Introduction to the Internet EDST567 Summer, 1998

This course is intended for the novice in the use of the Internet. It covers the skills needed to access the Internet, including the World Wide Web, E-mail, Listservs, Usenet, File Transfer Protocol. In addition, the participants will explore educational sites, learn to use browsers and how to search for information on the Net.

Prerequisites:

Student MUST have an activated University of Delaware account before the first day of class. Both Smith Hall in Newark and the UDel site in Georgetown will help you accomplish this critical task.

Texts:

• Internet Literacy, Fred T. Hofstetter, 1998. The web site to support this book is available at http://www.udel.edu/interlit

Requirements:

(20% of grade)
The course is a compendium of mostly hands-on activities, exploring the different skills needed to become competent and literate in the use of the Internet.  Many of the tasks will require that you work in small groups and
help each other to further your skills in cooperative learning and peer tutoring within this new technology.

(80% of grade)
There are three written components of your grade in Introduction to the Internet.

(40%)
1. Written Exercises from text (Internet Literacy  by Fred Hofstetter): <

(20%)

Course Format:

• First hour and fifteen minutes: Lecture/demonstration on topics of the day
• Next two hours and fifteen minutes: Lab work on current day's topic concluding with a brief recap of the day in each lab. Participants should take opportunity to make sure any questions are cleared up for the day and the expectations for the next day are clear.

Participants should expect to spend additional time in the lab or on home computers completing each day's activities.

Sites you will use daily:  (Remember to bookmark them.)

URL for On-line syllabus
 www.udel.edu/feurer/edst567/
 
URL for Interlit site
 www.udel.edu/sine/interlit/

1. Topics
1. Overview of the Class
2. Intro to Serf
3. Intro logins and passwords
4. Intro to e-mail
5. Intro to WWW
6. Intro to Internet
7. IMAP vs. POP
2. In-Class Activities
1. Set up logins and passwords
2. Create username
3. Start browser
4. Get into Serf
5. Link to Chapter 2 & 3

http://www.udel.edu/interlit/chapter2.html
http://www.udel.edu/interlit/chapter3.html
6. Send email to self and another
3. Assignments
0. Read Internet Literacy: Chapter 3 & 4
1. Exercises: p. 26, #'s & Q: 9 & 12<
2. Exercises: p. 34, #'s & Q: 1 & 2
3. Type in the URL for and briefly Explore:

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Q: What did you do to get there?

1. Topics
1. Advanced Web Browsing
• Web concepts
• Using the toolbar
• What is a URL?
• Creating bookmarks/favorites
• Visiting selected states
2. Educational Web sites
3. Exploring evaluation forms for Web sites
4. Getting Connected
• Getting Connected from Home, etc.
2. In-Class Activities
0. Link to Chapter 4

http://www.udel.edu/interlit/chapter4.html
1. Overview of Web Site evaluations forms
• Content Evaluation

http://www.cyberbee.com/guide1.html
• Web Design

http://www.cyberbee.com/guide2.html
• Checklist for an Informational Web Page

http://www.science.widener.edu/~withers/inform.htm
2. Exploring educational sites

http://www.udel.edu/sine/patsite/
3. Assignments
1. Do exercises: Internet Literacy, p. 57

#6 Q: What are the titles at each level?
#7 Q: Describe exactly what you did to get back to the Scholastic site from the Amazon site.
2. Read Internet Literacy: Chapters 5 & 6

1. Topics
1. Advanced E-mail
• Netiquette
• Dealing with unwanted mail, flames, and spam
• Emoticons, acronyms, jargon
• Replying, forwarding
• Filing email messages
• Signature files
• Address books
• Sending to groups of people
• Showing headers
2. In-Class Activities
1. Link to Chapters 5 & 6

http://www.udel.edu/interlit/chapter5.html
http://www.udel.edu/interlit/chapter6.html
2. Explore: Pat Sine's list of educational web sites

http://www.udel.edu/sine/patsite/
3. Assignments
1. Do exercises: Internet Literacy, p. 87 #'s 2-5, Q: 5
2. Read Internet Literacy: Chapter 11

1. Topics
1. WWW searches
• hierarchical, categorical engines vs. search engines (compare and contrast)

tips on how and when to use each
2. Tips on how to conduct a productive search
• choose the right words
• using quotes
• Boolean searches
1. + or -, etc.
2. wild cards
• How to get 'help' using a specific search tool
2. In-Class Activities
1. Link to Chapter 11

http://www.udel.edu/interlit/chapter11.html
2. Subject-oriented searching
3. Explore
• Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com/)
• Magellan (http://www.magellan.com/)
• Excite (http://www.excite.com/)
• AltaVista (http://www.altavista.digital.com/ )
• Yahooligans (for kids) (http://www.yahooligans.com/ )
• Welcome to Dogpile (http://www.dogpile.com/)

 
4. Practice making comparison searches:
• B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper

http://tristate.pgh.net/~pinch13/
• Inference Find!

http://www.inference.com/ifind/
• Mustang: A Web Cruising Vehicle for Teachers

http://mustang.coled.umn.edu/
• Savvy Search

http://guaraldi.cs.colostate.edu:2000/form/
3. Assignments
1. Do exercises on p. 132 (Change #6 to Mapquest)
2. Read Internet Literacy: Chapter 7

1. Topics
1. Intro to Listservs
2. Introduction to WebQuest

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html>
3. Real-Time Communication
2. In-Class Activities
1. Search for appropriate listservs
2. Subscribe to at least 1 listserv
3. Link to Chapter 7

http://www.udel.edu/interlit/chapter7.html
4. Scavenger Hunt
• finding answers to 8 questions by using search engines and directories
3. Assignments
1. Subscribe to at least 2 additional listservs

Q: Report on these listserves and their activity by class #8
2. Do exercises: Internet Literacy, pp. 94
3. Read Internet Literacy: Chapter 8

1. Topics
1. Intro to Newsgroups
• How to choose
• How to subscribe through your browser
• Managing: threads
• Using search engines to search for information on the Usenet

http://web.presby.edu/~jtbell/usenet/
2. WebQuests: the why and how

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/webquest/buildingblocks.html
3. Skills

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/active/ActiveLearningk-12.html
2. In-Class Activities
1. Link to Chapter 8

http://www.udel.edu/interlit/chapter8.html
2. Look for appropriate newsgroups
3. Subscribe to a newsgroup
• Including class newsgroup, udel.bull, and udel.general
4. Evaluate WebQuests in small groups
(with each member taking a role)
5. Report to the whole group on the 3 best and 3 worst WebQuests
(give reasons for your decisions)
3. Assignments
1. Do exercises on p.104 #'s

Q4: Provide a clickable link to one of the newsgroups you subscribed to (e.g. usenet://news.udel.edu/udel.winter98.eddv286-011:71
2. Read Internet Literacy: Chapters 12 and 13

1. Topics
1. Common Internet File Types
2. Helper Applications and Plugins
3. Downloading Files
4. Attachments
2. In-Class Activities
1. Link to Chapters 12 and 13

http://www.udel.edu/interlit/chapter12.html
http://www.udel.edu/interlit/chapter13.html
2. FTP: software, shareware, freeware, and data from the Net
3. Copy an image from the Web and mail it to yourself as an attachment.
4. Lesson plans using the Internet

http://www.udel.edu/feurer/edst567/lessonplans.html
http://www.voicenet.com/~reevesk
5. Download and install Adobe Acrobat
3. Assignments
1. Do exercises on p. 149 #'s 1 & 2

#2 Q: Mail image as an attachment to your instructor
2. Explore Ask Eric

http://www.ericir.syr.edu
gopher://ericir.syr.edu:70/
3. Find a lesson plan appropriate to your teaching (or personal) situation
4. Work on locating and evaluating two favorite sites (due on last day of session)
5. Read Internet Literacy: Chapters 15, 16, and 17

1. Topics
1. Bibliographies
2. Fair Use
3. Creating curricula using the Net as a tool (a means, not an end)
4. On-line Projects CCCNet

http://www.cccnet.com/
2. In-Class Activities
   1. Explore CCCNet
   2. Characteristics of Effective Web Page
   
   http://www.gsn.org/web/tutorial/charact/index.htm#begin
   3. Introduction to CNET, TUCOWS, TUDOGS
   4. Exploring Virtual Museums and Field Trips
   • Exploratorium:ExploraNet
   
   http://www.exploratorium.edu/
   • Science Museum of Minnesota
     http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/
   • The Computer Museum
   
   http://www.tcm.org/gateway/gateway.html
   • The Grand List of School Virtual Museums
   
   http://fromnowon.org/museum/list.html
   • The Franklin Institute
   
   http://sln.fi.edu/
3. Assignments
1. Read Internet Literacy: Chapters 1, 2, and 25

1. Topics
1. Societal Issues
• Discussions of issues of privacy, free speech, protection of children, blocking software, fair use and copyright
2. In-Class Activities
1. Link to Chapter 25

http://www.udel.edu/interlit/chapter25.html
2. Search on the WWW for pages that deal with the issues
3. Present two favorite sites.