... part of George North's and Teacher Explorer Center's Web site at UNO
Authoring for the
Wrold Wide Web 		EDCI 4993-603, Spring 2001
4:30 to 7:15, Tuesdays
Syllabus, Part II -- visits. 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.
Links to Explore -- Search the Web -- Live Video -- our Web Site -- WebX'ing

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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. Bringing books and other recourses to class is one way to satisfy the class participation requirement. In addition, two (2) book reviews will be required as part of your readings for this class.




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Prerequisites:
  • Knowledgeable in the use of computers
  • An eMail address
  • Good work ethic
  • Willingness to help others
    • 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://ss.uno.edu/. 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:
  • provide educators with access to abundant resources;
  • provide students with new ways to participate in knowledge creation;
  • provide simultaneous access to information and publishing;
  • bring us closer to the goal of Universal Education;
  • empower students, decreasing the roll of teachers as purveyors of knowledge;
  • make teachers and students partners in learning;
  • join together teachers, students, parents, and community members;
  • build Communities of Learners in a single location (the classroom);
  • join learning scenarios with abundant resources;
    • 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!




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    In Authoring for the Web -- students will exhibit skill in the following -- Instructional program development; curriculum design; state and national standards; and planning, design, and implementation. 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.
    1. Develop the vocabulary needed to understand the terminology found in World Wide Web (WWWW) site development.
    2. Improve competency in identifying appropriate uses of WWW in their classroom.
    3. Improve conceptual understanding of all the skills and technologies needed to operate a WWW server.
    4. Improve the computer skills needed to aid in classroom management.
    5. Build the skills needed to teach other educators about WWW site development.
    6. Explore, evaluate, and use WWW resources including applications, tools, educational software and associated documentation.
    7. Describe current instructional principles, research, and appropriate assessment practices as related to the use of WWW resources in the curriculum.
    8. Design, deliver, and assess student learning activities that integrate WWW for a variety of student grouping strategies and for diverse student populations.
    9. Design and practice student learning activities that foster equitable, ethical, and legal use of technology by students.
    10. Identify basic principles of instructional design associated with the development of WWW learning materials.
    11. Develop WWW products that apply basic instructional design principles.
    12. Participate in collaborative projects and team activities.
    13. Collaborate in on-line workgroups to build bodies of knowledge around specific topics.
    14. Use a computer projection device to support and deliver oral presentations.
    15. Design and publish WWW documents that present information and include links to critical resources.
    16. Design instructional units that involve compiling, organizing, analyzing, and synthesizing of information and use WWW to support these processes.
    17. Conduct research and evaluate online sources of information that support and enhance the curriculum.
    18. Design and practice methods/strategies for teaching concepts and skills for applying information access and delivery tools.
    19. Practice methods and strategies for teaching problem-solving principles and skills using WWW resources.
    20. Practice methods and strategies for teaching WWW concepts and skills in a lab and classroom setting.
    21. Design and implement integrated WWW classroom activities that involve teaming or small group collaboration.
    22. Identify activities and resources to support regular professional growth related to WWW.
    23. Describe student guidance resources, career awareness resources, and student support activities related to WWW.
    24. Compare national KŠ12 computer or other technology standards with benchmarks set by local school districts and critique each.
    25. Identify professional organizations and groups that support the field of educational computing and technology.
    26. Design a set of evaluation strategies and methods that will assess the effectiveness of instructional units that integrate the WWW.
    27. Identify and describe strategies to support development of school and laboratory policies, procedures, and practices related to use of the WWW or other technology.
    28. Demonstrate methods for hypermedia development in KŠ12 schools.
    29. Demonstrate uses of hypermedia.
    30. Demonstrate methods for teaching social, ethical, and legal issues and responsible use of technology.
    The goal is learning -- taking place in a social context where knowledge is created from information with action guided by pedagogy.




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    Read carefully each of the five evaluation areas below. Hint ... follow the links to details of each area.

    Information below is tentative and will change in the next two weeks based on what we as a class decide is important to do in our time together this semester.

  • 20 points - Two Book Reviews, 10 points each. This is the ONLY assessment (grade) given to you by the instructor.
  • 15 points - Mid-semester exam -- WebQuests -- group project (presentation).
  • 15 points -- Updating College of Education Web Site -- class project.
  • 15 points - Final Exam -- WebQuests -- group project (presentation) ... or, come up with your own ideas.
  • 25 points - Participation -- attendance and contributions to in-class activities. This includes iceCap -- written assignments posted to our list server, discussion board, field trips, and virtual class meetings.
  • 10 points - Timely completion of assignments. You cannot receive an "A" in this class unless assignments are completed on or before due dates and times. Everyone's learning depends on your completing assignments. This includes our (almost weekly) written assignments that will be eMailed to iceCap or posted on our Discussion Board.

    • Final grade will be based in large part on student's self-evaluation. Remember, evaluations are due at the beginning of our last class -- see important dates for exact date.




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  • A = 90 - 100 points
  • B = 80 - 89
  • C = 70 - 79
  • D = Three (3) unexcused absences
  • F = More than (3) unexcused absences





    • Who is
    George North         		| Top | Important Dates | Texts & Resources | Course Description |
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    Today, I am Ph.D. candidate in the College of Education, Curriculum & Instruction. I am a member of the Faculty of UNO's College of Education, assigned to the College office (not to any department). Also, I am Director of Instruction Technology and responsible for the College's Multimedia Development Lab (Ed. 309). 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. I am dyslectic.

    George North
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    Phone: 280-5557
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    Tuesday & Wednesday: 3:30 - 4:30
    Tuesday & Wednesday: 7:15 - 8:15 PM
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