EDUCATION 443:
Telecommunications for Educators
SYLLABUS
Session 1 - Introduction to telecommunication/electronic
mail - 3hrs.
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Overview of class
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Understanding terminology
Activity: Access telecommunication staff development
needs at school site
Session 2 - History and development of the Internet
- 4hrs.
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Anatomy of a basic e-mail system
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Retrieve messages/send messages
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Address Book
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Attachments
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Configuration of an e-mail system
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IP address
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POP Server-etc
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Ethical use policy
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Activity: Review and/or develop an acceptable use policy.
Share with class.
Session 3 - Advanced skill of using the World Wide
Web - 4hrs.
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Methods of correlating the Internet to IGOs of county and
state
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Seek out/identify sites
Activity: Develop bookmarks to match IGO’s of student’s
grade level across the core curriculum. Save to disk.
Session 4 - Upgrading and transferring of files - 3hrs.
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Download sites
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Plug-Ins
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Copyright and legal issues
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Citing of files/Internet references
Activity: Download software, upgrade, zip files,
plug-in and applets
Session 5 - Web Page I - 4hrs.
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Effective website design/organization/visual layouts, etc.
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Guidelines and policies.
Activity: Lecture and hands-on. View and
critique the effectiveness of three existing sites.
Session 6 - Web Page II - 4hrs.
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Explore the variety of strategies for posting web pages.
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Clear, effective communication and navigability
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Not only to access web pages but to import information such
as homework/communications with parents, etc.
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Language/Hypertext, etc
Activity: Lecture and hands-on. Experience
with web authoring tools.
Session 7 - Web Page III - 4hrs.
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Managing a web site
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Updating etc.
Activity: Lecture and hands on. Update and
refine web page done in Software Application Class.
Session 8 - Technical Aspect of Distance Learning -
3hrs.
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Terminology and Various types of transmission
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ISDN
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Digital
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Analogue
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Synchronous
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Asynchronous
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One-way
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Cu-See-Me
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Audio-conferencing
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Video-conferencing
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Closed-circuit television
Activity: Hand outs. Inventory of distance
learning aspects within their building. Plan for future development
of such.
Session 9 – Delivering distance learning - 4hrs.
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Methods on how they work
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Where to go to find information
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How to evaluate courses (does it meet your needs, method
of delivery, etc.
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Copyright Issues.
Activity: Students will develop an evaluation form
to use in future distance learning activities.
Session 10 - Using different technologies – 3 hrs.
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Students will participate in a distance learning site.(Satellite,
two way conferencing, etc.
Activity: Students will evaluate session using
form developed during previous class session and discuss.
Session 11 - Applications for distance learning – 3
hrs.
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Electronic field trips
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Delivery of coursework
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Interacting with in-field experts
Activity: Search the Internet for electronic field
trips. Select a site to do within student’s classroom. Student
will keep log of activity to share at a future class session.
Session 12 - Field trip to distance learning site –
3 hrs.
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Students will participate in a second type of technology
(two way interactive teleconference, CU-See-Me, etc.)
Activity: Students will evaluate type of technology and
discuss.
Session 13 - Strategic project planning – 3 hrs.
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Training teachers in telecommunication awareness
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Addressing scheduling and equipment/lab use policies.
Activity: Share logs from electronic field trip.
Prepare a staff development session to be used with staff.
Home
Online
Tutorials Graphics
Distance
Learning Electronic
Field Trips Internet
Searching
Zipped
Files E-Mail
Java
Browsers
Bookmarks
FTP
Internet
History Plugins
Software
Citing
Internet Resources Other
Methods of Communicating Information Effective
Web Pages
Making
a Web Site Come Alive Sound
Program
Overview