Internet concepts and applications

Internet

http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/29may01/teach1.html

The lesson plan is good, having a clear description of what the teacher and students are expected to do, and a time estimate for doing so. The lesson addresses content area reading issues by discussion prior experience with the students before reading, providing a reading guide to help students think about appropriate questions while reading and by using the reading guide as a discussion guide for the classroom discussion following completion of the article by all students.

http://www.literacymatters.org/

Literacy Matters is a website focused on literacy. It provides resources for students, teachers and parents related to reading. Information from the website could be useful to classroom teachers in many ways. The site includes lesson plans and other materials that could be used directly by the teacher in the classroom. It has information for parents, which teachers could send home with students, or refer to during parent teacher conferences. There are also student activities, which could be incorporated in to lessons, or offered as alternate activities for students who have completed their other work. The primary goal of the organization is to improve literacy among middle and high school students.

http://www.googlecommunity.com/

Google Community is a website run by Elliot Lee, a high school student. It is a community forum related to the Internet search company Google. Lee is studying computer science and web design; the relationship to his curriculum is direct. The site shows how students can participate in a community forum in a productive way, implying that such a forum would be a useful addition to many teachers' classroom activities.

http://www.rubycentral.com/

Ruby Central is a website devoted to the computer programming language Ruby. It is an excellent resource for students who wish to learn about computer programming. Students accessing this website should have a basic understanding of computer programming terminology, and could be prepared by being given an introduction to commonly-used programming terms.