GirlTECH Schedule 2000

GirlTECH 2000 Schedule, Section A

*Monday, June 19, 2000*
10:00 - 10:45	Housekeeping Apply for a Charon Account On-line pre-test	Presenter, Molly Silha Presenter
10:45 - 11:00	Our goals - An on-line unit of instruction	Presenter, Marilyn Turmelle
11:00 - 11:30	Navigation	Presenter, Marilyn Turmelle	Launch Netscape Navigator and Simple Text (Windows Wordpad on a PC) Access GirlTECH site Locate and save GirlTECH HomePage Template to disk Basic items you need to get started Practice moving from Netscape to Simple Text (Wordpad) Look briefly at toolbar in Netscape
11:30 - 12:30	Lunch		We will resume promptly at 12:30.
12:30 - 2:00	HTML Tags	Presenter, Marilyn Turmelle	Write a simple HTML document and view it through your browser, Netscape Communicator Notes on HTML tags A discussion of Meta tags
2:00 - 2:10	Break
2:10 - 3:00	Images	Presenter, Molly Silha	Placing images on a page
3:15 - 3:30	Homework Assignment
HOMEWORK	Set up your Charon account if necessary. Send Molly or Marilyn an e-mail message. Get the software you need to write your pages. (At Home ). Look for images on the web ( Image Resources) that you would like to put on your web pages. Save them to a disk and bring them to class on Tuesday. Bring your favorite quote to class for use in a signature file. Bring your textbook and any resources you plan to use in your web project. Reading Assignment for Cynthia. Instructions: Read and send a 1-paragraph response to lanius@rice.edu IT Worker Shortage Challenge! Try to replicate this page at home My Lists.

Tuesday, June 20, 2000
8:30 - 8:50	Review		Questions about your homework. Tell you classmates about your web page.
8:50 - 9:40	E-mail: Signature files and mailing lists	Presenter, Molly Silha	Signature Files - send e-mail to yourself using the signature files one for school : name, school name, address, fax, e-mail, etc. one for personal use: name, quote, pixel graphic, e-mail, etc Send an e-mail to Molly and Marilyn. Make a mailing list. Send an e-mail to the list
9:40 - 9:50	Break
9:50 - 10:15	Review Images	Presenter, Marilyn Turmelle	Get a copy of My Lists, put on your disk Find images on your desktop, put on your disk Open listwork.html in your text editor Embed images on the My Lists document, use a variety of attributes Remember, you are practicing! View your work in your browser
10:15 - 11:30	Lists and images	Presenter, Marilyn Turmelle	Control placement of text and images
11:30 - 12:30	Lunch		We will resume promptly at 12:30.
12:30 - 1:15	What do we want to build?	Presenter, Marilyn Turmelle	Draw plans for your unit
1:15 - 1:30	Break
1:30 - 3:00	Links	Presenter: Marilyn Turmelle	Absolute, External, and E-mail
3:00 - 3:30	Begin first page of your unit	Continue for homework
Homework:	Homework: Write introductory page of your unit. Reading Assignment for Cynthia. Instructions: Read and send a 1-paragraph response to lanius@rice.edu TechSavvy Come to class tomorrow ready to write the background page. Please read: Effective Web Page Design Bring pictures to be scanned for your unit.

Thursday, June 22, 2000
8:30 - 9:00	Look at your homework		Questions about your homework. Any questions/problems with e-mail. Brag to your neighbor about your web-page talents.
9:00 - 10:00	Searching the Web	Presenter, Molly Silha	Collect resources for your unit of instruction
10:00 - 10:10	Break
10:10 - 11:30	Scan Pictures		Inserting images onto your pages
11:30 - 12:30	Lunch		We will resume promptly at 12:30.
12:30 - 1:30	Evaluating Web Sites	Presenter: Marilyn Turmelle	Web Design Suggestions Evaluate the following three web sites using the rubric: Evaluate the work that has already been done : Teacher's Home Pages for Their Classroom: Bronx High School Georgia Louviere Hello Dolly Lessons on the Web Tell me Why Bacteria Cartography
1:30 - 1:45	Counters and Credits	Presenter: Marilyn Turmelle	Add a counter to your page
1:45 - 2:00	Break
2:00 - 2:30	Permissions and Copyrights	Presenter: Molly Silha	Citations and Copyright
2:30 - 3:30	Make Buttons	Presenter: Molly Silha	Coffee Cup Shareware
Homework		Assignment: Continue to work on your unit. More information about tables: Table Resource

Friday, June 23, 2000
8:30 - 9:00	Look at your homework
9:00 - 10:00	Publishing Your Pages on the Rice Server	Presenter: Marilyn Turmelle	Get a copy of an FTP program. Instructions for you at home. How to FTP using WS_FTP LE.
10:00 - 10:10	Break
10:10 - 10:45	Work on Unit
10:45 - 11:30	Scanning and FTP'ing		Molly and Marilyn will check your file structure on the Rice Server.
11:30 - 12:30	Lunch		We will resume promptly at 12:30.
12:30 - 2:00	Continue with unit		Worksheets and Background Information are published on the server. Maybe index.html is nearing completion?
2:00 - 2:10	Break
2:10 - 2:45
2:45 - 3:30	Work on Pages
Homework	Download and install the FTP program. Finish at least two pages of your unit. Send the completed pages to the Rice server. Bring questions to class for your on-line quiz.

Monday, June 26, 2000
8:30 - 9:00	Review Progress
9:00 - 10:30	Creating an On-line Quiz	Presenter: Molly Silha	Add a quiz to your on-line unit. Another alternative: Hot Potatoes
10:30 - 10:45	Break
10:45 - 11:30	Continue with your quiz
11:30 - 12:30	Lunch		We will resume promptly at 12:30.
12:30 - 1:30	Finish and Publish your On-Line Quiz
1:30 - 2:00	Continue with quiz
2:00 - 2:10	Break
2:10 - 3:30
Homework	Finish and Publish your quiz Reading Assignment Send e-mail to Cynthia about your personal observations.

Tuesday, June 27, 2000
8:30 - 9:00	Review Progress
9:00 - 10:15	Writing a Form	Presenter: Marilyn Turmelle	Forms Lesson
10:15 - 10:30	Break
10:30 - 11:30	Publishing the Form		Send to Rice Server See if it works!
11:30 - 12:30	Lunch		We will resume promptly at 12:30.
1:00 - 3:30			Work on your web pages.

Wednesday, June 28, 2000
8:30 - 9:00	Look at your homework
9:00 - 10:00	On-line Calendar	Presenter : Marilyn Turmelle	Get the link to the on-line calendar Another alternative (not free) calendar
10:00 - 10:10	Break
10:10 - 11:30	On-line Calendar		Continue work on calendar
11:30 - 12:30	Lunch		We will begin promptly at 12:30
12:30 - 1:00	Forward Mail		Forward Rice mail to your current e-mail account
1:00 - 1:45	Free Clip-Art		Look for small, free images for your calendar
1:45 - 2:00	Break
2:00 - 3:30	On-line Calendar with links		Publish your completed calendar with links to the Rice server

Thursday, June 29, 2000
8:30 - 11:30	Morning Session in Duncan Hall
11:30 - 12:30	Lunch		We will resume promptly at 12:30.
12:30 - 1:30		Presenter: Marilyn Turmelle

Friday, June 30, 2000
8:30 - 9:30	Look at your homework
9:30 - 10:30	Web Graphics Cool Text 3D Textmaker	Presenter, Marilyn Turmelle Presenter
10:00 - 10:30	Post-test	Presenter, Molly Silha Presenter