Chapter 7 discusses primarily the
role of the Internet and the different strategies that can be used to make it
an easier and more successful experience.
It also discusses many pitfalls and how to navigate through negative
components of the Internet.
URLs
A way to help oneself when
browsing the Internet is to have a good understanding of a URL. URL stands for uniform resource locators and
simply put it is Internet addresses (Roblyer & Doering, 2013 p. 216). A key component to a URL is the last three
letters in the address line known as a “domain designator (Roblyer &
Doering, 2013 p. 216). Domain
designators tell teachers and students extremely important information that
allows them to surf the Internet quicker and distinguish which sites are more
reliable. Some of the common domain
designators are .com (commercial site), .gov (government site), .net (network
providers), .edu (higher education institutions), and .org (non-commercial organizations)
(Roblyer & Doering, 2013 p. 216).
Search
Engines
Another way to help oneself
navigate through the Internet is by the use of search engines. Search engines are special searching programs
to help Internet users locate different topics and information (Roblyer &
Doering, 2013 p. 219). The top three
search engines on the Internet today are Google, Yahoo, and Bing (Roblyer &
Doering, 2013 p. 219). The way that
search engines work is that keywords are put in and from that information
different websites appear. This provides
students and teachers with an abundance of websites to pick through and choose
from at an extremely rapid pace. It also
provides endless educational possibilities and endless topics of interest just
a few words away.
Favorite
Website #1
One of my favorite websites is http://www.nytimes.com/. The reasoning behind this is because it fits
in with my subject of teaching extremely well.
As a history teacher, newspapers are an excellent source of curriculum. They provide reports on past historical
events while also report daily on incoming issues or current events. Both are important when discussing history as
an educational topic. The reason why
this website is one of my favorites is for its good structure and organization
and easy navigation. At the top of the
page, there are links that one can view depending on the topic at hand. There is world news, U.S. news, political
news, and many more. These categories
allow people to easily navigate and find what they are looking for.
Favorite
Website #2
Another favorite website of mine
is http://www.discoveryeducation.com/.
The best thing that I like about this website is their extremely good structure
and organization. At the top of the
page, this website distinguishes first your reasoning for visiting this
site. Some of the different categories
are administrators, teachers, students, and parents. I find this website extremely beneficial to
all because it provides curriculum and lesson plans for teachers as well as
digital textbooks for students.
Web
Evaluation Video
Reference:
Roblyer, M. D., & Doering, A. H. (2013). Integrating educational technology into teaching (6th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.
Great explanation of URLs and its definition also on search engines as well. There is also another type of search engines which are called “Metacrawlers- these programs use more than one search engine at the same time to locate things.” (Roblyer & Doering, 2013 p. 219). I actually read the website http://www.nytimes.com/, and you are correct in that it is easy to navigate the site, as well as being informative.
ReplyDeleteVery good blog post. I checked out your DiscoveryEducation website. It seems to be a great site for information. Roblyer and Doering (2013) say that it should not take more than three clicks to find what you are looking for (255). This website definitely provides easy access to information.
ReplyDeleteYour blog is very informative and helps to explain some of the key components of Chapter 7. By understanding URLs and the ways to use search engines we as teachers can save ourselves some valuable time. I liked your paragraph on search engines and I am glad that Robert mentioned Metacrawlers in his comment. In case you were wondering the top search engine sites for Metacrawlers are Dog Pile, Vivisimo, Kartoo, and Mamma (Doering & Roblyer, 2013, p.218). I also wanted to mention that I liked you video and I think others did as well because you are the third one I have seen use it haha.
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