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Course Title:    Using Technology as a Tool for Communication

Instructor:         J. Cotton, Chittum Elementary School

Course Topics:   

• Oveview of the Internet
• Using the Netscape Browser
• Navigating the Net
• Review of Vocabulary Terms
• Searching for Information
• Uses of Web Pages
• Parts of the Web Page
• Creating a Web Page using Microsoft Word
  • Creating a "jump-off" page
  • Creating a student scavenger hunt
• Creating Web Pages using a text editor
  • Structure of the Web Page
  • Open and Paired Tags
  • Structural and Style Tags
  • Adding Color
  • Changing font style and sizes
  • Linking to other sites
  • Linking within the same file
  • Creating Mail-to links
  • Adding Graphics
  • Creating ordered lists and unordered lists
  • Creating tables
  • Saving and opening html files
• Evaluation of School Web Pages
• Creating a School Web Page
• Lesson Plan ideas and discussion

Assignments:

1. Attendance and Participation
2. Final Culminating Activity
3. Lesson plan that integrates the use of html due no later than 8/20/99.  Pony or mail lesson plan to J. Cotton at E.W. Chittum Elementary School.