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Internet Publishing = a good idea?. Our college wants us to publish Does Internet publishing count? Yes What is the purpose of publishing The disappointment of presenting at a national meeting. Internet Publishing: Six Good Ideas. Why Publish on the Internet?
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Internet Publishing = a good idea? • Our college wants us to publishDoes Internet publishing count? Yes • What is the purpose of publishing • The disappointment of presenting at a national meeting
Internet Publishing: Six Good Ideas Why Publish on the Internet? There are many cruising the Internet for physics information – Yes, that’s right! What’s in a hit or visit? Course Information and Resources Student portfolios Web service projects
Why Publish on the Internet? • Information when people need it. Findable through Google • Quick and easy for author – just save in html format in Word etc. • Easy for the student to copy, to get great diagrams, view mpg’s, etc. “It’s in their hands” • Eager students can get additional Info • It can help [reach] many people
2. There are many people cruising the Internet for physics information • Slinky started it all. It received 3 times the e-mail that my home page received. • Mine 24000 in 8 years about 8 per day. • Slinky 105,000 in 6 years or 50 per day.
The Audience was seen in the response to my Physics .mpg site On line for three month and already Visited by many countries: Belgium, Brazil, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Slovenia,20 countries in all!! In the years 12 articles in Physics Teacher 2 over seas responses Some Great Universities come to call.
3. The Audience: What’s in a hit? • Actual visits may be 2 or 3 times higher due to caching by large sites like Google. • The beauty of Sitemeter: • It’s free • Tells you where the hits come from • You get graph of all kinds. • Why do some hits show 0 time spent? The back button or a link back!
Sitemeter • Gives you date, time, page views? • URLs, country, etc. • Physics Movies in 3 months has been visited by 30 different countries. • Daddy pays a visit. A visit from Cern where the internet started
People can find your site - Google Results for people in CPS • Physics of dance + Laws • 1. THE PHYSICS OF DANCE, presented by Ken LawsTHE PHYSICS OF DANCE, presented by Ken Laws The Pas de Deux • Physics of Toys: Physics Toys + cps: 1. Donald Simanek's physics and other sciencesPhysicsToys, Tricks and Teasers. ... The Physics Teacher. CPS-AAPT. 164,000 hits • CPS-AAPT1. ... Some ongoing support activities within the CPS-AAPT region. • Physics Movies: 6. PhysicsMovies [MPG's]A collection of physicsmovies and video clips for the physics teacher. Physics and Faith: • 5. Science and Faith Home Page... and Faith: is it Possible for a Scientist to Believe? • Physics Teachers Index: 2. The PhysicsTeacher'sIndex... of PhysicsTeachers [AAPT] American Institute of Physics [AIP] American Physical
Other Things to Publish • Course Information and Resources - provide students with assignments and write ups for class • Web Service projects – develop a vision of service for students • Portfolios – get the whole picture, integrate college experience, look beyond college
Course Information • All course information is present on the web • The assignments are available • Extra Course Resources available
ExampleProblem Solving With Computers Course Page
Problem solving with Computer Class Schedule
Problem Solving with Computers Project Page
Web Service Projects • Project must provide something of service or benefit to visitors • Integrating theme • Useful information • Links to more info and help • Gives students a vision of service
Examples • Sports Bring Unityhttp://webstu.messiah.edu/~mo1173/ • Pirates in the Digital Seahttp://webstu.messiah.edu/~kg1231/pirates/ • Casual for Christhttp://webstu.messiah.edu/~as1321/CFC/ • MishMash http://webstu.messiah.edu/~sb1305/webreviews/web-content/index.html
Have Students Create Portfolios on the Internet • Portfolios – gives the user a picture of the important parts of the students work • Portfolios Show how the courses in the college experience integrate • Help Students plan for post college pl • A place to show significant projects
Student Portfolios • Web Basedhttp://webstu.messiah.edu/~BD000/portfolio.htm • HTML Template Provided • Students add Personal Information
Personal Information • Major Courses
Portfolio Links • Shanna Battaglia(2007)http://webstu.messiah.edu/~SB1305/Portfolio/index.htm • Danielle Books(2007)http://webstu.messiah.edu/~DB1236/Portfolio/index.htm • Scott Detweiler(2007)http://webstu.messiah.edu/~JD1260/Portfolio/index.htm