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BY TSERING PHUNTSOK
*India is a developing country and computer education in the schools is at its infancy. The use of internet tools like electronic mail, pine, eudora, web and CUSeeMe will help collaboration and professional development in education. If the teachers and students from different school locations get access to the internet, the teaching learning would become more meaningful and interesting. The teachers and students from different corners of the country can collaborate by exchanging ideas, practical experiences, problems in classroom situations with possible solutions. Newsgroups and chatrooms technology may be introduced at the university level.
Access to the the internet by students and teachers in India may take several years due to poverty and require huge budget. However, this should not be the excuse when development in education for our future generation is concerned. I hope that the day is not far when India will bring revolutionise its educational technology. Although it is a new concept, some of the school districts in the USA has already established access to the internet for professional development in education.
I have given below 11 educational web sites with links. These are sample reference sites for the students, teachers and ofcourse-the administrators as well.
You can hunt down on-line educational resources around the world, learn about trends in education. Just click on the required site and it is a fun too.
( http://www.umich.edu/~ed603/InternetTools.html )
This web page presents information for teachers that will assist them in facilitating communication and collaboration with educational colleagues. It describe how to utilize the educational resources through internet tools.
2.LESSON PLANS USING INTERNET WEB SITES:
( http://www.voicenet.com/~reevesk/ )
This site contains lessons plans that were developed to integrate information found on the World Wide Web into an elementary school curriculum. Suggestions are provided for how teachers can develop their own lesson plans utilizing the WWW. Links are provided to other sites that provide information about Bloom's Taxonomy.
( http://www.nwrel.org/school_house/ )
The site contains comprehensive K-12 resources, including lesson plans and projects in the arts, english, languages, math, science, social studies, and special education.
( http://www.circles.org/Round3/Curric/curric1.html )
This web page will take you to the Earth System Science Community on curriculum. This is research oriented and collaborative. Students work with teachers and the scientists to do original investigations and report their fidings. Hot links have been provided to get access to ESSC projects, syllabus, educational strategy and students' reports by clicking on the links.
5.TECHNOLOGY AND SCHOOL REFORM:
( http://edweb.cnidr.org:90/ )
The visit to the site tells you about trends in education policy and information infrastructure development, examine success stiries of computers in the classroom, and much, much more.
( http://www.circles.org/Round3/Resources/resources1.html )
The site includes student research papers, on-line articles, bibliographies and other resources that will facilitate your research into the earth system.
( http://www.umich.edu/~willmull/ResearcherSites.html )
This web site contains hot links to several web sites that are good resources for K-12 educators who are doing educational research. The web sites include links to various US educational associations, Michigan Department of Education, trends in education reform etc
8.RESOURCES FOR K-12 TEACHERS:
( http://www.umich.edu/~srssrs/Resourcesk12.html )
The resources include compilation by graduate students, to assist teachers in implementing technology in their classrooms. This allows for collaboration and professional development, by offerin chatrooms, add a link and e-mail updates. Hot links have been provided on science, math, social studies, art and general educational resource sites.
( http://www.december.com/cmc/mag/1996/oct/toc.html )
This is the October issue of Computerised-Mediated Communication Magazine. The issue is devoted with special focus on computer mediated communication and education.
10.K-12 SCHOOL DISTRICT HOME PAGES:
( http://www.umich.edu/~dbehm/DISTRICTSITES.html )
This page contains a list of links to the homepages of numerous K-12 school districts in the U.S.A. The page offer links to some sample district homepages as well as to provide a critique of the function, effectiveness, and design of these homepages.
11.PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATION:
( http://www.umich.edu/~ed603/ED603ProfDevFinal.html )
This site sums up the role of internet tools for supporting professional development in education. The website gives you a bird's eye view as presented by the ED603 students.Also, the current method of instruction and electronic enhancement is compared vividly.
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