Course content and tentative schedule

OLLI Spring Session 2009

Week 1—April 8, 2009

This introductory class will provide a base for our continued learning, introduce terms, demonstrate how participants can log onto the Emory Wireless network, and how to create a G-mail e-mail account, access and discuss an online Discussion Group (compare and contrast with a group used in an e-mail program (client) for sharing information with other course members.

Topics to include:

—Logging on to the Emory Wireless Network and Connecting to the Internet

—Introduction to the Wired Geezer Web page course resource

—Review of the self-assessment activities on the Web site

—Discussion of course format

 Resources:

Glossary

  http://laptops.bizrate.com/laptopcomputers/glossary.html
A site with an extensive assortment of terms with brief descriptions related to laptops in particular, and communications between/among computers in general.

 http://www.w3schools.com/site/site_glossary.asp

This is an alphabetical list of Web Building Glossary Terms.

Week 2—April 15, 2009

Discussion of results of Web-based self-assessment for basic Windows® skills and competencies from last week.

We will explore further the features and functions of the Internet Browser Program. (Internet Explorer [IE]) will be used as the teaching example. "Plug-ins"; Toolbars; cache; 'cookies'; maintenance, etc.

G-mail techniques will be integrated throughout. Techniques for forwarding G-mail to your current e-mail [non-g-mail] account. How to put an shortcut icon on the desktop, putting a Favorite/Bookmark on the Links bar in the browser.

Keyboard shortcuts will be discussed, navigation around a Window and within a Text Box/document. These skills will be most valuable for those for whom precise movements of a mouse is difficult and/or for those who wish to save a LOT of time when composing, editing, or navigating around text.

Wikipedia's Keyboard Shortcuts

Week 3—April 22, 2009

Searching Tutorial Link

The link above and the description is from the Teaching Library Staff at the University of California, Berkeley.

"This tutorial presents the substance of the Internet Workshops (current schedule) offered year-round by the Teaching Library at the University of California at Berkeley. The content on this site has been updated to reflect the latest trends in search engines, directories, and evaluating web pages. The title reflects our belief that there is a lot of great material on the Web - primary sources, specialized directories and databases, statistical information, educational sites on many levels, policy, opinion of all kinds, and so much more - and we have better tools for finding this great stuff."

Week 4—April 29, 2009

Further discussion of searching strategies based on UC Berkeley tutorial. Introduction of Firefox®, Chrome®, Opera®, & Safari®, as alternative Internet browser programs.

Week 5—May 6, 2009

This session will be filled with a 'potpourri' of review, integration, further exploration of all the work covered in the first 4 weeks.

We will use the skills learned to actually SEARCH your topics/ keywords /search terms, in Engines, Directories.

STRETCH BREAK AT 2:10 PM for "5-ish"

We'll use GALILEO as an exemplar/template, as well as WebMD, Medline, Google, Google Directory, Yahoo, Yahoo Directory, Google Scholar.  Google search for "Internet tutorial" might be enlightening!?

"Favorites", "Bookmarks", and their 'management, organization, and retrieval' will be discussed.

How to RE-find what you already FOUND?

Week 6—May 13, 2009

This session will be a review session completing those items not finished in previous session. Online Web Tutorials focus group project.

GALILEO will be explored, as well as those integrating those databases not ordinarily searched, but part of the —'hidden Web'; 'invisible Web; 'deep Web'. (or what you might have to pay $ to access)

Review of Google® Toolbar, Google® (Magazine) Reader [an aggregate for RSS feeds, etc.].

Use of Google® Notebook as a way of retrieving selected data indexed by content [and address], and not just by address [as in Favorites/Bookmarks]

STRETCH BREAK AT 2:10 PM for "5-ish"

 Plan for next two weeks sessions-course evaluation will be held at the beginning of the last session, so that there is sufficient time to reflect on the course content, organization, relevance, delivery for future course development.