New Media Exploration: Educational use of Internet

I am interested in the educational use of the internet as either a tool for classroom teachers to augment their courses or for a resource for supplemental instruction and practice. Many classroom instructors are using the internet to augment their courses. Karl's website for the Flash 2 course www.karlcleveland.com/190 is an excellent example. On his site I can easily find all contact information, the couse ourline, an in-depth description of all exercises, papers, and projects, an extensive list of resources, as well as video tutorials on lecture material. All information is easily assessable, relevant, and answers almost all of my questions. Another example is my daughter's high school math teacher's site, http://www.rosenmath.com/ where she can find all assignments as well as a power point file for every lecture. This is incredibly handy if a student is absent or didn't quite understand the material. Another example is my nieces on-line C++ programming course at Riverside Community College, which uses a website for video lessons, posting labs and solutions and a link to a chat rooms for extra help.
At www.nobelprize.org/educational_games I found educational games and simulations that use Flash to teach the concepts behind the Nobel Prize-awarded achievements. Each game or simulation includes a description of the award, the concept, an interactive game or simulation that demonstrates the players knowledge. The games offer hints and feedback as well as visual feedback of the consequences of an incorrect answer.

At Intuitive Math (http://www.intuitivemath.com/ or http://math.pcriot.com/ ) you can find UTube links to instructional videos for both algebra and calculus as well as on-line math tutoring via Skype. The video lectures, which are free to view, are a great tool for teaching math concepts. I even found a video lecture on the "Bottoms Up Factoring" method, which is the same description as one of my Flash1 projects as well as the game my Flash 2 project will be based upon. The on-line tutoring is the site's money maker, where clients pay in advance for a pre-arranged tutoring session with a live tutor over a Skype interface. They charge $30 for a half hour tutoring session! Interactive use of the internet is proving to be an invaluable teaching tool.