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Using a Web site with your classes

What's All the Hype?

So, you want to use the web with your students. These days, it seems as though the web is probably the best or worst place for students to be. Depending on which web sites you choose for your lessons, it can either be a either a disaster or tremendous pedaological step forward for teaching and learning.

The web is unlike any medium before it; maybe that is why many teachers fear it. With most major forms of media (T.V., radio, books, and magazines), the content is reviewed by many eyes. In the future, the skill of using and evaluating Internet sources is going to be as useful as being able to read and write as we know it today.

So where do we begin? Before using any web site with students, you should make sure to thoroughly review it. In this tutorial, we will offer five essential considerations for you ponder before you use a web site with your students.

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