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University of Northern Iowa

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Graduate Research Papers

1999

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Internet in education; Motivation in education;

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Using The Internet To Increase Student Motivation And Improve Communication Skills: Creating An Unusual Jobs Web Site, Deanna Schultz Jan 1999

Using The Internet To Increase Student Motivation And Improve Communication Skills: Creating An Unusual Jobs Web Site, Deanna Schultz

Graduate Research Papers

This project was developed to determine if the Internet could be used effectively in the classroom to increase student interest in their work and improve their communication skills. Students interviewed people they considered to have unusual careers. The information they gathered was then posted to a Web site. Student surveys and teacher observations indicate that the project increased student interest and quality of work. Continuing this project and collaborating with other schools in the future will determine improvement of communication skills.