Course+Outline

=Info Tech Course Content=

Start Up

 * Launching and quitting applications properly
 * Rebooting machines from lockup
 * Develop troubleshooting strategies
 * Atomic Learning - http://www.lmsd.org/district_info/technology/atomiclearning/
 * Help menus
 * You Tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbI-363A2Q
 * http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=40c570a322f1b0b65909

LMSD Network

 * File management
 * Shared folders and home directories
 * User names/passwords
 * Privacy issues related to user names/passwords
 * Student acceptable use policy
 * Networking concepts and protocols

Ethical Issues

 * Copyright issues
 * Licensing issues
 * Awareness of privacy, legal, and safety issues
 * Plagiarism and academic honesty
 * [|Cell Phone Safety]

Internet Searching Strategies

 * Asking the right questions
 * Understanding Internet addresses and hosting terminology
 * Searching strategies
 * Library Resources (Librarian)

Evaluation of Websites

 * Current information
 * Reliability-- validity of source
 * Relevance to subject matter or topic
 * http://www.whois.nc

Internet Safety

 * Internet safety wiki resource: http://theinnovativeeducator.wikispaces.com/Internet+Safety+Resources
 * Cyber bullying - http://www.attorneygeneral.gov
 * i-safe
 * Family Resource Center
 * [[file:Family Online Safety Guide.pdf]]
 * [[file:10-Things-You-Can-Do-Cyber-Awareness.pdf]]
 * [[file:community.pdf]]
 * Classrooms for the Future wiki on Internet Safety/Cyberbullying

Social Networks

 * My Space with future consequences
 * Facebook
 * Meg Cabot – author who uses MySpace in a productive manner
 * http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&amp;friendid=93324340
 * Second Life
 * Twitter.com

Productivity software
(word processing, spreadsheet, database, etc.)
 * MLA Format

Interactive Multimedia Presentation

 * Incorporate and modify sound clips, design and graphic art clips, graphs, and other types of documents into multimedia products

Video Editing

 * Importing photos, video, audio/music
 * Splitting video and audio
 * Titles, Transitions, Effects
 * Exporting movie to quicktime/DVD
 * YouTube for hosting
 * iMovie wiki
 * Downloading of YouTube videos: http://zamzar.com

Photo Editing

 * Importing photos
 * Editing and organizing photos
 * Photos are used to create books, calendars, cards, etc.

Web Page Development

 * Creating site
 * Students need to save the Domain for their site to the local shared folder. They should first create a folder in the shared folder using their id # and then store the domain in this folder. If they place the domain folder into the Shared folder without creating a folder then there is a chance that it will be lost when another student does the same thing. The Domain can be found: Hard Drive > Click on House > Click on Library > Application Support > iWeb > Domain
 * Select appropriate template page
 * Importing photos/audio/movies
 * Publishing
 * Saving the Domain to a Flash Drive so students can work from home


 * Go into local shared folder > find domain > drag to flash drive
 * At home > work on it locally (not on flash drive) and then drag domain back over to flash drive


 * Publishing iweb: Create folder in shared folder > Publish to folder > save to new folder > Can view in safari or firefox
 * iWeb Wiki
 * iWeb Hosting Student Sites [[file:iweb Hosting Student Sites.doc]]

Online Discussion
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 * Google docs
 * Blogs
 * [|Blogs in Plain English]
 * Edublogs.com (free for teachers)
 * Google Blogger
 * Classblogmeister.com
 * 21classes.com

Podcasts

 * Audio podcast and enhanced podcast
 * Podcasting Wiki
 * Recording audio
 * Importing artwork/movies
 * Exporting
 * Using Soft and Real Instruments
 * If you want to add text to your podcast, create the text/picture in PowerPoint on a slide (the slide is too large so it is best if you keep everything in the center as much as possible, keep space around the page's edges) and then when you go to save, instead of saving as a PowerPoint change it to a JPEG. Then this JPEG can be added to the Podcast Track.

Web 2.0 Tools