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Educational TechnologyTeaching and learning with Internet Technologies

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What is the Internet? Brief history, Critical key concepts for teacher-users

NavigationHow do we access or explore online resources? What are some of the best practices, how do we evaluate the information and the services before us?

CommunicationWhat are the various forms of communication enabled by internet technologies? How do people use them? How can they be used for teaching and learning?

Distance EducationWhat is it? The role of the Internet in DE?

Benefits vs.PitfallsWhat are the challenges of teaching and learning online? How do we respond to them as educators?

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The Internet : Mother of all Networks

1970’s US DOD (Dept of Def) developed 1st version of the Internet: DARPA Network (ARPAnet)

Used for quick communication among researchers in various locations.

1980 NSF funds high-speed connection among university centers based on the ARPAnet structure

Infrastructure

A network of networks. Internet “between or among networks

Networks connect computers to allow users to share resources and exchange information easily.

A way for people in network sites ALL OVER THE WORLD to communicate with each other as though they were on the same local area network.

History What is the Internet?

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The World Wide Web:An Internet Service

an Internet service that links sites around the world through hypertext documents.

subset of the Internet system

refers to the entire “universe” of network-accessible information

has a body of software, set of protocols and conventions

We use a program called a WEB BROWSER to bring up one of these hypertext/media-based documents.

Hypermedia [linked media] allow us to “travel” from site to site.

What browsers do you know of? Which ones do you use?

What is the World Wide Web

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Navigation

Internet protocols allow computers to communicate with each other [ regardless of macs, windows, etc.]

An important protocol is HOW WE LIST WEBSITE ADDRESSES

Every website has an address

URLs are Internet addresses

Browser Uniform Resource Locator

Gateway to the internet

Software application programme installed on your computer/device to allow you to “surf.”

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Navigation

http://hypertext transfer protocol

www.world wide web

nationalgeographicname of site

.comdomain designator

Web Addresses Activity 1 (7 mins)

Find one website with the following domain designations: .org (organization) .gov (government

agency) .tt (country) .com (business) .edu (educational) .net (network)

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Navigation with mobile technologiesGot a smartphone?

QR Codes

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Navigation-Organization

Search Engines are programs that help us to locate things:

The address bar in the Google’s Chrome browser features a built-in search engine. Other browsers may follow suit.

Browsers allow us to Bookmark interesting sites that we may wish to re-visit/access more easily. Web services like Diigo also let us do this.

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Navigation-Research-Evaluation

Research & Evaluation Information located, now

what? Information contained on a

website must be evaluated.

RelevancyIs the info related to the prob?Does it contribute to the intention of the search?Does it provide explanation? Examples? Alternative perspectives?

Credibility

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Who provided this information?

Does the site author have authority in that field?

If the site is published by an organization, do you recognize it?

Is it clear when the site was developed and last updated?

Is there a bibliography/resource list included?

Is the content factual/opinion? Theoretical or evidence-based? Fact or fiction?

http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

Use the Criteria for Evaluating Website Content in your text (Chap 7) to evaluate the site above.

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Communication on the Internet

Email

Listservs/Mailing Listsa small program that automatically sends messages to multiple e-mail addresses on a mailing list

Newsgroupsan Internet-based discussion about a particular topic

Blogs

Wikis

Chatrooms/Instant Messaging

Discussion Forums

Videoconferencing

Social Networking

www.techterms.com

[Tech glossary for all your terms]

Examples Gmail Wordpress, Blogger Wikianswers, wikihow Yahoo Messenger,

Windows Live Messenger, AIM chat

Skype, Google Hangout Facebook, Twitter,

LinkedIn, Pinterest

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Distance Education (VIDEO) A mode of delivering instruction,

often on an individual basis, to learners who are not present in a traditional setting such as a classroom.

Well over a century old (correspondence, home, independent study)

Technology-mediated distance education?

Can you recognize any aspects of distance education currently in use at your institution?

Separation of teacher & learner

Synchronous or asynchronous

Institutional accreditation

Use of mixed media courseware

http://www.col.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/ODLIntro.pdf

Blended learning? Open learning?

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Identify the technologies in the cartoons below

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16+Benefits of various technologies in Education Preparing the 21st century workforce

Exploring the world beyond textbooks

Accessibility

Individualized instruction

Reporting & analysis

Improving student achievement

Enhancing quality of student work

Special Needs

Benefits to at-risk students

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What are some of the characteristics of the technologies that impact teaching and learning

Individualizing, organizing, personalizing searches

Language-barrier removed

Sharing, Cooperation Collaboration

Experimentation, scientific inquiry, data collection, student-centered investigation

More?

Limited functionality (free web services, pay for what you use)

Filtering

Firewalls

More?

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Utilizing Technologies to enhance the teaching & learning process

Screencasts [Screenr, Screen-cast-o-matic] See my screencast of screencasting :-)

Podcasts [Garageband (MAC); Audacity (WINDOWS)

Webquests [Intro, Task, Process, Evaluation, Conclusion, Credits]

[Hands-on/Lab work]

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