Integrating Websites into the Classroom

For our assignment we are told to look at a website and evaluate that site, I picked:


The Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org

My Brief Description:
When I first opened the page I clicked on the search topic "soccer" and the page just looked like a glorified Google search page, I went to find out that the results are filtered for content which is a great feature for students. I then went back to the main page to see that they had 5 other main sections with their own work.

What are two ways the site could be used in the classroom?
As a trusted site with content when a student is researching a paper you can send them to this site with out to many fears of advertising or bad pages, the sections for kids and teens are really well designed and have help with common school related topics.

The second thing I liked is the "ask an ipl2 librarian" feature, which connects the student to a "real" person if they are having problems using this on line library.


How could the site be used to extend learning opportunities beyond the classroom?
I use the University of Oregon's library all the time out of school to look up interesting topics, I could see students learning about this research library and want to use this page for more than just in the classroom, in the teen section they have an area called "Handle Your Finances" which has information on budgeting and finding a job. This site has lots of information that can be used in and out off the classroom with a minimal learning curve. Print Page in IE