ETA July 31

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. Please open your profile page and put a link to your webquest.

1. Go to your directory http://webinstituteforteachers.org/~username
2. Find your profile page and click to open it.
3. Go to "File" and select "Edit Page".
4. Go to "File" and select "Save As" and save in your desktop folder.
5. Type in a link to your webquest under the link to your home page.
6. Make sure you make it link to your webquest using whatever the absolute URL address is to your webquest.
7. Save and publish this page.

2. Our next meeting.

Take a good look at your work

Checklist for a successful lesson. Thanks, Nicole!

Feel like you are almost finished? Check this checklist!

1. Check every page for spelling errors and sentence structure;
Look at the aesthetics of your page (are there appropriate spaces after punctuation, such as
commas), line spacing, alignment, etc.
2. Click on every link to see that they work.
3. Make sure you have links on your webquest page and personal page that link to each other
4. Make sure all graphics load.
5. Take a sneak peek at your colleagues' pages to see what they have done
6. Keep in mind, your pages may never be "completely" finished and you may continually add to them throughout the school year
7. Make sure you have an e-mail link on your pages so others can contact
you (remember, to create an e-mail link highlight the text, press link and put in
"mailto:youremailaddress" with no spaces and no quotations)
8. Consider adding a "page last updated" date on the bottom of each home page in a smaller font
9. Make sure your teaching guide is complete and linked to your webquest
10. Go through your lesson with Sharon and Edie.

3. You have reached WIT's end. Please complete the following survey:

http://webinstituteforteachers.org/2003/feedback/finalsurvey.php

4. Sharon, Hashem and Edie have enjoyed working with you and watching each of you grow in your knowledge about curriculum writing and technical skills. We hope you relax the rest of your time off. Please feel free to contact us via email (we are always on). When you log on the Internet, always visit the Eta home page. We look forward to the next time Eta meets. Please have a safe rest of the summer.