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Authoring for the
World Wide Web 		EDCI 4993-603, Spring 2001
4:30 to 7:15, Tuesdays
Syllabus -- visits.
This week's in class activities.
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Links to Explore -- Search the Web -- Live Video -- our Web Site -- WebX'ing

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Send your attendance eMail (every week)

Be sure you understand next week's assignment.

Journal at the end of class tonight.

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I would like to include in our class schedule two (2) field trips. Talk to George if you want to volunteer your school as host of a field trip.

Some first class-meeting advice.

The idea of Authoring for the World Wide Web as the topic of a college level course is to be understood in the context that this technology is making information availability ubiquitous. The focus of this class is to explore and practice publishing using the web in your own teaching. It matters not if your classroom has no, one, or many computers.
Three things:
1. Gain access. If you don't already have a home computer, or you were thinking that you need to upgrade your home computer, do it. How can you master weaving technology into your curriculum if you can't practice it day in and day out yourself, at home, for yourself?
2. Be patient. It takes time for new ideas and new tools to gain hold and have lasting and powerful effects. Be patient ... with yourself, your collogues, and your students. Remember, learning only takes place if we make mistakes.
3. Have a Purpose: Computers are not IT. This class is not about computers. It is about educators doing what for hundreds of years we have always done -- integrate technology into pedagogy.
  • Don't worry
  • You will learn
  • I wont leave your side

    • In Class tonight:

  • Who is George North?
  • Who are you? What do you expect from this class?
  • What is iceCap?
  • What is WebX'ing?
  • What is the Internet?
  • What is the World Wide Web?
  • What is a web page?
  • What is a home page?
  • What is a WebQuest anyway?
  • Life Magazine ceased publishing, but it lives on the web.
  • Complete your Class Web Page (get your picture taken tonight before you leave).
  • Do you have an eMail address? If not, every UNO student can have a UNO eMail address.
  • Be sure you have access to eMail before our next class.
  • Reread class participation, Evaluation and
  • Self-evaluation.
  • Top Ten Events in the modern history of computing!
  • Who will be first to ask about attendance?
  • Remind me, what are the important dates for our class?
  • When sending mail to iceCap, to George, or to anyone in our class ... sign your eMail (type your name at bottom or top of every message) because it is not always obvious from your eMail address who you are. Attachments are OK, so long as they are NOT the main text of your message. Keep in mind that not everyone will be able to receive your attachment and/or open it.
  • URL -- what is it, how do I copy and paste URLs. Why do I want to copy and paste URLs.
  • Web Server -- how do I know one when I see it?
  • What is a .com?
  • What contributes to a "bad" web site?
  • What contributes to a "good" web site?
  • How do I contribute to my web site -- FTP
  • For Windows -- Download and install WS_FTP
  • For Mac -- ask George for help?
  • Finished ... NOT ... Explore these links.
    •  What if we finish early? What is an Information Network?


    House Keeping
  • This "House Keeping" section of our syllabus will contain information that may not be mentioned during class. But, you are still responsible for knowing and acting on the information here. This is true even if you missed class.
  • In fact, if you do miss class, you are still responsible for every thing on this weekly syllabus, especially the assignment for next week.
  • My New Year resolution is to start class on time. For us this means 4:30 (not 4:35 or 4:50). Please respect your classmates and instructor -- make every effort to be here on time. If you must be late, be courteous -- sent us an eMail so that we know when to expect you.
  • This Syllabus page will change every week. Changes will (almost always) be ready by 4:00 PM on Sunday before class.
  • (Almost) All assignments are due at 4:00 PM on Sunday before class.
  • Every class will start with Questions -- your questions. Show me that you are interested in our class by being prepaired to ask questions, questions about our class, about computers, about any old thing. Don't make me feel silly at the beginning of class -- when I say "any questions?" -- and all I hear is "the sounds of silence."
  • You are expected to keep up with not just your weekly assignments, but that of all your classmates. All assignments will be available to everyone vie eMail or our Discussion Board.


    • Assignment for next week:

    Read about EdWeb -- An intelligent, detailed, informed and practical guide, both to education related issues concerning the Internet, and to educational resources on the World Wide Web. Be sure to click on every pencil.

    Turn in before Sunday, 4:00 PM

  • In a few sentences, answer the question: What does Socrates, Plato and Aristotle have to do with our class?
  • eMail your answer to iceCap.
  • The purpose of this assignment is to verify that you can send (and are receiving) eMail from our list, iceCap.
  • So, if by Sunday evening, you do not receive mail from iceCap you should eMail me, George, about your problem.

    • There will be a "next week" assignment (almost) every week.

  • Weekly assignments are always due on the Sunday before each class.
  • Everyone in class benefits from your timely completion of these assignments.
  • Remember, to earn an A in this class, assignments MUST be completed on time!

    • Future assingments: just in case you are ready to move on.

  • Locate three (3) web sites that you consider to be poorly constructed.
  • What are their URLs ... so that others may visit them.
  • List the problems you observed with these sites.
  • Locate three (3) web sites that you consider to be well constructed.
  • What are their URLs ... so that others may visit them.
  • List the reasons (features, etc) that standout in your mind ... that make these sites outstanding.


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