- Avoid Frontpage if you can possibly!!!!!!!
- Always name your first page index
- Never have any spaces or funny symbols in your file names!
- Create your navigation buttons first - copy them over to each page - this avoids having 100+ buttons created by Frontpage to upload....
- Avoid copying pictures straight from other people's webpages...
- Sure you don't have to upload your own images, what if their link changes & have you even got their permission.... same goes 4 music....
- Run your raw video through an editor first so you can achieve a file size in single digit mB instead of gBs.......and anyway it won't upload with a space in the file name
Here is a lesson for us all - Discovery learning is not always the best place to start! :-)
Getting the basics right can save hours of frustration...
The kids had been working on an Antarctica WebQuest - they chose to present their work on the web themselves. Here's an example of their work (the video is still to be uploaded)
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I remember doing an Antarctica Webquest in my classroom a few years back - like the idea of the webpages publicly accessible. How do you go with teaching kids to create their own content without cut'n'pasting from other websites? It's an issue I am still grappling with in my role because a lot of the teachers are unsure of how to effectively use the web.
Hi Graham - yp i know what you mean - i came in at the tail end to help these kids with the technical details & uploading of their sites. This is what their teacher had to say:
http://www.terrace.qld.edu.au/library/grade6/antarctica.html#evaluation
I got the kids to copy and paste from websites, then print it out and each group had their own folder. I had previously talked about plagarism and why it was important to not just copy and paste. The kids then just highlighted the bits that answered their questions and then set about putting it into their own words. I think discussion might be the key and as it was a small group there was plenty of chances to discuss with them and get them to justify their thoughts. It was really instilled in them though because one boy was copying and pasting to his website and the other kids 'told on him!!!!!! So nothing new, just a talented bunch of kids!!!"
I have done some workshops with teachers "Developing Critical NetStudents" We look at issues such as copyright, plagiarism, evaluating websites, developing questioning skills, netsafety & effective searching strategies. My key message really is if you want to develop Critical Students you need to be a Critical Teacher.
I really like the advice of Blanchy
www.edcentric.com who tells us that to get around plagiarism teach children how to quote directly (in moderation) and then make comments on their quotes - it gets around the 'rewording' of other peoples ideas - & i have seen my son do it using the thesaurus - it is still cut&paste...
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