One of our inservice days this year was dedicated to technology. In one session we learned about netTrekker, a subscription search tool for schools. It seems to be worth the money we paid to subscribe. I want our students to know how to use it, so I came up with a lesson to teach them about netTrekker.
But, of course, it’s so much more than that. I revised an old assignment, something I had been using since 2001, called Intro to the Internet. It relied on Ted Nellen’s assignment as a starting point. The new lesson has some of the same objectives as the old, but the new one is more relevant and, I think, a better springboard to 9th grade CyberEnglish.
One thing missing from the new lesson? True collaborative writing, which we could do at Google docs IF we were permitted. Everything in its own time, though, right?
Oh, and there’s a cool wordle in this lesson, too. I love that tool.
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Danielle Abernethys
// Sep 1, 2008 at 8:15 am
Great blog Dawn. Here’s a suggestion for collaboration using netTrekker d.i. In the My Portfolio, you have a User Defined Template. Set the rights for the folder that you want to share where anyone in the school can edit. Then save the blank template in the folder. It can be used a bit like a wiki. Not as strong, not as many tools, but it’s a great start.
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Dawn Hogue
// Sep 1, 2008 at 9:22 am
Thanks, Danielle. I will look at it.
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