ED 526 Internet Literacy for Educators Research Project

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ED 526Internet Literacy for EducatorsResearch
Project

• Kalena E. Smith

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Effects of the Internet on Education
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POSITIVES

• Easier for students to research topics for
  projects, term papers, research projects, etc.
• Great resource for parents to stay in touch with
  teachers.
• Ex ParentConnect, email, online grading, etc.
• Easier for adult workers to earn online degrees
• Increase in knowledge and salary
• Allow people to work at their own pace
• Bulletin boards, classroom chatrooms, and email
  allow 24 hour a day access to resources.
• Unlike library

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NEGATIVES

• Hard for parents/teachers to control what
  websites students are visiting.
• Online degrees sometimes do not have high
  credibility when a person interviews for a job.
• Plagiarism
• The internet makes the work done by others very
  accessible to students.
• Students also find it easier to cheat and copy
  other peoples work.

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SUMMARY

• Largest effect at the collegiate level.
• Effects at the Elementary High School Level
  becoming more and more positive as teachers are
  trained to integrate technology.
• As with anything, there are positives and
  negatives.
• The good news is that the positives seem to
  outweigh the negatives in the world of education!

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SOURCES

• Content Slide 1
• http//www.helium.com/tm/64684/the-two-effects-of-
  internet-on-education-positive-and-negative-effect
  spositively-internet-bring-easy
• http//www.units.muohio.edu/psybersite/cyberspace/
  education/student.shtml
• Content Slide 2
• http//www.units.muohio.edu/psybersite/cyberspace/
  education/student.shtml
• http//www.helium.com/tm/64684/the-two-effects-of-
  internet-on-education-positive-and-negative-effect
  spositively-internet-bring-easy
• Content Slide 3
• http//www.units.muohio.edu/psybersite/cyberspace/
  education/industry.shtml
• http//www.umsl.edu/technology/frc/pdfs/effects_of
  _internet_based_instruction_on_student_learning.pd
  f

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Podcasts
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What is a Podcast?

• A Podcast is a web-based audio broadcast that is
  available through a subscription from the
  internet.
• A Podcast is a type of Webcast that can be
  listened to or viewed through personal computers
  or portable media players, such as iPods and MP3
  players.
• Podcast websites can directly and constantly feed
  or stream music to the subscriber, automatically
  making new songs available.

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How Is It Used Today?

• Audio
• Listen to music
• Video
• Images
• Text
• PDF Files
• iTunes enable LEGAL downloads that are paid for.

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Can It Be Used In The Curriculum?

• An absent student can download a lesson.
• Students and teachers can share information with
  each other at any time.
• Teachers can create playlists of news programs,
  language lessons, audio tours of museums,
  articles from Wikipedia, etc.
• Teachers can record vocabulary lessons and Book
  Talks (much like read-alouds).
• Video Podcasts can be used in all of these ways
  as well.
• HOWEVER, do any of us have the resources and
  classroom material to do this?

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SOURCES

• Title Slide
• http//newsbusters.org/archive/2006/5/19
• Content Slide 1
• http//dictionary.reference.com/browse/podcast
• http//www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Podcast
• http//hosp2a.seesaa.net/article/15821011.html
• Content Slide 2
• http//factor2005.blogspot.com/2005/01/de-lorigina
  litat.html
• http//www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Podcast
• Content Slide 3
• http//www.ilounge.com/index.php/gallery/image_med
  /2741/
• http//www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Podcast

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Censorship
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What is Censorship?

• Removing or withholding information from the
  public audience.
• The government, religious organizations,
  corporate organizations, political organizations,
  and many other controlling organizations can
  censor information to the public.
• A way of controlling what information is
  accessible to us.
• Censorship is currently a HOT TOPIC in society!

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What does SOCIETY think of Censorship?

• Many people think that censorship is a conflict
  or violation of
• Freedom of Speech
• Freedom of Expression
• Human Rights
• It is understandable why certain forms of
  censorship are used (for example military
  censorship to keep information out of the enemys
  hands). However, there are still several
  debatable issues pertaining to when censorship
  should be allowed.

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What about EDUCATION and Censorship?

• The topic of school textbook censorship, or
  whitewashing, is a widely debated topic.
• Do we remove critical or damaging information
  when teaching topics such as the Holocaust or
  Vietnam War? Is that right to do that?
• One example of this is the novel Fahrenheit 451,
  by Ray Bradbury.
• This novel was ABOUT the protest of censorship
  and it was censored when being taught in the
  classroom until it was eventually banned.
• Many schools are censoring the teaching of
  evolution due to religious reasons. These same
  schools are also censoring sexual education and
  contraceptive practices in the health classroom.

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SOURCES

• Title Slide
• http//www.drooker.com/graphics/pages/Censorship.h
  tm
• Content Slide 1
• http//www.reference.com/search?r13qCensoring
• http//windpub.com/current.htm
• Content Slide 2
• http//www.reference.com/search?r13qCensoring
• http//la.indymedia.org/uploads?category_id11
• Content Slide 3
• http//www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Fahrenheit_45
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• http//www.reference.com/search?r13qCensoring
• http//www.esoterica.gr/news/april_02/logokrs/logo
  krs.htm