Module 2: Web Skills for Teachers
One of the most important skills that a technology-using teacher can have is the ability to find things easily and quickly on the World Wide Web. However, many teachers don't know the basic skills required to find specific items. Use this handout "How to Conduct a Specific Web Search" to learn four simple ways to broaden and narrow a search.
You can also learn about "Student Guidelines for Successful Internet Searching" from Marzano Research in the web searching file.
To practice these skills, try Task 1 or Task 2 below. When you're ready, try creating your own Web site (Task 3).
Task 1: Web Treasure Hunt
Use your Web-searching skills to find important information for technology-using language teachers by answering the questions on the Treasure Hunt handout.
Task 2: Finding Resources within a Site
Larry Ferlazzo has compiled lists of the "best of everything" on the Web for teaching and learning ESL/EFL. Your task is to find specific things on his huge site (while also looking for things that will be useful for your classroom).
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Go to larryferlazzo.edublogs.org and skim the "About" page to get an idea of who the author is.
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Download and/or open the "Searching Larry" handout.
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Follow the instructions and answer the questions.
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Check your answers by looking in the "Answers to Searching Larry" file.
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If you would like to post an idea or URL that you found during your search with TeacherTech users, send a message via the "Contact" page or post a comment to the "Discussions" to share.
Task 3: Create a Classroom Web Site
Use the Wix tutorial to make your own Web site. If you need ideas, find well-designed teacher Web sites on the Weebly site and also on TeacherWeb, both of which teachers can use to create their own sites.
Other examples of teacher web sites:
Yours could be here! Contact us and send us your link!
Other Tasks
Check here for more fun Web search activities for students from Google: https://www.google.com/intl/en-us/insidesearch/searcheducation/