Date/Topic
Learning Objectives

Activity

June 4

 

Introduction

 

Navigating with a browser

 

E-Mail

 
  • Understand Internet vocabulary and netiquette
  • Dissect an internet address
  • Use navigational icons
  • Use the history list
  • Type in a URL
  • Use the history list
  • Compose and send an e-mail

 

  • PowerPoint Overview
  • Internet Certification
  • SiteRate sheet
  • Create an e-mail account.
  • Compose and send a message
  • Introduce paper.  Paper is due on June 14th.

*** Bring in any textbooks or curriculum materials that you would like to incorporate with the web.

***Bring in a floppy disk!

 

Read pages 1-26 in the Educator’s Internet Companion.

June 5

 

Teacher Resources

 

 

E-Mail

·         Use interactive online activites

·         Read mail

·         Reply to a message

·         E mail a link to a partner

·         Add addresses to the address book

 

·         Explore resources/discussion

·         Journal response (reply to an e-mail)

·         Create a QUIA account

·         Create QUIA activity 1

·         Play QUIA activity

·         Edit the activity

·         Send the activity to a partner

·         Create Quia Activity 2

·         E-mail me the activity

·         Create a quiz at Quia

 
June 6

 

Search Strategies

 

Work with a web page

 

·         Find text within a document

·         Copy and paste text from the web

·         Save a picture

·         Save a document Locate web resources

·         Use a search engines

·         Narrow a search

·         Use other research helpers

·         Download and send attachments

·         Seven Steps to Better Searching

·         Scavenger Hunt

·         Download an attachment

·         Create a scavenger hunt

 

Read pages 119-142 in the Educator’s Internet Companion

June 7

 

Internet Resources

 

E-Mail

 

Web Development

·         Use QUIA as an instructional tool

·         Create a signature file

·         Send an attachment

·         Bookmark a site

·         Complete scavenger hunt and key.

·         E-mail the scavenger hunt and key to me as an attachment.

·         Create QUIA activity 3

·         E-mail the activity to me and a partner

·        Guided E-Sheet

HOMEWORK

1.       Research and bring in your district’s web policy

2.       Explore the sites on page 80-118 in the book.

3.       Find a topic for an e-sheet.

June 11

Policies

 

Internet Activities

 

E-Mail
  • District web policy
  • Fair use and copyright
  • Cite an electronic resource.
  • Safety
  • Discussion on web policy
  • Create an e-sheet.
  • Partner e-sheet activity
  • E-mail the e-sheet as an attachment
  • Create a hotlist for a topic
  • Read material on webquests. Also on the web:  http://www.oocities.org/rafeldmann and then click on courses.

Read pages 185-195

June 12

 

WebQuests

 

Web Page Development
  • Understand and evaluate WebQuests
  • Group e-mail
  • Creating links between files.
  • Upload pages to a website
  • Integrating lessons pages 143-184
  • Intro and overview of a WebQuest
  • WebQuest about WebQuests
  • Send a message to a group
  • Create an index page for the website.
  • Upload information to the website

June 13

 

WebQuests

 

E-Mail

 

Web Page Design
  • Review components of a WebQuest.
  • Incorporate different fonts, sizes, and tables on web page
  • Create pages with design elements in mind.
  • Use folders to sort mail

 
  • Internet Activity:  Building Blocks of a WebQuest.
  • Choose a topic and develop and introduction and a task.
  • Create web page for the WebQuest
  • Create an activities page (for QUIA, scavenger hunt, e-sheet, and webquest), homework, and a class info page.
  • Find links and graphics to use for the WebQuest
  • Create folders for saved mail messages.

 

Finish your paper. It is due at the beginning of class June 14th!!!

June 14th

 

Develop the WebQuest
  • Incorporate links and graphics,
  • Upload files to a server.

 

 
  • Work on the WebQuest.  Develop the process and resource section. 
  • Create an e-sheet to help guide the users in the process section.  (You may need several e-sheets)
  • Add information to the classinfo page of the website and upload the changes.

HOMEWORK

1.       Update the index page.  Add information to the classinfo page.  Have your site updated by noon on Monday!

2.       Subscribe to a listserv.  Pages 54-67 in the text.

 

June 18th

WebQuest

 

Web Page Design

 
  • Incorporate targets.

 
  • Work on the WebQuest and any e-sheets.
  • Update the web activities page on the website.
  • Upload the webquest.

June 19th

WebQuest

 

Web Page Design

 
  • Work with a template.
  • Upload files.
  • Develop the rubric for the evaluation of the webquest.  Make sure this ties to local or state standards.
  • Upload any webquest changes
  • Update the index page.
  • Evaluate partner’s WebQuest with rubric.

June 20th

 

Web Page

 

Webquest
  • Edit and upload documents.
  • Listservs and newsgroups
  • Fine tune the WebQuest and the web site.
  • Update webpages
  • Check links for accuracy
  • Listserv discussion

 
June  21st

 

Complete WebQuest

 

Presentations

 
  • Presentations by individuals on their web site!

·         Class wrap-up!!