Post #5

1.) The Internet is very useful for student research. I believe it is very useful when the student has a huge research paper to prepare for and they don't know much about their topic. Although, you have to prepare the students to be aware of bias and websites that are not legitimate sources. The programs students should be using are the school library databases online. These databases provide peer reviewed journals and articles that are empirically based. These journals site all facts and have been reviewed and proven to do so. As far as other pages I believe students should just be aware of scanning the website and looking out for bias and false material. Students should be taught to critique a web-page, like Kim showed us in class. Then students can be more aware of the information they are collecting and how to site it.
2.) If I were to be a teacher It would be for younger students(1st-2nd grade). The web resources I would allow my students to use would be search engines such as google and yahoo. This would be to search for images(google) so the students could create poster boards and fun art projects. Also, they could use yahoo to search for material I ask of them. These search engines could get them familiar with using the Internet for later work in the future. At this age I believe this Is all I would ask of my students to be familiar with.
3.) Since I would be teaching young students, I would need to supervise them very carefully while they are on the Internet. I would need to have a "parental-control" or a locked setting in place so that inappropriate content doesn't pop up. I also will need to assist the students when using search engines. I will need to monitor their spelling to make sure they are getting the appropriate results they need for the topic they are searching for!