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Information Technology & Education

Information Technology & Education. Today…. The Basics. My apologies to those who are already in the know… Hardware & Peripherals Software (applications) Word processors, spreadsheets, multimedia, markbooks, Curriculum Development, email, web building, etc…. Hardware.

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Information Technology & Education

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  1. Information Technology & Education

  2. Today…

  3. The Basics • My apologies to those who are already in the know… • Hardware & Peripherals • Software (applications) • Word processors, spreadsheets, multimedia, markbooks, Curriculum Development, email, web building, etc…

  4. Hardware • The stuff you can touch… • Includes the computer itself as well as peripherals like • cameras, • camcorders, • printers, • web cams, etc.

  5. Software • The stuff written in binary code (zeros and ones) that make your computer do what you want it to (and sometimes things you don’t). • Typically comes on a CD or DVD or can be downloaded from the internet.

  6. Teacher Tip… • We get discounts on most software titles because we are teachers. • For example… MS Office costs $400.00 • If you are a teacher or student the cost is only $200.00 • Must be purchased from an educational reseller though… (e.g. any university book store)

  7. Application Examples

  8. Online Resources/Applications • What is the internet? • What is a URL? • Finding Information • Conducting searches • Using online databases/libraries

  9. What is the Internet? • The Internet refers to the worldwide network of interconnected computers. • Every publicly accessible web site is hosted by a web server computer, which is a part of the Internet. • Every personal computer, cell phone or other device that people use to look at web sites is also a part of the Internet. • Web servers are the computers that actually run web sites.

  10. URLs • URL is an acronym for Uniform Resource Locator and is a reference (an address) to a resource on the Internet. • The last three letters after the “.” give some information about the source of a site. • Examples: • .com - business • .edu - post secondary institution • .gov - government • These can also designate country where site originates. Example: • .ca - Canada • .za - South Africa • .uk - Great Britiain

  11. Finding Information Online • Your browser (Internet Explorer, Netscape, Firefox, etc.) • Using a “search engine” • Framing a search: • To narrow a search use a phrase that is bracketed by quotation marks. For example: • “peer pressure” • This is a common phrase so to narrow it further type in “peer pressure”and“adolescent boys” to narrow your search further. Notice the reduction in “hits”

  12. Creating Your Own Teacher Site • www.webcentre.ca – small monthly fee • MS Frontpage – wysiwyg

  13. Using Online Databases/Libraries • Great for social science & humanities information… • www.questia.com Online fulltext social science and humanities library with both very old and very current material. • Free online full text resources: • www.findarticles.com From a wide range of academic and popular periodicals • www.ipl.org Internet Public Library • http://promo.net/pg/ Project Gutenburg • Resources offered through school boards: • www.proquest.com • http://search.epnet.com • Online Encyclopedias/Dictionaries: • www.dictionary.com • www.encarta.com • Statistics Canada • www.statscan.ca Statistics Canada • Country Information • http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ CIA World Factbook

  14. Online publications/sites for Social Sciences • Psychology Today: http://cms.psychologytoday.com/pto/home.php • The Skeptical Inquirer http://www.csicop.org/si/ • Museum of Anthropology at UBC http://www.moa.ubc.ca/ • Sociology Online http://www.sociologyonline.co.uk/ • Museum of Civilization: http://www.civilization.ca/indexe.asp • Museums from around the world: http://vlmp.museophile.com/world.html • The Atlantic Online http://www.advisorteam.com/temperament_sorter/register.asp?partid=1 • Tests & Inventories online: • http://www.queendom.com/tests/ • http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/amoebaweb/index.cfm?doc_id=850 • Kiersy Temperament Sorter http://www.advisorteam.com/temperament_sorter/register.asp?partid=1

  15. Communicating with Students & Parents • Email • www.hotmail.ca • http://login.yahoo.com/config/mail?.intl=ca • MSN Messenger – Real time discussion • First Class Client (TEL) • Setting up class conferences • Online Grade book: Thinkwave • www.thinkwave.com

  16. Discipline Specific Resources • Psychology • Sociology • Anthropology • History • Math • Biology • Chemistry • English

  17. Anthropology • Evolution • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/ • Online Videos for teachers • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/educators/teachstuds/tvideos.html • Online videos for students • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/educators/teachstuds/svideos.html • Teacher’s Guide • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/educators/teachstuds/tguide.html • American Anthropological Association Online Resources • http://www.aaanet.org/resinet.htm • Anthronet • http://www.anthro.net/

  18. Psychology • The Psychology of Abuse & War • Abu Graib • http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june04/prisoners_5-11.html# • Concentration Camps • http://www.pbs.org/perilousfight/psychology/disbelief_of_atrocities/ • Issues in Psychiatry • Does Psychiatry Have a Split Personality?http://www.pbs.org/kcet/closertotruth/explore/show_09.html • Secret of the Brain • http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/about_advisors.html • Dying to be thin… • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/thin/program.html# • General Psychology resources • http://www.psychwww.com/resource/bytopic.htm • http://www.princeton.edu/~psychlib/links.htm • http://psychcentral.com/resources/

  19. Sociology • Stats Can • http://www.statcan.ca/start.html • Stanford Prison Experiment • http://www.prisonexp.org/ • General Resources • http://www.wcsu.ctstateu.edu/socialsci/socres.html • http://www.uky.edu/Subject/socio.html • http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/soc/internet.htm • http://www.sosig.ac.uk/sociology/ • http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/webresources/sociology.html

  20. Equity • A Class Divided • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/teach/divided/ • General Resources • http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/teachers.html Teachers’ Pavilion • http://www.educationworld.com/a_diversity/ • http://www.tommihail.net/diversity.html • http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/

  21. Critical Thinking • General Resources • http://www.criticalthinking.org/ • http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/longview/ctac/toc.htm • http://www2.sjsu.edu/depts/itl/graphics/main.html • http://www.library.fullerton.edu/criticalthinking.htm • http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/pandp/critthink/homepg.htm

  22. Multimedia Resource Examples • Google Video • YouTube

  23. Study Guides & Online Resources • Pink Monkey : English, History, Math, Science • http://www.pinkmonkey.com/studyguides/studyguidesmain.asp • PBS: • Math: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/math.htm • Arts & Literature: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/arts_lit.htm • Science: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/sci_tech.htm • Health & Fitness: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/health.htm

  24. Math • Wolfram Math World: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ • Math Resources - Tutorials, Formulas, Calculators, Directories: http://www.khake.com/page47.html

  25. Science • Cells Alive: http://www.cellsalive.com/ • DNA From the Beginning: http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/ • Human Anatomy Online: http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html • PBS Physics: http://www.pbs.org/science/science_physics.html

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