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... part of George Norht's
and Teacher Explorer Center's Web site at UNO
... Updated: January 18, 1999
WWW Site Development for Educators
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EDCI 4993, Spring 1999
4:30 to 7:15, Mondays
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Syllabus
and in class activities for January 25.
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Why do you want to print this document?
It is linked to many other important documents --
your printed copy is linked to the death of trees.
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Home Pages --
Links to Explore
-- Search the Web -- more than visits.
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Description |
Prior Weeks
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13 class meetings left, not counting this one. |
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This Week
Monday, January 25
Welcome our guest:
Dr. Greg Levitt
visit his web site
Monday, January 25
Monday, January 25
Monday, January 25
Monday, January 25
Monday, January 25
Monday, January 25
Monday, January 25
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The topic tonight is Web authoring tools ... what do you need: 1) a web browser, 2) a text
editing program, prefer one with extension to support HTML--graphic or text based.
Optionally needed, 3) an FTM client program, and 4) FTP access to a web server.
House Keeping
Every week
Assignments
Keep in mind that when you complete the below assignments everyone in class will benefit
from your work. This is one great benefit of information networks.
Think about it as text book readings ... except that the whole class reads a little part and
tells the others about it. I expect that by the end of our semester together, you will look
back on these assignments as very important to your overall learning experience.
Assignment: Due by 4:30, Sunday January 17:
Respond to the following by sending e-Mail to Emmit.
Assignment: Due by 4:30, Sunday January 24:
Respond to the following by sending e-Mail to Emmit.
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Monday, January 25 |
FTP - File Transfer Protocol
Last day to return textbooks and receive full refund. |
Friday, January 29 |
Final date to drop courses and not have them recorded .. and receive a refund of fees. |
Monday, February 1 |
HTML Editors
Final date to change from credit to audit. |
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Tuesday, February 2 |
Groundhog Day. |
Monday, February 8 |
One page description of personal web site project is due at beginning of class.
Final date for 50% refund. |
Friday, February 12 |
Abraham Lincoln's Birthday. |
Saturday, February 13 |
Mardi Gras Holiday. |
Sunday, February 14 |
Valentine's Day. |
Monday, February 15 |
Mardi Gras Holiday. |
Tuesday, February 16 |
Mardi Gras Holiday. |
Wednesday, February 17 |
Mardi Gras Holiday. |
Monday, February 22 |
TBA |
Wednesday, February 25 |
Final date for 25% refund. |
Monday, March 1 |
Short presentation concerning the progress of your personal web site project.
This is your mid-term exam, check Evaluation for details.
Mid-semester examinations. |
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Tuesday, March 2 |
Mid-semester examinations. |
Wednesday, March 3 |
Mid-semester examinations. |
Thursday, March 4 |
Mid-semester examinations. |
Friday, March 5 |
Mid-semester examinations. |
Monday, March 8 |
TBA |
Monday, March 15 |
TBA |
Tuesday, March 16 |
Final drop date. |
Wednesday, March 17 |
St. Patrick's Day |
Monday, March 22 |
TBA |
Tuesday, March 23 |
The anniversary of my wedding, visit my wife's web page. |
Monday, March 29 |
Spring Break ... Holiday |
Tuesday, March 30 |
Spring Break ... Holiday |
Wednesday, March 31 |
Spring Break ... Holiday |
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Thursday, April 1 |
Spring Break ... Holiday
Passover Begins. |
Friday, April 2 |
Spring Break ... Holiday |
Saturday, April 3 |
Spring Break ... Holiday |
Monday, April 5 |
Personal WWW Site Project due at beginning of class
Registration for Summer and Fall begins. |
Friday, April 2 |
Spring Break ... Holiday |
Sunday, April 4 |
Easter Sunday
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death |
Wednesday, April 11 |
Passover Ends. |
Monday, April 12 |
TBA |
Friday, April 9 |
My son Barret's birthday. |
Monday, April 19 |
TBA |
Monday, April 26 |
Final self-evaluations due |
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Monday, May 3 |
Our final exam is a university requirement.
Final Exams. |
Tuesday, May 4 |
Final Exams |
Wednesday, May 5 |
Final Exams |
Thursday, May 6 |
Final Exams |
Friday, May 7 |
Final Exams |
Saturday, May 8 and thereafter |
Freedom and justice for all! |
Saturday, May 14 |
COMMENCEMENT (7:00 PM)
Intersession 1999 - classes begins (super-mini session)
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Wednesday, June 2 |
Intersession 1999 - classes end |
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Prior Weeks
Prior Dates |
Description |
Thursday, January 7 |
Eastern Orthodox Christmas |
Monday, January 11 |
Old Syllabus |
Monday, January 18 |
Martin Luther King's Birthday - Holiday. |
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Required reading for this class will be selected World Wide Web sites as indicated each week in the
syllabus. These will be found using the link at the top of this pages titled "Links to Explore."
From time to time we will mention and discuss
some of the available texts covering this topic. You are encouraged to bring to class any
books you find interesting and share these with the rest of us. Bring books and other recourses
to class is one way to satisfy the class participation requirement.
Prerequisites:
This course is intended to help educators acquire a working knowledge of electronic
Information Networks. Begun in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee,
the World Wide Web (WWW or W3) didn't appear in popular culture until after 1995. Today, web site addresses
seem to be everywhere. Do you really know what -- http://www.ed.uno.edu/index.html -- is?
We will discuss how teachers can use WWW sites in curricula development. Especially, we will attempt
to show how developing WWW sites themselves will make teachers more productive. There is a substantial
initial investment in building your own web sites, but once started, it will be easier for you and
"for others" to reuse your work. It may be "for others" is most significant. Not only do educators
directly benefit from their own work, they benefit from all the other educator built web sites.
One example of a great web site to link to you own site is: http://www.ss.uno.edu/homePages/SocStuHP.html.
This is the hyper linked part of WWW.
We will learn that the WWW is just one example of a hyper linked environment ... that the web is the best
known prototype of an information network. It is my expectation that you will come to
understand that no one benefits from information networks more than educators.
Most of this class will be conducted as a business, we will be web publishers. We will be planners,
copy writers, editors, graphic artists, and technologists. We will learn what is a web server, how to
build one, what is needed to start a web site from scratch. We will also discuss what are the future
WWW trends.
Information Networks:
The goal is learning -- taking place in a social context where knowledge is created from
information with action guided by pedagogy.
We will build information networks!
Helping educators develop the skills needed to build WWW sites for themselves (home pages), for
their classrooms, and for their schools are the foundation for the objectives of this class.
Students will be given the opportunity:
Please note that it is possible to earn more than 100 points.
Read carefully each of the six evaluation areas below.
Hint ... follow the links to details of each area.
Final grade will be based in large on student's self-evaluation.
Remember, evaluations are due at the beginning of our last class -- Monday April 26, 4:30 PM.
Today, I am a student in the Ph.D. program, College of Education,
Curriculum & Instruction. In my past life, for 30 years, I was a systems analyst,
programmer, Information Systems manager, and computer consultant. I earned a B.S. in
Liberal Arts from the University of the State of New York, and a M.S. in Computer
Science from the University of New Orleans. My goal is to teach at the college level ...
to help educators integrate Information networks into their daily lives as teachers and learners.
George North
Office: ED 308A
Phone: 280-6523
Home: 834-1891
E-mail: gnorth@mac.com
Web Site: http://georgenorth.net/~george/georgeHome.php
Office Hours:
Monday: 3:30 - 4:30
Monday: 7:15 - 8:15 PM
Also by appointment
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