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Class Date Topic Class Date Topic Class Date Topic Class Date Topic
      5 M 7/11 Research 10 M 7/18  Researching 15 M 7/25 Jon Hogan/ final proofreading
1 T 7/5 Introductions 6 T 7/12 Research 11 T 7/19 Reseach/mages 16 T 7/26 Jon Hogan / upload pages to thinkquest server
2 W 7/6 What is ThinkQuest? Topics 7 W 7/13 Avoiding and Detecting Plagiarism 12 W 7/20 Form pages, groups proofread 17 W 7/27 edit errors check for plagiarism

http://webxact3.watchfire.com/report.asp?t=1

 

3 TH 7/7 Form Groups
Research Topics
8 TH 7/14
Organizing Information
13 TH 7/21

"Decorate", Jon Hogan will be here to help with Photoshop.  Add interactivies.

18 TH 7/28 Final Check reload pages& Final Questionnaire

IN LIBRARY LAB

4 F 7/8 Research Topics 9 F 7/15

Effective Web Site Design

LAST DAY TO TURN IN APPLICATION FOR PROJECT

14 F 7/22  IN ROOM SBET 139

Jon Hogan will be here with Photoshop.  Add interactivities, games or quizzes.  Link url to graphics

19 F 7/29 CELEBRATE!

IN LIBRARY LAB

Email - denisehogan@denisehogan.com


Class 1 - Tues. 7/5

Roll, Sorry the instructor isn't here today.  She will be here tomorrow.  Please get to know each other a little bit today.

Take the online survey on your technology skills.

What is ThinkQuest?  Create a graphic organizer or notes as you read this page.  Be sure to explain the what, who and how.

Read in your packet, the complete rules.  Each teach with another student. 

Using Web Tools

Assignment #1 - Letter of Introduction.  Due tomorrow, word processed in hard copy or email it to me as an attachment.  denisehogan@denisehogan.com

Impress me with your technology skills as you tell me the following information in a letter of introduction.  Use well ordered paragraphs, and be sure that it is word processed.

Where do you live and go to school?  What grade are you going into this fall?  Why did you take this class?  How much computer experience do you have?  Have you created a webpage before?  Do you have a computer at home?  Do you have internet experience?  What topics especially interest you, what might you like to do a project on?  What do you do for fun?

 

Class 2 - W 7/6

The instructor is here.  Who is Mrs.Hogan?  Who are you? Make folders, turn in the letters.

  • Take photos, do you want yours online?
  • Emails for everyone - care2.org
  • Email me the survey as an attachment - Off Line Survey

Create a backflip account

Academic Honesty  Please read section C, describing what Academic Honesty.

Judging Rubric | ThinkQuest Library Search

Top Winners for 2004 

What kind of Learner are YOU?  With whom can you work best?  What topics will you want to research and write about?

Homework - read the "Netiquette" article, online etiquette for email.  Be ready to discuss tomorrow.

 

Class 3 - Th 7/7

Folders - Look at grades online - Feedback

Revisit Backflip

Netiquette "brain dump"

Brainstorm topics, think about grouping 50>25>12>6>3

Beginning FrontPage, making a web page together

Review for tomorrow's activities

HW=Rough draft of the 3 topics - simple outline of what you might want to include

 

Class 4 - F 7/8 Instructor will be out.  Joy be  substituting.

Collaboration From this page, go to the first link, Introduction to Collaboration Tools.  Read this whole  page, then  In groups, find out more about some of the items linked near the bottom of the page.  Share out what you learned with the whole group. (about 10 minutes)

  1. ICQ -  Janet, Diane, and Richardo

  2. AOL IM and MSN - Tawei and Jonathan

  3. NetMeeting - Mill and Jordan

Step Zero for Searching - Do this as a word document,

  1. Your topics (the 3 from yesterday. each of you take one of them.)
  2. Must, Might, Mustn't

Research and Writing Use the first two links on this page to help you write a bibliography entry for the following: (add this to the same word document from Step Zero)

  1. a book on Biometrics
  2. a newspaper article on an event in Iraq (pretend that this is a real newspaper, not online)
  3. a web page

     
  4. Look at Encarta, what can you use this site for?
  5. Look at Library of Congress, what can you use this site for?
  6. What is Turn It In?
  7. What is Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format, what cna you use this site for?
  8. William Strunk's "The Elements of Style", what can you use this for?
  9. A Writer's Reference, what can you use this site for?

Nets Searching - do this activity and record your work on the worksheet that I gave you.  I will collect this on Monday.

No Homework for the weekend.

Class 5 - M 7/11
  1. Discuss and collect the work from Friday.
  2. Folders , and what you keep in your notebook.
  3. Discuss web page organization, navigation.
  4. Avoiding and Detecting Plagiarism
  5. Research for the project - have a plan.  You will need LOTS, and you need to record the sources for your bibliography. Due tomorrow = 2 pages, with sources cited.
 
Class 6 - T 7/12

Google review

  1. FrontPage tutorial 
  2. Ready for the ThinkQuest Paperwork?
  3. Research
Class 7 - W 7/13

Research

Class 8 - Th 7/14

Team application Online Demo for Students http://dev.triothinkquest.org/

TEAM APPLICATION!

ISS just informed me that they created a new folder for
your students, so they can access from any computer
on campus:

Go to My Computer
and then Labs on Bluejay
then MSUB Folder.

They will have to move their work
to that folder so that they can access
from anywhere.

Review Judging Rubric

Citation Game

Fair Use Hand out (Cite with the reference, and on a citation page)

Turn it in

Organizing Information

(Check status http://depts.washington.edu/trio/comp/coach/index.shtml )

 brittain@clunet.edu 5612

Class 9 - F 7/15 IN ROOM SBET 139

check for your team password - look at the interactive tools available to you!

backflip?

Effective Web Site Design

Creating a User Interface

WRITE YOUR WEB PAGE ON PAPER

Class 10 - M 7/18

 

Using a Template Page

Teams must name their homepage file index.html to ensure the homepage appears when Web users type in http://dev.triothinkquest.org/username/
I was able to follow your directions in FrontPage. One thing you may want to add: have your students name their home page "index.html". Always use small file names with no symbols, spaces, or capital letters. It is best if the file names are 8 characters (letters) or less.
Response
Folder names should also be 8 characters or less with no symbols, spaces, or capital letters.

Teams must name their homepage file index.html to ensure the homepage appears when Web users type in http://dev.triothinkquest.org/username/

Homework - decide if and how you will use

  • Discussion board
  • survey
  • guestbook
  • counter

Finish writing your content - captains will organize

 

Class 11 - T 7/19

 

Editing, Mistakes in page, titles or graphics, broken links, personal security (no last names or personal emails) inappropriate content, quizzes that aren't quizzes

CITATION PAGE WITH LINKS

Guidelines for Using Images from the Web

Finding images that you can use on the web.

Class 12 - W 7/20 IN ROOM SBET 139

Interactivity cannot contain CGI or PHP scripts OR advertising

Class 13 _ Th 7/21 Jon Hogan will be here.

 

Free clip art | Barry's clipart | NASA photos | WebShots

Preparing images in Photoshop

Interactivity Options http://depts.washington.edu/trio/comp/howto/pieces/pointers/index.shtml

naming pages, linking graphics to the sources, citation page links and check text in google

 

 

Class 14 - F 7/22 IN ROOM SBET 139

Jon Hogan will be here.

Class 15 - M 7/25 Jon Hogan will be here.
Class 16 - T 7/26 Jon Hogan will be here.

Upload the web pages

Class 17 - W 7/27 Upload the web pages with corrections
Class 18 - Th 7/28 IN LIBRARY LAB

Fill in the team questionnaire. http://depts.washington.edu/trio/comp/coach/steps.shtml#5

 

Class 19 - F 7/29  IN LIBRARY LAB

Celebrate our completion. I will see you Tuesday night.

  1. Make a new webpage on your own, send me the url.http://geocities.yahoo.com/
  2. Adventures in Cyberspace http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/teachers/dhogan/mentor/6thgradeall/enrichment/advcyberspace.htm
  3. ?? Other?

 

 

 

List of all assignments

Assignment Date assigned Date Due Points Possible
1. Letter of Introduction 7/05/05 7/06/05 10
2 "Netiquette" article, online etiquette for email.  In class "brain dump" 7/06/05 7/07/05 5
3.Step Zero and Research and Writing Activity 7/08/05 711/05 5
4.Searching NETS 7/08/05 7/11/05 5
5.Two pages of Research with sources in digital format, word 7/11/05 7/12205 5
6. Five  pages of Research with sources in digital format, word 7/12/05 7/13/05 5
7. Five  pages of Research with sources in digital format, word 7/13/05 7/14/05 5
8. Map of your website - (like the one on the board) as a group 7/14/05 7/15/05 5
9. SIGN AND RETURN THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS PAGE 7/13/05 7/15/05 5

 


 
 

Resource Links
ILAST resources Frontpage Tutorial Jesus's TQ page

WEB RESOURCES PAGE http://www.oswego.org/staff/cchamber/webdesign/web_tools.htm

Cool Archive http://coolarchive.com/

Web Abstractions http://wsabstract.com/

Web Monkey http://webmonkey.wired.com/webmonkey/

Find Sounds http://www.findsounds.com/ISAPI/search.dll

Pics4Learning 
"A copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students. The Pics4Learning collection consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers."

Flaming Text - "This site allows you to create all kinds of quality graphics for web pages and other uses. It's free, fast and easy to use. In just seconds you can create headings, buttons, arrows and much more, just like the pros!"

ArtToday - High-quality clipart, buttons, arrows, bullets, graphics, backgrounds

 Clipart for All Ages! Web Clip Art - clip art links to everything plus clip art collections

Awesome Clipart for Kids: Kid & Family-Friendly

 

Backflip

CA State Content Standards Microsoft page on Frames

Trio ThinkQuest Tutorials on FrontPage

 
ThinkQuest help tquest@washington.edu

206-543-9288

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