INTERNET FOR EDUCATORS
WEB PAGE ANTHOLOGY
TERM RESEARCH PROJECT
COMPUTER LAB AND INTERNET ACTIVITIES INVOLVING
THE CREATION OF A SERIES OF LINKED WEBPAGES
Credit: 50% of Term Mark
Reference:
Internet Search Engines
WWW.GOOGLE.COM
WWW.DOGPILE.COM
WWW.ALTAVISTA.COM
WWW.METACRAWLER.COM
WWW.ALLTHEWEB.COM
HOTBOT.COMOnline e-Zines
ERBzin-e Weekly Online Fanzine
ASSIGNMENT
- Create an online anthology made up of interconnected linked webpages.
- Everything in this anthology must be related to course topics : THE INTERNET IN EDUCATION ~ ABORIGINAL ISSUES and/or NATIVE HISTORY ~ LIFE IN NORTHERN MANITOBA.
- Information for your anthology will be adapted mainly from your RESEARCH PORTFOLIO which you compiled in class.
- Your finished edition should include: links with synopses and discussions on relevant sites found in your Web research, illustrations, journal writings, daily impressions, summaries, fiction, creative layout and design, reviews, oddities, anecdotes, etc. - with notated references wherever possible.
- A bibliography and accompanying data base of resources is recommended.
ANTHOLOGY DIRECTIONS Create a WWW home page and additional Topics pages that are linked to your home page. Your home page should contain some resume information about youself and some links to your favorite Web sites. Your home page must also have a contents page linking to your other pages which will contain information on the assigned course topics.
Your topics pages should display the information gathered from your journal research and writings and must include the following:
Topics title information
a background image
a table of contents with internal links
well-presented text material
graphics: photos, sketches,
links to your other pages and to other Internet references
a table with text information
a bulleted list
a link to your e-mail addressInformation for your anthology will be found in classroom lectures, discussions & materials, newspapers & newsmagazines, Internet searches, videos, computer & Net magazines, TV broadcasts, CD-ROMs, etc. It is recommended that your finished edition include links with synopses and discussions on to relevant sites found in your Web research, illustrations, journal writings, daily impressions, summaries, fiction, creative layout and design, reviews, oddities, anecdotes, etc. - with notated references where ever possible. A bibliography and accompanying data base of resources is recommended.
WEB WORK OPTIONS
For Extra Credit
Selected material gathered from these assignments may be incorporated into your
PORTFOLIO and WEB PAGE ANTHOLOGY assignments.
1. COMPUTER E-ZINE
Your magazine may be offered in a variety of themes and styles but should reflect the topics covered in class: Internet and Computer Notes, Internet Research, Aboriginal Issues, Northern living, Life on a Reserve or Pukatawagan Information SUGGESTED CONTENTS
- illustrated cover page with logos
- contents page listing all features with page numbers and links
- editorial page - editor's notes
- favourite links
- commentaries
- class log
- personal anecdotes and experiences
- local events and news
- news & notes - recent technology breakthroughs - what's new - feedback
- E-Mail correspondence with other schools, companies, students, etc.
- Q&A - tips & tools - hardware clinic and software guides
- Reviews: multimedia - games - software - hardware - videos - books
- Behind the screens: people bios - events - news - trend
- Net humour: cartoons - humorous anecdotes - oddities in the news
- Make up your own departments create...create...create...create...create
2. INTERNET RESEARCH
COMPILATION OF FAVOURITE WEBSITE LINKS WITH SYNOPSIS FOR EACH:Your finished product must be laid out in a neat, logical, informative, creative, and appealing fashion. This is a flexible, on-going, course-long project.
- Use of the Internet in Education
- Aboriginal Issues and/or Native History
- Life in Northern Canada: Services ~ Lifestyles ~ Problems ~ Occupations ~ Transportation ~ Resources
3. MAILING LISTS Locate a discussion mailing list (www.groups.yahoo.com etc.) in an area of interest related to the course and subscribe to it. After monitoring the list for several days, send at least one message to this list. Your message may be either a response to a previous posting on that list or a new request for information. After a week or so of monitoring the lists, write a one-page summary of information the list. It should include:1. The name of the list and the email addresses of the list (send to all)
and of the mail server (subscribe),
2. A general description of the list including:
~ the general intent of the group,
~ the approximate volume of messages per day
~ a list of the topics under discussion while you were a subscriber
3. Your impressions of this list as a source of information and ideas, and
4. A copy of your message to the list (the one sent back to you by the list) and any pertinent responses.
4. INTERNET SCAVENGER HUNT Create a scavenger hunt that could be used in classroom instruction on one of our Topics.
This should include a series of website addresses, with relevant questions associated with each. The student then will have to search each of these websites for answers to the questions.
5. NET REVIEWS Search for relevant Websites on the Internet: Create a webpage to compile addresses, synopses and discussions on the relevant sites you have found in your Web research. You may also include illustrations, journal writings, daily impressions, summaries, fiction, DTP-type layout and design, reviews, oddities, anecdotes, etc. - with notated references where ever possible. A bibliography and accompanying data base of resources is recommended.
Refer to
Web Page Suggestions
https://www.angelfire.com/trek/puknet/dosdonts.htmlBack to
Internet for Educators Contents Page
www.angelfire.com/trek/puknet
