Reading the Web: Strategies for Internet Inquiry

by Maya B. Eagleton, Elizabeth Dobler

Packed with ideas and instructional activities that cut across all content areas, this engaging book provides a comprehensive framework for promoting vital Web literacy skills in grades 3-8. Teacher-friendly special features include helpful graphics, sidebars, practical tips, and nearly 100 reproducibles. Using a research-based, classroom-tested model of Internet inquiry, the authors explain the "whats," "whys," and "how-tos" of helping diverse learners Locate useful information sources on the Web Navigate the contents of a website Critically evaluate what they read online Synthesize the results of an Internet inquiry Express new knowledge in their own words Note The authors' website (www.ReadingTheWeb.net) features additional helpful materials Web links keyed to each chapter, copies of the reproducibles in the book, a complete reference list, and more.

301 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 21, 2006