Web I Technologies

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Web I Technologies

• Internet in Education
• SP5 2007
• Andrew Barr

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What is the World Wide Web?

• "The power of the Web is in its universality.
  Access by everyone regardless of disability is an
  essential aspect." -- Tim Berners-Lee, W3C
  Director and inventor of the World Wide Web
• A distributed collection of information,
  multimedia, functionality and
• A universal publishing medium
• A host environment for communications technologies

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How Does the Technology Work?

• Web servers hold web pages and deliver them to
  distant computers upon requests.
• Web browsers show the web pages and requests,
  receives and assemble the elements
• Each web page is based on a recipe for
  formatting and content written in hypertext
  markup language or html( A subset of the
  generalised markup language SGML)
• Web servers can deal with many requests at once.

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Web Addressing

• Each web address has two parts http//www.edna.edu
  .au/edna/go/resources
• Domain address eg. www.edna.edu.au
• File address eg. /edna/go/resources

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Types of Web-based activities

• Information source
• Problem- based / inquiry-based learning
• Interpersonal exchanges
• Simulated activities
• Tutorial instruction

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The Webs impact

• The Web has the potential to enhance learning
• It takes time to develop good material that makes
  a difference to student learning
• Do all the tasks on the Yellow slides for week 3

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Internet Lab Task

• The aim of this task is to give you some idea of
  html
• Edit your own page on the course wiki
  educ4063.pbwiki.com and click on source and
  examine the html
• Add some text to the bottom of the sources and
  save it
• Use the format commands to change the format of
  this new text and each time go back to the source
  code to see what html tags have been placed
  around your text.
• What are the html tags for bold and italic?

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Internet Lab Task

• Identify three favourite web sites
• Build links on your wiki home page to these sites
• Examine the html source of your web page
• What is the html tag the is used to make links
  work?

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Strategies for locating information on the Web

• Web addresses
• Surfing
• Subject Directories
• Search engines
• Google
• Kids search engines http//searchenginewatch.inte
  rnet.com/links/Kids_Search_Engines/
• http//www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm
• Meta search engines

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Assessing quality

• Evaluation criteria authority, currency,
  accuracy, objectivity, coverage etc
• Needs to address learning outcomes
• Appropriateness for the desired audience
• Navigation important for web pages

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Web in English

• Networked literacy projects
• Digital interactive stories
• Writing in blogs
• Author sites
• Electronic publishing
• Check out these sites
• http//www.acs.ucalgary.ca/dkbrown/
• http//www.cbcbooks.org/

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Web for language learning

• Translation sites
• Language learning Virtual trips
• Collaborative activities
• Check out these sites
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/languages/
• http//www.csun.edu/hcedu013/eslindex.html

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Web Maths

• Exploratory Worlds
• Simulations
• Problem solving
• Drill practice
• Check out these sites
• http//arcytech.org/java/patterns/patterns_j.shtml
  
• http//www.useekufind.com/learningquest/tmfun.htm
• http//www.mathcats.com/contents.html

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Web Science

• Simulations
• Online projects
• Scientific inquiry skills
• Accessing science information
• Check out these sites
• www.nasa.gov
• http//www.archimedes-lab.org/index_optical.html
• www.jason.org

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Web Society Environment

• Web quests
• Simulated problem solving environments
• Virtual trips
• Factual resources
• Check out these sites
• http//resources.kaboose.com/games/earthday.html
• http//www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
• http//www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

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Web the Arts

• Visits to Art Museums
• Audio downloads
• Creating graphics
• Check out these sites
• http//www.louvre.fr/llv/musee/visite_virtuelle.js
  p?bmLocaleen
• http//www.si.edu/art_and_design/

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Web in Health PE

• Access to medical information
• Nutritional sites
• Science of sport
• Check out these sites
• www.kidshealth.org
• http//www.human-race.org/

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A typology of Web objects and the teacher
practices they can facilitate
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Internet Lab Task (Week3)

• From the web sites above compile a list of at
  least six relevant educational web pages and
  place them on your wiki page.
• Identify the actual object on the web page that
  is of interest to you.
• Use the typology of web objects to categorise the
  educationally interesting objects on these web
  pages
• Indicate on your wiki page the types of objects
  that you see.

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References

• Cunningham C. Billingsley, M. 2003, Curriculum
  Webs A practical guide to weaving the Web into
  teaching and learning, Allyn Bacon, Boston
• Lengel, J Lengel, K 2006 Integrating
  technology A practical guide. Pearson Education
  Inc., New Jersey.
• Lever-Duffy, J. McDonald, J. Mizell, A., 2005
  Teaching and learning with technology, 2nd edn,
  Pearson Allyn Bacon, Boston.
• Morrison, G Lowther, D 2005, Integrating
  computer technology into the classroom.3rd edn,
  Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
• Roblyer, MD 2006, Integrating educational
  technology into teaching 4th edn. Merrill
  Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
• Shelly, G., Cashman, T. Gunter, R. Gunter, G.
  2006 Integrating technology in the classroom. 4th
  edn. Thomson Course Technology, Boston.
• (co-authors Alan Barnes and Ruth Geer)