C & I 335 Summer 1998
Brian Abeling
Pekin District
108
Pekin, Illinois
The purpose of this assignment was to find 5 computer
resources that could be used in either the development or implementation
of my major project for C&I 335.
Software packages or CD's
ThumbPlus
Thumbsplus is a shareware program available from Cerious Software that is useful for image processing and image management. In addition, it contains a useful 'web page wizard' which takes the user through a step by step process of converting an entire directory of images into an HTML document with thumbnails of each graphic that are linked to a larger verion of the image. Visit Pat Mitchell's (4th grade teacher at Washington School) homepage for an example of how she used a SONY Mavica digital camera and ThumbsPlus to create a web page about a recent activity in her classroom.
Netscape Composer
Netscape Composer comes within the Netscape Communicator
program which was created by Netscape Communications. Since our teachers
are already very familiar with using Netscape to browse the Web, we felt
that using using Composer as our districts HTML editor was a logic decision.
It allows teachers to produce simple web pages without learning to actually
code HTML. It also can handle tables, targets, and simple image processing.
Web sites
Web 66
Web 66 is a national K-12 web site database that is organized by state and school grade level. I plan on using this web site during the introductory training with both school webmasters and classroom teachers. By using this database, teachers can easily access other schools and classroom pages across the nation to collect ideas for the creation of their own classroom web site.
Sucky to Savvy
Produced by Jeff Glover, this is serious yet somewhat
entertaining web site that would be most appropriate for training our school
webmasters. I really like how this site is organized with just three
main sections: sucky list, savvy list, and extra tips. Each item
on the list is concise and to the point. Although every individual
on the web has to determine what they feel is 'sucky' or 'savvy', I agree
with the majority fo Jeff Glover's opinions and feel that several of our
webmasters are too caught up into the bells and whistles of web design.
I feel that this site, if presented in the right way, may help they better
understand the design issues related to their schools website.
Tips
for designing school webpages
Put together by Loogootee Elementary West School in Loogootee,
Indiana. I plan on using this site while training our classroom teachers
how to develop their classroom web sites. There are several keys topics
from within this site that I plan on using...
- Copyright Issues
- Features a link to an on-line quiz entitled "Tell it to the Judge", which is an easy 8 question quiz that is automatically graded for them on-line. It tests their knowledge of copyright laws and how they apply to your web pages.
- Types of webpages
- This section introduces teachers to two basic types of classroom web sites: collaborative and non-collaborative. Included are links to examples of both as well as other tips for teachers who are setting up their first web site.
- Evaluation
- This section provides sample rubrics that help teachers evaluate other school web sites.