ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop Using the Internet as a Learning Tool

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ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology WorkshopUsing
the Internet as a Learning Tool

• Angela Benson
• Assistant Professor
• Department of Human Resource Education
• The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• December 8, 2002

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Introductions

• Name
• Program
• Expectations for this session
• What this session is not
• Instructional uses (learning) vs. administrative
  and student support uses
• Resources
• http//faculty.ed.uiuc.edu/abenson/trio/

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Agenda

• First Segment (1 hour)
• Introduction to Internet
• Using the Web as a Resource
• Second Segment (30 minutes)
• Collaboration Tools
• Third Segment (1 hour)
• Build a Resource Web Site
• Fourth Segment (30 minutes)
• Getting Started
• Final Questions
• Evaluation

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Objectives

• After this session, you will be able to
• Identify two categories of Internet instructional
  tools and give examples of each
• Draft a preliminary plan for how your program can
  use the Internet as a learning tool
• Develop a basic web page using Microsoft Word or
  Microsoft Powerpoint

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Introduction to the Internet

• A few basics to get us started

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Definitions

• Internet
• A vast global network of millions of computers
• Web
• A system of Internet servers that support
  specially formatted documents.
• The World Wide Web is a way of accessing
  information over the Internet.
• Source http//www.webopedia.com/

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Basic Internet Protocols

• E-mail
• FTP (file transfer protocol) uploading and
  downloading files
• World Wide Web (WWW or Web)

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World Wide Web (WWW or Web)

• URL, Uniform Resource Locator
• protocol//host/path/filename
• Hyperlink
• Connect to other documents on the Web
• Text, images, sound files, video files
• Can do locally as well with Word and Powerpoint

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URL Components

• http//faculty.ed.uiuc.edu/abenson/trio/aspira2002
  .ppt
• Protocol http
• Host faculty.ed.uiuc.edu
• Domain names for hosts
• Path abenson, trio
• Filename aspira2002.ppt

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Domain Names

• .com commercial
• .edu education
• .gov U.S. government
• .org non-profit organization
• .net network access provider
• .mil military
• Country
• .uk United Kingdom
• .ca Canada
• Not absolutes!

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Web as a Resource

• An introduction to using the web as a resource
  for learning

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Typical Resource Usages

• Student academic support
• Teaching materials
• Presentation of student work
• Research and information gathering

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Student Academic Support

• Homework Help
• Discovery School http//school.discovery.com
• Ask Jeeves http//www.askjeeves.com
• A Library Resource Page
• http//www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework
• Study Skills
• Dr. Ah-Clem at http//thetwocrows.com/ahclem/index
  .html
• Virginia Tech at http//www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdy
  hlp.html
• Richland Community College
• http//www.richland.cc.il.us/staff/sblahnik/studys
  kills.html

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Instructor Teaching Materials

• ISTE National Educational Technology Standards at
  http//cnets.iste.org/
• Lesson Plans
• Need Lesson Plan URLs Search Activity
• Field Trip Guides
• White House Tours
• http//www.whitehouse.gov/history/whtour/
• The Field Trips Site
• http//www.field-guides.com/

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Display and Share Student Work

• Student Multimedia Presentations (PPT
  presentations)
• Student Newsletters and Brochures
• Student Documents (Papers, Reports, Stories, etc)
• Student Video Productions
• Student Databases and Spreadsheets
• TRIO Thinkquest at http//www.triothinkquest.org

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Introduction to Web Research

• There are a lot of resources on the Web, but we
  have to find the ones we need

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Web Directories

• General topics to explore
• Good for browsing topics
• Maintained by people, many times experts or
  authorities
• Examples
• http//www.yahoo.com, Commercial
• User-submitted sites
• http//infomine.ucr.edu, Academic
• Academically reviewed and approved sites

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Search Engines

• Program finds and indexes sites
• Keyword search, more specific
• Good when searching for something specific
• Examples
• http//www.google.com/
• http//www.alltheweb.com (meta-search)
• http//www.askjeeves.com (QA format)

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Search Strategy Questions

• What do you want to know?
• What are the key concepts or topics?
• What keywords define those concepts/topics?
  (include synonyms)
• What is the relationship between the keywords?
• How does the search tool youre using require you
  to specify that relationship?

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Useful URLs

• Web Search Cheat Sheet
• http//www.colosys.net/search/
• Find Spot
• http//findspot.com/
• University of Michigan School of Information
• http//www.ipl.org/
• University of Albany Library
• http//library.albany.edu/internet/
• UC-Berkeley Library
• http//www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Int
  ernet/FindInfo.html

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Search Exercise

• Find lesson plans related to a topic of interest
  to your program

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Evaluating Web Resources

• Points to consider
• Purpose
• Author, Publisher
• Intended Audience
• Perspective
• Currency
• Accuracy
• Links
• Evaluation Guides
• http//lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.html
• http//www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Int
  ernet/Evaluate.html
• http//www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/web
  eval.html

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Deep Web

• Web databases not accessible by search engines
• Many fee-based
• Also called invisible Web
• A White Paper
• http//www.brightplanet.com/deepcontent/tutorials/
  DeepWeb/index.asp
• Examples
• University Library, e.g., http//www.library.uiuc.
  edu/
• Virtual Library, e.g., http//www.vlibrary.org/

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Plagiarism

• What it is
• Using ideas and expressions without citing the
  source.
• Why its easier on the Web
• Copy-and-paste
• Buying papers online
• How to spot it
• http//www.plagiarism.org/
• How to prevent it
• Inform students
• More information
• http//www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/citing.htm

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Internet Collaboration Tools

• A hands-on experience with Internet collaboration
  tools

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Collaboration Tools

• Synchronous
• Chat rooms (text or voice)
• Web Conferencing (including video)
• Asynchronous
• E-mail
• Mailing lists
• Newsgroups
• Bulletin boards
• Streaming media
• Summary Sheet
• Blackboard
• Yahoogroups at http//groups.yahoo.com/group/Onlin
  eTRIO/

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Building a Web Resource

• Using teams, lets build resource web pages for
  your programs

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Web Pages using Powerpoint

• Create a directory/folder on your floppy disk and
  name it aspira2002_name
• Open Powerpoint and create a presentation for
  your program on some topic related to Using the
  Internet as a Learning Tool
• Include links to relevant web resources
• use Hyperlink from the Insert menu
• When complete, convert PPT to a web page
• use Save as Web Page from the File menu
• Be sure to save in your aspira2002_name
  directory/folder
• Use index as the filename
• Note that Powerpoint creates an index file and
  an index_files directory/folder

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Web Pages using Word

• Create a directory/folder on your floppy disk and
  name it aspira2002_name
• Open Word and create one or more documents for
  your program on some topic related to Using the
  Internet as a Learning Tool
• Include links between the document and links to
  relevant web resources
• use Hyperlink from the Insert menu
• When complete, convert documents to web pages
• use Save as Web Page from the File menu
• Be sure to save in your aspira2002_name
  directory/folder
• Use index as the filename for your first page
• Note that in some cases Word creates an index
  file and an index_files directory/folder

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Getting Started

• A few tips to help you implement some of these
  ideas

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Getting Started - Plan
Getting Started - Plan

• Develop a technology integration plan
• Contributes to program objectives
• Promotes active learning for clients/students
• Get computers into the hands of clients/students

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Getting Started - Personnel

• Build your knowledge base
• acquire the knowledge yourself or secure a
  resource person with the knowledge (could be a
  learner)
• technical technology skills
• learning technology skills

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Getting Started - Partner

• Leverage local resources (find partners)
• Associated school may provide
• Space for labs
• Fully equipped labs
• Internet/e-mail accounts for clients/students
• Technical support for equipment
• Technology training for staff
• Matching funds for any grant money received

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Getting Started - Hardware

• Purchase quality equipment first
• fast computers with fast access
• 256K RAM
• CD-RW
• 80 MB hard drive (the bigger the better)
• 17 monitor
• Dell Computers at http//www.dell.com
• consider portables/handhelds for student loans

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Getting Started - Programs

• Microsoft Office suite standard
• Word for Word Processing
• Excel for Spreadsheets
• Access for Database
• Powerpoint for Presentations
• Frontpage for Web Development (or Netscape
  Composer)
• Internet Explorer for Web Browser (Netscape
  Navigator)
• Outlook for E-mail (or Netscape Messenger)
• Free stuff at http//www.cnet.com

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Getting Started - Access

• Dial-up modem access - 28.8 slow 56K not too bad
  but problematic for large graphics, video or
  sound files
• Cable / DSL / T1 Fast, but more expensive than
  dial-up becoming common place
• Wireless Growing but not yet universal
• LowerMyBills.com
• http//www.lowermybills.com

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Getting Started - Internet Safety

• What/who you allow your students to access
• Who/what you allow to access your students
• Acceptable Use Policies
• http//www.monroe.lib.in.us/lchampel/netadv3.html

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Wrap Up

• QA
• Evaluations