Asia EdNet Tutorial - Module 1

What's out there and how do you find it?

Exploring some Internet sites  

In this section you will be able to visit some interesting Internet websites that are related to the studies of Asia and think about some of the benefits and uses they might have in supporting your work.

Task 1 - Exploring some sites 

Here are links to some Internet websites you might not have seen before. Take some time to explore their contents.

A visit to Edo Japan
http://www.us-japan.org/edomatsu/
(Ken Matsushima)

Tigers
http://www.5tigers.org/Directory/adventures.htm
(Janet and Ron Tilson)

A teacher's travels in South-East Asia
http://members.tripod.com/kebyar/aviweb.htm
(Avi Black)

Snapshots of Asia online student quiz
http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/snapshot/
map.htm
(Curriculum Corporation)

The Lonely Planet Destination Asia site
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/loc-asi.htm
(Lonely Planet Publications)

Maps of Asia
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/asia.html
(Perry-Castaneda Library, University of Texas)

The Ramayana: Student activities to support the text Impressions
http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/anthol/
impress/impstud1.htm
(Curriculum Corporation)

Painting in China after 1950
http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/exhib/
gug/intr/NewIntro.html
(Huntington Archive of Buddhist and Related Art, Ohio State University)

Korean culture through literature
http://www.askasia.org/frclasrm/lessplan/l000010.htm
(AskAsia, Asia Society)
 

Bookmark or note the addresses of the sites you find relevant and which you might wish to revisit. You may need to refer to these sites again later on in the tutorial.

Choose one or two of the sites above which are relevant (or could be relevant) to your teaching. Make brief notes in answer to the following questions.

• What advantages do these sites have over published texts you might otherwise use?
• What disadvantages are there?
• Are there any problems with the technology?
• Which of these sites fit into (or could fit into) your teaching program?
• How could they support the resources you already use?

These questions are available in a print version.

Suggestions and help

Read about how an Australian Year 7 class used the Internet in conjunction with other sources of information (http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/tisp/KarenTaylor.htm - by Karen Taylor).