Hotlists

The Internet is a powerful tool.  How do you introduce websites to your students?  What are some strategies you use to help your students explore the Internet?

Here is a few tips that I use to create hotlists for students:

1. Provide students with a paper list of URLs.  Students can keep the paper list of URLs and refer to it when needed. 

2. Have the students set up bookmark sites.  There are many bookmark sites available for free for students to use.  Diigo, Symbaloo, Dropbox, Sharepoint are only a few. 

3. Students can access links from a personal or school webpage.  Sharepoint is one webpage that my district utilizes.  It is easy for students to use, and I can easily add items to my page. 

Giving students a hotlist of websites helps them learn the basics for searching and accessing the Internet.  There are a lot of useful websites out there, but also a lot of useless websites.  By providing students with a good list of appropriate websites, you are already teaching them to become aware of websites that they use!