Internet Workshop
I thought that this was a very informational article on how to incorporate the internet into the classroom. I think many teachers are afraid to let their students use the internet, but it is a great resource for the classroom. I liked how the article was pretty much step-by-step instructions of how to use the internet in a positive way in the classroom. The part of the article about teaching children how to analyze the information that they read on the internet I believe is a major skill that they need. I learned about this in my CI3850 class this summer, a child was researching WWII and he found a website that said the holocaust never happened. He believed it because he read it on the internet. In this lesson students navigate many different websites and compare information. It is very important for students to know that anyone can publish anything on the internet, but it doesn’t make it true. I think this pirate unit is going to be a lot of fun and I can’t wait to set sail and find much more information about pirates!
