ETA July 17

Mentors: Edie Fabiyi, Sharon Townsend, Bill Geraci & Hasheem Selph (Lab Assistant)
Location: Wadsworth Elementary School, Room 209
Session: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

1. Please check your email and respond to messages.
2. Questions & Site of the Day
3. Take some time to explore the featured Site(s) of the Day
4. Please remember to save early and often.
5. Using the WS FTP client, upload your practice page to the Internet. Send the URL to Sharon or Edie. If you're not sure, please ask one of your homeroom mates or a mentor.
6. Netscape Composer: Links
7. Using the Internet in the Classroom
8. Learner Descriptions
9. Wrap-up

7. Using the Internet in the Classroom

The purpose of this module is to persuade educators that using the Internet can positively affect student learning.

8.Learner Description.

Many characteristics of the learners are potentially relevant to curriculum development, including their social or cultural backgrounds, learning styles and preferences, prior experiences, motivation, habits,attitudes, skills, knowledge, beliefs about themselves and about learning, and abilities. Each of these factors may be relevant to the most effective structure or content of a curriculum web." Cunningham & Billingsley

• Read the Learner Descriptions section on pages 17-19 of Curriculum Webs.
• Complete Activity 2B on page 19 of Curriculum Webs after reading pages 17-19.
• E-mail your brief description to the WitEta mail list, all respond please.

8. Wrap-up

• We will take a trip over to the university campus for the plenary. Please plan to be here for bus pickup and lunch.