A 45 Hour Course

By Jacob Tanenbaum

jtanenbaum@socsd.org

Description:

Because this course involves so much time creating Internet resources, it is designed as a hybrid course, with 17 hours of face-to-face meetings and 28 hours of on-line work. During input sessions, students will learn to create a dynamic, simple educational website and will become familiar with all facets of using web-based material they create in their classroom. Their fieldwork hours will be used designing their own websites and creating materials they can use in their own classes. On-line support will be given during the fieldwork hours; students will be able to receive support and feedback from the instructor between face-to-face sessions. Students will also review and critique each others websites.

Introduction: (3 hours) – face to face – August 10th 

Students will recognize different types of web-pages 

1. Static pages

2. Dynamic pages

3. User contribution

Students will recognize different components of web pages

1. General information

2. Dynamic information (homework, for example)

3. Videos

4. Vodcasts

5. Audio files

6. Podcasts

7. Blogs

8. Flash

9. PDF files

10. Links

Students will recognize which components go on a given webpage and which are content from other webpages.  Click here for a list of website examples.

Fieldwork (3 hours) By August 12th

Students will go over websites created by teachers. Students will rate them using a form which is handed in to the teacher. The form will ask the students to rate the page and to identify different components that the web page contains and will rate each.

Locating Web-Based Materials (3 hours) -- Face to Face – August 12th

Students will go over sources for materials on websites around the internet. Attention will be paid to government websites, such as NASA, NOAA, the Library of Congress, Google, such as Google Earth, (click here for a Google Earth Sample), Google Books, Blogger and others. Students will leave the class know how to quick locate educational materials that they can link to and use on their websites.  Click here for more links:

Students will create a simple map of pages that they want to include in their website. Students will identify which pages will have to be maintained. The goal is to make a realistic plan.

• Locate and use public domain graphics (3 hours)
• Creating Background Graphics, Themes, Buttons and more. Photo sources to include
• Open Clipart project
• Government websites
• Your OWN PHOTOS
• My photos

Click here for sources for Graphics

Click Here to access Google Sites

Fieldwork: (12 Hours) Create initial pages By August 19th

Creating a Webquest (3 hours) – Face To Face August 19th

Field work: Creating a Webquest (7 hours) By August 24th

• Share our webquests
• Adding Special Effects
• Creating and using a Blog
• Creating and using a Wiki
• Click here for some fun stuff for your site.

Help Each Other and Judge Each Other (3 hours) -- Face To Face – August 26th

Final Topics

• Find more clipart in the public domain at http://www.clker.com  
• Check here for screencasts on the following
• Creating a placemark on Google Earth  and using it on your website
• Editing a photo for use on the web with Microsoft Paint
• Creating a Screencast with Jing
• Creating a Podcast with Audacity

Students will share their websites with the class. Other students will offer ideas and suggestions for improvement.

• Click here for an on-screen copy of our website evaluation rubric
• If you have not already sent me the URL of your site, please do so by clicking here.
• I hope to teach this course again in the soon.  Please let me know what you thought of the class so I can improve it.
• Click here for Pubela Mexico