PEDAGOGY AND INTERNET
WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW)
The World Wide Web (WWW) is a digital library providing acccess
to a wide range of information in the form of text, graphics,
photographs, video and sound from throughout the world. The
Web is a valuable research and resource tool for students
and teachers. The World Wide Web allows teachers and students
to:
1. Attend free or paid courses, online workshops and conferences
Examples:
- Free educational software
Free
Education Software
(http://freeware.intrastar.net/education.htm)
No shareware, just freeware. Of special interest to science
teachers
Classroom Management
(https://www.thinkwave.com)
Hot Potatoes
(http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/halfbaked/)
Hot Potatoes is a freeware which includes six applications,
anabling the user to create interactive multiple-choice,
short answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering
and gap-fill exercises on the WWW.
Example
Software4win
(https://www.software4win.com)
Shareware and freeware archive for Windows. Software library...Utilities-
Anti-virus utilities- Automation utilities- Backup utilities-
Card and label makers utilities- Clipboard managers utilities.
Free downloads- CNET.com
(https://www.freeware.com)
- Publish Students' and Teachers' Work (using free Web
hosting services)
The Web offers students/teachers the opportunity to broaden
the audience for their work beyond their immediate circle
of schoolmates to include students and teachers from around
the world. Explore the following free Web hosting sites
that enable students to publish their work on the Web.
Angelfire (http://angelfire.lycos.com/)
Geocities
(http://geocities.yahoo.com/home/)
Tripod (https://www.tripod.lycos.com)
Crosswinds (https://www.crosswinds.net)
Examples
Akadinda
Cultural group
(http://akadinda1.tripod.com)
Introduction
to Web Publishing
(http://members.xoom.com/kakinda/kakinda/webpage-training.htm)
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