Technology Integration 101 – Organized Sites

ORGANIZED SITES are resources that are generally developed with a specific purpose in mind, such as to entertain, present current or historical events, provide background information, instruct, or encourage hands-on activities. They are a combination of site elements and many times will also contain network elements. These sites are generally used for their intended purpose to frame lessons within real and current events, inform learners about a topic, provide exploratory exercises, or provide opportunities to try out newly learned skills. Categories of organized sites include information, databanks, interactive events, current event, historical events, showcases, simulations, and tutorials. These provide good resources to have learners explore problems in context, identify key information sources to learn about complex subject matter, to find information that will help them prepare projects or reports.