internet in education

Presents a guide to how blogs, wikis, and podcasts can be used to engage students in new interactive learning formats in the classroom, and includes information on Internet safety.

Explains how to introduce children to computers and electronic resources, providing forty complete storytime programs incorporating Web sites, CD-ROMs, and videos with songs, fingerplays, and popular picture books.

Discusses the balance between safety and productivity in Internet access in schools, describing the drawbacks of installing severe security measures, and explaining what teachers, administrators, and IT staff should know when deciding how much access students should receive.

Explains how teachers can use the Internet to find authors, illustrators, and storytellers that will come visit the students in their classrooms.

Looks at the uses of Google Docs as an educational tool, identifying and describing sixteen activities.

Looks at the uses of the Google search engine as an educational tool, identifying and describing over two dozen applications for teachers and students, and including standards-based lessons.

Offers advice and instruction to librarians, primary school teachers, and parents on how to integrate the Internet into student learning environments, discussing ways to teach students how to learn about the Internet, the World Wide Web, E-mail, chat, and instant messaging. Includes lesson plans and reproducible activity sheets.

Studies how computers are taking over the world and explains why the author believes computers should not be used in schools.

Shows teachers how to make the Internet useful for students, covering efficient searching, sound research, critical thinking, avoiding plagiarism, and other related topics.