Educational Uses of Electronic Networks
C&I 300CN (SatEx)

Dates: January 25, February 1, March 8, May 3
(Snow/Backup Dates: Feb 1, Feb 8, Mar 15)

Room: 10 Education Bldg.

Textbook: Williams, Bard (1995). The Internet for Teachers. Foster City, CA: IDG Books (ISBN 1-56884-600-2)

Class Email reflector: satex@mail.ed.uiuc.edu

• Identify your learning goals in this class.
• Maintain a "log" of on-line experiences during the semester and reflect on your experience.
• Participate in on-line electronic discussions and projects with the class and others on the network, complete network writing activities, and explore network resources.
• Learn the structure and process of on-line educational activities
• Explore several network-based instructional activities.
• Propose, organize, and conduct a new network-based instructional activity.
• Write a summary paper which describes your instructional network experiences and analyzes the value of these activities.

C&I 300CN (SatEx) Assignments

• Jan 25: attend first face-to-face meeting

• "Keep a log" assignment: begin now, noting down each time you get on the computer to do things related to this course, what you did, and any problems you had (to be turned in on May 3rd). If everything went smoothly, just make a brief note; if you had problems, elaborate on what they were.
• "Sign in, please!" short bio assignment: By Feb 1st, fill out the short bio web form at <http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/courses/satex/sp97/bio/> (or send the info as email to satex-turn-in@mail.ed.uiuc.edu) This will go on your personal web page.
  Here are the web pages for class members.

• Feb 1: attend second face-to-face meeting

• "Find interesting educational network projects" (network project search assignment) Search the Internet and find two interesting educational network projects.
  By Feb 8th, Describe them by filling out the web form at <http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/courses/satex/sp97/found/> (or send the descriptions as email to satex-turn-in@mail.ed.uiuc.edu)
  Here are the exemplary educational network projects identified by class members.

• "Join an interesting educational network project" (network project participation assignment) report due: join an interesting educational network project. By Feb 15th, join the project.
  By Feb 28: Describe it by filling out the web form at <http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/courses/satex/sp97/joined/> (or send the descriptions as email to satex-turn-in@mail.ed.uiuc.edu)
  Here are the educational network projects joined by class members.

• March 8th: attend mid (third) face-to-face meeting

• "Create an educational network project" (network project organization and coordination assignment)
  
  • By March 15th, send a draft of your proposal to the whole class (send email to satex@mail.ed.uiuc.edu)
    
  • By March 22nd, give feedback to at least two other classmembers' projects (pick two that haven't already had feedback from two people - check the list of proposals to find two that don't have two checkmarks ). Send your feedback BOTH to the authors of the proposals and to satex-turn-in@mail.ed.uiuc.edu
    
  • Make changes to your own project description
    
  • Post to appropriate audiences
    
  • Mediate the project
    
  • Send wrap-up to participants
    
  • By May 3rd: Submit your writeup (short form and long form):
    send a short report via web at <http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/courses/satex/sp97/shortReport/> or send the descriptions as email to satex-turn-in@mail.ed.uiuc.edu

• May 3rd: attend final (fourth) face-to-face meeting
  
  • Make an oral report of project
    
  • Turn in your log pages
    
  • Turn in your short report and long report (printed and on disk - either text only or html form)