Intro to the Internet: technology awareness and Web safety

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Lesson Objectives:

  • Assess student awareness of and familiarity with technology tools
  • Introduce students to search tool: netTrekker
    • Register and join class
    • Learn features: basic, dictionary, timeline, read aloud, reading levels
    • Conduct guided topic search (with partner)
  • Create collaborative report from Web search
  • Use a graphic organizer for taking notes and organizing paragraphs
  • Think and write collaboratively
    Use Word and save file in H:/ drive
    Documenting online sources (MLA style)
  • Use email
    • Subject line
    • Friendly greeting
    • Send attachment
  • Assessment:

Assignment

Learning netTrekker

Assessment rubric