Meeting Three--Designing Syllabi and Online Course Pages
Objectives:
Begin design of a syllabus for course.
Begin design of an online page for course.
Meeting Three--Links
There are many programs available to help you write HTML. Here are some online sites to
guide you. Remember, too, that the Computer Center at UConn offers free classes over
the summer and during the academic year.
<HTML Guides>
- . . . you can find many other
online HTML help files and guides at Yahoo's extensive site.
. . .
for background colors in HTML
- . . . snap up your web page
. . . offers a few templates and ideas for class homepage construction.
Search Engines
. . . one of the most powerful search engines on the WWW, this
site encompasses over 250 other such engines.
Pedagogical Issues
. . . an NJIT paper with excellent references.
. . . subtitled "Transforming Education Through Information
Technology, this site is updated weekly and offers a variety of services.
- . . . a "hyperbook" by Andy Carvin established
"to explore the worlds of educational reform and information technology."
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- . . . an educational technology journal.
- . . . purports
to be a tutorial-type site to help you integrate use of technology into your classroom (sort
of like this seminar!).
- . . . a long list of WWW links, many are geared for grammar and high
school teachers.
- . . .
by Thomas Fox McManus, University of Texas at Austin.
- . . .
by Jay Kaplan, Economics Department, University of Colorado
- . . . although geared towards the
foreign languages, this certainly has application for basic English composition courses
- . . . an online journal, updated
frequently, devoted to the discussion of education and the Internet
- . . . addresses many of the
central pedagogical issues in teaching with technology
- . . . although geared towards grammar and
high school teachers, this site offers paradigms for class web pages
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