CECS 5420

Summer 1998

Tentative Schedule of Topics

Week1: Internet Navigation

Course Overview

view class web site

Print out assignments from the web

Introduction to the Internet

Video: Amazing Internet; Structure of the Internet

History of the Internet

http://www.pbs.org/internet/timeline/

Internet Glossary

http://mason.gmu.edu/~epiphany/docs/fgglossary.html

http://www.zdnet.com/yil/content/surfschool/lingo/lingotoc.html

http://www.portnet.k12.ny.us/port2000/babble.htm

Technology Applications

TA-TEKS overview (ppt)

Web Mastering TA TEKS and Resources

The World Wide Web

Overview of Web Browsers and Search Engines (ppt)

Video: The World Wide Web

Non-Graphical Web Access Tools: Gopher and Lynx

Internet Services

Basic Internet Services: E-mail, Telnet, News Readers, ftp

Netiquette & emoticons

http://www.augsburg.edu/library/aib/mailmanners.html

http://www.randomhouse.com/features/davebarry/emoticon.html

Searching the Internet

Video: Searching the Internet

Search Strategies

presentation

http://www.wtvi.com/teks/article3.html

http://www.wtvi.com/teks/hunt.html

Non-Graphical Web Search Tools: Archie, Veronica, WAIS

Critical Issues

Evaluating Internet resources

http://www.louisville.edu/infoliteracy/feline.htm

Educational Issues

Security, privacy and ethics

Design principles

Web Spinning -(Powerpoint)

Graphics Introduction

Converting file formats

Quickpics & scanning photos

 

Week 2: Web Building

Review

WWW Scavenger Hunt

Web building from scratch

Types of programs

Text: formating, lists

Incorporating Graphics: sources, placement, background, hints and cautions

Linking to other web pages within your site and other sites

Testing and tweeking

Web development from a template

site here

Posting your web site

FTP Gets and Puts

Web working session

 

Week 3: Advanced Techniques and Presentations

Web working sessions

Music and Movies on the Internet: RealAudio and Movie Players

What to do with your new found skills: Adding method to madness

K12 Resources and Lesson Plans

Internet CD-ROM, CU-See Me

Internet Audio and Video Conferencing

CU-SeeMe demo

Downloading/Expanding/Installing from the Web

 

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