1. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop Using 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

2. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 2 Introductions n Name n Program n Expectations for this session n What this session is not –Instructional uses (learning) vs. administrative and student support uses n Resources –http://faculty.ed.uiuc.edu/abenson/trio/http://faculty.ed.uiuc.edu/abenson/trio/

3. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 3 Agenda n First Segment (1 hour) –Introduction to Internet –Using the Web as a Resource n Second Segment (30 minutes) –Collaboration Tools n Third Segment (1 hour) –Build a Resource Web Site n Fourth Segment (30 minutes) –Getting Started –Final Questions –Evaluation

4. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 4 Objectives n 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

5. Introduction to the Internet A few basics to get us started

6. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 6 Definitions n Internet –A vast global network of millions of computers n Web –A system of Internet servers that support specially formatted documents. –The World Wide Web is a way of accessing information over the Internet. n Source: http://www.webopedia.com/http://www.webopedia.com/

7. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 7 Basic Internet Protocols n E-mail n FTP (file transfer protocol) – uploading and downloading files n World Wide Web (WWW or Web)

8. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 8 World Wide Web (WWW or Web) n URL, Uniform Resource Locator –protocol://host/path/filename n Hyperlink –Connect to other documents on the Web –Text, images, sound files, video files –Can do locally as well with Word and Powerpoint

9. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 9 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

10. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 10 Domain Names n.com – commercial n.edu – education n.gov – U.S. government n.org – non-profit organization n.net – network access provider n.mil – military n Country –.uk – United Kingdom –.ca – Canada Not absolutes!

11. Web as a Resource An introduction to using the web as a resource for learning

12. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 12 Typical Resource Usages n Student academic support n Teaching materials n Presentation of student work n Research and information gathering

13. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 13 Student Academic Support n Homework Help –Discovery School http://school.discovery.comhttp://school.discovery.com –Ask Jeeves http://www.askjeeves.comhttp://www.askjeeves.com –A Library Resource Page http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework n Study Skills –Dr. Ah-Clem at http://thetwocrows.com/ahclem/index.htmlhttp://thetwocrows.com/ahclem/index.html –Virginia Tech at http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.htmlhttp://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.html –Richland Community College http://www.richland.cc.il.us/staff/sblahnik/studyskills.html

14. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 14 Instructor Teaching Materials n ISTE National Educational Technology Standards at http://cnets.iste.org/http://cnets.iste.org/ n Lesson Plans –Need Lesson Plan URLs – Search Activity n Field Trip Guides –White House Tours http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/whtour/ –The Field Trips Site http://www.field-guides.com/

15. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 15 Display and Share Student Work n Student Multimedia Presentations (PPT presentations) n Student Newsletters and Brochures n Student Documents (Papers, Reports, Stories, etc) n Student Video Productions n Student Databases and Spreadsheets n TRIO Thinkquest at http://www.triothinkquest.org http://www.triothinkquest.org

16. Introduction to Web Research There are a lot of resources on the Web, but we have to find the ones we need

17. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 17 Web Directories n General topics to explore n Good for browsing topics n Maintained by people, many times experts or authorities n Examples –http://www.yahoo.com, Commercialhttp://www.yahoo.com User-submitted sites –http://infomine.ucr.edu, Academichttp://infomine.ucr.edu Academically reviewed and approved sites

18. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 18 Search Engines n Program finds and indexes sites n Keyword search, more specific n Good when searching for something specific n Examples –http://www.google.com/http://www.google.com/ –http://www.alltheweb.com (meta-search)http://www.alltheweb.com –http://www.askjeeves.com (Q&A format)http://www.askjeeves.com

19. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 19 Search Strategy Questions n What do you want to know? n What are the key concepts or topics? n What keywords define those concepts/topics? (include synonyms) n What is the relationship between the keywords? n How does the search tool you’re using require you to specify that relationship?

20. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 20 Useful URLs n Web Search Cheat Sheet –http://www.colosys.net/search/http://www.colosys.net/search/ n Find Spot –http://findspot.com/http://findspot.com/ n University of Michigan School of Information –http://www.ipl.org/http://www.ipl.org/ n University of Albany Library –http://library.albany.edu/internet/http://library.albany.edu/internet/ n UC-Berkeley Library –http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Fin dInfo.htmlhttp://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Fin dInfo.html

21. Search Exercise Find lesson plans related to a topic of interest to your program

22. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 22 Evaluating Web Resources n Points to consider –Purpose –Author, Publisher –Intended Audience –Perspective –Currency –Accuracy –Links n Evaluation Guides –http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.htmlhttp://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.html –http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/ Evaluate.htmlhttp://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/ Evaluate.html –http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webeval.ht mlhttp://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webeval.ht ml

23. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 23 Deep Web n Web databases not accessible by search engines n Many fee-based n Also called “invisible Web” n A White Paper –http://www.brightplanet.com/deepcontent/tutorial s/DeepWeb/index.asp n Examples –University Library, e.g., http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ –Virtual Library, e.g., http://www.vlibrary.org/http://www.vlibrary.org/

24. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 24 Plagiarism n What it is –Using ideas and expressions without citing the source. n Why it’s easier on the Web –Copy-and-paste –Buying papers online n How to spot it –http://www.plagiarism.org/http://www.plagiarism.org/ n How to prevent it –Inform students n More information: –http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/citing.htmhttp://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/citing.htm

25. Internet Collaboration Tools A hands-on experience with Internet collaboration tools

26. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 26 Collaboration Tools n Synchronous –Chat rooms (text or voice) –Web Conferencing (including video) n Asynchronous –E-mail –Mailing lists –Newsgroups –Bulletin boards –Streaming media n Summary Sheet Summary Sheet n Blackboard Blackboard n Yahoogroups at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OnlineTRIO/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OnlineTRIO/

27. Building a Web Resource Using teams, let’s build resource web pages for your programs

28. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 28 Web Pages using Powerpoint n Create a directory/folder on your floppy disk and name it “aspira2002_name” n Open Powerpoint and create a presentation for your program on some topic related to Using the Internet as a Learning Tool n Include links to relevant web resources –use “Hyperlink” from the “Insert” menu n When complete, convert PPT to a web page –use “Save as Web Page” from the “File” menu n Be sure to save in your aspira2002_name directory/folder n Use “index” as the filename n Note that Powerpoint creates an “index” file and an “index_files” directory/folder

29. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 29 Web Pages using Word n Create a directory/folder on your floppy disk and name it “aspira2002_name” n Open Word and create one or more documents for your program on some topic related to Using the Internet as a Learning Tool n Include links between the document and links to relevant web resources –use “Hyperlink” from the “Insert” menu n When complete, convert documents to web pages –use “Save as Web Page” from the “File” menu n Be sure to save in your aspira2002_name directory/folder n Use “index” as the filename for your first page n Note that in some cases Word creates an “index” file and an “index_files” directory/folder

30. Getting Started A few tips to help you implement some of these ideas

31. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 31 Getting Started - Plan n Develop a technology integration plan –Contributes to program objectives –Promotes active learning for clients/students –Get computers into the hands of clients/students Getting Started - Plan

32. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 32 Getting Started - Personnel n 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

33. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 33 Getting Started - Partner n 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

34. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 34 Getting Started - Hardware n 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.comhttp://www.dell.com –consider portables/handhelds for student loans

35. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 35 Getting Started - Programs n 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) n Free stuff at http://www.cnet.comhttp://www.cnet.com

36. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 36 Getting Started - Access n Dial-up modem access - 28.8 slow; 56K not too bad but problematic for large graphics, video or sound files n Cable / DSL / T1 – Fast, but more expensive than dial-up; becoming common place n Wireless – Growing but not yet universal n LowerMyBills.com –http://www.lowermybills.comhttp://www.lowermybills.com

37. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 37 Getting Started - Internet Safety n What/who you allow your students to access n Who/what you allow to access your students n Acceptable Use Policies –http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/~lchampel/netadv3.htmlhttp://www.monroe.lib.in.us/~lchampel/netadv3.html

38. ASPIRA Pre-Conference Technology Workshop 38 Wrap Up n Q&A n Evaluations