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Overview
Background
The Model
Getting Started
Three types of workshop:
An Activity
A Project
An Inquiry
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What is the Internet Workshop?
It is a concept developed by Dr. Donald Leu at
Syracuse University.
Most important it is a model for busy teachers
with Internet access but not a lot of time to plan for its use in
the classroom.
The Internet Workshop fosters student exploration of the Internet
to learn search, research and reporting skills. Internet access
from within the classroom, or during a lab session, is viewed as
an activity center. Students are assigned to engage a set of specific
Internet resources and are encouraged to report on what they learn.
The Internet Workshop is:
A regularly scheduled time when students use the Internet and
report what they learn.
A tool used by teachers to support students' ability to acquire
information from the Internet.
An opportunity for students to think critically about the information
they obtain.
During Internet Workshop:
Students share what they have learned using the Internet.
Students ask questions about content and search issues they do
not understand.
Students use the Internet to seek information to help them in
upcoming work.
Internet Workshop provides:
A perfect opportunity to make explicit the many "hidden" strategies
we use to comprehend and analyze written information, strategies
that often apply in books, articles, and other traditional texts
as well as on the Internet.
An opportunty to engage children in discussions about learning
and comprehension and can thus become a central part of your instructional
program.
Internet Workshop content will vary widely but does share several
common characteristics:
The nature of Internet Workshop differs depending on the teacher
and the students who use it.
It takes place during a regular time period, usually at the beginning
or the end of the week.
A regularly scheduled time period allows all members to anticipate
the session and prepare for it.
The Internet Workshop provides opportunities for both you and
your students to share navigation strategies as well as content
information.
Internet Workshop provides an important opportunity for everyone
to learn from one another and the Internet information they find.
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