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Title of Experience: Using Internet Resources to Support Curricular Goals
MSDE: 06-66-15

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Scope and Sequence 

Pre class assignments

  1. Login with user name and password given   http://www.isharenet.com/mentors/MSDE_Resources/default.aspx

  1. Look at info under each button on the main course page:

    1. Particularly... Course Navigation

    2. Expectations

    3. Contacts: (Add your profile)

  1. Post your picture in jpg format

    1. See how in the document section …Help Folder

Week One: Monday through Friday be present on assignment one discussion board

            The direct link to the Internet Safety webpage is http://ideas4us.com/internet_resources.htm  
on that page I have many buttons leading to multiple resources. But let’s start with the Internet Safety PowerPoint presentation. . There are 3 options for viewing the PowerPoint, my favorite is Option 2 but if one doesn’t work try another.  

In that presentation there is a picture of me on my space, actually it is a picture of my dogs but that’s the point, I claim it is me. And in the next slide is the invitation I received after creating a blog on my space. I think you’ll find it interesting.

All the links in the PowerPoint, or on the website are hot, they will take you to many resources. So let’s start exploring through the hot link listed above. As always I’ll guide you throughout the week.

Question for discussion:
1. Did you find any resources that were new to you or helpful in your understanding of the topic?
2.. What other resources do you use/can you find that might add to this presentation? (List them in the website section on the main page & link them in the discussion. Why did you choose these sites?

3. Would there be value in asking students to create a internet safety powerpoint for peers or parents? Could this presentation act as a starting point?

Week Two: (Cyber Ethics) Monday through Friday be present on assignment one discussion board

Whether the issue is web etiquette, citing web cites, or other legal issues, can teachers take for granted that students understand the serious consequences of their behavior?

There are multiple resources for varying age levels on the topic of cyber ethics here

http://teachers.archbalt.org/credline/cyber_ethics.htm

 
Questions for discussion:
 1. What can we do to impress issues of computer ethics and consequences of poor judgement on our children?
 2. Do our parents understand their responsibilities? How can we help them? Could the students be involved in a presentation to parents?
 3. Look at the sites added to the web section of our course. Find real life examples. Will these help?
4. Do you have any sites to add to the website list? List them in the discussion as well as in the website section

Week Three:  (Web Credibility) Monday through Friday be present on assignment one discussion board:

  Please go to this page and choose an article to review.
http://teachers.archbalt.org/credline/credibility.htm  

If you have another article or source you would rather share, please feel free to post that site for us along with your review or reasons for choosing that site
    
Post which article you will review so that we avoid duplication. Then come back to add your review.
Respond to your classmates as always.

Week Four: Monday through Friday be present on assignment one discussion board

This summer I followed these prompts in a class I took with Norm Constantine from St. Mary's Annapolis. There are ideas we should discuss.
   
Please read the underlined articles and then tell us what you think of Blogging. Could a blog be useful in your teaching world? How?
   
There has been a lot of concern of late with http://MySpace.com, http://LiveJournal.com  
 and other teenage centers of expression. Some of the fear is justified but there is more to these sites that we often do not see from our perspective. Nothing Feels Good, http://www.eschoolnews.com/eti/2005/12/001246.php , by Tom Huffman in ESchoolNews sheds some valuable light on this subject that is worth considering before we dismiss these sites as just bad.
   
Now the flip side
 http://www.eschoolnews.com/eti/2006/07/001525.php

Questions :
1. Go to http://myspace.com create an account to look around.  (If you have a blog here already try another social blogging site like my journal or face book or any other side you have not tried before)
2. How brave are you? What can you learn by creating a Blog here?
3. What do you know about blogging from personal experience?
4. Do you think all educators and parents should experience social blogging first hand?

Week Five: Monday through Friday be present on assignment one discussion board

Did you learn these tricks last week? Creating a blog is not hard. Did you know that you can invite members or require participants to have an account? You can even limit who can and cannot reply. Not all Blogs have to be placed on a site for the world to see. You can create a private and secure blog.
   
1 Read the prompt on my blog, create an account for yourself or login with the account you created for your own blog. Please respond to the question on the Blog found at http://credline.blogspot.com/2006/07/blogging-some-thoughts.html 
   
3. Take time to go to http://blogger.com and create a blog that could be used by your students or colleagues. Take the time to look at all the options. For me the hardest part is creating a user name and password that I will remember. Perhaps it is not a good idea to have a secret place to keep all user names and passwords but I need to do that to survive.
Give us the URL of your blog
   
once your Blog is created save the URL so you can find it.

You can also find it on the Blogger Dashboard

http://www.blogger.com/home 

Please write your user name and password in a safe place.

3. How is this Blog different from the one on My Space

4. What truly remarkable Blogs have you heard about, ones that have helped those in need?

Week Six: Monday through Friday be present on assignment one discussion board

This lesson will give you another edge on what is happening in your student’s world. As with Blogs there are good things and bad things about Wikis. But the reality is you need to know about them.

Read what is it with Wikipedia? 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4534712.stm 

Here is one more article to consider:
http://kairosnews.org/developing-a-wikipedia-research-policy 
Here is Wikipedia:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page 
Questions
Use this encyclopedia. Look up a topic of interest.
1.Did you get good information?  Your students will use this tool.

2.How can you encourage appropriate use?

Week Seven: ( Final Culminating Project) May be posted anytime during the course.
Throughout this course we have discussed ways to help our students use Internet Resources in an ethical, legal and safe manner.

Now it's your turn to share.
Who will be your audience, will it be a colleague, a group of colleagues, an administrator, students or parents.

What lesson will you create to help your audience understand more clearly the power of Internet Research or Safety.

How will you share the results with your colleagues in this class?
Please see the projects from last semester that are in the student drop box for examples.