Maricopa Community Colleges  CIS131DB   20002-20015 
Official Course Description:   MCCCD Approval:  12/14/99
CIS131DB     20002-20015 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Internet for Teachers
Overview of Internet use in the classroom. History of the Internet and World Wide Web (WWW) covered as well as components, advantages and disadvantages of the Internet use and misuse of electronic communication. Also includes safety and ethical issues, teaching/learning resources, teaching techniques and collaborative projects. Simple web page design included. Prerequisites: CIS131CB.
 
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
CIS131DB   20002-20015 Internet for Teachers
1. Explain the history of the Internet and World Wide Web (WWW). (I)
2. Describe major components of the Internet that educators could use. (II)
3. Describe the effectiveness of Internet electronic communications in the classroom. (III)
4. Describe the potential advantages that the Internet makes available to an educator. (IV)
5. List various dangers and disadvantages of using the Internet in the classroom. (V)
6. Describe safety and ethical issues. (VI)
7. Determine classroom/lab procedures that ensure compliance with copyright, fair-use guidelines, security, and child protection. (VI)
8. Evaluate the use of E-mail in the classroom. (VII)
9. Develop an educational plan which makes use of the Internet. (VIII)
10. Examine various links available to educators on the Internet. (IX)
11. Locate, evaluate, and select appropriate teaching/learning resources and curriculum materials on the Internet. (X, XI, XII)
12. Summarize teaching techniques using the Internet. (XII)
13. Determine classroom settings that support active student involvement, inquiry, and collaboration when using technology. (XII)
14. Develop on-line collaborative projects for use in the classroom. (XIII)
15. Survey how an educational entity can establish its own WWW site. (XIV)
16. Create a simple class web page. (XV)
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CIS131DB   20002-20015 Internet for Teachers
    I. Overview of the Internet
        A. History
        B. Teacher Use
        C. Websites
      II. Components of the Internet
          A. E-mail
          B. World Wide Web
          C. File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
          D. Gopher
          E. Inter Relay Chat (IRC)
        III. Use and Misuse of Electronic Communications
            A. E-mail
            B. Listservs
            C. Newsgroups
          IV. Advantages of Using the Internet
              A. Breaking down geographic and time differences
              B. Update shared information
            V. Disadvantages of Using the Internet
                A. Security and privacy issues
                B. Adult content and community standards issues
              VI. Safety and Ethical Issues
                  A. Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
                  B. Filtering Systems
                  C. Filtering Laws
                  D. Teacher Responsibilities and Safety Strategies
                  E. Copyright
                  F. Fair-use Guidelines
                VII. E-mail in the Classroom
                    A. Talk With an Expert
                    B. KeyPals
                    C. Mailing Lists
                    D. Discussion Groups
                    E. Threaded Discussions
                    F. Ethics
                  VIII. Internet Educational Plans
                      A. Pedagogy
                      B. Technology
                      C. Project management
                    IX. Links for Educators
                        A. Links to fun or a great place to begin exploring
                        B. Links to classroom resources
                        C. FTP sites
                        D. Government links
                        E. Telnet hosts
                        F. Reference links
                      X. Locating Information
                          A. Search Engines
                          B. Search Techniques
                          C. Authenticate Sources
                          D. Safety Techniques
                          E. Citing Resources
                        XI. Locating Teacher Resources
                            A. Lesson Plans
                            B. Teaching Material
                            C. National and State Curriculum Standards
                            D. Websites
                          XII. Teaching with the Internet
                              A. Techniques
                              B. Roles
                              C. Mistakes
                            XIII. On-line Collaborative Projects
                                A. Overview
                                B. Planning
                                C. Evaluation
                              XIV. Establishing a School's Presence on the Net
                                  A. Building a school's own web site
                                  B. Getting the site linked to and listed by others
                                  C. Providing for external E-mail for teachers and students
                                XV. Developing Web Pages
                                    A. Evaluation
                                    B. Planning
                                    C. Safety Issues
                                    D. Basic Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
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