Internet and Technology Lesson Plans

Technology and Internet Use Lesson Plans

Technology and Internet Units - Web Sites

General Sites

Computer and Internet Lesson Plans - For all grades from the Lesson Plans Page.
The Web Quest Page - Help in designing web quests and many examples.
Thinkfinity - Searchable site with lesson plans for technology and the internet.
Tech Lesson of the Week - An archive of tech plans from Education World.
Educational Technology Lesson Plans - for all grades from Education World.
The Adventures of CyberBee - Lots of great idea for integrating the internet. The treasure hunts are lots of fun.
Use Boolean Terms to Shorten Web Searches - Lesson plan from Education World. May be applied to grades 3 - 12.
Online Activites from Scholastic - Online learning projects with teacher lesson plans and curriculum correlations.
Online Pathfinders - Here are examples from the Springfield Township High School Library.
Kid Safe Search Sites - Safe sites for web searching and links to sites which provide information on safety on the Internet.

Media Literacy

Online Activities Promoting Information Literacy - An extensive list of sites compiled by the Springfield High School Virtual Library.
Media Awareness Network - Extensive media and internet lesson plans for all grades. The Media Awareness Network is a Canadian non-profit organization for the promotion of media literacy.
Framework for 21st Century Learning - Curriculum and lesson plans to prepare students for the 21st century. This site is by AASL, educational foundations, and several corporations.
The 21st First Century Information Fluency Project - The site covers such aspects of the internet as plagarism and effective searching. It also has lesson plans. By the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy.
Teaching Media Literacy - Links to sites with media literacy lesson plans.

Teens and Technology

Web 2.0 - Using blogs, wikis, podcasts, social bookmarking, and other web 2.0 activities.
Participation Ideas for Teen Tech Week - Teen Tech Week is March 2 - 8. 2008. You may use these ideas all year around in your library, and there are many helpful suggestions for learning more about Web 2.0.
25 self-directed tech activities for teens - These are part of teen tech week, but all are good activities for all year round.
Meet the Gamers - This is an article by Kurt Squire and Constance Steinkuehler in Library Journal, April 15, 2005 about the game playing behavior of children and adults. It will help you to understand your patrons and possibly include games in your library program.
Educating the Net Generation - An e-book from Educause, February, 2005. Essential reading for those who are educating the current generation of students.
The Psychology of Cyberspace - An online book by John Suler, of the psychology department of Rider University. There is a chapter on the adolescent's use of the internet.

Useful Web Sites for Research Units

Landmarks for Schools - This site has a wealth of links to raw data on the net. It will be very useful when you are planning internet research assignments with classroom teachers.
The Museum of Online Museums - This will be useful if a visit to museum can integrated into your plans.

Technology and Internet Units - Books

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Sex, Brains, and Video Games: A Librarian's Guide to Teens in the Twenty-first Century - by Jennifer Burek Pierce, ALA, 2007.
Internet-based Student Research: Creating to Learn With a Step-by-step Approach, Grades 5-12 by Jacqueline Keane and Carmen N. Walsh, Linworth Publishing, 2006.
Technology Projects for Library Media Specialists And Teachers by Patricia R. Conover, Linworth Publishing, 2006.
Super Searchers Go to School: Sharing Online Strategies with K-12 Students, Teachers, and Librarians (Super Searchers series) - by Joyce Kazman Valenza, Information Today, 2005.
I Found It on the Internet: Coming of Age Online by Frances Jacobsen Harrison, ALA, 2005.
Web-Based Instruction: A Guide for Libraries - by Susan Sharpless Smith, 2nd. ed., ALA, 2005
Digital Inclusion, Teens, and Your Library : Exploring the Issues and Acting on Them - by Leslie S. J. Farmer, Libraries Unlimited, 2005.
Technically Involved: Technology-Based Youth Participation Activities for Your Library - by Linda W. Braun, ALA, 2003
Hooking Teens With the Net (Teens @ the Library Series) - Linda W. Braun, Neil-Schuman, 2003.
Connecting Kids and the Web: A Handbook for Teaching Internet Use and Safety - by Allen C. Benson. Published by Neil-Schuman, 2003.
The Neal-Schuman Authoritative Guide to Kids' Search Engines, Subject Directories, and Portals - by Ken Haycock, et al. Published 2003.
Information Literacy and Technology Research Projects by Norma Heller. Published by Libraries Unlimited, 2001.
Introducing the Internet to Young Learners: Ready to Go Activities and Lesson Plans - by Linda W. Braun. Published by Neil-Schuman, 2001.
Creating Digital Video In Your School: How To Shoot, Edit, Produce, Distribute And Incorporate Digital Media Into The Curriculum - by Ann Bell, Linworth Publishing, 2005.

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Using Primary Sources - Document-Based Questions

Document-Based Questions - New York State DBQ Courses
The Digital Classroom - Lesson plans using primary sources on the Internet by the National Archives and Records Administration.
The American Memory Collectionflan - Lesson plans using primary sources may be reached from The Learning Page.
Presidential Libraries - Libraries for the presidents starting with Franklin Roosevelt. Many have links to digital and biographical materials.
Teaching with Documents - by Peter Pappas.
Statistical Resources on the Web - From the Library of the University of Michigan.

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