Asia EdNet Tutorial - Module 3
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Studies of Asia curriculum
and the Internet |
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Collections of Internet resources 
There are a number of ways in which Internet resources can be used to support teachers in the development of curriculum materials in the studies of Asia. These can range from simply using the Internet for background research to developing complex sequences of learning using an inquiry-oriented approach. The remainder of this module will explore some of these methods.
Trackstar
A simple but effective way to use the Internet in the classroom is to collect a range of websites on a particular topic and develop accompanying guidelines for student work using each of the sites.
TrackStar (http://trackstar.hprtec.org/) is an online tool which assists you do this. The resulting collection of sites is called a Track.
TrackStar was developed by the High Plains Regional Technology in Education Consortium (HPRTEC) in the United States. There is a large library of Tracks created by users. However, the quality of Tracks is not uniformly high.
Task 2 - About Tracks
Use TrackStar's keyword search facility (http://trackstar.hprtec.org/cgi-bin/search.pl?mode=keyword) to find some Tracks relating to one of your areas of interest.
 Need some help?
Write a short critique of:
- the Tracks you have found;
- the concept of Tracks;
- whether and how you would consider using Tracks in your own curriculum.
Suggestions
If you don't otherwise come across it, try visiting the following track by Beth Van Howe, which illustrates some of the potential that creating Tracks offers:
Indonesia (Years 5-9)
(http://trackstar.hprtec.org/main/display.php3?track_id=61322)
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