Internet+Study+Schedule

Welcome to our first Internet study. Topics to be covered include:
 * Validating Internet resources
 * A survey of new Web tools with possibilities for classroom use
 * QuizStar
 * Internet Projects
 * Web-Based Communities and Peer-to-Peer Applications


 * Resources**
 * Internet Study Readings
 * Web 2.0 Tools


 * Session 1 - February 14**
 * Framing the study
 * Read TIME Magazine article "[|How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century]"
 * Watch video "[|Web 2.0 - The Machine is Us/ing Us]"
 * Discussion & initial reactions


 * Session 2 -** **February 21**
 * Assessing the credibility of Internet resources
 * Read article "[|Teaching Zach to Think]"


 * Session 3 -** **February 28**
 * Lab time to explore website credibility


 * Session 4 -** **March 7 (Scott out)**
 * [|QuizStar] - an online quiz program
 * Student Directions for registering and taking quizzes that you can modify for your own classes.


 * Session 5 -** **March 14 (Scott out)**
 * Internet Projects - The idea behind Internet Projects is to facilitate collaboration among students all over the world.


 * Session 6 -** **March 21**
 * [|a blog|Blogs & Wikis]


 * Session 7 -** **March 28**
 * Lab time / follow-up on blogs and blogging


 * Session 8 -** **April 4**
 * Lab time / follow-up on wikis
 * Presentation on PBWiki


 * Session 9 -** **April 18**
 * [|Firefox] & [|Del.icio.us] Overview & Demo
 * Firefox & del.icio.us Q&A wiki page
 * Why use [|Firefox]?
 * Social bookmarking using [|del.icio.us]
 * [|Del.icio.us] plugin for [|Firefox]


 * Session 10 -** **April 25**
 * Lab time to explore Firefox & del.icio.us

(username - greeley; password - west) (library ID from school computer - spartans; for home access username - gree94827; password - spartans1)
 * Session 11 -** **May 2**
 * [|United Streaming]
 * [|Opposing Viewpoints]
 * Web-based Communities and Peer-to-Peer Applications (My computer is running at less-than-turtle-speed, so I got frustrated trying to establish the links. If you open this Word document, the links are provided there. I recommend cutting and pasting the URL into the web address space instead of trying to link directly through Word--it will probably be faster that way! ~Kim)


 * Session 12 -** **May 9**
 * Lab time to explore Google Notebook & Google Docs