ECE 8814: Inquiry: Essentials of Technology

Instructors:

I. Course Syllabus - Download in PDF Format

• Day One Agenda (MS Word)

II. Technology Standards Scavenger Hunt

• National Standards for Teachers
• National Standards for Students
• Georgia Technology Standards
• Cobb County Schools - Technology Standards

III.  History of the Net

• Jim's Powerpoint
• Good overview of the net (PDF) -  http://www.msu.edu/course/lbs/126/lectures/Internet-history.pdf
• Glossary of internet terms - http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html

IV. Campfires in Cyberspace - Dr. David Thornburg

• Campfires in Cyberspace - Short Article (PDF)
• Campfires Powerpoint Overview

V. WebCT

• Set up you WebCT Login
• What if I forgot my password?
• How do I login  to WebCT - (http://courses.kennesaw.edu/)
• How Do I Use WebCT? PDF (1.5 Meg)

VI. Really Cool Web Search Tools

• Google - Of course you all know Google - http://www.google.com
• Yahooligans for Kids - http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/
• Ask Jeeves for Kids - http://www.ajkids.com/
• Vivisimo - http://vivisimo.com/
• Mooter - http://www.mooter.com/

Note this one for your graduate career!

• Citation Machine - http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/index.php

SPYBOT - Download and run on your computer to kill Spyware

VII. Microsoft Word Review

• Online MS Word Tutorial  - http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/word/index.html
• Microsoft Word Overview (MS Word)

VIII. Scavenger Hunt - Web Page with MS Word

A Scavenger Hunt is a list of questions for students to research on the Web. The Scavenger Hunt includes a list of links for students to use to conduct their research. This helps to focus student research and to prevent students from wasting class time searching unproductively on the Web.

• Sample Savenger Hunts
• Scavenger Hunts from the Web
• Model your scavenger hunt after this one.

1. Develop an idea for your Scavenger Hunt.
2. Write a rough draft of 5 or 6 questions.
3. Write down the Web sites you plan to use.
4. Use MS Word to form the web pages with links

How do I publish a web page at Kennesaw?

• How do I setup my account so I put up my own web pages?
• What is my student id - https://netid.kennesaw.edu/
• What are the directions for publishing my web site - http://its.kennesaw.edu/labs/ftpinstruct_students.htm
• Download WSFTP (Free FTP software used to upload you)