Welcome to Pilot Travel

Safe Sites

One computer can help:

1. With Large Groups

:Promote discussion

:Create an environment conducive to decision making

:Guide group exploration

:Manage information and students

2. With Small Groups

:Promote cooperation, collaboration, and competition

:Distribute responsibilities

:Enforce group interdependence

:Disseminate information

:Prompt cross-group interactions

:Pace group movement, and manage content and students

3. As a Lecture Tool

:As a "Smart Chalkboard"

:Illustrate ideas and concepts

:Manage and organize information

:Assist in classroom management

:Encourage student participation

4. As a Learning Center

:Spark directed exploration

:Create motivating environments

:As a management tool

:Track students' progress

:Access enormous amounts of information 

:Foster cooperation

5. As Your Personal Secretary

:Word Processor

:Communication with Parents

:Attendance & Grades

:Test Generation

Know Your URLs  
 
www.pekin.net 
www - World Wide Web 
pekin - this is the domain name, the unique registered name an organization gives to its system of computers 
net - the three-letter abbreviation at the end of the URL is called the top level domain. It identifies the type of site your're viewing 
Examples: 
com - commercial  
net - network 
org - private and nonprofit organizations 
gov - government 
mil - U. S. military 
edu - education 
Generally speaking edu sites should be safe since they originate from an educational institution. 
But be careful! 
www.whitehouse.gov is very different from 
www.whitehouse.com 
Many publications list educational sites. Classroom Connect which we will discuss later is an excellent source for educational sites. 
Pekin's Webminers go out and search suitable sites for the classroom. A fairly up to date listing of these sites by category can be found at 
www.pekin.net/pekin108/wash/webminer/sites.html