ET630 Agenda Class 5

• Questions and Announcements
  • Web 2.0 Project is due next class
    
  • 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 three classes
  • Telecollaborative Project is due in five classes
    
  • Be sure you can access your Loyola Network Space (or have some other reliable space to put Web sites)
• Class Summary Update
• Matt and Cheryl are tonight
• Jesse and Becky are next class
  
• Don't forget you are required to comment on the class summary before next class
• We wil have more and more work time as the semester progresses
  
• Questions
  
• Web 2.0 Sharing
• Three to five volunteers to share something new in their Web 2.0 projects
  
• Discussion of Readings
• Peters, Chapters 6, 7 and 8
• Global (and non-global) telecollaborative projects have the following advantages (providing something that is missing from your classroom), found in Peters, p. 82:
1. Perspective consciousness: Awareness that each of us has a worldview, or "cognitive map," that is not universally shared by others and may be shaped by factors that we are unaware of and unable to control. [On the most basic level, think about the number of continents we discussed the first night. --David]
   
2. Knowledge of world conditions (also called "state-of-the-planet awareness"): Knowledge of prevailing and emergent world conditions, including population growth, migration, economic conditions, natural resources, and physical environment; political developments, science and technology, law, health, and international and intranational conflicts.
3. Cross-cultural awareness: Respect for and knowledge of the differing ideas, values, and practices found in human societies throughout the world.
4. Knowledge of global dynamics: Understanding how the world works and, in particular, understanidng the key features and mechanisms of various global systems (e.g., cultural, economic, political, ecological, and social).
5. Knowledge of alternatives (also called "awareness of human choices"): Awareness of alternatives to practices like unrestrained economic growth, current foreign aid/technical assistance policies, and existing consumption patterns.
   
• "You should also not begin a global collaboration just because of the 'coolness factor'--students increasingly demand relevancy, especially older students. Sometimes our innovative efforts in the classroom fail and can seem like a waste, but we have to examine the reasons, for any new initiative takes time for both teachers and students to get used to." -p. 98
  
• CSS Introduction
  
• Review with the video introductions to CSS
• Video 1: What is CSS and where does it go?
• Video 2: Multiple CSS commands and simple things to do to a paragraph
• Video 3: Styles for multiple tags including H1
• Video 4: Classes
• Video 5: Div
• Watch for the mistake with = instead of :
  
• Video 6: The Box Model
• Video 7: More Resources
  
• Check out some CSS tutorials and go through them if you like:
  
• Most thorough tutorial: http://www.w3schools.com/css/
• Good tutorial: http://www.tizag.com/cssT/
• Easy introduction: http://draac.com/css/css1.html
• A thorough but rather technical description of CSS: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/
• Skim parts of tutorials you already know
• Be sure to play with CSS using the Try It Yourself Feature of http://www.w3schools.com/css/
• CSS Practice
  
• Try to create something interesting with CSS.
• If you are at the basic level, just try to create a couple of pages with interesting styling (CSS Styling) and some bordered areas (CSS Box Model). For example, get paragraphs indented and spaced the way you want.
• If you are already comfortable with basic styling, try to create pages with different layouts, perhaps playing with:
• Float: http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_float.asp
• Align: http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_align.asp
• Templates for some layouts: http://www.ssi-developer.net/main/templates/
• Automatic Layout Generator: http://csscreator.com/version2/pagelayout.php
• Put your practice work online (using your Loyola Web space or any other Web space)
• Exit Ticket
• Send an email  to the class list (et630@googlegroups.com) with the subject "Exit Ticket"
• This email should contain a link to your most interesting CSS page that you developed while playing
• This page can be something you developed just to play with the features, or it can be something you plan to use for your Web Site Project
  
• Work Time
  
• Assignments:
• Web 2.0 Project
• Respond to Class Summary

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

Last updated: February 11, 2013