Sites have information such as mathmatician bibliographies, animals, etc... Students can see what other students are doing at different sites... Students can take trips around the world electronically..... Data collected at multiple sites and available for everyone to use..... Looking at the Internet as a reference library of available information..... Students submit their papers (such as on light) to others for feedback..... Solving Students solve mathematical and scientific problems posed by the Internet Students create a common written text or shared visual image Cu See Me conferencing on issues and joint problem solving... Students might dissect a frog online, etc... Students examine environmental issues, etc...

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