The Year-Long Project 1996-1997

Technology for the YLP
C&I 199 (1996-1997)

One Credit
Syllabus

Class of 41 Assistant Teachers meets in Ed 16 Fridays 12:30-1:30.

Collaborators: James Levin, Michael Waugh, Cathy Thurston, Karl Koenke, Matt Stuve, Evangeline Secaras, Shwu-yi Leu

Assistant Teachers work in pairs on Macintosh PowerBooks issued by the Office of Educational Technology.

Objectives:

To know enough about a computer so that it is a welcome electronic tool.

To know about and use word processing, spread sheets and data

base.

To know about and use Internet and WWW to locate resources, etc.

To know about and be able to obtain Shareware and Freeware.

To know about and be able to use ListServs and NewsGroups.

To communicate via e-mail with colleagues.

To use the computer in the elementary classroom.

To gain knowledge of software availability and selection.

To gain knowledge of managing a one computer classroom.

	Fall Semester, 1996- 1997 Academic Year
Sept. 6	Calendar: Distributed Powerbooks, introduced connecting to internet from home.
Sept. 13	Helps students with hardware/software problems, revisited connecting from home, showed how to use Eudora.
Sept. 20	A thorough explanation of Eudora was provided. Works intro thru specifics Assignment: Due Sept. 25. Complete the survey of computers in classrooms. Assignment was sent via e-mail and is to be returned to Karl Koenke via e-mail. Provided: one disk to copy Eudora folder for use in classrooms or at home.
Sept. 27	Netscape--how to use
Oct. 4	Microsoft Works: Tutorial for Works 4.0, Wizards, intro to database
Oct. 11	Discuss reactions to Sharon Roth. Survey for small group learning activities and second semester. Work with Web sites and finding material for miniunit.
Oct. 18	Jim and Cathy are gone. Provided urls for 96-97 YLP and CU Curriculum guides.
Oct. 25	Pictures, MultiMedia, Creating personal Web Pages. Plan Vanna speak on choices and problems of putting pictures on the WEB, Matt Stuve will provide background for personal WEB PAGE, Kathy will do an overview of Encarta. Class in thirds: pictures, making a Web Page, and previewing multimedia.
Nov. 1	Multi media, Picture Taking, Creating Personal Web Page
Nov. 8	Multi Media, Resumes, Creating Personal Web Page
Nov. 15	Umesh Thacker will bring speakers on network projects
Nov. 22	Multim Media, Scanning, and Personal Web Page
Nov. 29	Class canceled: Thanksgiving vacation
Dec. 6	Ethics and issues, Technology Evaluation Form.
Dec. 13	CHECK IN THE POWERBOOKS
	Spring Semester, 1996- 1997 Academic Year
Jan. 24	CHECK OUT THE POWERBOOKS, fixing any problems, Cathy Thurston asks for Open House Volunteers, Karl and Shwu-yi show the Technology Standards on the Web.
Jan. 31	Tutorials/trouble shooting / powerbooks and software are okay. Cathy Thurston: Overview of new multimedia programs. Karl, Venna, and Shwu-yi: Application of Technology Standards. Matt and Gary: Personal Web Pages.
Feb 7	Application of Technolgoy Standards, Multimedia, Apple Bundles, Web pages
Feb 14	HyperStudio--Vanna and Shwu-yi
Feb. 21	PowerPoint, HyperStudio, Competency Matrix, Multimedia, & Web pages
Feb. 28	The Prairie Project--Jill Shoda
May 15/16	Thursday & Friday, days after last day in classroom: CHECK IN POWERBOOKS

Bring Powerbooks to class on Fridays!!!

These are ideas that we had last year.

Possible textbook next year.
Dublin, Peter et al. Integrating Computers in Your Classroom: Elementary Education. New York: Harper Collins College Publishers, 1994.

Actual Projects/Assignments:

Subscribe to PreSTO as an example of a ListServ.
Use the word-processing tool to write and Eudora to send several journal entries.
Survey your classroom for status and use of technology. Assignment is sent and returned via e-mail.
Find the Champaign and Urbana Curriculum Guides on the College of Education Gopher Server and determine how your required Mini-Unit fits in. Include explanation in your Mini-unit.
Save your required Mini - Unit on a disk and give it to me so that we may put it on the College of Ed Gopher Server as an example of an integrated mini-unit. The idea is to have some examples available so that students can react to previous units or use some portion in their units.

Possible Projects/Assignments:

After two weeks of lurking send your reactions to PreSTO to me via e-mail.
Critique a lesson found by using Gopher. Either our Gopher server or AskERIC.
Subscribe to a News-Group
Describe a lesson that you observe using the format that I send to you via e-mail. Send your described lesson to me via e-mail.
When you write the personal statement section of your resume« let one of your friends in this class react to it. Use e-mail.

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Technology for the YLP C&I 199 (1996-1997)

Technology for the YLP
C&I 199 (1996-1997)