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Teaching With the Internet: Lessons from the Classroom

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Don and Deborah Leu have created a great Interent reference/teaching guide for teachers of all computer skill levels, from beginners to old pros!

The book not only inlcudes explicit explanations of Internet terms and procedures, but includes plenty of figures and examples of what the screen would actually look like as you are working. The Email to You sections contain real teachers describing real projects that they have sucessfully done with their students. Leu and Leu also provide many, many links to resources and project ideas in the major academic disciplines for teachers to use as they begin to incorporate the Internet in to the classroom.

I would highly recommend this book to teachers and teacher educators alike. I consider my self to be an advanced user of the Internet and I learned several new things from reading this book!

This book proved to be very informative, giving step-by-step models to use to incorporate internet resources into classroom activities, computer workshops, research projects and student inquiries.It is organized by chapters that give curriculum based internet ideas, with excellent related educational web-sites. It is geared for all levels of teacher ability, so everyone can get their classroom started. Although some ideas and sites seemed repetitious, it allows you to refer to a specific chapter by subject area to find related sites and sample activities. This book is comprehensive enough to highlight features of various navigation tools, cover both MAC and PC platforms for grades K-12.

Teaching With the Internet: Lessons From the Classroom is a practical, hands on guide well suited for layman use. It encompasses both Netscape and Internet Explorer browsers as well as the IBM and Macintosh systems. Each chapter is devoted to either a specific Internet strategy such as navigating and communicating or to specific subject areas and concerns within the public school curriculum K-12. This text should be included as an essential component in every school's technology reference library and utilized as an indispensable resource in effective Internet teaching. It is packed with countless creative teaching suggestions and noteworthy web sites as well as step by step instructions on how to implement it all.

Thoughtful and comprehensive, for beginner and more advanced users alike. Clear instructions and numerous creative teaching suggestions. Lots of useful and well-described sites (although a number are repeated more than once in different sections of the book). Good graphics. Well done overall. Would have liked the print to be a bit bigger, pages can be a little non-user friendly. Well worth the investment

I highly recommend Teaching with the Internet to the novice and experienced net user. It is a great sounce of "current" web sites spanning the educational needs for K-12 students. I have used lessons taken directly from the book with great success. I consider the text to be an invaluable resource in my personal journey in understanding the "net" as well as to open new areas of exploration for my young students. This book is also a wonderful tool for parents trying to assist their children with study projects, book reports, etc. The information in this book is updated regularly through its web site as changes take place on the www. This educational tool is a wise investment for anyone who uses the "net".

This summer (1999) at University of British Columbia, I had the pleasure of taking a course taught by the author, Professor Donald J. Leu, Jr. One of our primary texts was this book. Dr. Leu's position is that education demands Internet literacy, just as individuals must read to function in our society. In this book, Dr. Leu provides many insights for teachers who are Internet newbies, as well as useful tips, information and sites for the veteran educational surfer. The book provides practical frameworks for incorporating the Internet into classroom practices. It tends to focus more on the primary-middle school uses and sites than the secondary. Many of the sites are American sites, and as our course was taught in Canada, we anticipate he will be adding more Canadian content in the next edition. As with any Internet source book, be prepared for the occasional non-functional link, as today's current information, is tomorrow's "File Not Found." Overall, a very useful addition to any teacher's library! One of my classmates is stocking her district resource centre with multiple copies.

This is the first edition of Teaching With the Internet that I have read. I found it a first-rate resource for teachers. If you have access to the internet in your classroom, this book will give you great tips on how to get started and how to continue using the internet to enhance student's studies. I would also highly reccommend this book to pre-service teachers. Stay a step ahead! The Internet is becoming big part of teaching and learning, and it's here to stay. There is not a lot of educational jargon so it is great for parents too.

The is a very good resource. It gives great ideas on how to use the internet in the classroom. What I like particulary is the wealth of ideas it gives on how to incorporate the internet in the classroom.