Kids on the 'Net: Conducting Internet Research in K-5 Classrooms [Paperback]

Jessica Morton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 26, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0325000212 | ISBN-13: 978-0325000213

This book is an easy-to-use guidebook exploring the Internet's enormous potential in the classroom.

Product Details

• Paperback: 84 pages
• Publisher: Heinemann (August 26, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0325000212
• ISBN-13: 978-0325000213
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,032,997 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reviewing Kids on the 'Net, June 29, 2000

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Jennifer Ahn (Downey, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kids on the 'Net: Conducting Internet Research in K-5 Classrooms (Paperback)

Jessica Morton's book, Kids on the 'Net, is absolutely outstanding for any educator who is leery about bringing the Internet into the classroom. This book takes you step-by-step into how the 'net can be beneficial for your students' or childrens' learning. The book is chock full of ideas and personal reflections by the author to show you that the Internet can be our friend. The book is written in a style that is non-threatening and easy to flip through. Morton's book teaches you how even young children can e-mail pen pals (e-pal) from around the world and be interactive in newsgroups. This is a must needed resource for teachers of the new millennium. She offers web sites that are useful for creating projects and reproducibles that go along with certain lessons. If technology is the way to go in your classroom, then you need this book.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An outstanding book to use to get started 'using the net'., October 1, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Kids on the 'Net: Conducting Internet Research in K-5 Classrooms (Paperback)

Jessica Morton has an easy way of writing that will make the reader feel she can use the 'net' with young children after reading about Mrs. Morton's successes in her own classroom. She does not use computer language that the average person cannot understand. She not only uses examples from her own classroom but also relates to the reader how to go about beginning using e-mail with simple dos and don'ts. I have used e-mail with my second grade students for many years but while reading this book I discovered some great ways to improve the use of e-mail with my class of 7-8 year olds. A definite book to read!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for teachers and parents!, December 4, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Kids on the 'Net: Conducting Internet Research in K-5 Classrooms (Paperback)

Jessica Morton's "Kids on the 'Net is inspiring. Between the lines it speaks to what 'good' teaching is really about and the lines themselves sing with a clear how to do it for using the net well. A great source for those who want to be creative and for the many who fear, for one reason or another, the use of the internet. It is so well written and presented that I felt like I was reading a terrific story. At t he end I knew I'd done that and more!