CECS 5030
Fall 1998 - Tuesday Evening
Tentative Schedule of Topics
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Internet Navigation, Easy HTML
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Sept 1
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Course Overview
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view class web site
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Print out assignments from the web
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Introduction to the Internet
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Video: Amazing Internet; Structure of the Internet
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History of the Internet
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http://www.pbs.org/internet/timeline/
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Internet Glossary
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http://mason.gmu.edu/~epiphany/docs/fgglossary.html
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http://www.zdnet.com/yil/content/surfschool/lingo/lingotoc.html
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http://www.portnet.k12.ny.us/port2000/babble.htm
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Readings: Internet 101 Ch. 1 &
2; Web Spinning Ch. 1
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Assignment 1: Vita from Word to HTML
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Sept 8
Technology Applications
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TA-TEKS overview (ppt)
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Web Mastering TA
TEKS and Resources
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Introduction to the Internet
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Terms
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Internet Connections (ppt)
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The World Wide Web
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Overview of Web Browsers
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Video: The World Wide Web
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Non-Graphical Web Access Tools: Gopher and Lynx
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Readings: Internet 101 Ch. 5 &
6; Web Spinning Ch. 2 and App. A
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Sept 15
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Internet Services
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Basic Internet Services: E-mail, Telnet, News Readers, ftp
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Netiquette & emoticons
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http://www.augsburg.edu/library/aib/mailmanners.html
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http://www.randomhouse.com/features/davebarry/emoticon.html
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Readings: Internet 101 Ch. 3, 4, 8
& 10
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Sept 22
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Searching the Internet
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Video: Searching the Internet
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Search Strategies
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Search Engines (ppt)
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http://www.wtvi.com/teks/article3.html
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http://www.wtvi.com/teks/hunt.html
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Non-Graphical Web Search Tools: Archie, Veronica, WAIS
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Readings: Internet 101 Ch. 7 &
App. E
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Assignment 1 due
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Assignment 2: Searching the Internet
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Sept 29
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Critical Issues
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Evaluating Internet resources
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http://www.louisville.edu/infoliteracy/feline.htm
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Citing Internet resources
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Educational Issues
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Security, privacy and ethics
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Readings: Internet 101 Ch. 12 &
13
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Web Building
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Oct 6
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Design principles
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Web Spinning -(Powerpoint)
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Readings: Web Spinning Ch. 3
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Oct 13
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Graphics Introduction
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Converting file formats
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Quickpics & scanning photos
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Assignment 2 due
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Oct 20
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Review
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WWW Scavenger Hunt
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Assignment 3: Research Paper and PowerPoint
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Assignment 4: Web Page Construction
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Web building from scratch
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Types of programs
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Text: formating, lists
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Incorporating Graphics: sources, placement, background, hints and cautions
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Linking to other web pages within your site and to other sites
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Testing and tweeking
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Readings: Internet 101 Ch. 11; Web
Spinning Ch. 4-6
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Oct 27
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Web development from a template
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site here
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Nov 3
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Posting your web site
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FTP Gets and Puts
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Web working session
Readings: Internet 101 Ch. 9
Advanced Techniques and
Presentations
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Nov 10
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Music and Movies on the Internet: RealAudio
and Movie Players
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What to do with your new found skills: Adding method to madness
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Assignment 3 due
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Nov 17
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K12 Resources and Lesson Plans
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Internet CD-ROM, CU-See Me
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Internet Audio and Video Conferencing
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CU-SeeMe demo
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Downloading/Expanding/Installing from the Web
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Nov 24
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Web working session
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Dec 1
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Web working session
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Dec 8
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Project Presentations
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Assignment 4 due
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Dec 15
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Project Presentations
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