... part of George North's and Teacher Explorer Center's Web site at UNO -- Syllabus Home Page World Wide Web in the Curricula visits EDCI 4993-603, Fall 2002 4:30 to 7:15, Tuesdays 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. This is May 02, 2024 - 12:50 pm Links: Search the Web Sites to Explore Important Dates Prior Weeks Syllabus Home | Web'Xing | WebPages | Class Database | View Journal | | Top | Texts and Resources | Course Description | Objectives | | Evaluation | Grading | Who is George North | eMail :: | George | iceCap | Attendance . Date What's going on! 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Please read about | Important Dates | Texts & Resources | Course Description | | Objectives | Evaluation | Book Reviews | Grading | | Participation | Self Evaluation | | Who is George North | In Class tonight: Last Week's Assignment Good questions ... good answers -- Good Job! Who is the Managment of the Internet? Will the Internet meltdown? How do backbone companies make money? What is a mirror image site and how does it help? Why is there a limit of four billion IP addresses? What exactly is broadband? Why is that so important? Class starts at 4:30 and ends at 7:15, OK? Book Reviews? Attendance eMail is for Tuesday's, during class! Remember it is eMail'ed to iceCap? Get your picture taken Start our WebSites -- in class tonight (ask me how?) What is iceCap? Am I using your correct eMail address(es) What is WebX'ing? Edit (or Complete) your Class Web Database (get your picture taken tonight before you leave tonight). Every Week donate food attendance eMail understand the next assignment Journal What about the "WWW in the Curricula" -- what is this class about? "Using Web-based resources in lesson planning and delivery" Let's start -- during this exercise we will: Form groups of 2 (maybe 3) Use multiple web-based search engines Use our "Sites to Explore" resource ... like a menu of Use multiple browser windows Use a web browser and other software at the same time Collect URLs as an annotated bibliography Share with class what you discovered Use MS Word to create a web page Use MS Word to compose answers to the questions below Copy and past your answers to a WebX'ing discussion Upload (FTP) our MS Word web page to our "Class Web Site" Develope a lesson plan Use the idea of a "Treasure Hunt" ... or some idea of your own Integrate Web resources in a lesson Figure someway to make the topic a part of some lager theme Topic is: "9-11" World Trade Center Photo Essay Remember to include URLs When we finished ... answer these question: What are the two most interesting 9-11 web sites you saw tonight? Describe the search strategy that produced the best results when looking for information about 9-11. Post your answers to our Webx'ing discussion for tonight. What about the "WWW in the Curricula" -- what is this class about? What is the World Wide Web? What is a web page? What is a home page? What does it mean "Authoring for the Web?" What is a WebQuest anyway? Life Magazine ceased publishing, but it lives on the web. 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 one? 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 freeFTP Another free FPT client is WS_FTP. ZDNet is a good place to search for free and almost free software! For Mac -- ask George for help ... look for a FTP client named Transmit. It is not free, but you can use if free for 30 before it starts asking you to pay a license fee. Top Ten Events in the modern history of computing! Remind me, what are the important dates for our class? URL -- what is it, how do I copy and paste URLs. Why do I want to copy and paste URLs. Finished ... NOT ... Explore these links. Assignment for next week: Part 1: Research for yourself the issues involving web sites used in an educational setting. Several web evaluation recourses were discussed in class. These should provide you with a place to start. Part 2: As you discover and learn about the advantages and problems of the Web in education, post this information to the assignments section of our WebX'ing message board. You should include in your message (copy & paste) the complete URL of a web page that you felt was particularly informative. Explain the what, why, and how this site peaked your interest. This part should be complete before 4:00 PM on Sunday, Sept. 8. Part 3: After 4:00 PM Sunday, revisit our discussion on evaluating web recourses. Explore what your classmates have to contribute to this topic. Add your two cents by posting replies to their messages. In class next week, we will practice evaluating web sites. Part 4: Without giving away your opinion about a web site, send eMail to iceCap@ed.uno.edu and suggest web sites that you think would be interesting to evaluate. Include the URL of the site in your eMail. Please pick sites that you think are positive examples. Please pick sites that you think are negative examples. please pick sites that you think have both positive and negative features when used in an educational setting. Remember not to give away your opinion. From your suggestions, I will pick several sites for us to evaluate together. 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. It is my intention 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 prepared 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. Do you have an eMail address? If not, every UNO student can have a UNO eMail address. 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. Some first class-meeting advice. 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 colleagues, 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 Ubiquitous Software: An Information Network Paradigm Prior Dates Description Tuesday, Nov 26 Thanksgiving "Copyright Chat" Tuesday, Nov 19 Digital Photography ... getting ready to chat, and Exam 4 Tuesday, Nov 12 Exam 3 Tuesday, Nov 05 Book Reviews, Labtops, SmartBoards Tuesday, Oct 29 Finishing Exam 2, thinking about Exam 4 Tuesday, Oct 22 Exam 2, your presentations Tuesday, Oct 15 "relative" and "absolute" Tuesday, Oct 8 Treasure Hunt? Tuesday, Oct 1 Writing HTML! Tuesday, Sep 24 Hurricane Isidore -- CLASS CANCELED! Tuesday, Sep 17 Evaluating the Web -- the day it rained! Tuesday, Sep 10 Hitting for the cycle (the first time) -- design, research, building, publishing Tuesday, Sep 3 Starting a Website Tuesday, Aug 27 our First Class Other "George" courses Links to prior semester's classes Back to Top