Online class - Teaching and Learning Science Using Technology
Instructions:
- Before class: Please read the following:
- We
will holding our online class in a collaborative virtual learning
environment called ScienceMOO. You can attend class from anywhere
as long as you have a computer, web browser and Internet connection.
- Visit http://sciencemoo.org and make sure you can login to ScienceMOO and that you can communicate, move to our classroom and sit at tables.
- Login procedure: You
should have received a username and password for ScienceMOO via email.
If you did not receive this, let me know. Note: your
username and password are case-sensitive. If you have problems
and cannot login with your username and password, you can always login
as a guest and no password is required. If you still cannot
login, try using a different web browser. You should also make
sure that you have java.
- After login: Click
on the purple button at the top of the screen labeled "Guide".
This is an overview of how to use a MOO. If you need more
information, you can always click on the "Help" button.
- Move to the classroom: Click on the link "Classroom
2 - SEYS 767.3 (Fall 2007)" . You are now in our virtual
classroom. Feel free to explore by clicking on links. If
you need to go back and don't see a link, you can press your right
mouse button, and then click "back"
- Check the seating chart and find your table.
To sit at your table, make sure the "normal" radio button at the
bottom of the screen is selected, and then type sit table1 or sit
table2, etc. Note that there is no space between the word table
and the number. When you are seated at a table, you can only
communicate with the others at your table. This allows you to
work in your small group without being distracted by all the other
conversations going on in the room. You can always see where
everyone is by clicking on the "Who" button. If you want to speak
to the whole class, you can use the standup command.
- Tonight's technology tasks:
- Read through the "National Report on Online Learning"
- What types of online learning taking place in your school?
- How might online learning benefit the students in your school?
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