1. The Internet in Teaching
and Learning
Bill Dodge
EDU 6606
Current and Emerging
Instructional Technologies
6 November 2011

2. The Internet in Teaching and Learning
While this slideshow is not a factual
“Top 10” list of best uses for the
internet, these are among my top 10
uses as I conduct myself as a student
and professional. The particular sites
listed can be easily replaced with
countless other sites. I thought these to
be good examples for each Internet use
and some that I frequent.

3. # 1 - Search Engines
Search engines allow teachers and
students alike a gateway to information.
Search engines such as Google Scholar
provide scholarly material while sites like
Yahoo help with general searches and
have vast searchable content.
http://scholar.google.com/
http://www.yahoo.com/

4. #2 - Communication
The internet provides a multitude of
forums for communication. Aside
email, chat, blogs, discussion rooms
and the like formal communication
sites such as SearchTeam and
Wimba Classroom provide teachers
and students real-time collaborative
classroom functions.
http://searchteam.com/
http://www.wimba.com/services/students/classroom/

5. # 3 - Internet Resources
Students and Teachers can easily find
authoritative resources through sites like
iSEEK Education. It has content from
universities, government and established
noncommercial providers. SearchEdu.com
is a service that limits searches to the
.edu, domain; and also offers to search
dictionaries, encyclopedias and almanacs.
http://education.iseek.com/iseek/home.page
http://www.searchedu.com/

6. #4 – Course Administration
Virtual Classrooms via the Internet
such as Blackboard provide
students and teachers a host of
functions from a single site.
Everything from assignment
submission, testing, peer
reviews, discussion boards and
resource links can be found on the
Blackboard website.
http://sitesforteachers.com/
http://troy.blackboard.com/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp

7. #5 – Education Websites
Equally important to teachers and
students are education websites. Not
only do these sites help you find
content relevant to learning, they can
help you avoid biased, non-factual
sites that may be misleading. Be sure
to check the sources!
http://www.webs.uidaho.edu/info_literacy/
https://www.sitesforteachers.com

8. # 6 – Web Design
WebDesign.org and BuildYourSite.com are
good sites for tutorials, software
reviews, design showcases plus lots of free
stuff to use in web design. These sites also
offer links to designers if you need help and
can also direct you to or offer web
publishing service.
http://www.webdesign.org/
http://buildyoursite.com/website-builder.php

9. # 7 – Networking
Teachers and Students can make
use of networking websites to
provide both formal and informal
connections and to promote social
interaction and enhance professional
affiliations. Classroom forums are a
type of networking.
http://www.linkedin.com/
http://www.facebook.com/

10. # 8 – Professional Development
No list for teachers and students
would be complete without listing sites
for professional development. Since
Troy State is a given, I am listing two
professional sites I use to further my
development and increase my skill
sets outside the university system.
http://www.pmi.org/
http://www.dau.mil/default.aspx

11. # 9 – News & Current Events
Regardless of subject or
topic, student and teacher
access to news and news
archives as well as researching
current events is a valuable
resource provided through the
internet.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/
http://www.foxnews.com/

12. # 10 - Messaging
Far beyond what email gave us
years ago, instant
messaging, tweets, blogs, and
status posting on social sites
broadcast to a defined audience
or the public at large. Students
and teachers can use these tools
to keep in constant contact.
http://www.wimba.com/services/students/pronto/