Information Technology

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Information Technology Education
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Today
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The 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

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Hardware

• The stuff you can touch
• Includes the computer itself as well as
  peripherals like
• cameras,
• camcorders,
• printers,
• web cams, etc.

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Software

• The stuff written in binary code (zeros and ones)
  that make your computer do what you want it to
  (and sometimes things you dont).
• Typically comes on a CD or DVD or can be
  downloaded from the internet.

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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)

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Application Examples
For Teachers Markbook, Thinkwave, ETeacher, Ontario Curriculum Planner, OneNote
Word Processing MSWord, WordPerfect
Presentations PowerPoint
Communications TEL, Outlook, Messenger, Online Learning
Web Design FrontPage, Dreamweaver
Sound N-Track, Fruityloops
Graphics/Photo Various
Videos MovieMaker, Sony Vegas Platinum
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Online Resources/Applications

• What is the internet?
• What is a URL?
• Finding Information
• Conducting searches
• Using online databases/libraries

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What is the Internet?

• The 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 servers are the computers that actually run
  web sites.

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URLs

• URL is an acronym for Uniform Resource Locator
  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

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Finding 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

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Creating Your Own Teacher Site

• www.webcentre.ca small monthly fee
• MS Frontpage wysiwyg

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Using 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

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Online publications/sites for Social Sciences

• Psychology Today http//cms.psychologytoday.com/p
  to/home.php
• The Skeptical Inquirer http//www.csicop.org/si/
• Museum of Anthropology at UBC http//www.moa.ubc.c
  a/
• 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/tem
  perament_sorter/register.asp?partid1
• Tests Inventories online
• http//www.queendom.com/tests/
• http//www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/amoebawe
  b/index.cfm?doc_id850
• Kiersy Temperament Sorter http//www.advisorteam.c
  om/temperament_sorter/register.asp?partid1

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Communicating with Students Parents

• Email
• www.hotmail.ca
• http//login.yahoo.com/config/mail?.intlca
• MSN Messenger Real time discussion
• First Class Client (TEL)
• Setting up class conferences
• Online Grade book Thinkwave
• www.thinkwave.com

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Discipline Specific Resources

• Psychology
• Sociology
• Anthropology
• History
• Math
• Biology
• Chemistry
• English

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Anthropology

• Evolution
• http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/
• Online Videos for teachers
• http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/educators/teachs
  tuds/tvideos.html
• Online videos for students
• http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/educators/teachs
  tuds/svideos.html
• Teachers Guide
• http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/educators/teachs
  tuds/tguide.html
• American Anthropological Association Online
  Resources
• http//www.aaanet.org/resinet.htm
• Anthronet
• http//www.anthro.net/

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Psychology

• The Psychology of Abuse War
• Abu Graib
• http//www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-jun
  e04/prisoners_5-11.html
• Concentration Camps
• http//www.pbs.org/perilousfight/psychology/disbel
  ief_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/

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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/webresour
  ces/sociology.html

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Equity

• A Class Divided
• http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/teach/divi
  ded/
• General Resources
• http//www.edchange.org/multicultural/teachers.htm
  l Teachers Pavilion
• http//www.educationworld.com/a_diversity/
• http//www.tommihail.net/diversity.html
• http//www.edchange.org/multicultural/

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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.ht
  m

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Multimedia Resource Examples

• Google Video
• YouTube

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Study Guides Online Resources

• Pink Monkey English, History, Math, Science
• http//www.pinkmonkey.com/studyguides/studyguidesm
  ain.asp
• PBS
• Math http//www.pbs.org/teachersource/math.htm
• Arts Literature http//www.pbs.org/teachersourc
  e/arts_lit.htm
• Science http//www.pbs.org/teachersource/sci_tech
  .htm
• Health Fitness http//www.pbs.org/teachersource
  /health.htm

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Math

• Wolfram Math World http//mathworld.wolfram.com/
  
• Math Resources - Tutorials, Formulas,
  Calculators, Directories http//www.khake.com/pag
  e47.html

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Science

• Cells Alive http//www.cellsalive.com/
• DNA From the Beginning http//www.dnaftb.org/dnaf
  tb/
• Human Anatomy Online http//www.innerbody.com/htm
  /body.html
• PBS Physics http//www.pbs.org/science/science_ph
  ysics.html