EDU506 - Computer Applications for Educators, is a graduate-level course in the FHU School of Education's M.Ed. program, wherein the students created a variety of technology-based projects for use within their own classrooms. Course Description! Several tutorials by ChalkSoft are available, including one on Word 7. Take the Self-Evaluation of Technology Skills to determine what you can do at the present time. Sample questions for the FHU Comps are available.
Project
One -- Electronic Mail: Hotmail, 
,
the world's largest provider of free Web-based email, is the program selected
for EDU506's email projects. Hotmail provides email access that is easy
and possible from any computer connected to the World Wide Web.
Project Two -- Finding Information on the World Wide Web: Because the Web is not indexed in any standard manner, finding information can seem difficult. Without a clear search strategy, using a search engine is like wandering aimlessly in the stacks of a library trying to find a particular book. A "Finding It Online" Tutorial is available.
Project Three -- Powerpoint Presentations: These PowerPoint Presentations have been built by the EDU 506 graduate students to illustrate the capabilities of Microsoft Office 97's PowerPoint software program. A PowerPoint Tutorial by ChalkSoft is available.
Project Four -- SpreadSheet Exercises: These SpreadSheet Exercises have been designed for the EDU 506 graduate students to illustrate the capabilities of Microsoft Office 97's Excel software program. An Excel Tutorial by ChalkSoft is available.
Project
Five -- WebQuests: WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in
which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the
Web. WebQuest is a model developed and designed in early 1995 by Dr.
Bernie Dodge, Professor of Educational Technology at San Diego State
University, and Tom
March. WebQuests are designed to use learners' time well, to focus
on using information rather than looking for it, and to support learners'
thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis and evaluation. The model
is outlined in Some
Thoughts About WebQuests. Using the available template
to guide the students/teachers through the process of creating a short-term,
single discipline WebQuest, the EDU506 graduate students designed webpages
that could be used immediately in their classrooms. Some samples
are available for viewing and comment, as well as thorough instructions
for creating your own interactive webpages for students and parents. Instructions
for both Windows-PC
and Macintosh
operating systems are provided for Netscape Communicator's Composer. An
HTML
Tutorial by ChalkSoft is available.
Download Netscape 4.79 by clicking on this icon 
.
Caution: This is a large file
(22 mb) and will require a lot of download time if you have a slow modem.
Download the file onto the desktop or into your "Downloads" folder. When
the download is completed, double-click on the file to start the installation
procedure.
Contact Dr. Bruce Lewis for further
information or to make suggestions.
Last updated September 10, 2002, @ 2:30 PM (CDST).
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