Internet Literacy Class Web Site
Spring 2010
Week One - Getting Online and History of the Internet
This first week will give us an opportunity to learn more about one another and make sure we are all comfortable working with the online class format. Please take a few minutes to read through the course syllabus. If you have any questions about course content, assignments, requirements, or deadlines, please contact me to set up an appointment to meet by telephone or person.
Please start by taking this anonymous survey: Click Here to take survey
Take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with e-College. Click the Gradebook tab to view the online gradebook. Click the email tab to access the built-in tool that will allow you to send an email to me or your classmates. Click the Dropbox tab to see where you will upload assignment files for me to retrieve, review and grade. Finally, click the Webliography tab to view the many useful links I have added.
We will start by learning how the Internet came about and how it works. Read chapters 1 and 2 in Internet Effectively. Don't forget to complete assignment 1 and post your introduction in this week's discussion forum.
Also, I'd like you to all think about how students learn. Take a moment to view this intriguing online movie created by students: Vision of Students Today. Make sure you have the sound enabled on your computer or are wearing headphones
Introduction
Chapter 1 lecture
Chapter 2 lecture
Assignment 1
Week Two - Using the Internet, Part 1
This week we will really get into the mechanics of using the Internet. You will have an opportunity to complete some hands-on exercises to become more comfortable and familiar with Internet resources.
Read chapters 3-5 in the Internet Effectively text. As you read the text, the author will provide you the addresses of web sites to visit. Make sure you visit each listed web site as these are provided as examples to help you better understand the concepts being discussed.
Please visit the following online lectures, then post your comments in the online discussion board and complete this week's assignment:
Search Basics
Chapter 3 lecture
Chapter 4 lecture
Chapter
5 lecture
Assignment 2
Week Three - Using the Internet, Part 2
Read chapters 3-5 in Internet Effectively, making sure you visit the recommended web sites listed within the chapter text. Complete and submit assignment 3.
Week Four - Evaluation Web Sites
Please visit the following web pages, then complete this week's assignment:
Evaluating Internet
Resources
Quick
Quiz: Evaluating Sources
Assignment
4
Week Five - Developing an Effective Research Plan
For the next few weeks, we will concentrate on how to use Internet and Web-based resources to conduct college-level research. This is a golden opportunity to use a research project from one of your other classes to complete the requirements of two classes.
Please start by viewing the following tutorials, then complete this week's assignment:
Scholarly Research
Choosing a Topic
Refining a Topic
Scholarly
Research
Assignment 5: Create a Research Proposal
Weeks Six & Seven - Conducting Scholarly Research
For the next two weeks, you will have time to search for information relating to the topic you described within your research proposal. Using the Exploratory Research Document template, you will record the necessary information to evaluate each source and provide the necessary information to construct a bibliographic citation.
You may access online databases and the library catalog from the Hartnell Library home page located at http://www.hartnell.edu/library/ or you may access the databases directly using the web addresses and log on instructions found in the handout available from this week's online lecture web page.
If you are accessing databases from off campus using the links on the library home page, you will be prompted to enter a library card number. This will be the number on the back of your Cat Card. If your Cat Card number doesn't work, use the following: INTERLIT
Start by viewing the following online lecture, then begin work on assignment 6:
Visible vs. Invisible
Web Resources
Assignment 6: Exploratory
Research Document
Week Eight -Bibliographic Citation
This week you will select six of the sources from your Exploratory Research Document, then reformat them into an annotated bibliography.
Here are some helpful links to get you started:
Pearsons' Understanding Plagiarism Tutorial
Cornell University - How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography
Assorted
Citation Guides
How to Cite Information from Web Pages
Assignment
7: Annotated Bibliography
Spring Break March 29 - April 3, 2010: No Classes!
Week Nine - Introduction to Web Page Creation
Starting this week, we will spend the next month learning how to create and publish Web pages. Each week, I will hold open drop in labs to provide hands-on assistance to students. During each lab, we will walk through the assignment, step-by-step. At the end of the lab session, you will have created and published your very own Web pages. This week's lab will be held in the Information Competency Center within the Library. Please check the Announcements for the exact date and time.
Here are two useful movies to help you get started.