website use theory

[Carolyn Kitterer <ckitterer@CRUSADER.SFS-H.AC.KR>]

Fellow Librarians and Technologists,

The tech. coordinator and I are presenting a workshop about use of the
Internet with students and we would like to get a general feel for theory
and policies used now.  A couple of years ago when I took a graduate class
about the Internet, the general rule of thumb was the teacher would
research and locate sites s/he wanted the students to go to in doing their
research.  The thinking was it would help eliminate students getting into
inappropriate sites as well finding usable information more quickly.

Some teacher we work with feel that it is ok to turn students loose on the
web and let them learn by doing and find their own sites. Generally, there
is no instruction given previously on how to evaluate a site so that
students know if the information they are finding is valid.  (Yes, we have
our work cut out for us!)

We would like to know what you are doing in your schools and if you could
break it down by grades levels it would help, i.e. elementary upper or
lower, middle school or junior high and high school.

Please send responses to ckittere@crusader.sfs-h.ac.kr

Thanks and I will post a hit if there is interest.



Carolyn Kitterer
Secondary Media Center Librarian
Seoul Foreign School
55 Yonhi Dong
Seoul, Korea 120-113
ckitterer@crusader.sfs-h.ac.kr
ph. (w) 82-2-335-5101/5
ph. (h) 82-2-332-0451
fax     82-2-335-1857

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