( Please note that the following assignments are under revision. The assignment number and its weighting will stay the same. Click here for Evaluation Rubrics. )
Here are the Assignments. All have to be completed to finish the course. The due dates given are meant as guidelines to help you judge your time. If you have completed an assignment in another course that is similar to any of the ones listed below and you want to rework it, please check with me first before you do it.
Assignment 1: Reflections ( Discussions ) (20%) Make sure you participate in the discussions for each of the Modules for each week of the course. You can find the Modules and the Discussion topics on the WebCT site. Here you will be in contact with the other members of the class. This assignment is ongoing for the duration of the course. Your final mark for this assignment will be based on the quality of your participation. For this and future modules, you are required to post your own response to at least two of the reflections found in it and to respond to at least two of the other students' postings per week. Responses, such as "I agree/disagree" do not count. Please include some kind of a rationale for your argument. Make sure your participation is meaningful.
The objective is to get you familiar with using WebCT to communicate, to exchange ideas using an electronic media, create a community of learning, to learn from each other. As well it is hoped you will learn together, you will help each other through the course, and your own experienced will be enriched.
Note : Reflection on the course, due July 31
Please answer the following questions for the Final Reflection, thanks !!
1. What did you think of the course ?
2. Were the assignments adequate ?
3. How do you feel towards the Internet and Education now the
course is almost over ?
4. How well did I do in answering your questions and helping
you ?
5. How did you find using WebCT Mail with your fellow students
?
6. How did you find using WebCT Discussion Tool with your fellow
students ?
7. What changes if any should be made for the next group ?
8. Did you enjoy the Modules based on " The Teacher's Complete
and Easy Guide to the Internet " ?
9. Anything else you would like to comment on ?
Assignment 2: Educational Great Internet Sites (20%) You need at least 20 sites for this assignemnt. Please use the Web site evaluation checklist that can be found electronically. Please note that you need an evaluation sheet for each of the sites chosen.
The objective is for you to take a critical look at the Web sites you find interesting and make a list that you will be able to use once the course is over.
DUE DATE : Assignment # 2, week of June 13 - 19 ( or earlier )
Assignment 3: Multimedia Project (15%) You can use the following types of software for this assignment, KidPix Studio Deluxe, AppleWorks Slide Show, HyperStudio, Macromedia Flash or Power Point. PowerPoint Tips & Tricks and PowerPoint in the Classroom are helpful sites for PowerPoint users.
The objective is for you to create a multimedia project for use in your particular discipline which will include such things as sound, graphics, text and if possible video clips ( due to the size of some video clips this may be impossible ).
DUE DATE : Assignment # 3, week of June 27 - July 3 ( or earlier )
Assignment 4: Create a Web Site (20%) Contact the course facilitator for ideas on what programs to use. Information can be found on the course Web site at Web Builder's Directory to help you get started. Also try Create It 101; Basic HTML, suggested by Robyn Davidson, Winter 2002. Here is another one that might help as well, PageTutor.com: HTML Tutorials & Javascript - Basic HTML Tutorial, suggested by Stephanie Brook, Winter 2002. And yet another HTML Tutorial - learning how to use HTML to create your own Web site. Here is something that I wrote called "Web Page Construction" that might help as well.
The objective is for you to create a Web Site based on an educational topic, publish it and use it in your school, eg. library, classroom, etc...
Sample Web Project developed by Lorraine Brookes, Spring 2001
Here are the guidelines for Assignment # 4 :
1. Web Page editors, welcome
2. Try and make it as easy loading as possible
3. It must have a proper title
4. It must have a theme to it that you can discern
5. Make sure your background colour and text colours do not clash
6. Reference sources
7. Try your best to find a home for it on the Internet, eg. geocities,
@shaw
8. Create links to other sites of a similar nature
9. Create more than one page and have each page linked to the
first page
10. Add graphics but fast loading
11. Line spacers
12. If you want, you can add animated gifs
13. Easy to use
14. Reference to EDCI 396c and the author, ie. yourself
15. Email link to the author, i.e. yourself
16. Creation date
17. Please stay away from black as your background colour
18. If you have made it for a specific grade level, mention it
19. You can discern a plan of how it was put together
20. Contains text as to why you choose to do what you did
DUE DATE : Assignment # 4, July 11 - 17 ( or earlier )
Assignment 5: Implementation Project (25%) : Plan your own Internet Web based PROJECT and answer "How will you use the Internet Knowledge you have gained during the course in your classroom and/or educational setting to further the education of your students ? Read pages 53 - 62 in the text for helpful hints in planning your project.
The objective is to encourage you to search out the Web and find a place or places you can use in your classroom, eg. Space - a particular planet,or take a topic from any of the BC Ministry of Education, IRP's and find where you can go on the Web to support it.
Here is an example of a student's Final Project developed by Stephanie Brook, Winter 2002.
Another place for excellent ideas is to visit The WebQuest site , which provides online resources that show teachers how to construct their own Web-rich research units. Click on the following list for more helpful hints for WebQuests.
WebQuests