Raw Materials for the Mind
by David F. Warlick
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| INTRODUCTION -- Read Excerpt |
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| TECHNOLOGY AND SCHOOLS |
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THE FIRST GENERATION |
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| THE NEXT GENERATION |
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| BARRIERS TO CREATING NEW LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS |
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| BARRIER ONE |
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| BARRIER TWO |
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| COLLABORATION |
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| THREE TYPES OF COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS |
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| LOCAL COLLABORATION |
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| COLLABORATION WITH EXPERTS |
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| LONG DISTANCE COLLABORATION |
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| FINDING PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET |
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| ADVANTAGES FOR ACCESSING INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE OVER THE INTERNET |
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| FINDING EXPERTS |
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| STRATEGIES FOR LOCATING EXPERTS IN ACADEMIA |
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| STRATEGIES FOR LOCATING EXPERTS IN GOVERNMENT |
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| OTHER STRATEGIES |
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| FINDING COMMUNITIES |
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| HOW DO YOU FIND INTERNET MAILING LISTS? |
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| WHAT IS AN INTERNET MAILING LIST? |
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| FINDING OTHER CLASSES |
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| STRATEGIES FOR FINDING OTHER CLASSES ON THE INTERNET |
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| PEER COLLABORATION AND PROJECT-BASED LEARNING |
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| TYPES OF ONLINE PROJECTS |
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| FINDING EXISTING ONLINE PROJECTS |
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| DEVELOPING & PUBLISHING YOUR OWN ONLINE PROJECTS |
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| TOOLS FOR COLLABORATING OVER THE INTERNET |
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| ADDRESS GROUPS |
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| ESTABLISHING YOUR OWN INTERNET MAILING LIST |
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| ESTABLISHING A VIDEO/AUDIO CONFERENCE FOR COLLABORATION |
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| MULTI-USER DOMAINS (MUDS) -- FOR THE TRULY ADVENTUROUS |
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| MUDS IN THE 21ST CENTURY |
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| RICH INFORMATION RESOURCES |
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| SEARCHING THE INTERNET |
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| BOOKMARKS |
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| WEB DIRECTORIES |
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| SEARCH ENGINES |
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| NET-SMARTS |
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| S.E.A.R.C.H.: CONDUCTING DEEP & REVEALING RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET |
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| PROCESSING INFORMATION FOUND ON THE INTERNET |
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| EVALUATING INTERNET RESOURCES |
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| EVALUATIVE INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUES |
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| AUTHENTIC ASSIGNMENTS & EVALUATING NET INFORMATION |
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| GOALS-BASED EVALUATION OF NET INFORMATION |
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| RETRIEVING INFORMATION FROM WEB PAGES |
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| TEXT TO DISK |
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| TEXT TO WORD PROCESSOR |
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| TABULAR DATA TO SPREADSHEET |
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| TABLES FORMATTED TABULAR DATA |
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| IMAGES TO GRAPHICS SOFTWARE |
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| RETRIEVING ENTIRE WEB PAGES AND WEB SITES |
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| ISSUES OF ETHICS |
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| PROCESSING DIGITAL RAW MATERIALS: INSTRUCTIONAL EXAMPLES |
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| SOME RAW DATA RESOURCES |
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| SOME "WORDS OF HUMANKIND" RESOURCES |
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| CONTRIBUTIVE EXPRESSION |
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| THE BENEFITS OF STUDENTS PUBLISHING THEIR WORK ON THE WEB ARE OBVIOUS TO MOST EDUCATORS. THEY INCLUDE: |
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| A NEW KIND OF ASSIGNMENT |
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| SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS NEW KIND OF ASSIGNMENT |
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| WEBQUESTS |
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| WHY ARE WEBQUESTS SO IMPORTANT? |
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| MAKING IT EASY |
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| HTML ALL TEACHERS SHOULD KNOW |
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| WHY A DISCUSSION BOARD? |
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| EVALUATION |
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| S.L.A.T.E.: AN EXPERIMENT IN BUILDING WEB-ASSIGNMENTS |
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| WEB PUBLISHING THAT "WORKS FOR YOU" |
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| WHAT KINDS OF WEB PAGES ARE EDUCATORS BUILDING |
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| PLANNING YOUR WEB SITE |
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| DESIGN ISSUES |
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| MAKING YOUR WEB SITE INTERACTIVE |
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| FORMS FOR COLLECTING INFORMATION |
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| ADVANCED WEB BUILDING |
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| FINALLY, A CLASSROOM WEB SITE IN ABOUT FIFTEEN MINUTES |
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| IT’S ABOUT CONVERSATION |
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| CONCLUSION -- Read Excerpt |
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