Welcome to the WWW Toolbox Series!
Click here to see the outline of the series.

Part I: Where can I find credible Web Resources for my discipline? 

Objectives:
By the end of today's session, participants will be able to:

1. Have strategies to find Internet Resources for your discipline.
2. Have techniques for gathering, organizing, and distributing (hard copy or digitally) sites to students with annotations and guidelines for using these sites
3. Search, find, and annotate a list of three content related sites that could be incorporated into their general course syllabus as a useful resource for their students. The annotation should explain the purpose for their using this website or some guidance as to how to incorporate its content into their learning.

Gathering and Saving Credible Web Resources

1. Become more knowledgeable about the resource environment: 

1. Start with the "The Internet Tourbus Guide to the Most Useful Sites in the World"--your handout today in PDF. And "The Next 21."
2. Visit the Tour Bus Website http://www.TOURBUS.com for current information on using the web
3. Review and use in your class the free educational resources (Powerpoint and Acrobat presentations) from Netsquirrel.com at http://www.netsquirrel.com/classroom/index.html.
4. Search the juried Scout Report: http://www.scout.cs.wisc.edu (this site is developed and used by librarians).
5. Additional web-based and electronically accessed resources after the break with Pat Semple, a Rockville Librarian
   MC Library's list of WEb Directories at: http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/library/mclibref.htm
    

2. Tutorial: Collect Web links in a Word Document and Annotate for Classroom Paper Distribution.

Note: Annotations can range from describing the content and usefulness of the site, to giving guidelines for using the site materials to giving a specific assignment for students to develop from the site's resources.

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Break (10 minutes) 

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Day 1: Part II
90 minutes

Part II: Finding Credible Electronic Information in Your Discipline
with Pat Semple, Rockville Librarian

Participants will:

1. Determine what engines will do what for you
2. Determine criteria for evaluating credibility of websites; View tutorial for your students to learn the same standards
3. Perform searches with basic search engines using Boolean operators
4. Explore MC-based databases and web directories
   

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Break (10 minutes) 

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Day 1: Part III
50 minutes

Part III: Discussion: Web-based Activity Formats

The first day has centered around collecting and distributing information by paper format to students. We are preparing to move to electronic formats of distribution. Discussion will center around the value of supplementing your course materials with Web resources. Discussion points:

1. Do you currently use Web resources in your course(s)? If so, how?
2. Why is this an important teaching tool?
   
3. What are the benefits to the students?
4. What guidance do you provide on their usage, and the usage of the Web?
5. Do students give you feedback (officially or unofficially) on the resources?
   
6. What are some Web-based activity formats that you can create and store through Filamentality?
   

Preview of Day 2: Day one you will have created and printed an annotated Word document containing resources for distribution. For Day Two, you may either use the resources from your Word document, or locate 3-5 new Web resources (URLs for Web sites) for use in the Filamentality exercise.