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Lessons for EDUR 584

Lesson 1 The first one is the one I used with my students is for Internet Safety. I used the lesson from @http://www.safesurfingkids.com/lesson_plans_grades_3_12.htm its based on http://cnets.iste.org It took about 30 mins in the computer lab and then we came back to the classroom to discuss. Some of my kids felt it was a waste of time and things that they already knew. If they had a good teacher in jr high they covered all this information. There still was about 30% of the class that they got some important lessons from the activity.

My students as a majority feel that the school should not be blocking their access to certain sites and that they are responsible. I reminded them that not all students are as responsible as they are and we need to have certain checks and balances. None of them had an issue with the rules of usage and the consequences.

Lesson 2 Lesson 2 is from my work with teaching students how to choose the appropriate search engine. It's based on the lesson in the text

, E-Venture: Comparing for Understanding-page 27-28. I added a number system to rate the sites and once again, many of my students felt that this would not sway them from their favorite search engine. It was interesting that all the top 10 hits on ask.com were wikianswer sites.

Lesson 3 and 4 Lesson 3 is the students finding out information on the geography of the Arabian Sea and Lesson 4 is utilizing the online tool Giovanni in predicting the monsoons based on wind patterns. Both of these lesson were developed while working with and Lesson 5 Lesson 5 is an extension for students to overlay goggle earth on the Arabian sea and to observe today what the conditions are in the ares.