WIT 2001 Curriculum Modules

Module title

Developer

Introduction to WIT Basic

Aim: Introducing the structure of WIT Basic and laying out the expectations for participants.

Introduction to WIT Advanced

Aim: Introducting the structure of WIT Advanced and laying out the expectations for participants.

PC to Mac and Mac to PC

Aim: to help educators who need to make the transition from Macintosh to Windows or from Windows to Macintosh computers.

Computer Basics

Aim: to help educators who are new to using computers learn enough about computers to be able to use computers, create documents and more.

Aim: to introduce the components Netscape Communicator, a free software program that contains tools for various Internet use.

Searching the Web

Aim: to help WIT participants acquire skills in effective searching techniques.

Email Use

Aim: introduces e-mail (using Netscape Messenger) and promotes use of e-mail as a means of communication for teachers.

Files and Folders

Aim: 1. To suggest a plan for working with files and folders. Participants create a desktop folder with subfolders. 2. Address concerns and questions that basic participants may have about file management.

Using and Managing Netscape Bookmarks

Aim: to provide participants with instruction for maintaining and organizing Bookmarks in Netscape Navigator.

Create Your Personal Bookmark File

Aim: to tell participants why they should consider saving bookmarks, to provide a set of specific written instructions on how to save bookmark files to desktop folders and/or to floppy disks, and to list the basic bookmark editing commands and their functions.

Educational Sites for Educators

Aim: to familiarize participants with categories of educational sites and provide evaluation tips for selecting appropriate links.

Netscape Composer

Aim: I want you to come out of the unit knowing more about Composer and how to build a web page than you did when you started it. I want you to be able to take the knowledge gleaned from this unit and build a classroom web site of your own.

Curriculum Terms and Concepts

Aim: introduces WIT participants to the steps in curriculum development and supports them as they examine preexisting curriculum webs.

The Teaching Guide

Aim: introduces WIT participants to the elements of the WIT Teaching Guide, how to incorporate the CPS standards into curriculum webs, and supports them as they develop an initial draft of the teaching guide for their web-based curriculum.

Using the Web to Support Teaching and Learning

Aim: show educators who are fairly comfortable using computers and the web, how they can support teaching and learning using the web.

Aim: to provide WIT participants with an understanding of what makes a good web site and to later apply this knowledge when developing their own site.

Using Existing WebQuests

Aim: To provide participants with the opportunity to evaluate existing WebQuests and learn how they can use WebQuests to reach their students, as well as learn a method of integrating technology into the curriculum.

Weaving your Webquest

Aim: To provide participants with a better understanding of the writing and design process of a WebQuest by delving into the parts of a WebQuest.

Managing the Internet in the Classroom

Aim: to assist teachers to maximize the use of the Internet in their teaching in a variety of real-world classroom situations.

Evaluating Web-based Lessons

Aim: to provide WIT participants with guidelines and tools to assess their own web based projects and evaluate other web-based lessons to best determine those that fit their needs in the classroom.

Web Site Design

Aim: to teach WIT participants to create a web site with easy-to-use navigation elements and a consistent overall site structure.

FTP: File Transfer Protocol

Aim: To acquaint all participants using this module with some fundamental information about FTP. Also to enable WIT Basic participants (who will be using the module on a required basis) to download, install, and use a standalone GUI-based FTP client program. Also, in practice, to at least accomplish the installation of an FTP GUI standalone client on the participant's computer (whether or not they retain the ability to do this sort of installation).

Dreamweaver for Advanced

Aim: to help educators who are fairly comfortable using computers to learn enough about Dreamweaver to be able to use it to create attractive and useful curriculum webs.

Adding Sounds and Movies to Web Pages

Aim: to instruct participants on how to locate, place, and embed audio and video files in Web pages.

Aim: to teach WIT participants to recognize commonly used Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) tags  in order to edit preexisting HTML files.

Modules developed for WIT 2000.

Special topics modules from WIT 2000.

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