IOTA Homeroom: July 22

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Overview of our next 9 days

Tonight's Learning by Playing

I. Opening

1. Site of the day (Joann). Word of the day (Alex).
2. Remember to turn in your forms and money orders for lane credit.
3. Why not try Learning by Playing tonight?
   Email questions or comments to Jay or Joy, or send anonymous comments through the suggestion page.

II. Working with Templates and to construct Teacher pages for your WebQuests

1. Mentors demonstrate the use of templates, pointing out the difference between those using frames and those without frames.  The ones without frames are easier.  
2. Quick review of use of Composer with the templates: "File>Edit Page", creating links, changing fonts. (Students who have not downloaded templates refer to July 18 lesson plans.
   Remember to save frequently in case your computer freezes!
3. Go over the basic elements of a WebQuest.  Remember, you can go back to the great pages in Buildingblocks of a WebQuest which we studied last week to find great explanation and examples.
4. What should Teacher pages contain? Follow template for instructions and see examples in Buildingblocks.
5. Students work independently to edit Teacher Pages in template to reflect their own goals.  

Note: Teacher pagers must include reference to Illinois Learning Standards: http://www.isbe.net/ils/Default.htm

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III. Working with Images and sending them to the Server

1. Mentor talks about putting images in web pages:
• Be sure that the images you use are in the same folder as the web site (html document) you are creating
• In Composer go to "Insert>Image"
• Either type an "Alternative Text" which describes the picture briefly or click "Don't use alternative text"
• Most Important: Be sure that "URL is relative to page location" IS CHECKED.
  
2. Mentor describes how to resize pictures, and why to change image size in Paint or Paint Shop instead of with Composer.
• Demonstrate how to open Paint and change size of image:

Open the program called "Paint" by
      Click "Start">"Programs">"Accessories">"Paint"

1. Bring the image you downloaded into Paint to be worked with.
         Click: "File">"Open"
                     In the "Open" window, click the down arrow at the top of the window and brows to the correct folder and file.
         Click "Open"
         Now you have the image in the Paint program where you can do things with it.

Editing the image:

• First, click "Image" and change its size ("Stretch/Skew").
• Save image

3. Mentor talks about sending images to server:
• Do not drag whole folders to server
• Drag the templates you have worked on, without changing their names, to the server.
• Drag the images you have worked on to the same part of the server as the templates.
  

III. Students work on WebQuests with help from roving staff.

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Learning by Playing for July 22

Check It Out

Take a look at the teacher resources that can be found at http://cuip.net/~jay/dl/teachers.html

Some of them even let you sign up to get periodic updates on good materials.

Thanks for Learning by Playing today!

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