ET630 Agenda Class 4

• Cognitive Surplus -- This is what Web 2.0 is all about
  
• Questions and Announcements
  • Web 2.0 Project is due in two classes
  • After an early surge, the activity has died down
    
  • Try to read others' blogs and make comments
  • Hand this in by submitting the URL and the (optional) paragraph via the assignment in Moodle
  • Critical Information Literacy Project is due in four classes
    
  • Class Summary Update
  • Liz and Sam are tonight
  • Matt and Cheryl are next week
    
  • Don't forget you are required to comment on the class summary before next class
  • Questions
• Web 2.0 Sharing
• Three to five volunteers to share something new in their Web 2.0 projects
  
• Evaluating Information on the Web
  • Teaching Students to Swim in the Online Sea
  • 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
    • Evaluation Rubrics by Grade Level
    • Generic Web Evaluation Checklist
    • 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?
• Critical Information Literacy and Global Warming (from Marcovitz, Chapter) 2?
  
• Discussion of Readings
• Peters, Chapter 4 - iEARN
  
• Peters, Chapter 5 - ePals
• Go to Moodle to find out your username
• Your password is ... I'll tell you in class
  
• Login and exchange emails with your classmates
• You don't need to login to explore projects
• When you are ready to have your class participate, create a profile
  
• Review of Introduction to Creating Web Pages With HTML (continued)
  
• See Marcovitz, Chapter 9
  
• Look for Head First HTML with CSS and XHTML, listed as secondary text on the syllabus
  
• A Complete Guide to HTML
• HTML Code Tutorial
• Additional Web Page Creation Sources
  • Colours on the Web
  • Color combos for good design
    
• Using Your Loyola Web Space
  • Guide to Student Personal Web Pages at Loyola
  • Test out loading pages into your Web space
    • Create a simple Web page (or use one you already have)
    • Log in to your G:\ Drive and copy a file into the www folder
    • If you are on a Loyola computer, you can just copy to the G:\ drive in My Computer
    • If you are on a laptop, you will need to follow the directions for accessing the G:\ drive from home on Windows or Mac
  • Find your page online
    • http://studentpersonalpages.loyola.edu/username/www/foldername/filename.html
    • "username" should be your username (that you use to login to WebAdvisor, Moodle, etc.)
    • "foldername" should be the name of the folder you put the file in on the server (if any)
    • "filename.html" is the name of the file, which can be omitted if the file name is index.html
• Web Page Creation with KompoZer
• KompoZer has some issues - quit and restart KompoZer if something stops working
• Aptana - good for editing code (not WYSIWYG)
• Time permitting: Play with KompoZer
• Create a Web site for the Critical Information Literacy Project you brainstormed last class
• Include at least three pages (e.g., teacher page, student page, list of resources)
• Be careful about relative links (KompoZer sometimes messes them up so check the links carefully)
  
• Assignments
• Peters, Chapters 6, 7, and 8
• Marcovitz, Chapter 6
• Peruse http://nschubert.home.mchsi.com/education/eddevelop.html
  
• Respond to Class Summary

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

Last updated: February 1, 2013