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Erin Bach 3/17/09

SED 514 Assignment 4 Web RESOURCES

(1) Internet Vocabulary – Define the following terms/acronyms:

Search Engine: Search engines create indexes, or large databases of Web sites (based on titles, keywords, and the text in the pages). They can locate relevant Web sites when users enter search terms or phrases. Examples: Google, Yahoo, Alta Vista, etc. Web Crawler: A program or automated script that browses the World Wide Web in a methodical, automated manner. Example: Search engines Boolean logic: The logic that computers use to determine if a statement is true or false. There are 4 main boolean operators: AND, NOT, OR, and XOR Wildcard: A wildcard character can be used to substitute for any other character or characters in a string Firewall: A computer firewall limits the data that can pass through it and protects a networked server or client machine from damage by unauthorized users Start saving all your links as bookmarks/favorites (2) WWW searching: Use Google, Alta Vista or other search engine with advanced

search features to locate web sites relevant to your teaching. Use Boolean search (aka advanced search) or wildcard characters to perform 2 different searches.

Be sure to save the sites you find in the favorites list

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searching for Search strings used

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the first 20 1

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(3) Research with Electronic Resources: Identify a teaching topic that you would like to learn more about. Try to keep the topic

narrow (e.g. ‘Battle of Gettysburg’ rather than ‘US History’). Topic John Steinbeck Identify 7 different online resources to gain information on each of the two topics (fill in table below). Choose resources of different types including encyclopedias, newspaper, personal accounts, fiction, video, audio, Topic of research

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(4) Web Quest: Describe an assignment or quest where students would use the resources you identified

above to learn about the topic and draw conclusions. Poetry Webquest from: http://questgarden.com/47/36/8/070228133445/index.htm

(A) Introduction (provide context for the quest) “This webquest will get you acquainted with different poetry websites so you can explore poet biographies and poems. In order to prepare for writing an "inspiration" poem, you will also look for photographs or artwork that moves or interests you which will later act as a muse for your next poem.”

(B) Task (what is the goal of the quest) Throughout this trimester we will be looking at a vast number of different poets and their poems. There will be times that you may become interested in a certain poet and want to read more of his or her work. You will also sign up to present one poet to the class and will need to present both biographical information and examples of the poet's work. To help you with all of this, you will explore some of the best poetry websites the Internet has to offer. You will be looking through general websites, biographies, and poems at first, but will also end by looking through art and photographs in order to find a piece that moves or interests you. In our next class we will be writing poetry inspired by the picture you bring in. (If you choose you can bring in a photograph of your own.)

(C) Process (what are the steps the students will go through) Step 1: Let's explore The Academy of American Poets homepage.

Once there, find the top 20 poets (this link is located on the lefthand side of the page). You can pick one poet from the top 10 contemporary poets of Fall 2006 or the top 20 classic poets of Fall 2006 (located on the righthand side of the page). On the sheet you were given in class, record the appropriate biographical information for the poet you chose.

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Now read some of the poet's poems and print out your favorite poem. Fill in the appropriate information about the poems you read on your sheet.

Still on the AAP's website, go here sign up for their poem-a-day e-mail throughout the month of April.

Step 2: Go to The Poetry Society of America's website.

Find out what Poetry in Motion is all about and fill in the details on your sheet.

Step 3: Go to Poets & Writers, Inc.'s page, Basic Info for Writers.

Read over the frequently asked questions and pick the one that interests you the most. Write the question and its answer on your sheet.

Step 4: Remember Magnetic Poetry?

Click on the new High School kit. A new window will open up. Play around with the magnets and write your own poem. Write your poem down on your sheet.

Step 5: Stuck on a word that you can't rhyme? Can't find just the right word or phrase to finish the rhyme scheme? Go to RhymeZone for help.

Type in some of your favorite words that you have listed in your journal and record their rhyme partners on your sheet.

Step 6: Go here and tell me who Masaoka Shiki is. Read the Introduction and write down a basic definition/description for haiku. Write your own haiku.

Step 7: Looking for a muse? For your next in-class writing, we'll be working on a poem inspired by an image. Go here and browse through their pictures to look for inspiration. Not inspired? Here are a few other websites you can go to, or feel free to google your favorite artist and see what you can come up with:

http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home_flash.jsp?bmLocale=en

http://www.metmuseum.org/

http://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/

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(D) Evaluation (how will the quest be evaluated)

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(5) Job search: Use Internet job search services to obtain two announcements for a teaching job in your

discipline, one within California, and one outside of California. Post screen shots of both job ads here

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(6) School Information: use Dataquest http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/ Obtain standardized test scores for your school from the California State Department of

Education. Get a screen shot of the test results and interpret them (what do those scores tell you).

Interpretation: These scores tell me that a large majority of the students were tested, and that of that majority, most students scored at the Basic level or above in English-Language Arts. These scores also tell me that the percentage of Below Basic and Far Below Basic students increased in 10th and 11th grade.

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(7) Professional Organization: Locate the web site for a professional organization related to your teaching discipline

(e.g. National Science Teacher Association, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, College Board, etc.) Identify the date and location of the next national meeting, and find the costs of airline flights necessary to take you from LAX to the site of the convention.

National Council of Teachers of English http://www.ncte.org/ CCCC Convention “Making Waves” San Fransisco, CA March 11-14 2009 $98 on Southwest (8) WWW Bookmarks/Favorites: Create a list of bookmarks (Firefox) or favorites (Explorer) of the best links you have found for use in a subject you teach. Organize the bookmarks/favorites into folders and subfolders and name them appropriately. Export your bookmarks/favorites file to an HTML file. (if you don’t know how to do this check your browser’s help pages) Open your list as an HTML page and post a screen shot of the HTML file here.