The following activity can help students see how links work and perhaps even cause them to think about what the links to some of their favorite sites say about it. Investigation Led by the teacher, the class brainstorms eight to ten Web sites they have visited and enjoyed either at home or at school. The teacher writes each usable URL on a separate card. The teacher divides the class into teams of three or four. Each team draws a card.
Teams paste the printout of the home page in the middle of a large piece of poster board.
Teams draw lines from the original home page on the poster board to the links connected to it. Each team gives an oral presentation to the class using their visual that explains the connections to the original site they found and what these connections tell us about the site. Classmates evaluate the presentations using predetermined evaluation qualities. Variation Instead of making the presentation on poster board, students may create 3-D representations of the links using foam balls and wire or any other material. In addition to the classroom presentation by each group, students may create an electronic representation of their findings and post it on the district's, school's, or classroom's Web site.