Schedule of Topics CECS 5030 Fall 2000

Assignments

Syllabus

Resources

Course Roster

HTML Information

Internet Navigation, Easy HTML

September 9, 2000 - Attendance Required (Schedule & Recorded Files)

                              (Smolka Lecture Notes) (Knezek Lecture Notes)

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

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

Readings: Internet Part 1-3; Web Spinning Ch. 1

Assignment 1: Vita from Word to HTML

Technology Applications

TA-TEKS overview (ppt)

Web Mastering TA TEKS and Resources

Introduction to the Internet

Terms

Internet Connections (ppt)

The World Wide Web

Overview of Web Browsers

Video: The World Wide Web

Non-Graphical Web Access Tools: Gopher and Lynx

Readings: Internet Part 5; Web Spinning Ch. 2 and App. A

Internet Services

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

Netiquette & emoticons

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

 http://www.albion.com/netiquette/index.html

http://www.fau.edu/netiquette/net/index.html

http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/09netiqt.htm

Readings: Internet Part 4 & 6

Searching the Internet

Video: Searching the Internet

Search Strategies

Search Engines (ppt)

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

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

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

          Assignment 2: Searching the Internet

          Question: How many Internet users are there? See class responses.

October 21 - Attendance Required

Exam

Critical Issues

Evaluating Internet resources

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

Citing Internet resources

Educational Issues

Security, privacy and ethics

Readings: Internet Part 8 & 9

Web Building

Design principles

Web Spinning -(Powerpoint)

Readings: Web Spinning Ch. 3

Graphics Introduction

Converting file formats

Quickpics & scanning photos

Review

WWW Scavenger Hunt

Assignment 3: Research Paper and PowerPoint

Assignment 4: Web Page Construction

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 to other sites

Testing and tweeking

Readings: Web Spinning Ch. 4-6

Web development from a template

site here

Posting your web site

FTP Gets and Puts

Web working session

Readings: Internet Part 7

Advanced Techniques andPresentations

Nov 18 - Attendance Required

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

Assignment 4 due

Permission for Posting

Project Presentations

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