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The Internet and the World Wide Web for Teachers by Eugene F. Provenzo

This book explores the remarkable ways technology can transform education, targeting teachers with varying levels of computer literacy.

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The Internet and the World Wide Web for Teachers by Eugene F. Provenzo

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  1. The Internet and the World Wide Web for Teachersby Eugene F. Provenzo Reviewed by Michelle Meyer

  2. Author’s Purpose • Guide to using Internet and Web for teachers • Show remarkable ways technology can transform education Kind of... Not so much... Did he realize his purpose?

  3. Intended Audience • No experience • “Reasonably high level of computer literacy” Yes, definitely. Definitely not! Did he reach his intended audience?

  4. Who would be a good audience? • People of my parents’ generation • “Digital immigrants” (vs. “Digital Natives”) • Young students just starting out in technology • Anyone who’s never surfed the Web

  5. My Suggestion • Add a detailed technology lesson plan at the end of each chapter that integrates one or some of the resources introduced in that chapter into a core subject area of the curriculum. • This simple addition would greatly enhance the educational value for teachers.

  6. History of Internet and Web • Internet • 1960s military computer scientists • 1969 experimental ARPANET system • 1972 e-mail programs sent for first time • 1980s National Science Foundation set up super-computing centers for high-speed access across the country • World Wide Web • Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist working in Switzerland • Wanted a computer-based communications system that would make it easier for scientists to communicate with each other • envisioned Web as a place where information could be easily ADDED • 1990 wrote first Web software and put it on the Internet

  7. Requirements for the “New Professional Teacher”(NCATE – National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education) • New Understandings • New Approaches • New Roles • New Forms of Professional Development • New Attitudes

  8. Some other useful/interesting links: • Technology Standards for Teachers and Students • http://cnets.iste.org/students/s_stands.html • How Many People on the Net • http://www.glreach.com/globstats/index.php3 • Comparing Search Engines • http://www.searchengineshowdown.com • Netiquette • http://www.iwillfollow.com/email.htm

  9. The best part… • The entire text is online at: • http://www.ablongman.com/provenzo2e • Bookmark this page!

  10. Conclusion • “In many ways, introducing you to this technology is like providing an introduction to a library…The quality of what you get out of a library will only be as good as the skills you bring to using it.” (p. 114)

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