Once you are confident that you have found a reliable educational Web resource, you can integrate it into your curriculum. There are so many outstanding sites on the Web that you can use. You need to decide how to use them so students will have a positive learning experience. Consider these questions when using a Web resource in your curriculum:

• How will you use it?
  
  
• How will its use support the content and technology standards? International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Standards - cnets.iste.org/intro.htm
  
  
• Will you demonstrate the site through an overhead projector and facilitate a discussion on the information?
  
  
• Will the students interact with the site on a classroom computer?
  
  
• Will you provide guided questions for their interaction?
  
  
• Does the site have links to other sites that could cause the students to get sidetracked or lost?
  
  
• What do you want the students to accomplish?
  
  
• How will you assess their learning?

     Planning to use the Web effectively in a learning environment is really no different from planning other classroom activities.

     There are a few additional questions that you will need to address to complete your plan - How will the Web be accessed? How will you guide the students in this Web environment so they accomplish your learning objectives?

     Here are some sites that will help you locate Subject Content Standards:

• Standards at Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL)
  www.mcrel.org/standards
  
  
• National Science Education Standards - Contents
  bob.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/html/
  
  
• National Council of Mathematics Teacher (NCTM) Standards 200 Project
  www.nctm.org/standards/2000/
  
  
• Project 2061 Benchmarks
  www.project2061.ort/tools/benchol/bolframe.html
  
  
• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) technology standards
  cnets.iste.org/intro.htm
  

     Search for the Science Content Standards (substitute any content) for your grade level. Select a standard and decide how you would use the Web to design instruction to that standard. Once you have designed instruction that meets the content standard, check the ISTE Standards and see how the instruction supports the technology standards.

     A rich resource, The Wired Classroom: Creating Technology Enhanced Student-Centered Learning Environments, by Jamie McKenzie, Vol 7 | March | 1998 - www.fno.org/mar98/flotilla.html provides ideas that will help you integrate the Web and other technologies into your curriculum.