Quick and Easy Internet Activities

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Activity Description

Use this booklet over the course of a term/semester with beginning-intermediate internet/computer users. Topics include Finding Information on the Internet, Weekend Plans/Movies, Following an Internet Path, Fair Housing, Legal Assistance, Library, Vacations/Travel, Weather, Food Ads, and Comparison Shopping with both internet search activities and class surveys/interviews.

Preparation

Match up activities in the booklet with your class topics and objectives.

How-To

Print and photocopy the booklet for students. Demonstrate the activities and model how to use the internet (for beginning computer users). Allow students time to use the internet to complete the activities. Check students' answers individually as they complete them or as a whole class after students check/compare answers with classmates.

Teacher Tips

You may choose to print and use only select activities that are suitable to your course content. Before having students do an internet search activity, make sure the sites are working and are not blocked at your school. The layout/appearance of some sites may be different from the screenshot images in the booklet. Some of the Web sites listed are specific to the Northern California / Sacramento area. You may choose to omit them or substitute the URLs of Web sites specific to the area where you teach.

Program Areas

• ESL: English as a Second Language

Levels

• Beginning High
• Intermediate Low
• Intermediate High

Documents

• QuickandEasyInternetAct.pdf - 17 page document of Quick and Easy Internet Activities

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