Urls:
Uniform Resource locators are internet addresses (Roblyer, 2013, p.216). The most essential part of an URL is who the server belongs to and its domain designator. The domain name tells you who the server belongs. The designator allows an educator to determine what kind of group owns the server such as .org, .gov, or .edu (Robyler, 2013 p.216). This is the basic foundation of a website and provides the essential knowledge of its content to an educator/student.
Search Engine:
The Search Engine is the revolutionary tool that allows us to locate information on the Internet. It’s a vital part in most people’s lives especially educators and students. An educator and student must master the art of using search engines by being familiar with all major search engines and also Metacrawlers. Metacrawlers are programs the use more than one search engine at the same time to locate information (Robyler, 2013 p.219). Search Strategies must be developed and taught based on subject and keywords. This will ensure efficient and adequate information retrieval from the Internet.
Internet Tools:
A Podcast is a very versatile Internet tool that can be very useful in the classroom. In an era where virtually every student has access to an audio file and headphones all day every day, for an educator to supply a podcast of a study guide, keywords, basic lectures, etc. could be very beneficial. This allows the student access to material and review all the time. There are many studies that show if you’re studying in the evening as soon as you wake up review that same material it will better retain in your memory. I used this technique throughout college and it became an essential tool especially in upper division science courses. If students have podcasts of information at their fingertip then they can constantly be reviewing material.
Favorite Websites:
Two websites that I feel are personally my favorite especially for education is Merriam-webster.com and google.com.
www.google.com
Google.com is most peoples major search engine of choice. Google is a very simple keyword search site and displays an instant list of websites with URLs that contain the word or phrase searched (Robyler, 2013 p.219). It also includes images, various advanced search tools, maps, and many other search capabilities. It’s my personal and also the greater population go to website and search engine.
www.merriam-webster.com
Merriam-Webster.com allows students to have a dictionary and thesaurus at their fingertips. It also contains an audio feature which pronounces the word as well. I personally use it constantly and believe it’s a vital website in expanding ones vocabulary and knowledge. Everyone should have this on their browser based list or bookmark file in order to utilize this site on a regular basis (Roblyer, 2013 p.218).
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— David Iradji (@DavidIradji) October 3, 2013
I agree with your information on podcast. The pod cast defiantly falls under Function 2 of web-based learning tutorial instruction. "A website can serve to deliver actual instruction and information on a topic or project. (Roblyer and Doering Page 245)
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ReplyDeleteAnd I agree with Maureen...i like the idea of using the podcast as an internet tool. I also like that "podcasts can be syndicated and subscribed to by online users for automatic download (Roblyer and Doering, 2012, p. 224). I didn't know that studying in the evening AND reviewing the same information the next morning will help with retention. I usually do one or the other so I won't get burnt out. :-)
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