Integrating the Internet into the Foreign Language Classroom

1. Integrating Internet Tools into the Foreign Language Classroom Steve Spengler [email_address] Coordinator of Educational Technology Colonial Intermediate Unit 20

2. A Little Humor First… A wise school teacher sends this note to all parents on the first day of school: "If you promise not to believe everything your child says happens at school, I'll promise not to believe everything he says happens at home." Little Johnny had finished his summer vacation and gone back to school. Two days later his teacher phoned his mother to tell her that he was misbehaving. "Wait a minute," she said. "I had Johnny with me for three months and I never called you once when he misbehaved." Teacher: Where is your homework? Pupil: I lost it fighting this kid who said you weren't the best teacher in the school

3. Online Automatic Citations http://citationmachine.net Riddle, Larry (1996). Dusa McDuff. Retrieved August 7, 2006, from Women in Mathematics Web site: http://www.agnesscott.edu/Lriddle/women/mcduff.htm

5. 'I'm working on a history paper about how the Holocaust never happened. I read about it on a Web page at Northwestern University.' What would you tell 14-year-old Zack if he came to you with this? Written by Alan November in September 1998 for High School Principal Magazine.

6. Is your high school teaching students to access the Internet for research? Then it is essential that students also learn how to validate the information. The Internet is a place where you can find "proof" of essentially any belief system that you can imagine. And, for too many students, "If it is on the Internet, it is true." The following story is also true. Fourteen year old: "I'm working on a history paper about how the Holocaust never happened." Long pause. "Zack, where did you hear that the Holocaust didn't happen?" "The Internet. It's on a Web page at Northwestern University." Zack found his "information" from a Web page at http:// pubweb.northwestern.edu/~abutz/di/intro.html , titled "Home Web page of Arthur R. Butz." On his low-key home page, Butz explains that he wrote "A short introduction to the study of Holocaust revisionism" and that his material is intended for "advanced students of Holocaust revisionism." At the top of the page Butz identifies himself as "Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern University." His article begins with the following: I see three principal reasons for the widespread but erroneous belief in the legend of millions of Jews killed by the Germans during World War II: US and British troops found horrible piles of corpses in the west German camps they captured in 1945 ..., there are no longer large communities of Jews in Poland, and historians generally support the legend. During both world wars Germany was forced to fight typhus, carried by lice ... That is why all accounts of entry into the German concentration camps speak of shaving of hair and showering and other delousing procedures, such as treatment of quarters with the pesticide Zyklon. That was also the main reason for a high death rate in the camps, and the crematoria ... Look at the above from the perspective of a 14-year-old untrained to think critically about information. He's researching the Holocaust, and suddenly finds this Web page. His teacher told him to find a unique topic, and this certainly fits the bill - he's never heard these ideas before. The page is simple and clear. It's written in a calm, logical tone. The page is clearly intended for experts in its field. Best of all is the source: Northwestern University! And a professor to boot! Perfect. I'm afraid that kids use the Internet without being taught how to use the Internet. To survive in the future economy, kids must learn how to research, publish, and communicate working with the Internet and other information tools. What skills will be important for kids to learn and for schools to teach? Not how to use Windows or Netscape. Instead, the most vital skills will involve applying knowledge to produce information and facilitate communication. And one of the most important skills will involve evaluating the resources you decide to use. As much time as we spend teaching kids how to find things on the Net, we need to expend 10 times more effort teaching them how to interpret what they've found. So how could Zack have applied those skills to Butz's Web page?

8. Internet-based Learning Applications

11. www.unitedstreaming.com

12. http://www.cartoonstock.com

13. UnitedStreaming.com www.unitedstreaming.com Spanish – Educación Española – Grades 6 - 8

14. UnitedStreaming.com – Thematic Focus www.unitedstreaming.com Diversity – Grades 3 - 12

16. Feline Reactions to Bearded Men http://www.improb.com/archives/classical/cat/cat/html

17. Feline Reactions to Bearded Men (UPDATED) http://www.improb.com/archives/classical/cat/cat/html

18. Joan Berger’s Scenarios http://users.adelphia.net/~jberger5/Activitiesindex.html Are We Martians? (Space Science, Astronomy) The Big Apple (Geography, History, Art, Social Science, Cartography) The Cassini Mission (Space Science, Astronomy) Faster Than a Speeding Bullet (Neuroscience, Recording and Analyzing Data) How Far Is Far (Maps and Distances) Intergalactic Explorers (Astronomy, Space Studies) Lights! Camera! Action! (History, Technology, Science) Rescue At Sea (Geography, Meteorology, Astronomy, Mathematics) Stories in Stone (Mayan Culture, Language, Mathematics, Archaeology) Touchy! Touchy! (Neuroscience, Recording and Analyzing Data)

21. Webmath.com http://www.webmath.com

22. Ask Dr. Math – The Math Forum http://mathforum.org/dr.math/

23. NY Regents Exam Prep Center http://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/math-a.cfm#1

24. SOS Math http://www.sosmath.com/

25. Algebra Help http://www.algebrahelp.com

26. Culturally-Situated Math Design Tools http://www.rpi.edu/~eglash/csdt.html

27. Grey Labyrinth http://www.greylabyrinth.com

28. Smart Skies http://quest.nasa.gov/projects/smart_skies/

29. Enigma and the Code Breakers http://www.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/10/enigma/index.htm

30. Road Sign Math http://www.roadsignmath.com/

31. Numb3rs http://www.cbs.com/primetime/numb3rs/ti/

32. Rec Puzzles Archive http://rec-puzzles.org /

34. Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles http://www.cut-the-knot.org/index.shtml

35. Math in Daily Life http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath/

36. Escape from Knab – The Adventure http://www.escapefromknab.com/

37. Math Tutorials http://www.math.hmc.edu/calculus/tutorials/

38. Absurd Math http://www.learningwave.com/abmath/

39. Challenge of the 7 Cups http://www.learningwave.com/abmath/7cups/index.html

40. Wolfram MathWorld http://mathworld.wolfram.com/

41. Discovery’s Brain Boosters http://school.discovery.com/brainboosters/

42. The Story of Elizabeth Whitney Williams http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features/

43. The National Math Trail http://www.nationalmathtrail.org/

44. Teachers’ Lab http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/

45. AAA Math http://www.aaamath.com/index.html

46. Teachers.Net Lesson Bank http://teachers.net/lessons/browse.html

47. A to Z Teacher Stuff http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/Lesson_Plans/Mathematics/index.shtml

48. Ask Eric Lesson Plans http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Mathematics

49. Math Forum Lesson Plans http://mathforum.org/teachers/high/lessons-individual.html

52. Math.com Calculators and Tools http://www.math.com/students/tools.html

53. Calculators Online http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators2.html

54. Visual Fractions http://www.visualfractions.com/

55. Project Interactivate http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/

56. Gizmo Catalog http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspResourceCatalog

57. USA Today Online Calculators http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/calculators/calculator.htm

58. Math Online http://www.univie.ac.at/future.media/moe/onlinewerkzeuge.html

59. Online Woodworking Tools http://www.woodbin.com

61. Teacher Resources

62. Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/

63. Erich’s Packing Center http://www.stetson.edu/~efriedma/packing.html

64. Jobs and Guidance in Mathematics http://www.phds.org/

65. Pi in the Sky http://www.pims.math.ca/pi/current/

66. Purple Math http://www.purplemath.com

67. Research on Virtual Manipulatives http://otec.uoregon.edu/virtual_manipulatives.htm

68. Mathematically Appropriate Uses of Technology for Instruction http://my.nctm.org/eresources/view_article.asp?article_id=2264

69. Math Forum’s Teacher 2 Teacher http://mathforum.org/t2t/

70. Connected Mathematics Project http://www.math.msu.edu/cmp/

71. netTrekker http://www.nettrekker.com

72. Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

73. The Online Journal of Mathematics http://my.nctm.org/eresources/journal_home.asp?journal_id=6

74. THE Journal Educator’s Web Roadmap http://www.thejournal.com/highlights/roadmap/

75. K12 Teaching & Learning Center http://www.k12tlc.net

76. Children of Dreams http://www.gsn.org/programs/dreams/lessonplan.html

77. KidLink.org http://www.kidlink.org

80. The WebQuest Page http:// webquest.sdsu.edu /

81. TechTrekkers WebQuests http:// www.techtrekers.com/webquests

82. Probability and Statistics WebQuest http://stickware.home.comcast.net/probability/index.html

83. Math Models and Economics http://www.amaisd.org/nheights/zennadi_&_james_project.htm

84. Geometry and the Pythagorean Theorem http://www.public.iastate.edu/~nelehita/Geometry%20Project/

85. Strategies for Internet Integration

87. BackFlip http://www.backflip.com/

88. Bookmark Tracker http:// www.bookmarktracker.com /

90. Filamentality http://www.filamentality.com/wired/fil/index.html

91. Mathematics Hotlist http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/fil/pages/listmathmr48.html

92. A Hotlist of Math Links http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listmathlinpa.html

93. Writing in the Math Classroom http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listmathemattr.html

95. Cyberbee Treasure Hunt http://www.cyberbee.com/mathhunt.html

96. Paper Airplanes http://phoenix.gov/AVIATION/kids/airplanes.html

98. Quadratic Equations Subject Sampler http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/samquadratida.html

99. NASA: Centennial of Flight http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/projects/aero/centennial/sampler.html

100. Putting it Together

108. Integrating Internet Tools into the Foreign Language Classroom Steve Spengler [email_address] Coordinator of Educational Technology Colonial Intermediate Unit 20