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Section 1: Access to People

Section 1: Access to People. By Kim Hollingsworth ETEC 562. Communication is enhanced via use of the Internet by:. Colleagues Professionals Teachers Students. Email Listservs Mailing lists Discussion groups. Chats Bulletin boards Newsgroups Forums. Ways to Communicate.

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Section 1: Access to People

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  1. Section 1: Access to People By Kim Hollingsworth ETEC 562

  2. Communication is enhanced via use of the Internet by: • Colleagues • Professionals • Teachers • Students

  3. Email Listservs Mailing lists Discussion groups Chats Bulletin boards Newsgroups Forums Ways to Communicate

  4. Email for Professional Purposes • Reminders • Questions • Messages • Notes on school events • Non-traditional email connected via Internet web site

  5. Non-traditional E-mailExamples • AskEric • Provides educational info • http://askeric@askeric.org • Teacher-2-Teacher (Mailing list) • Focuses on exchange of ideas in k-12 • http://www.teachnet.com/t2t/

  6. E-Mail For Instructional Purposes • Connect Students around the world to: • Enhance the curriculum • Establish new friendships • Enrich student communication skills

  7. Listservs/Mailing Lists • “Listserv” and “Mailing List” - interchangeable • Users must subscribe • Individuals send e-mails to subscribed list of members

  8. Discussion Groups • Another type of listserv • Resembles conversation between many people on a common topic of interest • Asynchronous

  9. Chats • Synchronous • Sender and receiver communicate in real time • Kidlink • http://www.kidlink.org Offers chat channels for teachers and students Online activities for 15 and under

  10. Bulletin Boards, Newsgroups and Forums • Different from mailing lists and discussion groups: • Messages not delivered to e-mail • Must visit website to read • No subscription required • Warning: Uncensored, open nature allows for variety of different beliefs.

  11. Ways to find Listservs • Liszt - directory of e-mail discussion groups • http://www.liszt.com • Tech.learning – link to Well Connected Educator • Forums to share success stories about using technology in teaching • Includes publishing center for student work • http://www.techlearning.com

  12. Telementoring Online mentor Mentor Center http://mentorcenter.bbn.com/ Tutor 2000 http://www.tutor2000.com Ask an Expert Qualified expert Nasa’s Quest Project http://quest.arc.nasa.gov Ask Jeeves for Kids http://www.ajkids.com Additional Resources for Communication on Web

  13. Section 2: Access to Resources Four main uses of the Web:

  14. Information Source • Use Search Engines Yahoo, Google, Dogpile, Altavista • Use Boolean Logic • Using keywords and the use of and, or, and not • Narrows or broadens your search

  15. For Effective Searching • Seven Steps to Better Searching • http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/sevensteps2001.html • Four NETS for Better Searching • http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/fournets.htm

  16. Research Tool • Explore libraries • Locate articles and other documents • Visit websites related to topic

  17. Sites for Educational Research • United States Dept. of Education • http://www.ed.gov • Peterson’s Education Center • http://www.petersons.com/ugrad • JASON Project • http://www.jasonproject.org

  18. Lesson Plan Bank • Variety of lesson plans and activities • Categorized by grade level or subject • Education World • http://www.education-world.com

  19. Professional Development • Tutorials, online forums, and text resources • Distance Education Courses • Scholastic Magazine • http://scholastic.com

  20. Information on the Internet • Web Page – a document that is viewed with a browser (IE, Netscape) • Web Site – a group of web pages • Web Server – a computer that runs software that allows Web pages to be shown by a browser

  21. Web Page Publishing • Authoring Tools – software packages that provide an easy way to create Web pages: • Microsoft FrontPage • http://microsoft.com • Adobe Systems PageMill • http://ww.adobe.com • 30 Day free trial

  22. Programming LanguageHTML • Hypertext Markup language • most common programming language of the web • Platform independent • Tags used to format text • 24 Hour Html Café • http://www.24hourHTMLcafe.com • Webmonkey HTML Cheatsheet • http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/reference/html_cheatsheet/

  23. The World Wide Web • The World Wide Web is used extensively today because of web pages that have been published over the last decade.

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