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Digital Libraries in the Classroom

Syllabus

Mentors: Christie Thomas <christie@wit.uchicago.edu> and Sharon Comstock <slcomstock@ameritech.net>

Course Description

Expectations
Participants are expected to attend WIT everyday, complete all project and reading assignments, and contribute to classroom discussions and activities. Each participant will "Show and Tell" one educational Web site of the participant's choice during the course of the institute and keep an online journal with entries for each day of the class.

Product
Each participant will be expected to create a personal home page with links to all of theWeb pages created during WIT including journal pages, your own personal digital library, and your Inquiry Unit. (Sample Web page 1 and Sample Web page 2)

Rubric for final project: Click here for a printable checklist for the final project.

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Daily schedule
Each day will begin with "Hot Topics" and "Show and Tell."

Hot Topics is a ten to fifteen minute period during which participants can ask questions, make comments, and raise issues for discussion.

Show and Tell, or site of the day, is a ten minute period during which a participant will introduce a Web site to the other participants in the class. The web site should be educational and the participant should address how the Web site would be useful to teachers and/or students. Because we will be spending a lot of time working with the eCUIP Web site during this course and to help participants familiarize themselves with the eCUIP Web guides, participants should present Web sites that are not currently included in the eCUIP Web guides. Participants will be given an opportunity to Show and Tell resources found on the eCUIP Web site in another activity during the course.

Each day will end with a journal activity. Participants will be required to keep an online Web page dedicated as a journal. Participants will edit and upload this Web page every day during WIT. Each day participants will respond to a unique journal question relevant to what was discussed in class that day as well as answer the question: What did I learn today? The completed journal will provide participants with documentation of the WIT experience and an opportunity to practice Web page creation skills everyday in order to master them.

Text
Hughes-Hassell, Sandra and Anne Wheelock, eds. The Information-Powered School. Chicago: American Library Association, 2001.

Readings
Week 1: Foundations

Hughes-Hassell, Sandra. "Enhancing Student Learning with Technology." The Information-Powered School. Eds. Sandra Hughes-Hassell and Anne Wheelock. Chicago: American Library Association, 2001. 74-82.

Masullo, Miriam and Robert Mack. "Roles for Digital Libraries in K-12 Education." D-Lib Magazine. Septembet 1996. June 2003. <http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september96/eduport/09masullo.html>.

Week 2: Educational Use of Digital Libraries

APPLE Corps. "Collection Mapping: One Step in the Collection Development Process." The Information-Powered School. Eds. Sandra Hughes-Hassell and Anne Wheelock. Chicago: American Library Association, 2001. 52-64.

APPLE Corps. "Curriculum Mapping." The Information-Powered School. Eds. Sandra Hughes-Hassell and Anne Wheelock. Chicago: American Library Association, 2001. 65-73.

Bruce, B. C. (1997). Searching for digital libraries in education: Why computers cannot tell the story. Library Trends, 45(4), 746-770.
http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~chip/pubs/dlined.shtml

Optional reading for week 2:
Chen, E. (1997) "Digitized primary source documents from the Library of Congress in history and social studies curriculum." Library Trends, 45 (4), 664 - 675.

Week 3: Inquiry Learning

Anderson, Whit. That's Not a Drinking Fountain or How to Survive in a One Computer Classroom. NCREL. http://www.ncrtec.org/tl/digi/onecomp/index.html

KUHLTHAU, Carol (2001). Rethinking Libraries for the Information Age School: Vital Roles in Inquiry Learning. http://www.iasl-slo.org/keynote-kuhlthau2001.html

Optional reading for week 3:
Bruce, B. & Bishop, A. (2002) "Using the Web to Support Inquiry-Based Literacy Development" JAAL. http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/JAAL/5-02_Column/

Week 4: Information Literacy

ALA. Great Web sites for Kids Selection Criteria. [Note: The URL is hidden because of its length.]

Evaluating Exisitng Resources Module. http://webinstituteforteachers.org/2003/modules/evalResources/index.php

Optional:

Kapitzke, Cushla (2003). "Information Literacy: The Changing Library," in Literacy in the Information Age: Inquiries into Meaning Making with New Technologies, Bertram C. Bruce, ed. Newark, NJ: International Reading Assoc. http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/JAAL/2-01_Column/index.html

Lab rules
No food or drinks in the lab.

Day 1: July 7, 2003
WIT orientation. BSLC 109.
For more information and map to BSLC 109 see <http://webinstituteforteachers.org/2003/about/orientation.php>.

Day 2: July 8, 2003
Introductions.
WIT Pre-Survey <http://webinstituteforteachers.org/2003/feedback/presurvey.php>
Sign up for Delta Listserv <http://lists.cuip.net/mailman/listinfo/witdelta-l>
Course overview and introduction: What is a digital library? What is eCUIP? What is inquiry learning and how do I incorporate it? (Christie and Sharon)
Class/Community vision statement. (Everyone)
Quickstart introduction to Web pages. (Christie)
Quickstart introduction to FTP. (Christie)

Journal entry:
What do you think a digital library is? What did I learn today?

Day 3: July 9, 2003
Netscape Composer module. (Done individually and as a class.)
Lecture: What is a digital library? (Sharon)
Walk through of eCUIP Web site. (Christie)

Journal entry:
Free response day. What did I learn today?

Day 4: July 10, 2003
Christie and Sharon will be in a required WIT Mentors meeting until 2:00. Steven Lane, eCUIP Web producer, will be available in the lab from 12:30 until 2:00. He can answer any questions you may have.

1:00 - 2:00 Options
Review Netscape Composer module. http://webinstituteforteachers.org/2003/modules/composer/index.php
Begin FTP module. http://webinstituteforteachers.org/2003/modules/ftp/index.php
Begin eCUIP module. http://webinstituteforteachers.org/2003/modules/ecuip/
Read article: Bruce, B. C. (1997). Searching for digital libraries in education: Why computers cannot tell the story. Library Trends, 45(4), 746-770.
http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~chip/pubs/dlined.shtml

2:00 - 2:45 Hot topics and Show and Tell

2:45 - 3:00 Break

3:00 - 3:45 Finish Netscape Composer module

3:45 - 4:30 Digital Library lecture and discussion of the weekly readings.

4:30 - 5:00 Journal

Journal entry:
Respond to Diana Joseph's lecture on Passion Curriculum. How can you use these conecpts to better meet the needs of your students and fellow teachers? What did I learn today?

Homework:
Install Netscape Composer and WS_FTP on your home computer. E-mail Christie and Sharon with any questions or problems.
If you are not currently able to access your e-mail from home and the computer lab, use the handouts on pages 3-5 of the WIT Handouts book to familiarize yourself with using CUIP Webmail.

Day 5: July 11, 2003
Plenary. BSLC.

Digital Library Jeopardy.

Journal entry:
Describe how your teaching will be affected by what you have learned. What did I learn today?

Homework:
Complete Friday's journal entry and upload to your Web space using FTP.

Day 6: July 14, 2003
1:00 - 1:45 Hot topics, Show and Tell
1:45 - 2:45 eCUIP walk through and discussion
2:45 - 3:00 break.
3:00 - 4:00 eCUIP module individually after spome instruction from Christie
4:00 - 5:00 Individual conferences to make sure everyone has e-mail access
at home and school, has joined the list serv, is keeping up with the journal,
and identify users have problems with using Netscape Composer and/or FTP. The
rest of the class can journal and upload while we are meeting individually.

Journal entry:
What resources and services would the ideal digital library provide for your staff and students? What did I learn today?

Homework: Weekly readings ; Read first three pages of the eCUIP module; complete the TRY It OUT! activities on the Digital Libraries page and the eCUIP page of the eCUIP module; Complete the journal entry for the day and upload it to the Web.

Day 7: July 15, 2003
1:00 - 1:45 Hot topics, Show and Tell
1:45 - 2:45 Finsh eCUIP module
2:45 - 3:00 Break.
3:00 - 3:30 eCUIP Treasure Hunt.
3:45 - 4:15 Review of Netscape Composer and FTP.
4:15 - 5:00 Journal entry.

Journal entry:
In what areas do you need to build your library's collection? How might digital resources supplement your collection? Describe any limits you see to using digital resources in your library (e.g., computer access, etc.)

Homework:
Finish journal entry; Complete TASK 2 from the eCUIP module's "Using eCUIP and other digital libraries in the classroom." E-mail your scenarios to the listserv by sending an e-mail to: WitDelta-l@lists.cuip.net. We will present these scanarios to the class tomorrow.

Be sure to send an e-mail to Christie and Sharon with the URL for your uploaded journal pages tonight! To send a URL in your e-mail, open the Web page of your journal; copy the URL (highlight the URL and select Edit | Copy from the file menu). Then open your e-mail and paste the URL (place the cursor where you would like to paste the URL in the body of your e-mail and select Edit | Paste from the File menu) into an e-mail. Good luck!

Day 8: July 16, 2003
1:00 - 1:45 Hot topics, Show and Tell. (Including preview of Web page products :: Sample Web page 1 and Sample Web page 2)
1:45 - 2:45 Homework presentations.
2:45 - 3:00 Break.
3:00 - 4:00 How to Find Existing resources on the Web.
4:00 - 4:30 Begin adding links to Web resources on your digital library Web page.
4:30 - 5:00 Journal entry

Journal entry:
Free response day. What did I learn today?

Homework: Finish journal entry and upload to your Web site. E-mail the listserv with the URL for your Digital Library Web page that has at least 10 links to Web sites you would like to include in your digital library.

Day 9: July 17, 2003
1:00 - 2:00 Work on personal digital library web page and/or home page.
2:00 - 2:45 Hot topics and Show and Tell
2:45 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - 3:30 Finish How to Find Existing resources on the Web.
3:30 - 4:15 Discussion
4:15 - 5:00 Journal and upload.

Journal entry
Discuss how digital libraries function in your library's collection management plan. What did I learn today?

Day 10: July 18, 2003
Lunch and Plenary
Digital Library Jeopardy

Journal entry
Discuss how the concepts of collection mapping and curriculum mapping would inform a collection development policy for your digital library.

Day 11: July 21, 2003
1:00 - 2:00 Hot topics and Show and Tell
2:00 - 5:00 Work on project pages. To guide you, below is an outline detailing what your final project should include and the steps involved:

1. Create or edit “portal” (homepage) for your journal/digital library/Inquiry lesson
Portal page should contain:

• Name
• School
• Email address you use
• Photo (optional)
• Links to your “blog” (journal), digital library, Inquiry Lesson
• SAVE and FTP

2. Consolidate your journal pages into one journal or "blog" page. This will make it easier to link to your journals from your home/portal page.

• Highlight the text from journal page
• Click on “Edit” at the top of your tool bar
• Select “Copy”
• Open your journal page that you want to be “the one” Blog page
• Place cursor where you want to add your copied text
• Click on “Edit” at the top your tool bar
• Select “Paste”
• Repeat as needed until you have your journal entries in chronological order on one page
• SAVE
• FTP Blog/journal
• Cut/paste the web address of your journal/Blog and put on your portal page

3. Add to your Digital Library Page

• Begin to organize them on the Web page by subject or theme (even call number if you like)
• Include the title of the Web site, the URL so that visitors to your digital library knows where the link will take them. (Imagine if you just included the Dewey Decimal Number on in the card catalog without the title; no one would know what information
  the book contains!)
• Include a short, one-sentence annotation describing the type of
  information on the Web site. (For examples of short annotations, do a
  search on eCUIP and read the short descriptions that accompany the hits.)
• SAVE and FTP
• Cut/paste the web address of your Digital Library page and put on your portal page

Journal entry
Think about your plan for your digital library. How do you envision using your digital library in your library? Answering this question will help you define the goals for your digital library. What did I learn today?

Day 12: July 22, 20003
1:00 - 2:00 Hot topics and Show and Tell
2:00 - 4:15 Work on project pages. (See yesterday's entry for guidance.)
Check out some of these school library Web sites for ideas about how to focus your digital library:

Local/Illinois school library sites:

Illinois Math and Science Academy, Aurora, Illinois : http://www.imsa.edu/team/irc/
University High School, UIUC, Champaign, Illinois : http://www.uni.uiuc.edu/library/index.htm
Gibson Elementary, Gibson City, Illinois : http://www.gcms.k12.il.us/gcmsel/lynnet/
Denkmann Elementary, Rock Island, Illinois : http://www.risd41.org/ri/denkmann/library/index.html
Thornton High School, Harvey, Illinois : http://www.district205.net/thornton/media/index.htm

Other school library sites:

Lamar Academy High School, Texas : http://mws.mcallen.isd.tenet.edu/Options/lib.htm
Splendora Middle School, Texas : http://www.splendora.k12.tx.us/sms/lib/index.htm
Arawang Primary School, Australia : http://www.arawangps.act.edu.au/tour/library.htm
A good gateway for school libary websites is at San Jose State University : http://www.school-libraries.net/

4:15 - 5:00 Journal

Journal entry
Describe your understanding of inquiry-based learning and how it manifests itself at your school. What did I learn today?

Day 13: July 23, 2003

1:00 - 2:00 Hot topics and Show and Tell
2:00 - 4:15 Using the Inquiry Page.
4:15 - 5:00 Journal

Journal entry
Free response day. What did I learn today?

Day 14: July 24, 2003

***Please note that the lab will open at exactly 1:00 PM today. No one will be available to open the computer lab prior to 1:00. Christie and Sharon will be at the Mentor's meeting and should be back in the lab by 2:00. Please work on your Inquiry Unit or project pages individually from 1:00 - 2:00.

1:00 - 2:00 Work on inquiry unit and project pages.
2:00 - 2:45 Hot topics and Show and Tell.
3:00 - 4:15 Discussion of weekly readings.
4:15 - 5:00 Journal

Journal entry
Outline your implementation plan; how will I use my digital library and inquiry unit with my students/staff next year? What did I learn today?

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Day 15: July 25, 2003
Plenary
Digital Jeopardy

Journal entry
How might I use the museum resources presented today in my library or with my teachers? What are the challenges in using these resources? What did I learn today?

Homework:
Work on your journal and project pages. If you have any questions about what your project Web site should include, please see the rubric. E-mail Sharon and Christie the URL (Web address) for your home (portal) page. Your home page should include links to your digital library, journal, and inquiry unit. Christie and Sharon will review your projects over the weekend and provide comments and suggestions on your progress toward the completion of your project.

Begin Week 4 readings.

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Day 16: July 28, 2003

1:00 - 1:45 Hot topics and Show and Tell
2:45 - 4:15 Work on project. By the end of the day you must have uploaded your home page with links to your journal, digital library, and inquiry unit. You should also add a link to the Community Inquiry Lab (http://www3.isrl.uiuc.edu/~dlinderm/cilbuilder1.4/out.php?cilid=45) on your home page. If you do not have at least the begininngs of all these components on your Web, it is unlikely that you will be able to finish your project by Thursday without considerable effort outside of class.
4:15 - 5:00 Journal entry

Homework:
Peer review your partner's project, inlcuding the Home (portal) page, digital library, and inquiry unit. Use the rubric in the syllabus to guide you. E-mail your partner and Sharon and Christie with your comments and suggestions. Be sure to get your home page from your partner.

Partner assignments:

Emily Oddo | Deborah Norwood
Diane Brakes | Brenda Harrell
Melva Bryant-Samuels | Barbara Bresingham
Nora Turner | Janice Scott
Keevin Wise | Woodra Scott
Arthella Wells | Sharon Comstock
Sharon Wyatt | Inez Jacobson

Day 17: July 29, 2003
1:00 - 2:00 Hot topics: Tips on creating e-mail links, fixing internal broken links, and the naming of Web pages.
2:00 - 2:30 Tod Olsen, University of Chicago Library, Digital Library Development Center

Click here for lecture notes from Tod Oldon's talk

2:30 - 3:00 Melva Bryant-Samuels and Woodra Scott : BigChalk demonstration
3:00 - 5:00 Work time! Focus on your Inquiry Unit and your Implementation plan. A sample implementation plan can be foundon the WIT Web site here: What is an Implementation Plan?

e-mail links: To create an e-mail link:

• Enter the link text.
• Highlight the link text.
• Click on the "Link" icon on the toolbar.
• In the Link Location box, enter "mailto:youre-mailaddress" with no spaces.
• Replace "youre-mail address" with your e-mail address.

Fixing broken internal links:

• Open your Web page in Composer.
• Highlight the link text.
• Click on the "Link" icon on the toolbar.
• Check to make sure the "Link Location" is only the name of the file to which you wish to link.
• If you see a string similar to the following: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/jrl-pubtrn-2/My%20Documents/Digital_Library_on_Reading_Early.html, you need to delete all of the text before the file name.
• The entry in the Link Location box should look like this: Digital_Library_on_Reading_Early.html.
• After you fix the Link Location, be sure to save your Web page and upload the new page using FTP.

File naming conventions:

• Check all of your file names to make sure that there are no spaces in your names.
• If you see a URL when viewing your page that has % signs in it, you have spaces in your filename. This makes it very difficult for your links to always work.
• Rename your files so that there are no spaces in the names.
• Be sure to update your links to refer to the new file names.

Homework: Work on projects.

Day 18: July 30, 2003
1:00 - 1:30 Hot topics
1:30 - 3:00 Elisabeth Long, Charles Blair and Steven Lane: University of Chicago Library, Digital Library Development Center; tour of the library.
3:00 - 5:00 Work time!

Homework: Finish projects. Fill out digital library survey.

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Day 19: July 31, 2003
1:00 - 3:00 Work time to iron out last minute kinks. (Remember: Christie and Sharon will not be in class until 2:00 today.) During this time you must also fill out the WIT Survey. Every participant in WIT must fill out this survey. The on-line survey can be found at http://webinstituteforteachers.org/2003/feedback/finalsurvey.php.
3:00 - 5:00 Class demos. Everyone must demonstrate their Web pages regardless of whether you are interested in being selected to present at the WIT plenary on Friday. Each presentation should last about 5 minutes.

Class Assignment: Determine two meetings days and places for follow-up meetings.

Day 20: August 1, 2003
Plenary

WIT's END!!!!!

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