Weaving a Virtual Web: Practical Approaches to New Information Technologies

By Sibylle Gruber

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814156495
• ISBN13: 9780814156490
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Natl Council of Teachers of english
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 0.8" x 7.3"

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A superlative collection of truly helpful information.

Weaving A Virtual Web: Practical Approaches To New Information Technologies is a superlative collection of twenty essays written by teachers who use the World Wide Web with their students and brings to the reader a fresh and informative perspective on teaching and texts in today's classroom curriculum. The issues surveyed include the pedagogical framework underling various uses of the Web; planning and preparation stages teachers need to consider before using the Web; how teachers and students can effective engage in Web-based research; the encouragement of teacher/student collaboration is Web usage; the implications for publishing on the Web; practical information and helpful hints on incorporating the Web into a classroom; and potential problems for using the Web in an educational setting where traditional texts are favored by administrators and faculty. Weaving A Virtual Web is an exceptionally helpful assessment and highly recommended reading for anyone aspiring to classroom teaching, or who is presently engaged in teaching at elementary, secondary, and collegiate levels