Work with a small group to complete one of these inquiry-oriented activities that uses the Internet.

Music Copyright
You will learn about copyright law and how it applies to sharing music on the Internet.
http://www.edgerton.k12.wi.us/ms/Webquest/index.html

Playing It SafeóInternet Safety
Students are faced with the prospect that the internet is going to be banned from their school unless they can prove to their parents that they can use it safely. As a group they must create a presentation to persuade their parents.
http://coe.nevada.edu/slefevre/playsafe.html

Should Schools Filter Web Content?
Teachers are presented with issues of free speech and ethics in class Web use.
http://www.emunix.emich.edu/~ehoffman/edmt330/final.html

Read these articles and compile a list of tips for designing a distance education classroom.

http://www.evansassoc.com/lib/class2.html
http://dc-mrg.english.ucsb.edu/conference/2000/PANELS/ALiu/resources.html
http://www.shure.com/booklets/distancelearn.html
http://www.uwex.edu/disted/rooms/county.htm

Read these articles and write a paragraph on how you might evaluate a school-based distance education program.

http://www.ncrel.org/tandl/disted.htm
http://www.degreeinfo.com/article12_1.html
http://www.uidaho.edu/eo/dist4.html

Review some of these sites and develop an activity in which the students would benefit from participation in an online chat with students their age in another state or another country. Prepare a list of at least five guidelines for participation in a chat that you might provide to your class.

http://www.unicef.org/voy/
http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/edu/chat.htm
http://homeschooling.about.com/cs/chats/
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/EdTech/TechforTeaching/tipsforusingchats.htm