Portfolio Requirements

All of your assignments will be submitted using Serf. This list is a summary of the requirements.
  1. Create an annotated list of useful Internet resources, including web pages, listservs, and newsgroups. Each entry should include a brief review (1 or 2 sentences) and the method of getting to this (either a URL, a subscription description, etc.)  In the course of this class, you will visit many resources; this list should be a "Best of..." 

  2. Subscribe to two or three listservs and follow them for a few days to assess their usefulness. Include a report on each of these. Your report may encourage or discourage others from using these based on its usefulness as a tool for classroom teachers.

  3. Tour several of the K12.* newsgroups or other newsgroups appropriate to your subject area or level to compare the quality of their content.  Include brief comments on each newsgroup you visit regarding traffic, content, and usefulness. 

  4. The local newsgroup udel.educ.schools has been set up for several years but has little traffic. Post at least one message or response to that group. 

  5. Comment on the relative usefulness of email, listservs, and newsgroups. That is, under what conditions would you find each of these tools useful for your own work or your work with students?

  6. (Part I) Find an Acceptable Use Policy on the Web that you would find acceptable for use in your school.
    (Part II) Explain how you would implement the policy in your own school setting. What kinds of procedures would you need to implement within your classroom, library, or school to accomodate this?

  7. Include a list of the three Web search tools you have found most useful for the objectives of this class. For each tool, include its name and URL, and your assessment of what each one is good for and what target audience it would be appropriate for.

  8. (Part I) Find a Web evaluation tool appropriate for students at your grade level.
    (Part II)Comment on how the tool you referenced above will be useful in your own classroom. Are there modifications that you would need to make? How will this fit into the rest of your management plan for using the Web in your classroom?

This page is part of the course materials for EDST 667: Using the Internet for Curriculum Applications, taught June 22 to July 2, 1998 at the University of Delaware. Please send any comments to Pat Sine (sine@udel.edu).