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Computer
Technology in the Classroom
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By Laura Turner
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Teachers have come a long way in the last 15 years. It was
not long
ago that there were no computers in the classroom. There was
no World
Wide Web, no Internet, no digital cameras, no scanners and
certainly
no computers in the classroom. Networking was something you
did with
colleagues and computers were housed in large rooms, usually
basements
of some large university or business building. My, how things
have changed.
Not since the introduction of the blackboard have teachers
seen any
single piece of equipment impact teaching and teaching
fundamentals
in the way that the computer in the classroom has.
Today, to be a competent teacher at any level, you must know
how to
use computer technology and how to use it well in your
classroom. The
time has come where it is no longer acceptable for teachers to
be technology
illiterate. Many teachers have had the experience where their
students
know more then they do, even in computer fundamentals. This
must not
continue to happen or the quality of education will start to
drop, instead
of continuing to climb. To be a technology savvy educator, you
should
have most or all of the following skills. These are the skills
every
teacher should be familiar and comfortable with to truly begin
to integrate
the use of computer technology in the classroom. How do you
rate?
- A teacher should be able to send and receive e-mail and
send attachments.
- A teacher should be able to copy data or files from floppy
disk
to hard drive and visa versa.
- A teacher should be comfortable with and be able to use
Word Processing
software on a regular basis.
- A teacher should be comfortable with and be able to use
Spreadsheet
software on a regular basis.
- A teacher should be comfortable with and be able to use
Presentation
software (PowerPoint and HyperStudio) on a regular
basis.
- A teacher should be able to understand the Windows
Operating System
for PCs or the OS Operating System for Macs. A teacher
should be familiar
with both the PC and the Mac.
- A teacher should understand and have created their own Web
page.
- A teacher should be able to use the Internet efficiently
for such
tasks as searching and downloading
- A teacher should be able to use a digital camera.
- A teacher should be able to use a scanner.
Resources Related to Each
Skill
1. A teacher should able to send and receive e-mail and
send attachments.
L. Turner’s Educational Web Portal:
http://www.bhsu.edu/education/edfaculty/lturner/edportal.htm
WebTeacher – Your Source for Web Knowledge:
http://www.webteacher.org
Managing E-mail In and Out of the Classroom, from Microsoft:
http://www.eu.microsoft.com/education/tutorial/online/emailHome.asp
Outlook Express in the Classroom, from Microsoft (very good):
http://www.actden.com/oe
ITMA Studio - Tutorials:
http://www.itma.vt.edu/studio/tutorials.htm
2. A teacher should be able to copy data from floppy disk
to hard
drive and visa versa.
L Turner’s Educational Web Portal:
http://www.bhsu.edu/education/edfaculty/lturner/edportal.htm
Indiana University Knowledge Base:
http://kb.indiana.edu/data/ahyy.html?cust=8412
How to Copy Data Files to a Diskette:
http://4h.ifas.ufl.edu/4hbr/copybkup.htm
Information for the Mac user in regards to copying data to and from disks:
http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/~charlie/classes/60g/spring97/notes/node84.html
3. A teacher should be comfortable with and be able to use
Word
Processing software on a regular basis.
Word Processing Tutorials on the Web for Microsoft Word from the Rodman
Public Library:
http://www.rodmanlibrary.com/rpl/activities/word-tutor.htm
Online Word Processing Tutorials for Word, Works, Apple/ClarisWorks, and
WordPerfect, from the University of Alberta:
http://www.quasar.ualberta.ca/edpy202/tutorial/wptut/wpweb.htm
Word Processing Tutorials for Word from the Educational Technology Center
at Malaspina University:
http://web.mala.bc.ca/etc/resourc/students/wordproc.htm
Learning to Use Microsoft Word from the University of Manitoba:
http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~turnerd/wp.html
Word Processing with AppleWorks from Buddy Project.org:
http://www.buddyproject.org/tool/tutor/wordpro/default.asp
4. A teacher should be comfortable with and be able to use
Spreadsheet
software on a regular basis.
Spreadsheet Resources from Educational Technology Training Resources:
http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/etc/cathy/Sprdshet.htm
Software Tutorials, by ClassZone:
http://www.classzone.com/fun/tutorial/software.htm
Microsoft Excel (Mac and PC), by the Memphis City Schools:
http://www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/admin/tlapages/on-line_excel.htm
5. A teacher should be comfortable and be able to use
Presentation
software (PowerPoint and HyperStudio) on a regular
basis.
PowerPoint
PowerPoint tutorials by ClassZone:
http://www.classzone.com/fun/tutorial/software.htm
PowerPoint tutorials from Montana State University – Billings, Montana:
http://www.msubillings.edu/support101/Faculty/PowerPointTutors.htm
PowerPoint Tutorial, compiled by Ann Henderson:
http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~kfossey/ppthelp.html
PowerPoint Self-Guided Lessons, by Jeri Holt:
http://www.memun.org/resources/public/PDF_Data/powerpt/default.htm
Introduction to PowerPoint, by the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada:
http://www.tss.uoguelph.ca/resources/tt/pp.html
Online Tutorials & PowerPoint Presentations, by Grand County School
District, Moab, Utah:
http://www.grand.k12.ut.us/tech/training/tutorials/index.html
HyperStudio
HyperStudio Online Tutorial and Resources, by Building Learning with Technology:
http://www.education.umd.edu/blt/hyper.html
HyperStudio Tutorials Online:
http://www.dg58.dupage.k12.il.us/teacher_
resources/HyperStudio%20Web/hyperstudio.htm
A listing of various links to HyperStudio online tutorials and resources:
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/shannon/761Webpages/panels/_
themes/hyperstudio/761hyperstudio3.html
HyperStudio tutorials, by ClassZone: http://www.classzone.com/fun/tutorial/software.htm
Educational Software Tutorials – HyperStudio by Exworthy Education
Links:
http://home.socal.rr.com/exworthy/pgm.htm#Mac%20and%20ClarisWorks
6. A teacher should be able to understand the Windows
Operating
System for PCs or the OS Operating System for Macs. A teacher
should
be familiar with both the PC and the Mac.
Windows for PCs—95/98/2000/XP
Free operating system tutorials and tips for BeOS, DOS, Mac, Unix, Windows,
OS/2 & more:
http://www.knowledgehound.com/topics/OSs.htm
Windows Operating Systems Resources:
http://www.refdesk.com/win95.html
Windows 95/98 Tutorials from Montana State University – Billings Montana:
http://www.msubillings.edu/support101/Faculty/WindowsTutors.htm
Working Better with Windows98, In and Out of the Classroom:
http://www.new-waverly.k12.tx.us/res/
microsoft/classroom/win98/better.htm
ITMA Studio Tutorials: http://www.itma.vt.edu/studio/tutorials.htm
Educational Software Tutorials – Windows by Exworthy Education Links:
http://home.socal.rr.com/exworthy/pgm.htm#
Mac%20and%20ClarisWorks
Automated Tutorials page for the Windows XP operating system:
http://www.ita.sel.sony.com/support/tutorials/lib/windowsxp.html
Online Tutorials:
http://www.ecesc.k12.in.us/tutorials.html
Tech Self Help – TroubleShooting Links:
http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/tech_help/tech_help.htm
OS for Mac – 7.6–9.0
A Beginner’s Guide to the Mac (These tips are shown using OS 8.6 and
9.
Most will work with OS 8.1 and above):
http://www.macoptions.com/os85
ITMA Studio Tutorial:
http://www.itma.vt.edu/studio/tutorials.htm
Tech Self Help – TroubleShooting Links:
http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/tech_help/tech_help.htm
Apple’s site for tutorials:
http://www.info.apple.com/support/downloads.html
A listing of various links to Mac OS tutorials, by Indiana University Knowledge
Base:
http://kb.indiana.edu/data/agee.html
The Mac Corner, by the Central Kentucky Computing Society:
http://ckcs.org/sigs/mac/mac.htm
An overview with tutorial type information
for the Mac OS 9, by Vicki Brown:
http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/
Vol.15/15.11/MacOS9/index.html
Macinstruct–Free Mac tutorials, training,and education:
http://www.macinstruct.com
The Macintosh Index, by the San Gabriel Valley Mac Users Group:
http://www.sgvmug.org/Pages/MacIndex.html
Conquering Your iMac: A listing of various tutorials and related information:
http://www.rboproductions.com/esdcourses/imac/imac.htm
7. A teacher should understand and have created their own
teacher’s
Web Page.
Creating Web Pages with Claris Home Page, by Lynn Lary and Sam Miller,
Oregon US West/NEA Teacher Network:
http://www.wallowa.k12.or.us/cyberschool/
learning/support/chptutorial.html
Creating Web Pages Using Netscape, by Babson College:
http://faculty.babson.edu/hotchkiss/tutor/goldpage.htm
ITMA Studio Tutorials:
http://www.itma.vt.edu/studio/tutorials.htm
Creating Web Pages with Microsoft FrontPage, by Diana Eggers:
http://www.learningspace.org/tech/FrontPage/index.htm
A portal type of site by the Loess Area 13 Education
Agency that has numerous links that contain a variety of
information that will help teachers and students create better web pages:
http://www.aea13.k12.ia.us/technology/creating_web_pages.htm
Creating a Web Page with Netscape Communicator:
http://lone-eagles.com/netscape.htm
Creating Web Pages Using FrontPage Express, by LSE Website Services:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/web/fp-express/research/tutorial/intro.htm
Resources for Creating Your Own Web Home Pages:
http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/Internet/webpages.html
Pixelloom’s Links to Info for Creating Web Pages:
http://www.pixelloom.com/tutor/tutor.htm
Learn to Make Web Pages Using FrontPage Express or Word97, by Sam Friedman:
http://www.mtps.com/hs/webpage/html
8. A teacher should be able to use the Internet
efficiently including
the following skills:
- Understanding what the Internet is and that the World Wide Web is part of
the Internet and not the same thing.
- Knowing how to log onto the Internet
- Understanding and using the Favorites function (in Internet Explorer) or
the Bookmark function (in Netscape Navigator)
- Knowing how to download clipart for use in other programs and being aware
of the copyright issues
- Knowing how to download freeware (free software programs) from the WWW,
for use in their classroom
- Using Educational Web Portals to quickly find WWW resources for use in the
classroom
- Understanding Internet filtering software
- Understanding what search engines are, the different types, and how to use
them
Web Basics
Kathy Schrock’s Slide Shows:
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/shows.html
Welcome to the Web:
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/welcome
Beginners’ Central:
http://www.northernwebs.com/bc
The University of Albany Internet Tutorials:
http://library.albany.edu/internet
net.Tutor: Your Personal Guide to Understanding the Net:
http://gateway.lib.ohio-state.edu/tutor/index.html
ITMA Studio Tutorials:
http://www.itma.vt.edu/studio/tutorials.htm
About.com’s Internet 101 Tutorial Gwen Schertel,
About’s Internet for Beginners Guide will take you through a
FREE six-week course especially designed for beginning Internet users:
http://specials.about.com/channels/internet/net101/
index.htm?sourceid=00143200522737187648
RDN (Resource Discovery Network) Virtual Training Suite:
http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk
Internet Island: If you want to learn how to use the Internet in a classroom,
start here. Internet Island is designed to be a safe environment
where novice Internet users learn and practice navigation skills:
http://www.miamisci.org/ii/
Newbies Anonymous: A Newcomer’s Guide to the Internet:
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/1945/index1.htm
L. Turner’s Educational Web Portal Downloading
clipart/freeware and information on Internet filtering software:
http://www.bhsu.edu/education/edfaculty/lturner/edportal.htm
Web Searching
Finding Information on the Internet:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/
Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
Seven Steps to Better Searching:
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/WebQuest/searching/sevensteps.html
Untangling the Web: Guidelines for Researching on the World Wide Web:
http://www.closeup.org/untangle.htm
Find it on the Internet:
http://luna.moonstar.com/~marion
Finding Data on the Internet:
http://nilesonline.com/data
NetLearn: Internet Learning Resources Directory:
http://www.rgu.ac.uk/~sim/research/netlearn/callist.htm
Pandia Goalgetter Internet Search Tutorial:
http://www.pandia.com/goalgetter
How to find material on the Internet that you want to save to your hard
disk or to a floppy disk:
http://www.nf.sympatico.ca/Sympatico_Help/Learn/help25.html
L. Turner’s Educational Web Portal–Use the Search Engine and
Deep Web links:
http://www.bhsu.edu/education/edfaculty/lturner/edportal.htm
Web Evaluation
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly—Why it’s a Good Idea to Evaluate
Web Sources:
http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.html
Bare Bones 101: A Basic Tutorial on Searching the Web:
http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/bones.html
Evaluating Web Resources:
http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library
/webevaluation/webeval.htm
Internet Detective: an interactive tutorial on evaluating the quality
of Internet resources:
http://www.sosig.ac.uk/desire/internet-detective.html
Finding It Online: Web Search Strategies:
http://home.sprintmail.com/~debflanagan/main.html
Internet Searching Tools:
http://www.sou.edu/library/searchtools
Search Engine Watch: Provides tips and information about searching the
Web:
http://www.searchenginewatch.com
Search Engines, Directories, and Other Tools:
http://www.owu.edu/~librweb/scrdir.htm
Resources for Finding Information on the Internet:
http://www.uky.edu/Subject/netics.html
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly—Why it’s a Good Idea to Evaluate
Web Sources:
http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.html
Bare Bones 101: A Basic Tutorial on Searching the Web:
http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/bones.html
Evaluating Web Resources:
http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library
/webevaluation/webeval.htm
Internet Detective: an interactive tutorial on evaluating the quality
of Internet resources:
http://www.sosig.ac.uk/desire/internet-detective.html
Finding It Online: Web Search Strategies:
http://home.sprintmail.com/~debflanagan/main.html
Internet Searching Tools:
http://www.sou.edu/library/searchtools
Search Engine Watch: Provides tips and information about searching the
Web:
http://www.searchenginewatch.com
Search Engines, Directories, and Other Tools:
http://www.owu.edu/~librweb/scrdir.htm
Resources for Finding Information on the Internet:
http://www.uky.edu/Subject/netics.html
9. A teacher should be able to use a digital
camera.
Scanners and Digital Cameras: An Overview by WIT2000 University of Chicago:
http://cuip.uchicago.edu/wit/2000/curriculum/
homeroommodules/camera/index.htm
Introduction to Digital Cameras:
http://library.thinkquest.org/50123/tutorials/capture.html
ITMA Studio Tutorials:
http://www.itma.vt.edu/studio/tutorials.htm
Digital Camera FAQ, by Jeff Keller:
http://www.dcresource.com/faq/faq.html
The Digital Dimension by PowerShot.com: A comparison between traditional
and digital cameras:
http://www.powershot.com/powershot2/why/digitalvsfilm.html
10. A teacher should be able to use a scanner.
A Few Scanning Tips and Links, by scantips.com:
http://www.scantips.com/scanlink.html
Selecting a Scanner, by the Digital Library Federation:
http://www.hudson.rlg.org/visguides/visguide2.html
How to Buy a Scanner and not Make an Idiot of Yourself, by Al Giovetti:
http://www.charm.net/~wizards/computershow/news/scanners.htm
Tutorial for Preservice Teachers – Introduction to Scanners:
http://library.thinkquest.org/50123/tutorials/scanners.html
Tutorials for Preservice Teachers–Scanning Information:
http://library.thinkquest.org/50123/tutorials/scanning.html
Flatbed and Film Scanning–A Users Guide, by Leland Stanford Junior
University:
http://acomp.stanford.edu/acpubs/Docs/scanning
Laura Turner is the Computer Technology Instructor for
the College
of Education at Black Hills State University. She has 15 years
experience
teaching computer technology both in the United States and in
Germany.
She can be reached at lauraturner@bhsu.edu.
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