| Syllabus
EDEL 11A & B FALL 2000
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| Joyce L. Morris, Ed.D. |
| The University of Vermont, College of Education and Social Services |
| Syllabus
EDEL 11A & B FALL 2000
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| Joyce L. Morris, Ed.D. |
| The University of Vermont, College of Education and Social Services |
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Introductions Objectives, syllabus, course requirements, computer hardware, software and network use. E-mail accounts. The Nets Project: Teacher Standards and Performance profiles-what new teachers need to know about technology. |
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Should Computers be used in Schools? What are some best practices using computers to help students learn? |
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How to format disks, locate applications, use the control panel, print, and access the university network. Taking digital pictures. Locating your folder and placing your digital picture inside. Resizing your picture in Photoshop. |
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Learn all about electronic mail. Use of PINE as a university and universal electronic mail vehicle.Use of address book, distribution lists, messages, personalized signatures. Finding e-mail addresses. Joining a List Serv. Liszt and Tilenet. Basic wordprocessing. Eudora vs. Telnet. An e-mail discussion: the benefits, the problems of e-mail discussions.. |
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Word processing: margins, tabs, columns, spellchecker, editing, printing, saving & retrieving files, adding clip art and using draw-on tools to create a variety of documents. AppleWorks Tips for Educators, Using ClarisWorks in the Classroom. |
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Using columns and sections to publish a newsletter. Students use AppleWorks,
insert digitized pictures and clip art to produce a newsletter about themselves.
See School
Newspaper Unit
The Norfolk Academy Middle School NewsLetter South Cumberland Elementary School Newspaper |
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Using the drawing and painting programs of AppleWorks to create original
art depicting your "dream" school. Saving drawn documents and importing
them into word processing and other documents. KidPix
in the Elementary Classroom
ClarisWorks Tutorial-Paint Program |
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Accessing the Internet, creating and saving bookmarks, understanding URL's, evaluating sites, and exploring the world wide web to locate information. Using Search Engines effectively to isolate relevant information. Evaluating a search engine.. |
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Using Search Engines effectively to isolate relevant information. Scavenger hunts, Webquests, and types of telecommunciation projects. Education Resources for future educators. |
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What constitutes a portfolio? Looking at some online Portfolios. What will our sites contain? Storyboarding site. Read article by Helen Barrett: Create Your Own Electronic Portfolio. |
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How HTML enables us to publish on the WWW. Designing Web pages: Elements of good design. Form and function. Using Netscape Composer. |
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Changing backgrounds, colors, adding pictures and links. Adding scanned and digitized pictures. Using TablesDesign resources. |
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working with graphics in Photoshop |
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working with text in Photoshop |
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Editing pages, problem solving mistakes, preparing for uploading, working on Portfolios |
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Uploading files and granting permission. Sharing our sites. |
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Developing, sorting and searching databases to arrange and isolate specific data. Databases |
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Using a spreadsheet program to maintain a gradebook and budget, students take data from a spreadsheet and convert it into line, pie or bar graphs and include these in a wordprocessed document. |
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Examination of a simulation program used to stimulate instruction. Working in cooperative groups students will "ride the trail." PBS In Search of the Oregon Trail, Oregon Territory, Oregon Trail History Library, Oregon Trail Internet Scavenger Hunt |
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Students learn to install software and examine a number of programs that have applications in the K-12 classroom. They select one program to review and critique. |
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HyperStudio, a multimedia program, will be examined. Student produced stacks will be highlighted. See some student products made in HyperStudio. |
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In this first lesson, students will learn how to create text fields, import text documents, and copy and paste text from other documents. How to create backgrounds, import clip art, place a graphic, scan in pictures, and use the drawing tools of Hyperstudio. A quick tutorial to HyperStudio. |
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Students will learn how to place buttons to link cards and stacks together. Students learn how to control the size of HyperStudio stacks. |
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Students learn to put sound, animation, video and New Button Actions into HyperStudio stacks. |
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HyperStudio | Group Work Time |
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Group Work Time |
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Presentation and sharing of projects, course evaluation |
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