ET630 Agenda Class 3

• Questions and Announcements
  • Check out examples of projects from previous semesters
  • Questions
• Internet Projects on the World Wide Web (continued)
  • Science Resources and Projects
  • The World Weather Watch Project In-Depth
  • A Closer Look at 3 Projects
    • GLOBE Project
    • World Weather Watch Project
    • Signs of Autumn/Signs of Spring
• Discussion of Readings
  • Bruce, "Education Online: Learning Anywhere, Any Time"
  • Harris, Chapter 2, pp. 15-40 "Curriculum Based Telecollaboration"
  • Interpersonal Exchange Projects
  • An Interpersonal Exchange with Russia from Serim and Koch, Netlearning
• The Case of "Black Invention Myths"
  • Find your group. Discuss what the Shade article might say about this site.
• Evaluating Information on the Web
  • Bruce, "Credibility on the Web" and Nunberg, Teaching Students to Swim in the Online Sea
  • What's Not on the Web, by Joyce Valenza, article from Learning & Leading With Technology volume 29, number 1
  • Nazis on the Web: Group Exercise
  • Marcovitz, I Read It On the Computer: It Must Be True
  • Understanding Lies
  • Evaluation Criteria
    • Authority, Accuracy, Objectivity, Currency, Coverage
    • 5 Ws of Web Site Evaluation
    • Web Evaluation
    • Evaluation Rubrics
    • Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources
    • Generic Web Evaluation Checklist
    • Critical Thinking in an Online World
    • New York Times article about a "pump and dump" stock scheme in which a 15 year old kid increased the value of a stock by sending messages on the Internet with advice such as "the most undervalued stock ever."
    • Who is giving you health information on the web?
• In-Class Activity
  • In groups based on the grade-levels you teach (primary, intermediate, middle, high school), brainstorm age-appropriate topics to explore in the format of the Nazis on the Web activity.
  • Look for websites that you could use with one of those projects.
  • Each group should email to the class a list of at least three potential topics, a paragraph about one topic that was selected, and a list of websites that provide a variety of perspectives on the topic.
• Introduction to Creating Web Pages With HTML (time permitting)
  • Introduction to HTML Authoring
  • Creating Web Pages With Simple Word Processors
  • A Complete Guide to HTML
  • HTML Code Tutorial
  • Web Site Creation Links from Dr. Marcovitz's "Private" Resources
• Assignments:
• Read Harris, Chapter 2, pp. 40-54 "Curriculum Based Telecollaboration" (already read)
• November, "Teaching Zack to Think"

This page was prepared by: David M. Marcovitz, Ph.D.

Last updated: October 3, 2008