Educating the Web-Savvy Urban Teacher: Website Evaluation Tips and Internet Resources for Secondary Educators

New Search

Print Abstract

E-mail Abstract

Full Text

Save to My Collections

Export Citation

Harushimana, I. (2008). Educating the Web-Savvy Urban Teacher: Website Evaluation Tips and Internet Resources for Secondary Educators. AACE Journal, 16(3), 275-291. Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/24379.

Journal Information

AACE Journal
ISSN 1065-6901
Volume 16, Issue 3, July 2008
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)  Chesapeake, VA

More Information on AACEJ Table of Contents

Author

Immaculee Harushimana, Lehman College, City University of New York, USA

Abstract

This article, The Web-Savvy Urban Teacher, addresses the question of what educational technology educators and scholars can do to close the pedagogical mismatch, which exists today between "digital native" secondary students and their predigital educators. The infrequent use of the Internet as a resource in urban schools is detrimental for today's generation of students, the majority of whom consider the World Wide Web as the source of all knowledge. The purpose of his article is to: (a) introduce and establish the rationale that the Internet is an appropriate medium by means of which differentiated instruction and multiple intelligences can help foster content literacy among struggling and reluctant adolescent learners, (b) provide secondary educators with teacher-specific website criteria that will facilitate the website selection process, and (c) supply a sampling of timeless websites for students and teachers interested in working in a self-regulated environment.

Keywords

• Secondary Education
• Students
• Teachers
• English Language Arts
• Mathematics
• Sciences
• Social Studies
• Educational Technology
• Integration
• Preservice Teacher Education
• Internet

Also Read

• Blogging as L2 Writing: A Case Study
• Web Modules: Integrating Curricula and Technology Standards
• Technology, Transfer and Teaching: The Impact of a Single Technology Course on Preservice Teachers’ Computer Attitudes and Ability
• E-Learning in the Philippines: Trends, Directions, and Challenges
• A Framework for Addressing Challenges to Classroom Technology Use
• Do Entry Characteristics of Online Learners Affect Their Satisfaction?
• Integrating Moodle into a Course for Pre- and In-service Teachers
• Fostering Critical Engagement in Preservice Teachers: Incorporating Weblogs Into Multicultural Education
• Teachers’ Views on Factors Affecting Effective Integration of Information Technology in the Classroom: Developmental Scenery
• Prospects for the Use of Mobile Technologies in Science Education

Tags