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Design Tools for the Internet-Supported Classroom
Design Tools for the InternetSupported Classroom Author:Judi Harris Although administrators, parents, and teachers all want access to Internet information and services in K-12 schools, no one is sure how such access will serve teaching and learning goals. Design Tools for the Internet-Supported Classroom offers staff development professionals an important resource for helping educators create powerful, curriculu... more »m-based online activities. It's not enough for teachers to know how to use Internet tools like e-mail or search engines. Teachers who successfully use telecomputing technology instead focus on the instructional design of their activities, accommodating students' needs, preferences, and past experiences. Author Judi Harris draws on research and extensive online experience to demonstrate how teachers can best become designers for Internet projects. She offers 18 structures for successful telecomputing activities, an 8-step process for creating those activities, 5 purposes for students' teleresearch, and 10 types of Web pages teachers can use to support their projects. Have you ever considered who is likely to adopt an innovation first--or last? How can you work with those educators, and what types of staff development should you offer them? Harris answers these questions as well, providing numerous online resources and examples of successful, classroom-tested projects.« less