When collecting digital resources for students the resources must be reliable. Students should be taught to look for reputable domains such as. mil (US military), .gov( government), .edu ( education), and .org ( may be a non-profit organization). As I did my walk about I was able to come up with some helpful digital resources for students. I explored Zonniverse, Classroom 2.0, Khan Academy, Edutopia, and Discovery Education. Each of these resources can contribute to making online teaching more engaging, efficient, and effective. Here is a link to the list of bookmarked resources complied during my exploration.
https://del.icio.us/nurseq/Dig.%20Resource
The three most useful tools or resources resulting fro the web walkabout are Zonniverse, Khan Academy, and Classroom 2.0. Zonniverse gives online students an opportunity to research many fields of science and have interactive and engaging activities. Khan Academy contains videos tutorials for math, science, test prep, computing, arts & humanities, as well as economics & finance.
Classroom 2.0 is a free community supported network. One must sign up and become member and then they can join in the discussions. This will be helpful for students new to digital learning.
Students can be taught to safely collect tools and resources which can maximize their leaning by about reputable domains. Students should also be taught about the database used by Google and Mozilla to block harmful pages known as StopBadware. They should be taught about the Web of Trust ( WOT) which is a crowd-sourced online database that offers reputation ratings for domain names.
When giving assignments, teachers should place guidelines on which sources students should use. For example have students use resources with reputable domains such as .mil( military), .gov ( government), .edu ( education) , and .org ( non-profit organization). Teachers should also have students to use the WOT to check to reputation ratings for the domains they will be using. Having these policies and procedures in place may help students to maximize their learning.
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