Enhancing subject-area expertise via the Internet: Morning Session

Deborah Healey

English Language Institute , Oregon State University

Activities and Objectives: Morning Session 1100-1300

• 10 min Reflect on your current attitudes toward Internet use
• 10 min Analyze advantages and limitations of the Internet
• 40 min Explore use of content sites as class resources
• 30 min Discuss possible implementation - lesson plans, etc.
• 30 min Debrief/evaluate/discuss
  

Advantages and limitations of the Internet

Pros and cons of Internet use survey
More thoughts on what computers and the Internet are good for - and not so good for

Content sites – engineering, computing, science, business

• Journal articles online - Chemical Engineering ,   psychology and social science journals (searchable database with some ejournals and some free articles), mathematics journals (links with some free articles), computer science journals at WorldSciNet and DBLP (links with some free articles),  Nature , Science Direct (a few free articles; most require a subscription), environmental science journals (a long list of journals, some free articles), earth science journals (some free articles), bizjournals for business- with a daily email update, business newspapers from around the US
• Engineering links via a technical search engine, tenlinks.com ; IEEE website  
• Electronics information - articles, webcasts, and more
  
• MIT courseware
• World Lecture Hall
• Physics – sample exam questions , demo of a virtual lab  
• Biology - mouse genome viewer and database , zebrafish examples
• Math - modeling with Java applets ( ray tracing - use with IE; molecular modeling )
  
• Electronic Geometry models
• Business portal in Spain ; BRINT portal (business, technology, research links) 

Implementation - Lesson Plans

• Background information for faculty - current news and research
• Collaboration with others internationally

Professional mailing lists and newsgroups: CataList, specific areas (e.g., chemical engineering newsgroup)

• Required readings for students

Translation at Babelfish (are there better ones?)

• Graphics - diagrams, photos - Electronic Geometry , Electricity and Magnetism animations at MIT
• Online activities (Javascript or cgi)

Surveys (www.getfast.ca ; www.opinionpower.com ; www.response-o-matic.com )
Online discussion at Nicenet
Hot Potatoes
Matt's Script Archive
Simulations like the Virtual Physics Lab

• Webquests and other online projects
• Repository of information for personal/professional use - Deborah's website ; useful links for ESL and Spanish teachers
• Repository of information for students - sample class website

Debrief/evaluate/discuss

Survey form at FAST

Go to the Workshop Main Page - see the recommended readings

Go to the Afternoon Session page