Computer teaching tips

Posted by teacher on September 19, 2006

Collaborative Web “Textbooks.” Students and teachers can together research a particular topic to find readings available on the web. They can work together to create a site that will in turn become part of a reading list of materials or a virtual “textbook” for the course.  

Analyzing Web Sites. This activity can take several forms, but students can analyze “effective” or good web sites, trying to identify their characteristics and patterns. Conversely, much can be learned by examining “ineffective” or bad web sites as well. This activity essentially asks students to conduct a rhetorical analysis of web publishing. Students could further compare analogous print sources to note similarities or differences– for example, compare the web site for Kellogg’s Cereal with print ads, the side of cereal boxes, etc.