... part of George North's and Teacher Explorer Center's Web site at UNO Authoring for the World Wide Web EDCI 4993-602, Spring 2002 4:30 to 7:15, Wednesdays Syllabus -- visits. This week's in class activities. 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 Important Dates eMail :: | George | iceCap | Attendance | Prior Weeks | Top | Texts and Resources | Course Description | Objectives | | Evaluation | Grading | Who is George North | Class Web Database | Date What's going on! This Week Wednesday February 27 Wednesday February 27 Wednesday February 27 Back to Top Wednesday February 27 Wednesday February 27 Wednesday February 27 Back to Top Wednesday February 27 Wednesday February 27 Wednesday February 27 Back to Top Wednesday February 27 Wednesday February 27 Wednesday February 27 Back to Top Wednesday February 27 Wednesday February 27 Wednesday February 27 Back to Top Wednesday February 27 Wednesday February 27 Wednesday February 27 Back to Top Make a free donation of food to hungry people around the world. Send your attendance eMail (every week) Be sure you understand next week's assignment. Journal at the end of class tonight. This is your opportunity to comment and make suggestions about our class. Journal entries are Anonymous. Password is Anon61351. You may also Journal using your own password, in which case your entry will NOT be anonymous. Tonight we will Cover questions about Exam 2 understand WebQuests Explore Filamentality Break into groups to consider web authoring using Word, Publisher, and others Keep George on task! Let's start ... Try to schedule Filed Trips ... and other class meeting issues? A WebQuest about WebQuests Filamentality - is a fill-in-the-blank interactive Web site that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning Web resources into learning activities. Beginners Guide HotList - The first step in using the power of the Internet for learning is linking to the sites that you find most useful. When you create a hotlist, your learners will be saved hours of aimless surfing. Example China on the Net Scrapbooks -- exporation of a Multimedia Scrapbook. Here learners dig through a collection of Internet sites organized around specific categories such as, photographs, maps, stories, facts, quotations, sound clips, videos, virtual reality tours, etc. Learners use the Scrapbook to find aspects of the broader topic that they feel are important. Example Exploring China Treasure Hunt -- The basic strategy here is to find Web pages that hold information (text, graphic, sound, video, etc.) that you feel is essential to understanding the given topic. Example Black Histroy Past to Present Subject Sampler -- Samplers work like "a box of chocolates": you open the box, look over things, think you can see something you'd like, then poke your finger into it. If you like it, you eat it. If you don't, you leave it poked into for someone else to try. Sample Exploring Chinese Culture WebQuest -- When it's time to go beyond learning facts and to get into grayer, more challenging aspects of the topic, your students are ready to try a WebQuest. Basically, a WebQuest presents student groups with a challenging task, scenario, or problem to solve. Example Look Who's Footing the Bill The WebQuest Home Page Small groups ... for hands on exploration of what? Using the Web in an educational setting No one benefits more from the Web than do educators Reuse - a very large issue in Computer Science Documents, artifacts, web pages Content and the display of content -- the unique contribution of the Web before building Web sites of our own we should practice evaluating the work of others Writing Space think critically about World Wide Web Resources Kathleen Schrock's Guide for Educators Evaluating Web Resources by Jan Alexander and Marsha Ann Tate In class next week we will practice .. Strategies for building websites using other web sites for Ideas, models, templates, graphics -- what about copyright? your word processor Microsoft Publisher or Print Shop Pro Publisher ($25) Microsoft FrontPage and FrontPage Express Netscape Communicator (Composer) (free)! Web based tools like ExPage Adobe GoLive (used to be PageMill) DreamWeaver Text Editors for writing HTML yourself, BBEdit is Mac only, free editors for Windows -- search ZDNet for "edit html" More info about Web Page editors. How to ... with comments about using frames More info than you need -- even an explanation of Cookies! Is your Domain Name taken? AngleFire, TriPod -- and other free web places What is a WebQuest anyway? Life Magazine ceased publishing, but it lives on the web. How do I contribute to my web site -- FTP For Windows -- Download and install freeFTP Another free FPT client is WS_FTP, but it only works in Windows 95/98. ZDNet is a good place to search for free and almost free software! For Mac ... 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. Assignment for next week: CONTINUE ... building web pages, anything. FTP it to your space on our web server. Make mistakes, ask George for help. You've got two weeks to discover the problems you face in getting started. Make good use of this time. START!!! Start a discussion about Exam 2. 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. Prior Dates Description Wednesday, January 16 First Class Wednesday, January 23 The Web is? Wednesday, January 30 Evaluating Web Sites Wednesday, February 6 HTML or NOT Wednesday, February 13 Mardi Gras recovery Wednesday, February 20 Browser Preferences Back to the Top Back to Top