ICG 767 Spring 2003 Course Schedule
(last revised 3/30/03)

Week/Date

TOPIC

ASSIGNMENTS DUE

1. Jan 27 **

Course Overview; Intro to WWW

Intro to WebCT; Intro to WebQuests

A WebQuest About WebQuests

2. Feb. 3 **

WebQuest Evaluation Rubric

Dropbox Practice due (Week 1 Handout)

Creating a Home Page with WebCT

Read: Text pp. 224-237

Sign Up for Readings

Read: Some Thoughts About WebQuests

3. Feb. 10

Previewing & Evaluating Educational Websites

WebQuest Evaluations due

WebCT Home Page#1 due

4. Feb. 17

President's Day (No F2F Class)

Read ABCs of Web Site Evaluation

Read An Illusory Dilemma (in packet)

5. Feb. 24

Searching the Web Assignment

Website Evaluations due

Read Text: Chpt 8, p. 238 (including links)

Read From Promise to Practice

6. March 3

Evaluating Educational Information on the Web

Read When the Book.? When the Net?

Read Netwise Teens (in packet)

7. March 10 **

Acceptable Use of the Web

Search Assignment due

Intro to Web Pages

Read Other Worldly Research

Read Text: Chpt. 8: pp. 244-246

8. March 17

UNLV Spring Break

9. March 24

Graphics; Digitizing and Processing Images

Read Text Chpt. 9: pp. 255-264

File Transfer Protocol (FTP); Installing Web Pages

Web Page Design Issues

10. March 31

WebQuest Project Posted

Basic Home Page duel Read "Five Rules for Designing Great WebQuests" (passed out March 10)

HTML Basics/Strategies for Troubleshooting

11. April 7 **

WebQuest Project Planning and Direction

Read Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines (in packet)

Copyright Issues; Greg Halopoff: Teaching Online Class

Read Keeping it Legal

12. April 14

Optional Class (CCSD Spring Break)

Read Text Chpt. 9: pp. 265 - 270

Work on WebQuests; Consult with Instructor

13. April 21

Strudler at AERA (No F2F Class)

Read Text Chpt 9: pp. 270 (bottom) - 273.

Read "Wherefore Art Thou Telecollaboration" (in packet)

14. April 28

Open Lab

Read Project Based Learning (in packet)

Formative Evaluation of WebQuest Projects

15. May 5 **

Course Evaluation; Review for Final Exam

Read Becker, pp. 2; 27-33. (Use PDF file)

Formative Evaluation of WebQuest Projects

(Becker also in 761 Jossey Bass Text)

16. May 12 **

Final Exam/Share Final Projects

WebQuest Projects due


** Denotes attendance required