Packed with ideas and instructional activities that cut across all content areas, this engaging book provides a comprehensive framework for promoting vital Web literacy skills in grades 3-8. Teacher-friendly special features include helpful graphics, sidebars, practical tips, and nearly 100 reproducibles. Using a research-based, classroom-tested model of Internet inquiry, the authors explain the ''whats,'' ''whys,'' and ''how-tos'' of helping diverse learners: В *Locate useful information sources on the Web *Navigate the contents of a website *Critically evaluate what they read online *Synthesize the results of an Internet inquiry *Express new knowledge in their own words
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Note: The authors' website (www.ReadingTheWeb.net) features additional helpful materials: Web links keyed to each chapter, copies of the reproducibles in the book, a complete reference list, and more.
Author(s): Maya B. Eagleton PhD, Elizabeth Dobler PhD, Donald J. Leu
Series: Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy
Edition: 1
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Year: 2006
Language: English
Commentary: 62516
Pages: 318