Information Technology & Information Technology & EducationEducation

Today…Today…

CommunicatingCommunicating

ReferenceReference OnlineOnline

OfflineOffline

Teacher PalsTeacher Pals

Info TechInfo TechBasicsBasics

The BasicsThe Basics My apologies to those who are already in the know… Hardware & Peripherals Software (applications)

Word processors, spreadsheets, multimedia, markbooks, Curriculum Development, email, web building, etc…

HardwareHardware The stuff you can touch… Includes the computer

itself as well as peripherals like

cameras, camcorders, printers, web cams, etc.

SoftwareSoftware The stuff written in binary code (zeros

and ones) that make your computer do what you want it to (and sometimes things you don’t).

Typically comes on a CD or DVD or can be downloaded from the internet.

Teacher Tip…Teacher Tip… We get discounts on most

software titles because we are teachers.

For example… MS Office costs $400.00

If you are a teacher or student the cost is only $200.00

Must be purchased from an educational reseller though… (e.g. any university book store)

Application ExamplesApplication ExamplesFor TeachersFor Teachers Markbook, Thinkwave, ETeacher, Ontario Curriculum Planner, OneNote

Word ProcessingWord Processing MSWord, WordPerfect

PresentationsPresentations PowerPoint

CommunicationsCommunications TEL, Outlook, Messenger, Online Learning…

Web DesignWeb Design FrontPage, Dreamweaver

SoundSound N-Track, Fruityloops

Graphics/PhotoGraphics/Photo Various…

VideosVideos MovieMaker, Sony Vegas Platinum

Online Resources/ApplicationsOnline Resources/Applications What is the internet? What is a URL? Finding Information

Conducting searches Using online databases/libraries

What is the Internet?What is the Internet? The InternetThe Internet refers to the worldwide network of

interconnected computers. Every publicly accessible web site is hosted by a web server

computer, which is a part of the Internet. Every personal computer, cell phone or other device that

people use to look at web sites is also a part of the Internet. Web serversWeb servers are the computers that actually run

web sites.

URLsURLs URL is an acronym for UUniform RResource LLocator and is a reference (an

address) to a resource on the Internet. The last three letters after the “.” give some information about the source of

a site. Examples:

.com - business .edu - post secondary institution .gov - government

These can also designate country where site originates. Example: .ca - Canada .za - South Africa .uk - Great Britiain

Finding Information OnlineFinding Information Online Your browser (Internet Explorer, Netscape, Firefox,

etc.) Using a “search engine” Framing a search:

To narrow a search use a phrase that is bracketed by quotation marks. For example: “peer pressure” This is a common phrase so to narrow it further type in “peer

pressure” and “adolescent boys” to narrow your search further. Notice the reduction in “hits”

Creating Your Own Teacher Site www.webcentre.ca – small monthly fee MS Frontpage – wysiwyg

Using Online Databases/LibrariesUsing Online Databases/Libraries Great for social science & humanities information…

www.questia.com Online fulltext social science and humanities library with both very old and very current material. Free online full text resources:

www.findarticles.com From a wide range of academic and popular periodicals www.ipl.org Internet Public Library http://promo.net/pg/ Project Gutenburg

Resources offered through school boards: www.proquest.com http://search.epnet.com

Online Encyclopedias/Dictionaries: www.dictionary.com www.encarta.com

Statistics Canada www.statscan.ca Statistics Canada

Country Information http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ CIA World Factbook

Online publications/sites for Social SciencesOnline publications/sites for Social Sciences

Psychology Today: http://cms.psychologytoday.com/pto/home.php The Skeptical Inquirer http://www.csicop.org/si/ Museum of Anthropology at UBC http://www.moa.ubc.ca/ Sociology Online http://www.sociologyonline.co.uk/ Museum of Civilization: http://www.civilization.ca/indexe.asp Museums from around the world: http://vlmp.museophile.com/world.html The Atlantic Online

http://www.advisorteam.com/temperament_sorter/register.asp?partid=1 Tests & Inventories online:

http://www.queendom.com/tests/ http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/amoebaweb/index.cfm?doc_id=850 Kiersy Temperament Sorter http://www.advisorteam.com/temperament_sorter/register.asp?partid=1

Communicating with Students & Communicating with Students & ParentsParents Email

www.hotmail.ca http://login.yahoo.com/config/mail?.intl=ca

MSN Messenger – Real time discussion First Class Client (TEL) Setting up class conferences Online Grade book: Thinkwave

www.thinkwave.com

Discipline Specific Resources Psychology Sociology Anthropology History Math Biology Chemistry English

Anthropology Evolution

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/

Online Videos for teachers http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/educators/teachstuds/tvideos.html

Online videos for students http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/educators/teachstuds/svideos.html

Teacher’s Guide http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/educators/teachstuds/tguide.html

American Anthropological Association Online Resources http://www.aaanet.org/resinet.htm

Anthronet http://www.anthro.net/

Psychology The Psychology of Abuse & War

Abu Graib http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june04/prisoners_5-11.html#

Concentration Camps http://www.pbs.org/perilousfight/psychology/disbelief_of_atrocities/

Issues in Psychiatry Does Psychiatry Have a Split Personality?

http://www.pbs.org/kcet/closertotruth/explore/show_09.html

Secret of the Brain http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/about_advisors.html

Dying to be thin… http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/thin/program.html#

General Psychology resources http://www.psychwww.com/resource/bytopic.htm http://www.princeton.edu/~psychlib/links.htm http://psychcentral.com/resources/

Sociology Stats Can

http://www.statcan.ca/start.html

Stanford Prison Experiment http://www.prisonexp.org/

General Resources http://www.wcsu.ctstateu.edu/socialsci/socres.html http://www.uky.edu/Subject/socio.html http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/soc/internet.htm http://www.sosig.ac.uk/sociology/ http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/webresources/sociology.html

Equity A Class Divided

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/teach/divided/ General Resources

http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/teachers.html Teachers’ Pavilion http://www.educationworld.com/a_diversity/ http://www.tommihail.net/diversity.html http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/

Critical Thinking General Resources

http://www.criticalthinking.org/ http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/longview/ctac/toc.htm http://www2.sjsu.edu/depts/itl/graphics/main.html http://www.library.fullerton.edu/criticalthinking.htm http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/pandp/critthink/homepg.htm

Multimedia Resource Examples Google Video YouTube

Study Guides & Online Resources Pink Monkey : English, History, Math, Science

http://www.pinkmonkey.com/studyguides/studyguidesmain.asp

PBS: Math: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/math.htm Arts & Literature: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/arts_lit.htm Science: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/sci_tech.htm Health & Fitness: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/health.htm

Math Wolfram Math World: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ Math Resources - Tutorials, Formulas, Calculators,

Directories: http://www.khake.com/page47.html

Science Cells Alive: http://www.cellsalive.com/ DNA From the Beginning:

http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/ Human Anatomy Online:

http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html PBS Physics:

http://www.pbs.org/science/science_physics.html