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Create
Science Lessons for the Web
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Week 2
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Each participant will be required to create a Web Quest
from templates.
These templates are on floppy disks.
The Web Quests that you create will be uploaded to the Internet
for the
benefit of students and teachers world wide.The Web Quests
that you create
will be uploaded to the Internet for the benefit of students
and teachers world
wide.benefit of students and teachers world wide. |
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The Web Pages that you create will be accessible
at the following URLs:
http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/SEP/CTS98/index.html
http://www.can-do.com/uci/lessons98/index.html
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To successfully complete the course you must
attend regularly
and create your Web Quest ready to be uploaded
to the Internet.
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Prerequisites: |
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Windows 95 Basics or Macintosh Basics
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Things You Will Learn: |
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Key differences between Windows 95 and Macintosh operating systems
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The difference between "Save" and "Save As"
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Make a short cut to the Floppy A Drive on your desktop
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Open and explore the contents of your your floppy disk. The Course
bookmarks are on your floppy disk. Open and examine the contents of your
your floppy disk. The Course bookmarks are on your floppy disk in
the Save Here Folder
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Learn how to create a Save Here Folder
on your desktop
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Learn how to save bookmarks, graphics and HTML files to the correct folders
in your Save Here Folder on your desktop. It is much
quicker to use the
Save Here Folder on your Desktop and then drag and drop
to your floppy disk to save any changes you have made.
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Learn how to back up your work from the Save Here Folder
on your desktop to the Save Here Folder on your floppy disk.
Do this at the end of each session.
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Learn how to use Netscape Communicator (Basic functions).
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Take a Guided tour showing the variety of resources available on the Internet.
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Explore the UCI Internet Course Web Site:
http://www.can-do.com/uci/
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Learn how to save bookmarks to your Save Here Folder.
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Set up a Free Web Based E-mail account on Hotmail.
(Having a valid
Web Based E-mail address is a requirement of this course.)
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Learn how to find useful science websites without using search engines.
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Learn how to use several search engines to find resources.
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Learn how to save graphics from the Web. (Right click on the image you
want.)
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Learn how to Cut or Copy and Paste just about anything.
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Highlight what you want to Cut or Copy and Paste. Click on
the Edit pull down menu on toolbar and choose the command
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Copying URL addresses is the best way not to make a mistake typing.
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Keyboard short cuts
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Cut: Highlight text or graphic Press
"Ctrl+X" key at the same time.
Copy: Highlight text or graphic Press "Ctrl+C"
key at the same time.
Paste: Highlight text or graphic Press "Ctrl+V" key
at the same time.
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Things you will learn when making your Web Pages:
You will use Netscape Composer to create your web pages from
the templates
located on your floppy disk. Netscape Composer is a WYSIWYG
Web Page
authoring program that allows you create a web page in a similar
fashion to a how
you use word processor.word processor.
WYSIWYG stands for What You See Is What You Get
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Pick a topic for your Web Quest.
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Search for web resources for your web pages. Bookmark websites and save
graphics.
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Learn how Greg wants you to save HTML and graphic
files to save time and promote efficiency. (See Web Page Creation Guidelines
in the section below.)
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Guidelines that will make Greg's life easier:
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Greg will have to upload all the files to the Internet.
If you follow these guidelines, many problems can be avoided and we will
have more fun!
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When in doubt, always ask for help!
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When giving a name to your Web Quest and Lesson Plan, keep it short and
simple, and begin with a Capital letter and always end with .html
For Example:
A Web Quest about Simple Machines: Machines.html
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After saving graphic to your Save Here Folder on the Desktop,
you may Rename it as something that is useful for you.
For Example:
elep0321.jpg could be renamed as
elephant.jpg
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volc001.gif could
be renamed as volcano.gif
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Be sure that all the files that belong to your Web Quest are saved in the
Web Quest folder on your floppy disk.
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Be sure to save your work frequently. Save your work from your Save
Here Folder on the Desktop to your Save Here Folder
on your floppy disk at the
end of every morning and afternoon session.
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Some cool things we will
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Save and edit simple previously published web pages including text, HTML
layout and graphics.
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Add sounds to your web page. Record your own voice as a .wav
file, or play a musical .mid
file right from your own web page.
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Good Luck Webmasters!
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