ET630 Agenda Class 1 AM

• Journey North Video
• Introduction to Course
  • Who Am I?
  • Who Are You? Click here to take survey.
  • Class Schedule
  • Morning Session: 9:00am-11:30am (end of morning is approximate)
  • Lunch is about 11:30am
    • Class vote: 30-minute, 45-minute, or 60-minute lunch?
    • 30-minute lunch means class will end no later than 3:00pm but is difficult to go off campus
    • 60-minute lunch means class will end no later than 3:30pm (as scheduled)
    • Lots of good nearby restaurants
  • Afternoon Session: approximately 12:30pm-3:00pm (depending on lunch)
  • End Time
    • Class is scheduled until 3:30pm (if we decide on a 30-minute lunch, that changes to 3:00pm)
    • The scheduled end time is the time we are guaranteed to be finished (I will not keep you past that time)
    • There is extra time built into the schedule so some days we will finish up to 30 minutes before the scheduled end time
  • Last Day of Class (Monday, July 16) is morning only
  • Check the Syllabus for exact dates of class
  • Syllabus
  • Projects
  • Class Summary Assignment (part of class participation)
  • Check out example projects from previous semesters at: http://www.loyola.edu/edudept/facstaff/marcovitz/et630/StudentWebPages.html
  • Class Web Page:
    • http://www.loyola.edu/edudept/facstaff/marcovitz/et630/
• Textbook Announcement
  • We will use the Peters textbook, additional readings, and selected chapters from my textbook (draft is available via Moodle)
    
  • Final version of my book is due out in July.
    
• Check Accounts and Technical Issues
  • Loyola Network Storage G: Drive (must work for this class)
  • See Data Storage at Loyola (currently, this is only for Windows)
    
  • At Loyola, this is your G Drive
  • At home, see the instructions for connecting
  • Test this here and at home
  • Loyola Email
  • WebAdvisor
  • Moodle
    
• In-class activity: Web Activity
• Reference Material for Review
  • Introduction to the World Wide Web
    • http://www.epiphanysolutions.co.uk/article-index/internet-basics-for-www-beginners/
    • If you need a refresher on Web addresses, check out Marcovitz, Chapter  1, Internet Basics (available on Moodle)
  • Email
    • Introduction to Email Addresses
    • Electronic Mail Etiquette (see also New York Times blog on political email gaffes)
  • Listservs
    • Listserv Etiquette
• Creating a Blog
  • http://www.blogger.com/
  • http://www.edublogs.org/
• Class Summary Assignment
• Sign up for a date at the wiki (including today)
• Sign up before the end of class this morning
  
• Comment weekly (watch your email for directions)
  
• Probably This Afternoon: Introduction to Critical Information Literacy: The Case of "Black Invention Myths"
  • First Impressions
  • The Five W's - http://kathyschrock.net/abceval/5ws.htm
    • Find a partner and try to answer as many of the Five W's as you can with respect to this site. How would a student with the Five W's in hand evaluate this site.
  • Report to the Class
• Probably This Afternoon: Internet Projects on the World Wide Web
  • Science Resources and Projects
  • Project Sources
  • The Global SchoolNet's Internet Project Registry
  • I*EARN Project Database
  • ePals
• Assignments:
  • Take survey before lunch
    
  • Sign up for Class Summary slot before lunch
    
  • Create a blog account and email the address to the class (email right after lunch)

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

Last updated: May 21, 2012