General Schedule

Web Science

 

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Day 0

Sunday July 14th

Check-in

Time

Location

What's Happening

Presenter

3:00pm and on

 

University of San Francisco Lone Mountain Campus Dorms

Check-into dorms

Dorm Staff

 

Day 1

Monday July 15th

Introduction Day

Cruising the WWW

Time

Location

What's Happening

Presenter

7:00- 8:30

Dorm Commons

Refreshments at dorm

-

8:30-9:00

Dorm Commons

Meet for greetings and introductions (dorm commons)

Hello and Introductions

Workshop Schedule review

Exploratorium:

Eric Muller Teacher-in-Residence (The Teacher Institute)

9:00-10:00

Dorm Commons

Tour of campus and facilities

-Food area

-Parina Computer Center

-Center for Instruction and Technology

-History of campus

Campus faculty:

Father Kotlanger

 

10:00- 12:00

Meet at Center for Instruction and Technology (CIT-PC)

Introduction to CIT

Lab and open hours

Introduction to Netscape browser

Introduction to the WWW:

URL's

Bookmarks

printing

Simple searches

Copying pictures from the Web.

Cruise and bookmark your favorite science sites

Get your picture taken

 

12:00-12:30

CIT-PC

Advanced searching

-Yahoo

-Altavista

-Introduction to other search engines

Research "Herpetology"

Research "The California Academy of Sciences"

Research -"The best restaurant in Chinatown and North Beach- for Friday night dinner."

 

12:30-1:30

 

Hello from California Academy of Sciences (5 minute Cu-See Me Demonstration)

Travel to California Academy of Sciences and lunch

 

1:30-6:00

The California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences, The Biodiversity Project and Eisenhower Clearinghouse Presentations

Cal Academy:

Anne Malley- Librarian

Beth Ryan- Librarian

Jens Vidum- Herpetologist

1:30- 2:15

 

 

 

Group meets a member of the Department of Herpetology

Group tour of African Hall

 

2:15- 3:00

 

Groups switch

 

3:00-4:00

 

Biodiversity/ENC workshop

 

4:00 -6:00

 

Free time at museum

 

6:00-

 

For departure via taxi, please form groups of four or five

Return to USF

Work on Parina Computers

 


Day 2

Tuesday July 16th

Making a homepage

Time

Location

What's Happening

Presenter

7:00- 8:30

Dorm Commons

Refreshments

 

8:30- 9:00

 

CIT-Mac

Etiquette for Mcintosh and PC Computers

Disks, folders, taking bookmarks with you

CIT:

Michael Benedict -Director of CIT

9:00-10:00

CIT-Mac

Introduction to source code and HTML

Lesson on making homepages with Pagemill

 

Wright Center for Innovation in Science Education:

Scott Battaion- Fellow at The Wright Center and Webmaster

10:00- 11:30

CIT-PC

Netcom:

What equipment is needed to get on-line; access for you, your school and your district.

Netcom:

11:30-12:00

CIT-PC

What we want of you- a sample on-line lesson

Eric Muller

12:00- 1:00

 

Lunch

 

1:00- 3:00

CIT-Mac

Lesson on making homepages with Pagemill

Scott Battion

3:00- 4:30

CIT-PC

Genentech/Access Excellence:

On-line science communication

 

Genentech/Access Excellence:

Dr. Pam Peters- Manager of Science Education

4:30- 5:30

CIT-Mac

Lesson on making homepages with Pagemill

Scott Battaion

5:30-8:00

CIT-Both

Open lab time

 

Day 3

Wednesday 17th

Work on Pages

Resources, Education and the Web

Time

Location

What's Happening

Presenter

7:00- 8:30

Dorm Commons

Refreshments

 

8:00-9:00

CIT-both

Work on pages/ cruise the web

 

9:00-10:30

CIT-Mac

Exploratorium:

Resources for creating web pages:

HTML editors

Information on-line

Books in Print Introduction to source code and HTML

Exploratorium:

John Hogle- Librarian-in Residence

10:30-10:45

CIT

Break

 

10:45-12:00

CIT-PC

Netscape Corporation:

It's a house, not the furniture!- The Internet and implications for education

Netscape Corporation:

Dr. Valerie Beer- Education Specialist

12:00- 1:00

 

Lunch

 

1:00-2:00

CIT-PC

Chatroom Forum:

What have you found interesting?

Eric Muller

2:00- 4:00

CIT-Mac

More Pagemill lessons with Scott.

Scott Battion

4:00-8:00

CIT-both

Open lab

Small group lessons on Cu-See Me, Scanning and Graphics

 

Day 4

Thursday July 18th

Web lessons

Snap a shot

Time

Location

What's Happening

Presenter

7:00- 8:30

Dorm Commons

Refreshments

 

8:00-9:00

CIT-both

Work on pages or cruise the web

 

9:00- 9:45

CIT-Mac

Exploratorium:

Virtual tour of the Exploratorium

Exploratorium:

Larry Shaw- Computer Dude

9:45- 11:45

CIT-PC

USGS:

Marine and Coastal geology (eco-systems)

Seismology

 

USGS:

Leslie Gordon- Geologist and Western Region Education Coordinator

Andy Michael-seismologist and webmaster from USGS

11:45- 12:00

 

Break - Lunch will be really short today. You might want to get lunch now and eat it later.

 

12:00- 1:15

CIT-PC

NASA:

Using space images in the classroom

Cruising through NASA's internet links and The Electronic Resource Center

Other resources from NASA

NASA:

Tom Gates- AeroSpace Education Specialist

1:15- 1:45

 

Lunch

 

1:45- 3:00

CIT-Mac

Apple Computers:

Use of digital cameras (Quicktake)

Apple Computers:

Roger Knight

3:00- 4:00

CIT-PC

Silicon Graphics:

Things to come: Java and VRML

Silicon Graphic:

Monica Gorkani- Multi-Media Engineer

4:00- 8:00

CIT-both

Open lab, open time

Get all your files onto disk and get rid of extra junk.

Oh yeah, figure out how to get to the Exploratorium (hint: use the web).

 


Day 5

Friday July 19th

Field Trip, Present Pages and say good-bye

Getting your pages up and running on The Exploratorium Server

 

Time

Location

What's Happening

Presenter

7:00- 8:30

Dorm Commons

Refreshments

 

8:30- 10:00

CIT

Work on pages and load stuff on disks.

 

10:00-10:30

CIT

Travel to Exploratorium

 

10:30 -11:30

The Exploratorium

Meet at Exploratorium- Front Entrance

Remember to bring your disks!

Museum tour

Eric Muller

11:30- 1:30

CIT

Free museum time/ lunch on Chestnut St.

 

1:30- 4:30

 

Switch (1 1/2 hour each session)

A)Cow-eye dissection with on-line tutorial

B) Getting your own address on the Exploratorium server, using Fetch and FTP. Updating your pages remotely.

Checking-out everyone's pages.

You're now on-line!

Exploratorium:

Explainer-Cow-eye expert.

Eric Muller

4:30- ??

 

Taxi to Fisherman's Wharf and dinner in Chinatown / North Beach.

You're on your own to get home.

 

 

Day 6

Saturday July 20th

Work at Parina Computer Center

Day 7

Sunday July 21st

Check-out

See you on the web and Good Luck