ET630 Agenda Class 4
- Cognitive
Surplus -- This is what Web 2.0 is all about
- Questions and Announcements
- Check Moodle for class pictures
- Web 2.0 Project is due in three classes
- Very little activity so far
- Try to read others' blogs and make comments
- Hand this in by emailing me the URL or submitting it via
the assignment in Moodle
- VoiceThread Update
- Questions
- In small groups, discuss The
Case of "Black Invention Myths"
- What does the Marcovitz chapter, Critical Information Literacy (on Moodle), say is wrong with the site?
- What would the Bruce article, Credibility of the Web say about this?
- What would the different approaches to reading, from the Bruce article, say about this site?
- What about sites like http://www.martinlutherking.org/ (warning: content is not appropriate for all ages and sensibilities)
- Nazis on the Web: Group Exercise
- 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.
- In-Class Activity:
- Think about your curriculum and think of 2 or 3 areas
that might benefit from a connection with other classes via the
Internet.
- Brainstorm ideas for projects in that curricular area.
- Share with the class (note other students who might
have overlapping interests with whom you might develop a project
together).
- Evaluating Information on the Web
- Critical Information Literacy and Global Warming (from Marcovitz
chapter)?
- Discussion of Readings
- Harris, "Curriculum
Based Telecollaboration"
- Problem-solving
- Teleresearch: Before seeking information, think about
the purpose
- Peters, Chapter 4 - iEARN
- Don't forget the iEARN username and password to explore
projects
- 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
- Probably Next Time: 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.
- Probably Next Time: Review of Introduction to Creating Web Pages With HTML
- Additional Web Page Creation Sources
- Probably Next Time: 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
- 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
- Assignments
This page was prepared by: David
M. Marcovitz, Ph.D.
Last updated: February 7, 2012
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