Making Better Use of the Internet to Enhance Student Learning

Perquimans County Schools

1-18-00

Presented by:
David Warlick
Raleigh, NC
david@landmark-project.com
http://landmark-project.com/dfw/
919-571-3292

Topics Resources
ClassWebs
Cultivating the Internet for Learning
Article on ClassWebs http://landmark-project.com/classweb/articles/classweb.doc
ClassWeb Support Site http://landmark-project.com/classweb/
Services for Publishing ClassWebs http://landmark-project.com/classweb/services.html
Finding Information on the Internet

Finding People

Ask an Expert Page http://njnie.dl.stevens-tech.edu/curriculum/aska.html
Pitsco's Ask and Expert Page http://www.askanexpert.com/askanexpert/cat/
The Mad Scientist Network http://medinfo.wustl.edu/~ysp/MSN/
The Franklin Institutes' Ask a Scientist Page http://sin.fi.edu:80/tfi/publications/askexprt.html
Find Any Public University through State Government Web Sites http://www.state.nc.us/
For other state, substitute the nc with the two-letter postal abbreviation of the new state.

Finding Schools http://web66.umn.edu

Finding Education Sites

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators   http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/
Global School House -- Link-O-Rama http://www.gsn.org/links/
Education World http://www.education-world.com/
Landmarks for Schools http://landmark-project.com

Search Tools

Yahoo
Topic Oriented Directory
http://www.yahoo.com
Google
Very good, basic search tool
http://www.google.com/
Alta Vista
Boolean Search Engine
http://www.altavista.com/
Excite
Boolean Search Engine
http://www.excite.com
HotBot
Boolean Search Engine
http://www.hotbot.com
Search Engine Watch
For comparing Search Tools
http://www.searchenginewatch.com
Some Good Web Sites to Bookmark
Discovery Channel Online http://www.discovery.com
PBS Online http://www.pbs.org
The History Channel http://www.historychannel.com
CNN Interactive http://cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/
http://cnn.com/video_vault/
http://cnn.com/CustomNews/
Earth Science Enterprise from
NASA
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/ese/science/
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/ese/gallery/
Dictionary of Units  A wealth of information on units of  measure. http://www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/dictunit.htm
Paradign Online Writing Assistant
Paradigm provides a tutorial and reference service for the writing of essays, thesis, argumentatives, etc.
http://www.idbsu.edu/english/cguilfor/paradigm/
World Atlas
You see a list of countries & regions. Click on the country or region and receive a map and a wealth of data and information about the country.
http://www.teachersoft.com/Library/ref/atlas/homepage.htm
Some Articles
Searching The Internet Part 1 -- http://www.landmark-project.com/fotb/search1.html
Part 2 -- http://www.landmark-project.com/fotb/search2.html
Part 3 -- http://www.landmark-project.com/fotb/search3.html
Evaluating Internet Resources Article -- http://www.landmark-project.com/Evaluation/index.html
Web Form -- http://www.landmark-project.com/Evaluation/evalform.html