Students are expected to produce quality products. If a student meets the stated requirements for an assignment, but does it in a minimal fashion, the maximum grade for the product will be a "C". To earn a "B" or an "A" there must be reasonable quality in the work.
Get your NMU e-mail address and start using it for e-mail and accessing internet!
Send your e-mail address to the instructor by e-mail using the form that follows.
To: L@Ellerbruch.nmu.edu
From: !!! Make sure YOUR NMU e-mail address is here !!!
Subject line: CS255 E1 your_NMU_e-mail_Name/address
Message:
My name is: insert your name
My e-mail address is: insert your e-mail Name/address
If you wish me to use an alternate to your NMU Name/address, tell me here.
Make a personal link page. Put it in your pub folder on the MyWeb server as shown in class.
The link page will be your connection between the class roster and your assignments. You will put your assignments in your pub folder and provide links on your link page. The link page must NOT BE a fancy and complex page. It should take minimal time to load. It will have NO graphics. The link page must have four parts.
Part 1. Includes a title for the page and a header on the page.
Part 2. Has links to assignments as they are completed with descriptions of the assignments.
Part 3. Has links to any favorite or useful pages. (This part is optional)
Part 4. Has links to return to significant pages (as a minimum you need to be able to return to the CS255 home page.) and identification information. Be sure to have your name and e-mail address at the bottom as creator of the page.
This must NOT be an elaborate personal home page.
The path to your folder will be:
http://MyWeb.nmu.edu/~yourNMUe-MailUserName
If the name of the Link page is Index.html The full pathname format for your link page would be:
http://MyWeb.nmu.edu/~yourNMUe-MailUserName/Index.html
Send the address of your web site to L@Ellerbruch.nmu.edu when the link page is in and working.
Use the subject CS255 E2 Initial-of-Your-First-Name-Space-Your-last-name
If you are going to have your assignments on a different web site, see me.
Subscribe to the CompEd mail group.
LISTSERVER ADDRESS
mailbot@Ellerbruch.nmu.edu
LISTNAME ADDRESS
CompEd@Ellerbruch.nmu.edu
The following is an example of user named "John Smith" subscribing to the CompEd list on the mailbot.
In the "TO" field of a mail message put:
mailbot@Ellerbruch.nmu.edu
You can leave the subject line blank for subscribing to this group.
In the first line of the body of the message put:
subscribe CompEd Your Name Note - John Smith would write:
subscribe CompEd John Smith
After you are a member of the group you can send a message to all in the group easily. You must send the message from the same address you subscribed from.
To send a message to everyone in the mail group you would use the address:
CompEd@Ellerbruch.nmu.edu
Don't forget a reasonable subject when sending a message to the group.
Send a message to the CompEd mail group as described in an e-mail.
Download an e-book (electronic book) from Project Gutenberg, http://gutenberg.net/ or some other source of e-books. Read from it for at least one-half hour. Write a report and send it to the CompEd mail group. If you use a source other than Gutenberg, give the URL of the source.
The report should include the title of the book, your name and a brief description of the book. The majority of the report should be on the experience of reading an e-book, and your feelings about the possible use of these books in teaching. The total length of the report should be between three-quarters and one typewritten page.
The subject line should have "CS255 E5 lastName" where lastName is Your last name.
Start a personal home page (it can be "fancy"). Do Not use large graphics. Limit graphics so the total size of the folder is less than 200K. The home page must be in a folder named P1. Install P1 in your pub folder on the MyWeb server and link the home page to your link page.
In addition to the standard title, header, date, return links, and author info, you must have several paragraphs (at least three) of text and at least two images or graphics. You also must have at least two hyperlinks. Modify index.html to generate the page. Do not use html you don't understand. Do not use programs which generate html for you. Follow the form and format demonstrated in class.
The link on the link page must be called P1 and must have a description after it. Everything must work for credit.
Create a set of annotated educational resource links for teachers. Have at least ten links organized by category. The links must have descriptions/annotations. Two of the links must be mathematics resources.
The ten sources must be from different places. That is, the beginning part of the URL must be different, i.e. different domain names.
Put the links and descriptions on a web page with appropriate title, headers, intro etc. The page and any related material should be in a folder named P2 and linked to your link page with an appropriate "description".
Create a set of links for a specific group of students. Identify the age/grade level of the students for whom you are building this set of links in the intro for the page. Have at least ten links. The links must have descriptions/annotations. The links must include instructional material for students in mathematics, science, and language arts/reading (2 links minimum for each area.) You can include additional areas. Group the links by subject area on the web page. Do not use drill activities for all ten resources, there is a max of 2 drill and practice total.
Each link will take a student to specific web page(s) the student will be expected to use in some way. Your annotations should include information on what the student will be doing at that location.
The ten sources must be from different places. That is, the beginning part of the URL must be different, i.e. different domain names.
Put the links and descriptions/annotations on a web page with appropriate title, headers etc. Group like areas together on the page. The page and any related material should be in a folder named P3 in your web site on the MyWeb server and linked to your link page. The link on the link page must have a "P3" label and a short description.
Create a folder, P4, which will contain a web page which will have annotated links to at least five different sources of java applet games such as Java Boutique.
There will also be at least five annotated links to specific java applet "educational games", no more than two from the same server and at most two drill games. The annotations must explain how these games are educational as well as any information which will help in their use in a classroom. Information should be provided on how to start and/or play the game.
The web page will also describe a specific educational java applet game, puzzle or simulation installed in the P4 folder. There must be a link on the main page to a web page in the P4 folder to run the applet. The java applet web page does not have to have anything fancy on it, just the instructions to run the applet from the files in your folder and credits for both the source and author. The necessary files for the applet must be in the P4 folder.
You may have more than the minimum in your P4 folder if the additional material is appropriate to the game/simulation project.
You may acquire a java applet game or simulation from any site on the world wide web which gives you access to the code for the game and permission to use it. Give credit to the source web site and the author of the game.
The entire P4 folder is to be installed in your pub folder on the MyWeb server, be properly linked from the link page and run correctly. It may be appropriate to check the operation from someone else's computer.
The web page(s) should have the normal contents; title, header, intro, author, date and return links.
Make a web page for e-book resources.
Provide a brief introduction to e-books and their possible use in education. Then have a set of links for e-book resources. Have at least ten links. The links must have descriptions/annotations.
The ten sources must be from different places. That is, the beginning part of the URL must be different, i.e. different domain names.
The web page and any related material must be in a folder named P5 and linked to your link page.
The web page(s) should have the normal contents; title, header, intro, author, date and return links.
Create a set of pdf documents for a specific lesson. At least one should provide information/instruction, at least one should be a worksheet, and at least one should be a sample quiz or test. Answers must be provided for any questions asked or exercises given. The answers can be in the same document or a separate document. These documents should look attractive and be well designed with nice formatting as well as have accurate content. The documents MUST be in pdf format. They must be available through links on a web page which identifies the subject and grade level, gives some orientation to the lesson, and describes the documents and links to them. This web page must be linked through your link page with the topic listed next to the link. All parts, web page and various documents, must be in a folder named P6 and saved in your pub folder on the MyWeb server.
The web pages should have the normal title, header, date, intro, author and return links. The pdf documents must have a title and author's name on each document.
Create a part of a Unit of Study. Have an introductory paragraph for the unit and the age/grade it is designed for. Make a page of annotated links (at least 8 different sources) for the unit of study. The links are to go to pages students will use as part of the unit and tell what the students will do there, not resources for the teacher to create the unit. DO NOT CREATE THE ACTUAL UNIT, only the links.
Have a link to a page critiquing some of the resources. You are to identify the three most effective resources and the three least effective resources. Include the links. You should give some explanation for each regarding why you made the decision as you did.
All of the related pages you create should be in a folder P7 and saved in your pub folder on the MyWeb server. The main page must have a link from your link page and the topic of the unit.
The web pages should have the normal title, header, author and return links.
Make a tutorial for a concept in mathematics using html for use over the web. You must teach more than facts, low level knowledge or algorithmic material. Your lesson must get at understanding, or higher, for some mathematics concept. Make it clear at the beginning what you are going to teach and then do it. Specify the age/grade for which the "lesson" is appropriate.
Put the tutorial page(s) and any related material in a folder named P8, link it to your link page and describe it (include the concept) on the link page.
Use the criteria and design techniques given in class. The web pages should have the normal title, header, author and return links.
Create a set of documents for a specific mathematics lesson to teach a concept where the primary document is a power point slide show.
The main html page must have a descriptive introduction for the lesson and links to all necessary resources. Most of the resources should be available as various documents in the P9 folder. The main instructional document will be a Power Point slide show for the lesson with instruction and links to resources and further instruction. Don't forget a title page and author's name on all documents. Some links in the powerpoint slide show must be to pages (html or pdf) in your P9 folder (at least 2) and others should be to pages on other servers (at least 3.) Make sure you use absolute addresses in the power point document. Neither page transitions nor "whistles and bells" are allowed.
The main web page should be linked through your link page. All parts; web page, Power Point slide show, and any other documents must be in a folder named P9 and saved in your pub folder on the MyWeb server.
Design a web page or pages in html to teach an algorithm or an algorithmic process for some mathematics topic, probably computation. Make it clear at the beginning what you are going to teach and then do it. Specify the age/grade for which the "lesson" is appropriate. The algorithmic instruction must be for the "general case". Facts or special subsets/subcases will not count.
For example, if you choose whole number addition you must do general addition through at least three digits. The algorithm should be connected to a model for the operation. Just listing steps is not adequate instruction, but a pdf document with the steps could be a useful resource. Drill and practice is not instruction for an algorithmic process, but comes after teaching the concept and then an algorithm. As such it can be included as an additional step.
The page(s)/document(s) should have the normal title, header, author and other basic "boilerplate." The page(s) and any related material must be in a folder named "Bonus", linked to your link page and described on the link page.
Put it all together in a FINAL PROJECT!
Create a folder, P10, which will contain a fantastic mathematics activity/lesson to teach a mathematics topic including a concept. DRILL ALONE IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. FACTS ALONE WON'T BE GOOD ENOUGH. The main page must be in html using the techniques taught in class. DO NOT plagiarize.
You should put all the parts of the semester's techniques and class information together to build a fantastic lesson. You should use most of the types of things we have done, if not all of them. You should use multiple parts to create a noteworthy and high quality activity/lesson worth 100 points.
This assignment is to be linked through your link page. You can use material you have previously created as well as new material.
Include in the folder any materials, handouts, etc. which are used for the activity/lesson. These must be accessible from the main page.