Daily Guide for Mon, 6/28/99, Day 01

Digital Library Homeroom,

Web Institute for Teachers 1999

Bill Geraci and Sally Levin, Presiding

http://cuip.uchicago.edu/~wgeraci/witdl99dailies/

Daily Schedule

Plennary Session

Homeroom Session

Todays Topics

Welcome

Introductions

The Mentors

Computer trainier and Mac Tech support guy
PO Box 221
Blue Island, IL 60406
Ph: 708-988-1936 (Pager / voicemail)
e-mail: billg@mcs.net

School Librarian
e-mail: ssl2741@aol.com

The Attendees

Digital Library Workshop Overview

The parts of this workshop

• Getting to use Computers
• Getting to use the World Wide Web (WWW)
• Learning how to Search the WWW
• What is a Digital Library
• Refounding Curriculum development
• Using the WWW for Curriculum development and classroom use
• Designing a project you can use; setting up teams
• Doing the project

Tactics to get us there

• Homeroom time
• Time in this room to learn and do the above.
• Workshops
• Time either with the WWW documents from workshop or with the workshop mentors in guided afternoon workshop sessions
• Your own time
• Wednesdays (after this week)
• Additional time you may put in

More stuff along the way

• Using different kinds of computers
• Using UNIX systems
• Our WWW server is a UNIX computer
• Scanning explained
• Stuff we'll add useful as we go
• Outside speakers on various topics

Every day....

• Check these pages to see what's up
• We will move stuff from day to day and add to stuff. It's not real until the beginning of the next class. ;-)
• Check your e-mail
• We'll largely communicate by e-mail
• Long silences are OK in this class. ;-)