Post #5

My views on the Internet are nothing but exceptional and substantial. It is a fast, efficient and easy way to learn and research information. You can basically find anything you want by using a search engine on the Internet. I use it everyday , multiple times a day. It is useful for your own personal curiosities and enjoyment. It is useful in school for a variety of assignments and research papers or projects. The only time I would say it isn't useful is when you have to do an assignment of your own opinions. I isn't useful when you copy and paste information without learning, and when using illegitimate sources and finding out wrong information. Plagiarism is the biggest downfall to using the Internet, but the cons outweigh the pros when it comes to the beneficial uses of the Internet.

To support web based learning, I would assign a lot of work on the computer. I would have students research a new and different topic every week, assign a research paper, and design a project where surfing the Internet is necessary. For a research paper, I would have them use google as their primary search engine, but navigate away from Wikipedia as it often give false information. Any .edu, .net, or .org will be acceptable and required for papers and projects. One resource I would like for my students to take advantage of would be the online dictionary and thesaurus. I find myself using that every day in bettering my vocabulary and papers. 

The grade level of my students will be from kindergarten to 5th grade. I do love and use the Internet frequently, but since we are becoming more and more reliable on computers, I am afraid by the time I start teaching it, the students will no more than I do. Sometimes I get confused with complex computer programs and I am concerned that it will be sometimes a test for myself to show the students how to use certain tools.