ETA July 28

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

Things to do:

1. View this sample of an Implementation Plan. If you have not already written yours, please jot down notes for your plan.

2. Two messages from Craig Cunningham:

While finalizing your projects for WIT 2003, please pay attention to the rules of copyright.

Generally, you should ask permission to use anything you've taken from another web site, unless that site offers you permission explicitly. If you do have permission to use something, you should put a note that says "Copyright ________ (whoever owns it), date; used with permission."

If you can't figure out how to ask for permission (no contact information on the web site you got it from), then at least you should do the courtesy of listing the source. You can do this by making a little note that says "Source: URL of the website you got it from."

Another good option is to leave the resource in its original location and just link to it, as we've done throughout the WIT curriculum modules. Example: "for a great picture of Craig's kids, see http://craigcunningham.com/photos."

Above all, don't steal without acknowledging! Not only does this set a bad example for your students, it can result in demands from the copyright owner that the resources be taken off your project. This can be embarrassing and can sometimes mean your project won't be usable by the students.

Note that "fair use" probably does not apply to making copies of something and posting it on a public web site such as your WIT project. "Fair use" requires that any copies be made available only to your students and only for a limited time.

Please read pages 71-79 in Curriculum Webs for more about copyright, or see the copyright module Marty Billingsley produced for WIT 2000: http://webinstituteforteachers.org/2000/curriculum/homeroommodules/copyright/.

and

If you are a CPS employee, but you are not full time, not fully certified, or not in a teacher position, but you want a CPS stipend, you need to fill out a form, which can be found at http://webinstituteforteachers.org/2003/about/stipendrequest.php.

3. By the end of the day, you should have done the following:

• Linked your webquest, teaching guide and implementation plan, and continue to put content into these page..

Click on the following URL to go to a Teaching Guide template, open and edit it. Don't forget to save and publish your file. Please save to your webquest folder and call it "teachingguide".

http://webinstituteforteachers.org/2003/homerooms/eta/teachingguidetemplate.php

4. Please see Rules of the Road (Wules of the Web) create by Iota's Jay Mulberry.

5. Go to Scholastic and sign up for the Teacher Toolkit.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/teachertoolkit/

6. Wrap-up

• Remember to write where you do your best writing. This may not be in the lab with the computer in front of you. Do this at home if need be.
• Please call or email mentors if you need help.