LM_NET: Library Media Networking
- Subject: Hit: Internet Staff Development (fairly long)
- From: "R. Thompson" <ken32@BUFFNET1.BUFFNET.NET>
- Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 21:05:36 -0500
Thanks to everyone who responded. This group is a wonderful resource.
I also should have mentioned that we have Netscape on all machines, but no
email (yet) - so the focus will be on the Web.
Here are some of the responses I received. There was quite a bit of
interest - it is nice to know that others have the same questions and
situations. Once I figure out what I'm doing, I'll let you know. I'll
also let you know how it goes.
Thank you again. And if you think of anything else, please let me know.
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* Rebecca Thompson *
* Library Media Specialist *
* West Seneca West Senior High School *
* West Seneca, NY (near Buffalo) 14224 *
* ken32@buffnet1.buffnet.net *
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I have done many WWW workshops for a variety of teachers. Give me a call and
if you're interested I can send you information.
Linda
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Linda C. Joseph Columbus Public Schools
Library Media Specialist 737 East Hudson Street
614-365-5277 Columbus, Ohio 43211
ljoseph@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
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We give everyone at our local workshops a worksheet and suggest using lycos
and webcrawler with prescribed searches, so they can see the power of the
web. Once they learn the techniques each team can search for topics in
their field.
Since we maintain our own web page with pointers to many sites and many
search engines this works well.
We are located at two sites. http://k12.oit.umass.edu our lynx server
http://k12s.phast.umass.edu our graphical server.
Hope this gives a clue on how you might design a workshop.
Helen Sternheim
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Helen Sternheim voice 413-545-1908, fax 413-545-4884
SysOp SpaceMet BBS telnet spacemet.phast.umass.edu
SysOp UmassK12 telnet k12.oit.umass.edu helen@k12.oit.umass.edu
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The periodical CLASSROOM CONNECT would be a great source of
ideas and lessons plans! Need more info about the magazine,
let me know.
Mary
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To: "R. Thompson" <ken32@buffnet1.buffnet.net>
From: Audrey Nolte <anolte@bciu.k12.pa.us>
Subject: Re: Staff Development on Internet
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Contact Classroom Connect at800-638-1639 or connect@wentworth.com for staff
development information.
Audrey Nolte, Librarian
Richland Elementary School
500 Fairview Avenue
Quakertown, PA l8951-2899
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During the past month I have collected messages dealing with various
addresses and subjects, mostly from the lm_net. I will present a
workshop at a state conference and plan to use the collection then. If
you search the lm_net archives you may come up with a number of good
sites for your teachers. It is difficult when you have so many
interests. Good luck.Christine S.
Christine Stang
cstang@east.slc.k12.ut.us
east high school
840 south 1300 east
slc ut. 84102
tel. 801 583-1661 ex 408
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:
We've had several successful workshops on the WWW. I have asked the list for
greetings and then marked a U.S. map with places the replies came from. It
always impresses people new to the Net. I then try to gather resources most
useful to the various departments & lead them through some searches. If I know
people have special non-curricular interests, e.g. dogs, I include a few
interesting pages. -Sue
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Sue Norkeliunas
Library Media Specialist/District Library Coordinator
Arlington High School - South Campus
Lagrangeville, NY 12538
Phone: 914-486-4880 Fax: 914-486-4886
email: snorkeli@int1.mhrcc.org gsn1@maristb.marist.edu
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Rebecca - You have 14 stations you can access WWW on?? WoW!
I've done exactly this kind of workshop - definitly group
departments around the same computer. We kept the workshop very
simple:
1. Showed a local service and taught e-mail and text based WWW access
simple subject search and net search using Webcrawler
2. Showed a netscape service - how to open an address by typing in
http address and a net search using webcrawler . Also showed
bookmarks that were pre-set for departments.
I spent some time ahead of time looking for great web sites specific
to the departments involved. I copied many of the home pages and included
lists of great sites in a folder for each teacher depending on dept.
3. Best advice - KISS keep it simple !!
Sandy Metcalf
Bedford High School
Bedford, MA (next to Lexington and Concord!)
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Tell them about the hundred's of LISTSERV's (discussion groups) on the
Internet and how to access them. There are LISTSERV's for any topic and
discipline. Retrieve lesson 3 from IBASICS online course at: WWW access:
gopher://ericir.syr.edu:7070/11/Online
or
Gopher access: ericir.syr.edu
select: Education Listserv Archives
select: IBASICS
or
ericir.syr.edu 7070
select: Online course: Internet Basics
The IBASICS online course will probably help you with the workshop. You can
subscribe to it thru IBASICS@LISTERV.SYR.EDU
Good luck!
Hope Botterbusch HBotterbus@aol.com
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Dear Rebecca,
I have been to a couple of sessions on Internet and offer the
following beginner advice. With the group you are describing, it would
be nice to give them listserves for the different areas of interest. I
know there are several for music teachers, and I'm sure there is at least
one for foreign language, not to mention directly connecting to a foreign
country. I have also heard that it is a good idea to connect your
computer to a television/VCR with a TVator or TVpro or TVelite and get a
few things onto videotape, just in case the network is so slow that you
can't show the teachers anything in a timely manner during your class. I
have never done this, but I should! I have a TVator to connect the
computer to the TV and I have ordered TVelite. Have fun! I know it is a
lot of work. The computer teacher and I did a little workshop for our
teacher inservice day two years ago. It about worked us to death. Bye!
Liz Glenn, Librarian
Monte Sano Elementary School
Huntsville, Alabama
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Liz Ann Glenn Email:glen0100@spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov
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First I'd suggest setting up where there are multiple
connections. I can't stand workshops where someone else
whizzes through everything, leaving me in the dust. I need
hands on.! Also, get some sort of a connector that will show
readable text. I tried for a video projection camera when I
did one on the internet, but couldn't get one. I did manage to
lay hands on a TV-ator, which can zoom in and enlarge text to
make it readable. Maybe you could have a generalized handout,
with specific pages separately for each of the disciplines,
listing good WWW sites for them.. I think people need to
explore, but with guidance and advice. You might try pairing
them up. I found most were too timid to do much on their own.
Good luck!
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Kathy Lafferty
klaffert@pen.k12.va.us
Patrick Henry Elementary School
Alexandria, VA
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I assume the 14 MACs are networked to the internet and you have netscape on
each. Find good sites for each discipline. Bookmark each site. Once you
have several www sites bookmarked for each discipline go to the Netscape
bookmarks menu option. Export the bookmarks to a floppy disk by
discipline. In other words you will now have a disk with math sites,
another with language sites, yet another with business sites. At the time
of the workshop give the math teacher the math bookmarks, the business
teacher the business bookmarks, etc. Show them how to import and use the
bookmarks to Netscape on the MAC they are using and let them search the net
with bookmarks relevant to their subject area.
From: clarence falk <cfalk@ties.k12.mn.us>
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Rebecca - i think there are many of us that will be in the same situation.
Perhaps you will post a hit of responses.
I have only trained a few or a dept at a time, but will also have about 20
to train in March. Our av technician installed a program called TV Coder
which connects the computer to a large screen tv that has an s-video
connection. It works pretty well.
We have Microsoft Office installed on several of our computers so I used
Powerpoint to create a short slide show about the Internet and specifically
Netscape. Then went into Internet Chameleon (offline) and showed them some
of the files that I had saved while online. I thought I had downloaded Web
Whacker but can't find it on the hard drive. That program will allow you to
save an entire section of what you researched online so you can use the links.
Bookmarks are going to be important - I want to teach them how to set
appropriate ones for their classes.
Maybe you (I) can find a brochure for a training seminar and use some of
their ideas for topics?
I'll be interested in hearing what you decide to do.
Dorothy Platz
2155hsch@InforMNs.k12.mn.us
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* Rebecca Thompson *
* Library Media Specialist *
* West Seneca West Senior High School *
* West Seneca, NY (near Buffalo) 14224 *
* ken32@buffnet1.buffnet.net *
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