Customizing YOUR Cabin in the Woods A hands-on workshop presented for  EARCOS,  November, 2000 by Janet Murray janetm@surfline.ne.jp

Incorporating Technology in Instruction: Using the world wide web effectively with students can be a challenge!  Here are some strategies to help teachers succeed:

Incorporate Standards
National Information Literacy Standards developed by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and Association for Educational and Communications Technology (AECT)
NETS: National Educational Technology Standards for Students
 
Use the Internet for Research
Searching the 'Net: an Online Internet Institute project designed for K-12 students and teachers.
Applying Big6 Skills and Information Literacy Standards to Internet Research: activities to help teachers.
Read Information TeAchnology: Using the Internet for Student Research
Read Designing Research Projects Students (and Teachers) Love by Doug Johnson

Use the Web for Guided Student Activities
Read Working the Web for Education by Tom March.
Locate and use simulations like Virtual Geology.
Use Filamentality to organize web sites in a purposeful manner.
Learn About WebQuests.
Try Analyzing WebQuests.