Activity 2: Computer Lab activity
 Module 1: Introduction, Content and Curriculum

Overview & Instructor Notes

This activity follows the presentation on WWW tour and learning resources. It can be used to provide structure to participants' web browsing activities during the workshop.

During that presentation, the facilitator should select a few URLs from the Workshop Links below and demonstrate their usefulness to the participants.

There is no expectation that the participants will report back on the results of their computer lab experience.

To help users access the Workshop Links listed in this activity, direct them to the appropriate page on the World Links web site; from here they can simply click on each link. The list should also be printed and provided to the participants. In addition, if you are using an on-line discussion forum during the workshop, you may wish to post these links into the forum.

This list should be reviewed and modified by the workshop facilitator to insure that the links continue to work and are relevant to the participants. The facilitator may wish to consult the resources in the Resources section of the World Links Policymakers Workshop web site for additional web sites. This is located at:

ictforeducation/policymakers/resources

The facilitator should also use some of the URLs for demonstration of the power of the Internet in education during the WWW and Learning Resources presentation.

Please note that this list of URLs is the basis of the Computer Lab activity; any changes to this list should be reproduced in the activity instructions.

This activity is ongoing throughout the workshop.

Activity

Instructions

1. Visiting workshop links
   
   
   • Throughout the week you will have the opportunity to use the computer lab.
     
   • A series of links have been placed in the favourites folder "workshop links". Over the period of the workshop examine these sites and list one or two observations about each of them.
     
     
2. Search engines
   
   
   • Go to the bookmark: www/monash.com/spidap4.html/ in the subfolder, "Search Engines"; it provides lots of information regarding search engines and searching.
     
   • What type of search engine do you prefer?
     
   • What type would you recommend for school use?
     
     
3. Evergreen Curriculum
   
   
   • Explore the Evergreen Curriculum in one or two subject areas.
     
   • Are the links to URLs useful?
     
   • How would you use this type of resource for your curriculum?
     
     
4. Select four of five other sites that you think would be of interest to the group and add them to the favorites sub folder labeled "participant selections".
   
   
5. Select sites from the participant selections and comment on them.
   
   
6. If an on-line World Links discussion area is now active for this workshop,
   
   
   • Log on and post information about yourself in the participant section.
     
   • Use this discussion area to post information during the workshop and in the upcoming months as you complete the ICT policy.