Search
Engines:
When having the students use any search
engine for research it is important for the students to understand how to use
the search engine in order to locate the desired information. Therefore one
should not limit the students to one search engine and as a teacher, one should teach students how to
evaluate the sources that come up when searching for the desired information.
According to Roblyer (2016), one should “Teach students to search with
keywords, rather than with a questions” (p. 184) and show the students how to
narrow down their searches using the advanced search tools that are made available
(p. 184). When both the utilization of multiple search engines and proper
website evaluation are used, the students will be able to find the desired
knowledge they need in order to complete any project to the fullest.
Website
Evaluation Video:
Here is a quick video that I would show and
discuss with students explaining how to evaluate websites using the five W’s.
Favorite
Websites:
One of my favorite professional teaching websites is www.aptiq.org.
I enjoy using this website because it has many resources
that one can utilize in the classroom. For example,
on can find virtual field trips on the
site, videos, or even lesson plans on the site. This
resource the site has available can help me greatly in the future to
better teach my students any subject. Another professional teaching website
that can be categorized as a favorite is https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/bookwizard/.
This site allows the teacher to find
books to utilize in their classroom, along with providing a resource that helps
teach the book itself. This can be of great use in my future classroom because
by utilizing this website I do not have to start from scratch when writing a
lesson for books. According to Roblyer (2016) both of these sites are good to
use for professional purposes because they use controlled fonts and type sizes,
contrasting colors for the background which make the site easy to read, and navigation
tools that allow for easy navigation throughout the sites (p. 198).
Online
Safety & Security:
One internet safety topic that stands out
to me is online predators. Roblyer (2016) says that “young people tend to
believe everything they hear and read” (p.175). He goes on to say that a
student talking to someone in an online chatroom may not every think that the
person they are talking to might actually
be older than he or she says they are (p. 175). With the anonymity that comes from communicating via
online, it is so easy for someone to pretend to be someone they are not. This
is why it is important to inform students how crucial it is that they never
give out personal information to anyone online. As a teacher,
one must not only be sure to inform and remind students of this, but one must
also monitor any online socializing that is happening in the class.
Roblyer, M.D. (2016). Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching (Seventh ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Educational Inc
Goldfinch, Ellen. (2014, October 8). Evaluating Websites With the 5 W's. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPI7FVon29k
Roblyer, M.D. (2016). Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching (Seventh ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Educational Inc
Goldfinch, Ellen. (2014, October 8). Evaluating Websites With the 5 W's. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPI7FVon29k
Hello, the five W’s is a great resource to use to evaluate websites. I feel the same as you on the social networking; you never know how is actually on the other end talking to very venerable young people. I have noticed the age of students becoming younger and younger on social websites. You can see students in the third grade with cell phones; I just cannot understand why parents would allow children this young have access to these sites.
ReplyDeleteScholastic is also one of my favorite websites! Something I find helpful on that site is teachers can search a book and find out what the guided reading level is! I am really glad you also chose to discuss online predators. I don't think students truly understand that online predators are real and they will take advantage of any situation. It is so easy for someone to lie about their name, age, where they are from, etc. According to Robyler (2016. p. 175) it is important students know to never share/provide their complete names, addresses, or telephone numbers to anyone over the internet. They should also know to report to their teacher any person who asks them to share/provide these things.
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