My Web Index Page

· Web Dropins

Dropin #1 - The Age of the Five Good Emperors – students visit a website to learn about an era in Rome when five emperors ruled in succession. The students are then asked to answer questions regarding each of these emperors. http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/greengartj/dropin1.htm

Dropin #2 - How We Use Mesopotamian Inventions Today – students visit a website to learn about various Mesopotamian inventions, then choose one and fill in a web as to how we utilize that inventions in today’s society. http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/greengartj/dropin2.htm

Dropin #3 - Literary Analysis of Characters – students visit a website to learn how to analyze the character traits of literary personalities. They then choose one character from their novel and fill in a graphic organizer with various traits. http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/greengartj/dropin3.htm

Dropin #4 - Primary vs. Secondary Sources – students visit various websites to learn about the different venues of reference materials available, and the advantages of using either primary or secondary sources when conducting research. http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/greengartj/dropin4.htm

Dropin #5 - Sparta VS. Athens – students visit a website to find out about life in ancient Sparta and Athens, and then fill in a Venn Diagram showing the similarities and differences between life in Sparta, as opposed to life in Athens. http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/greengartj/dropin5.htm

Copyright Activity – understanding the laws of copyright and how they affect teachers. http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/greengartj/cpyright.htm

Search Engine Activity – comparing various Search Engines. http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/greengartj/engine.htm

Web Link Bibliography – a bibliography of various websites relating to Ancient Rome. The websites are categorized with having to do with Ancient Rome geography, famous figures, and daily life. Each site is accessible through a hyperlink, contains a summary of the website, and contains the URL. http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/greengartj/bblgrphy.htm

Course Module – the course module asks students to visit various websites discussing identity theft and fraud, specifically through the Internet. It then asks students to compose a 300 word summary discussing the prevalence and dangers of identity theft, tips on what can be done to protect oneself, and other personal reflections. http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/greengartj/module.htm

Article Critique – article review of “Broad and Deep: Achieving Whole-school Change with Technology”, by Judith Davidson, Elizabeth McNamara, and Kevin McGullivray. The article discusses how four schools tried to enable teachers to not only learn Internet and web-based skills, but to actually learn to apply them in the classroom. http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/greengartj/article.htm

Electives

v Elective #1 - Worksheets for Instruction – this elective has a list of sites for lesson plans, worksheets, quizzes, and online activities for teachers to use when teaching adjectives. http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/greengartj/elctive1.htm

v Elective #3 - Lesson Plans – this elective provides a list of online lesson plans for teachers teaching Ancient Rome to middle school. Each website is accessible through a link, and the website contains a summary and URL of each lesson plan. http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/greengartj/elctive3.htm

v Elective #4 - Newsletters – in this elective, I discuss how I subscribed to two newsletter: “K12 Newsletters” and “Surfing the Net With Kids”, and the advantages to the two newsletters as a teacher in the technological aged world. http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/elctive4.htm

v Elective #5 - Collaboration – this elective lists various websites that contain online collaborative activities for students to work on within one school, or as a group effort with other schools. The collaboration sites center around Social Studies for middle school. http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/greengartj/elctive5.htm

v Elective #6 - Instructional Modification – this elective discusses two special needs that arise in the classroom: students with attention deficiencies and students with reading deficiencies. The elective lists various modifications and strategies that the teacher can use in order to accommodate these students when performing web-based activities. http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/greengartj/elctive6.htm