Session 1, Seam Summer Science Institute
Your Warm Up Responses
Session
1, Seam Summer Science Institute
Your Warm Up Responses
QUESTION 1:
Have you ever made a webpage before? If
so, what program did you / do you use? (FrontPage, PageMill, Dreamweaver, other)
Do you know anything about reading / writing in HTML (hypertext markup
language?) It is not necessary to know anything about HTML to make webpages, but
I was just wondering how skilled you are at webpage language!
From Seabiscuit:
Q1 = NO
From GCOOP:
Q1 = No
From B:
Q1 = No, I have not made a webpage before.
From TC:
Q1 = I am clueless about webpage design
From AG: Q1 = I have not made a webpage
before. I also am not familiar with reading or writing in HTML.
From Erin:
Q1 = I have not had the opportunity to create a webpage. I also do not have any
experience/ knowledge with reading/ writing in HTML. I am EXTREMELY green in
this area of technology and am anxious about learning how to create and
update a webpage for my classroom!
From George Brett: Q1 = About two years ago I used netscape composer
to develop webpage for school, but one of the other teacher now
maintains. I am not sure on HTML.
From rover: Q1 = I have made a webpage
before, but it has been so long ago that I couldn't tell you what program
I used. I do not know much, if anything, about reading/writing in HTML.
From Doctor: Q1 = I did make one in my
beginning computer class for education, but I have no idea how to do it
or what program it was in. I have experience making webquests and research
modules however through webquest builder with Indiana Wesleyan University as
part of my Masters degree. I don't really know much about writing in hypertext.
I do know the prefixes have to be present.
From Dave: Q1 = Yes, I use Microsoft FrontPage. I maintain a website for the course I teach,
but usually have to consult the FrontPage manual to refresh my memory on HTML
language.
From ZaneGrey: Q1 = Yes,
I've made personal web pages with Tripod. Minimal knowledge of HTML.
From Chris: Q1 = I have used FrontPage
and publisher
From exercise:
Q1 = I have made a web page. I used FrontPage
but my son told me Dreamweaver is so much better.
My web page needs much more work and I have forgotten many things. I know
nothing about HTML.
From pammy: Q1 = Yes I have made a web page.
I used FrontPage. I have used HTML, but do not
remember much.
From Hey: Q1 = I have created a webpage
using Netscape Navigator and am currently learning how to use FrontPage.
I am not skilled in reading or writing HTML.
From Andrea: Q1 = I have used FrontPage
to construct a web page recently. I am not able to read or write in HTML code.
From JM: Q1 = Yes, Angelfire. I have about
100 students who make their own pages and they are all linked to my class
homepage. www.angelfire.com/in4/zoology
From Libby: Q1 = I have created webpages using
Microsoft Publisher as well as FrontPage. I do not
know how to read and write HTML.
From Tracey: Q1 = I have a webpage that was
constructed last summer using FrontPage. It was
posted on the school server last fall. I have basic skills needed to add and
alter my webpage, but little experience writing in HTML.
From Hey Lady: Q1 = I've worked briefly with
FrontPage. I know nothing about reading or writing
in HTML.
From SunnyElf: Q1 = Yes, I have made a
webpage. I have made several. I used Netscape Composer. I have also used
Explorer to create a webpage--but do not find it as convenient. I have been
using Microsoft Word and saving my work as Webpages.
This has been very convenient. I do not know how to use HTML.
QUESTION 2: How
interested are you in incorporating technology into your classes? (Please be
candid.) Does your interest level stem from any experience (or lack thereof)
you've had with educational technology? Are you nervous about learning to put
things on the web? Please explain.
From ZaneGrey: Q2 = I have been
consistently incorporating technology into
my classes (powerpoints, internet tutorials, on-line scavenger hunts, web
quests, etc.) I would like to make my course web-based
by placing assignments, notes, links, etc on the web.
From Erin: Q2 = I currently incorporate a great deal of technology
into my instruction. My interest to continue learning instructional strategies
using technology stems from both personal experience and from what I have seen
other teachers do. I am eager to learn new ways
that I can increase and enhance this method of instruction! My only
apprehension with learning to put things on the web is that once I create a
webpage, I will not have the time to maintain it in a
timely manner.
From Hey Lady: Q2 = I would love to have a
working web page for my students to check for various
reasons...assignments, tutorials, suggested websites for research. I started one
last summer but never took the time to have it linked to my school email
address. Now that I have my own digital camera,
I would like to include pictures of labs, etc. on my web page.
From AG: Q2 = I am very interested in incorporating technology into
my classes but I have limited experience with educational technology. I think
that I would like to learn as much as I can and then slowly
incorporate technology in to my classes. I am not at all nervous
about learning to put things on the web but perhaps a little concerned
about my lack of experience.
From Rover: Q2 = I have used some
technology in my classes, but would like to do more. My interest is due to my
past experiences with using technology, as I have found that students
show more interest anytime you can use technology effectively in the classroom.
I have had my own web page for my students to use in the past, but it was not
always used much by my students. I hope to be able to do a better job than I did
then (which I had a student do much of the work for me) and encourage students
to use it.
From Doctor: Q2 = Extremely. My research module was posted on the
school website and I plan to have a PowerPoint I made last year and my webquest
posted as well. This was done by our Web Master of
coarse! I have no clue how to post things on the web. I think using
technology in education really adds to the lesson and makes the students more
interested. I am excited about learning to put things on the web. This will
encourage me to spend more time making future webquests, etc.
From Chris: Q2 = I have several students that are not
present in class due to behavior problems. The classroom experience is
important but a web page may help these missing individuals.
From B: Q2 = I am very interested in incorporating technology into my
class. In the past the students seemed to enjoy being
able to go to the computer lab to learn about a concept.
From Dave: Q2 = I am very interested in incorporating
technology into my classroom, that is the reason for my participation in this
workshop. I routinely use the internet and make assignments for students that
require elementary searches. My students are generally very literate using
technology and familiar with PowerPoint and many maintain personal websites. I
am not a nervous person.
QUESTION 3:
What are you hoping to learn from this workshop? Are you hoping to learn the
basics about webpages? Do you want to learn how to use Warm Up and Good For
assignments in your teaching? Are you interested in on-line quizzes or exams?
From Seabiscuit: Q3 = I
want to be able to have a functioning web page that
students could access to obtain assignments, answer keys to homework
assignments, links to other useful pages, etc. I would be VERY interested in
on-line quizzes and/or tests, and, although I don't know what Warm Up and Good
For assignments are, I'm always interested in learning new methods to make me a
more effective teacher.
From George Brett: Q3 = Refresher on
making webpages. I hope it motivates me to start my
website. Alos interested in online quizzes and tests.
From GCOOP: Q3 = Designing a web page that
is usable by students for more than mere information
but for posting lab reports, taking tests, etc.
From Hey: Q3 = I am hoping to learn more
about Warm Up and Good For assignments and how I can adapt them to my classroom.
On-line quizzes and exams would also be interesting to learn about. I would be
interested in learned how to accomplish these assignments with a student body
that has limited computer access.
From Tracey: Q3 = Since I already know how to construct a webpage, I
would like more ideas for making the webpage useful
to my students. On-line quizzes or homework assignments is one area I would like
to pursue. I don't know exactly what Warm Up and Good For assignments are, but
would definitely be interested in learning about them. I guess I would like to
create something a bit more interactive for the
students. For example, interactive reviews they can use while preparing for a
test.
From Libby: Q3 = I am interested in the use of
Warm Up and Good For assignments and also in Biology in the News. I am
interested in posting notes, worksheets, and assignments for students to obtain
from home. I have already posted assignments but that is about it. I am
interested in how on-line quizzes and exams work.
Note from Kathy Marrs: We will only
talk for a bit about on-line testing, as it
is not really a part of Just-in-Time Teaching. Some excellent websites that
offer on-line testing software are The
BuddyProject and TeleEducation
QUESTION
4: Optional: Please let us know a favorite quote about teaching (or
learning!)
Q4
= You never stop learning.
Q4 = "Have patience and be flexible!" by Thomas A Black.
Q4 = Knowledge exists to be imparted. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Q4 = Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
Q4 = When God hands you lemons, make lemonade, Langston Hughes
Q4 = Teacher's Task: take a lot of live wires, and see that they are well
grounded.
Q4
= Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
William
Butler Yeats
Q4
=
Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know. Daniel J.
Boorstin
Q4
= Too often we give children answers
to remember rather than problems to solve. Roger Lewin
Q4
=
The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout
their lives. Robert M.
Hutchins
Q4 = Only you are responsible for your own learning. No other student,
teacher, parent, or friend can take the responsibility for you.
Q4 = "The most important gift the mother eagle provides her
offspring is not teaching them to fly; rather, it is the push out of the
nest."
Q4 = "The worth of dedication to excellence cannot be questioned. The
desire to be in first place is the motivational force behind every athlete,
every scientist, every creator of new and worthwhile things."
Q4 =
The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to
think - rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves,
than to load the memory with thoughts of other men. Bill Beattie.
Q4 = I have a few for you....
1. "The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior
teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires." William Ward
2. "They may forget what your said, but they will never forget how you made
them feel." Anonymous
3. "The secret of teaching is to appear to have known all your life what
you learned this afternoon." Anonymous