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Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Using the Internet in Teaching
A presentation for the CSUDH College of Education Alumni Event - November 1, 2008
Dr. Farah Fisher, Professor of Graduate Education
(310) 243-3926 [email protected]
Presentation Objectives
Upon completion of the activities associated with the presentation, participants will be able to:
 Describe three or more web-based activities that enhance teaching and learning.
 Given one of the activities above, locate and evaluate two or more websites that support the
activity.
 Contribute at least one website address and “review” for the web page shown below.
http://www.csudh.edu/fisher/teacherresources.htm
Presentation Schedule
 9:30-9:35
Welcome and Introductions
 9:35-9:45
Brainstorming: What are some major problems faced by teachers? How
can the web be used to address these problems?
 9:45-10:15
Locating and Evaluating Web Resources
 10:15-10:25 Wrap Up and Next Steps
Useful Terminology
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Acrobat Reader – a free program that can read PDF files
Assistive Technology – programs or devices that assist people with disabilities to use
computers or perform daily tasks
Blog – a website where people can leave messages about a given topic
Browser – a program that allows you to “surf the web” (e.g., Internet Explorer, Firefox),
interprets the HTML code to display web pages
CAI (computer assisted instruction) – programs that assist students in learning (e.g., drill,
tutorial, simulation)
CMI (computer managed instruction) – tools such as puzzle and quiz makers and gradebook
programs
Demo – a limited version of a commercial program, you must pay a fee for full use of the
program
Download – to copy a program or document from the web to your disk [note – upload
means to put a file on to the web]
Email – electronic mail, free accounts at www.yahoo.com and www.hotmail.com
Flash (or Flash player) - a program that is used to make animated, interactive presentations
appear on web pages (Flash player can be downloaded for free)
Freeware – a program or document you can download for free
HTML – code used to make web pages, you will often see .htm or .html at the end of a web
address – this refers to HTML, choose ViewSource on any page to see the code
http:// (HyperText Transfer Protocol) – often used at the beginning of a web address, tells
the browser to expect a web page [Didn’t you always wonder what it meant?]
Link – a built-in path to another web page, click to activate
Offline – can be used without being connected to the web
Online – accessible through or connected to the web
PDF (Portable Data Format) – a read-only printable version of a document, must have
Acrobat Reader to see the file
Search Engine – a website that helps you find other websites (like http://www.google.com)
Shareware – a program or document you can download for a small fee (you may be able to
use the program for awhile before paying)
Shockwave (Shockwave player) – similar to Flash, a web version of Director program,
most often interactive and animated
Software – computer programs that accomplish a task (word processing, games, drills…)
URL – a web address (like http://www.csudh.edu/fisher/teacherresources.htm)
Virus – a “hidden” program that can do damage to your computer or files
Web page editor – a program that assists in creating web pages [note – a web page is not
accessible to others until it is “uploaded” to a web server]
Web server – a computer (connected to the Internet) that does nothing but store web pages
and other documents, has a special name and number so that it can be found on the web (like
www.csudh.edu and 155.122.0.0)
Website – one or more web pages (often HTML documents) in a single folder on the web
World Wide Web (Web) – part of the Internet, makes documents (like web pages)
accessible all over the world
YouTube (http://www.youtube.com) – a video sharing website
Brainstorming Exercise
Work with a partner to fill in both sides of the table below. If you are not sure of a web-based
solution to a problem, at least fill in the problem.
Major problems faced by teachers
Web-based solutions (in an ideal world)
Example: Need to raise test scores
find websites that help students practice the
skills they need for the tests
Example: Not enough time
find websites that help teachers create materials
use online self-grading tests
Website Recommendations for the Teacher Resources page (send to [email protected])
Web address: http:// ______________________________________________
Brief description of contents:
Review/comments:
Web address: http:// ______________________________________________
Brief description of contents:
Review/comments:
Web address: http:// ______________________________________________
Brief description of contents:
Review/comments:
Web address: http:// ______________________________________________
Brief description of contents:
Review/comments:
12 Expert Google Search Tips (by John Digg, http://digg.com)
1.
Explicit Phrase:
Lets say you are looking for content about internet marketing. Instead of just typing internet
marketing into the Google search box, you will likely be better off searching explicitly for the
phrase. To do this, simply enclose the search phrase within double quotes.
Example: "internet marketing"
2.
Exclude Words:
Lets say you want to search for content about internet marketing, but you want to exclude any
results that contain the term advertising. To do this, simply use the "-" sign in front of the word
you want to exclude.
Example Search: internet marketing -advertising
3.
Site Specific Search:
Often, you want to search a specific website for content that matches a certain phrase. Even if
the site doesn’t support a built-in search feature, you can use Google to search the site for your
term. Simply use the "site:somesite.com" modifier.
Example: "internet marketing" site:www.smallbusinesshub.com
4.
Similar Words and Synonyms:
Let’s say you are want to include a word in your search, but want to include results that contain
similar words or synonyms. To do this, use the "~" in front of the word.
Example: "internet marketing" ~professional
5.
Specific Document Types:
If you’re looking to find results that are of a specific type, you can use the modifier "filetype:".
For example, you might want to find only PowerPoint presentations related to internet
marketing.
Example: "internet marketing" filetype:ppt
6.
This OR That:
By default, when you do a search, Google will include all the terms specified in the search. If
you are looking for any one of one or more terms to match, then you can use the OR operator.
(Note: The OR has to be capitalized).
Example: internet marketing OR advertising
7.
Phone Listing:
Let’s say someone calls you on your mobile number and you don’t know how it is. If all you
have is a phone number, you can look it up on Google using the phonebook feature.
Example: phonebook:617-555-1212 (note: the provided number does not work – you’ll have to
use a real number to get any results).
8.
Area Code Lookup:
If all you need to do is to look-up the area code for a phone number, just enter the 3-digit area
code and Google will tell you where it’s from.
Example: 617
9.
Numeric Ranges:
This is a rarely used, but highly useful tip. Let’s say you want to find results that contain any of
a range of numbers. You can do this by using the X..Y modifier (in case this is hard to read,
what’s between the X and Y are two periods. This type of search is useful for years (as shown
below), prices or anywhere where you want to provide a series of numbers.
Example: president 1940..1950
10.
Stock (Ticker Symbol):
Just enter a valid ticker symbol as your search term and Google will give you the current
financials and a quick thumb-nail chart for the stock.
Example: GOOG
11.
Calculator:
The next time you need to do a quick calculation, instead of bringing up the Calculator applet,
you can just type your expression in to Google.
Example: 48512 * 1.02
12.
Word Definitions:
If you need to quickly look up the definition of a word or phrase, simply use the "define:"
command.
Example: define:plethora
Hope this list of Google search tips proves useful in your future Google searches. If there are any
of your favorite Google expert power tips that I’ve missed, please feel free to share them in the
comments.