Personal Interests
Why are you interested in
this course?
While I am not a network
administrator at this time, I am very interested in complex and
advancing
technologies.
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What do you hope to learn?
I hope to learn more about advanced
technologies and how they relate to education at all levels.
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How would you like to make
use of the work you do for this course?
I rarely have time to read and
research new technologies and bleeding edge innovations. I hope this course
drives me to keep up with technology trends as they relate to education.
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Troubleshooting
What kinds of technical troubleshooting
are you called upon to do in your job?
Currently, very little. However in
the past, and probably in the future, I was responsible for hardware, software
and network troubleshooting. This ranged from jammed printers to loss of communication
between CSUs and routers in my district. It also included pulling wire, making
patch cables and punching down connections.
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Do you need to keep individual
computers or networks up and running in a classroom, a lab, a school, or
a district?
What, if anything, do you
wish you knew how to do better in the area of troubleshooting?
I wish I better understood how the
Windows operating system worked, so when software errors occurred I could at
least have some frame of reference from which to start.
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How do you think Ed Psy 490-I
could help you learn about those things?
I don't know the answer to that at
this time.
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Streaming Media
Do you have access to a video
camera? If so, is it digital (MiniDV, Digital8), analog (VHS, Hi8),
or web cam (computer peripheral, no tape used)? Have you ever used it to
record audio/video?
Have you ever produced streaming
video before?
If so, what format? (e.g. RealVideo, QuickTime, Windows Media,
Streaming PowerPoint, etc.)
What software did you use to encode/edit the video? (e.g.
RealProducer, QuickTime Pro, etc.)
Have you ever copied or captured
video from a camcorder, VCR or other external video source to a computer?
Have you ever created a screen
movie (captured events and images on the computer screen and converted
to video format)?
If so, did you include an audio track with the movie (e.g.
narration, music, etc.)
What software did you use? (e.g. SnagIt, Windows Media
Encoder, etc.)
Do you already have a video
that you would like to stream on the Internet?
If so, is it on tape, or on the computer?
If not, would you prefer to have a video (raw material)
provided for you to work with,
or would you make your own with a video camera?
If I had a video camera, I would
love to make my own. But since I don't I could either find a source or would
use what is provided.
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Is this an area you would
like to learn more about? If so, how do you think it might be useful for
you?
I would like to learn more about
streaming video because I think it will change the face of online learning.
Streaming video will certainly impact the Illinois Virtual High School.
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Would you like to make use
of these kinds of technologies in your 490-I course project? If so, how?
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Advanced
Client-Side Browser Functionality
Do you have any experience
with writing computer code for any add-on technologies which work together
with web browsers? Some examples would be coding JavaScript and/or
DHTML within web pages, incorporating scriptable plug-ins such as HyperStudio
or Macromedia's Director, Authorware or Flash programs, and writing or
deploying browser applets in the Java programming language. These
kinds of technologies are generally used to create eye-catching displays
on browsers - e.g. math and science activities involving drawing or dragging
screen elements, or flashy animated menus.
I was just beginning to investigate
Flash and other Macromedia software at my last job. Since then I haven't had
the time or materials to experiment.
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Is this an area you would
like to learn more about? If so, how do you think it might be useful for
you?
I would like to learn more about it
because I think for smaller schools, school website could become a major
source of communication with the community.
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Would you like to make use
of these kinds of technologies in your 490-I course project? If so, how?
I would, but I am not sure how it
all fits in quite yet.
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Server-Side Scripting
Do you have any experience
with writing computer code for any add-on technologies which work together
with web servers? Some examples would be coding for database-browser interaction
(possibly using Active Server Pages scripting, ColdFusion, or Filemaker's
CDML),or writing or running custom CGI scripts written in Perl or another
scripting language. These kinds of technologies are generally used
to facilitate collaboration among users - e.g. via interfaces familiar
to CTER users like WebBoards, Blackboard/CourseInfo, our C-Base, interactive
papers, etc.
Is this an area you would
like to learn more about? If so, how do you think it might be useful for
you?
I am interested in web databases and
communication tools such as WebBoard and Blackboard. I don't think many K-12
educators are aware of the power of those communication tools. I would like to
learn more about how they work, so I could implement those technologies in a
K-12 learning situation. I am interested in web based databases due to the my
work with the Illinois Virtual High School.
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Would you like to make use
of these kinds of technologies in your 490-I course project? If so, how?
I would like to make use of the
communication pieces as an add on to the educational technology forum I would
like to create for schools in my geographic area.
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Do you have a Windows machine
or Macintosh?
What's the version number
of
the operating system? (e.g. Win98, MacOS 8)
Processor speed? (e.g. 500
MHz or G3)
Amount of free space on hard
disk? (GB or MB)
What type of Internet connection?
(e.g. cable modem, DSL, dialup 56K, etc.)
Currently dialup, but I will have
DSL in the near future.
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What software do you usually
use to transfer files to and from a server?
(e.g. WS_FTP, Fetch, uploading feature of a web editor such
as Front Page, etc.)
What other ways do you know to upload files to a server?
WS FTP, I have also used PC Anywhere
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