| Year Released | Search Engine |
| 1993 | Aliweb |
| 1994 | WebCrawler |
| Infoseek (now Go) | |
| Lycos | |
| 1995 | AltaVista |
| Excite | |
| 1996 | Dogpile |
| Inktomi (now Yahoo) | |
| Ask Jeeves | |
| 1997 | Northern Light |
| 1998 | Google |
| 1999 | AlltheWeb |
| 2000 | Singingfish |
| 2000 | Teoma (Now Ask) |
| 2000 | Vivisimo |
| 2003 | Info.com |
| 2004 | Yahoo! Search |
| 2005 | MSN Search |
| 2006 | Windows Live Search |
| Quintura | |
| AnooX.com |
Now that you are Internet savvy teachers, it's time to sprinkle some HTML tags and tables on a blog! Your homework assignment for this class is to:
1) Find six Websites with lesson plans that are similar to the lesson plan you researched and designed for the last module. Use any or all of the search engines discussed in class to help you find them.
2) Using the table below as a template, create your own Web page that lists and describes your six Websites. Use Notepad (not Word!) to create the file, and view it in Firefox. Save the file to your flash drive. Your Web page should have the following components:
- A table (6x2), the first column is the name of the Lesson Plan Website, the second column a description of the contents
- The name should be a hyperlink that will take you to the actual Website.
- The description should help anyone reading it determine if the lesson plans will be helpful a specific search. Use lists if helpful.
Here's a sample HTML file (no one can use these websites in their list!) :
Lesson Plan Links
Link | Description |
AwesomeLibrary | Although this is one of the longest running websites for lesson plans of any kind, I have linked to the technology page, because it's an excellent start point for learning about HTML tagging (see number 5, "HTML Tutorial.") For those of you with braver hearts, the de facto standard for HTML structure is found on the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) website. |
EducationWorld | Like Awesome Library, I have linked to the technology section, but the Website include mad lesson plans, PD, and other resources. Another perennial favorite of teachers. |
Illuminations | A compendium of 524 lesson plans and 91 online activities for math studies. Although not as many modules to search through compared to Awesome Library and Education World, each lesson is solid, and if you're in a jam for a math lesson (and who isn't?), you won't have to do much modification to make it work in your classroom. The Web Links don't appear to be maintained. |
LessonPlanet | 7436 Lesson Plans and counting. That's awesome! Again, I've linked to the Educational Technology section. You can get 10 days for free, but then you have to pay $25 to get access. I hate paying for anything, if you want any of the lesson plans, create links before getting your 10 days for free, and download like crazy! |
SMILE | A bare-bones (which to me are the best) website chock-full of science lesson plans. This site is one of those rare examples of an educational workshop (at the Illinois Institute of Technology) that not only benefitted the participants, but the entire educator workforce. Unfortunately, 2006 was the last year of the program -- maybe when the state sells off its lottery program, money will be available to start it up again. ;-[ |
Teacher to Teacher | An excellent source of math lesson plans. The Website also contains reference materials, PD information, and even help for the graduate professor! |
In addition, please go to the following websites to gain an understanding of WebQuests, next week's topic:
- Recapping Blogs
- Channel Thirteen's WebQuest (It's Certifiable!)
- How to Build Your Own WebQuest
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