I really liked the article Teaching Students to Use the Internet as a Research Tool. I think it is important to show our students how to find information useful for research projects and other assignments. Most often, teachers give students an assignment but don’t show them how to acquire the information or where to begin. Many of my teachers have told me to be wary of false information and to double check the information I find to make sure that it is true. But once again, there is no direction. I never knew how to read the url to find out if the information is from an accredited site or not.
If we show our students how to check the information they find, we would ensure that students are turning in quality work. Students, especially kids in elementary schools believe everything. If they find something on the internet for a research project, they automatically think it is true and use it in their assignment. But, if we show the students and their parents the proper way to find information on the internet, it would better their fact finding skills and their assignments. When we did the 4NETS assignment, I was amazed at how much I learned. I knew that there were better ways to search for information on the web, I just didn’t know how to do it. I think that an assignment or class like that would benefit every student!
I am still amazed at how much I am learning in this class. I used Excel back in high school, but not anytime after that. I used it for the basics, the sorting of data for my anatomy class. I think that they are most beneficial to teachers. I can remember my teachers from elementary school and their thick grade books that were falling apart by the end of the year. Being able to use a spreadsheet to do grading is even better because you can input equations and don’t have to ‘do the math’ 30 different times. The only downfall I can see is that you can be restricted as far as when you can work on the input of grades and assignments. I also worry about losing information, not necessarily the computer crashing but really losing your disk or flash drive. Overall, I think that Excel is one of the best things invented because it benefits students and teachers!
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With regard to finding good information on the internet, it is so true that unless you are taught, you don't know what info is credible and what is not! I also agree with the use of Excel for teachers' grade books....I don't know how teachers did it before! :)
I am also amazed at how many different ways excel can be used. I understand the worry of losing the grades, but I think this could also happen with the thick grade book that you remember your teachers using. My greater worry is that a student might somehow gain access to the grades and try and change them.
I too related the reading to the assignment that we did in class called the "4 Nets for Better Searching." That assignment was great because I can see the results of what I learned every time that I use the Internet!
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