However, if the goals of the lesson were met by the lesson plan, it was a success and in learning Internet search skills students have gained a tool they can use for life. Teacher can use the Internet to access sites that list lesson plans in every curriculum area along with research links to complete the lesson. The Internet is the ultimate source for research. Using the Internet, we can teach students to search for, retrieve, collect and exchange information. More importantly, they will learn to analyze, write about, and then publish information on any imaginable topic.
Students actually go out into the real world and learn to solve real-world problems.
Completed research projects can then be published to the Internet. The relevance of lessons are seen by students who realize that their work is of value to others in their community and around the world as they get feedback from others reading and observing their work on the Internet. Not only is self-esteem developed in students as they see their work published, but a real life skill is learned the production of an end product that is used by others. Another publishing opportunity on the Internet is the creation of school homepages. Many schools have a school homepage and also provide opportunities for teachers and students to publish individual homepages.