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IN ORDER TO BE
SUCCESSFUL
AT AN ONLINE
CLASS USING
THE INTERNET
AS THE MAIN
COMMUNICATION
TOOL, WE
HAVE TO
BE CERTAIN
THAT OUR
TECHNOLOGY
ACTUALLY
WORKS. WE
NEED TO
KNOW WHAT
AND HOW
THE DIFFERENT
COMMUNICATION
TOOLS WORK
FOR OUR
"VIRTUAL
CLASSROOM".
ALSO, WE
HAVE TO
ENSURE THAT
EACH OF
US HAS APPROPRIATE
TEXTBOOK
RESOURCES
AND THAT
WE UNDERSTAND
THE COURSE
EXPECTATIONS,
CLASSROOM
RULES AND
THE COURSE
EVALUATION.
IN THE FIRST WEEK
OF CLASS
YOU WILL
HAVE TO
ORIENT YOURSELF
TO YOUR
ONLINE COURSE
AND YOUR
ONLINE TECHNOLOGY.
YOU WILL
HAVE TO
DO EACH
OF THE ACTIVITIES
NUMBERED
1 THROUGH
TO 11 AS
DESCRIBED
BELOW. IF
YOU ENCOUNTER
PROBLEMS
WITH THE
TECHNOLOGY
YOU WILL
HAVE TO
SEEK HELP
FROM THE
PERSON IN
YOUR SCHOOL
WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY
IT IS TO
DEAL WITH
TECHNOLOGICAL
PROBLEMS.
IF FOR SOME REASON
A CERTAIN
COMPONENT
OF OUR SYSTEM
DOES NOT
WORK THEN
WE WILL
HAVE TO
FIND A SUITABLE
"WORK
AROUND".
IN THESE
SITUATIONS
WE WILL
HAVE TO
REMEMBER
THE USEFULNESS
OF OTHER
TECHNOLOGY
SUCH AS
THE TELEPHONE,
FAX, COURIER
SERVICES
AND REGULAR
SURFACE
MAIL.
COMPLETE THE LIST
OF ACTIVITIES
BELOW BEFORE
BEGINNING
THE COURSE
WORK.
- READ
THE
COURSE
EXPECTATIONS
AND
CLASSROOM
RULES
- READ
ABOUT
THE
COURSE
EVALUATION
- READ
THE
LIST
OF
TEXTBOOKS
AND
ARRANGE
WITH
YOUR
TEACHER
TO
USE
THESE
BOOKS
- COMPOSE
AND
SEND
AN
EMAIL
TO
YOUR
TEACHER
- SEND
AN
EMAIL
TO
EVERYONE
IN
OUR
CLASS
- SAVE
A
WORD
DOCUMENT
IN
RICH
TEXT
FORMAT
(RTF)
- ATTACH
AN
RTF
DOCUMENT
TO
AN
EMAIL
AND
SEND
IT
TO
THE
PEOPLE
IN
YOUR
CLASS
- DIGITIZE
A
PICTURE.
ATTACH
THE
DIGITIZED
PICTURE
TO
AN
EMAIL
AND
SEND
IT
TO
YOUR
TEACHER.
- PUT
A
POSTING
IN
THE
THREADED
DISCUSSION
AREA
- PLACE
SOMETHING
IN
THE
DIGITAL
DROP
BOX
- ORGANIZING
YOUR
SCIENCE
10
WORK
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4.
COMPOSE
AND SEND
AN EMAIL
TO YOUR
TEACHER
USE YOUR EMAIL
PROGRAM
TO COMPOSE
AN EMAIL
TO YOUR
TEACHER.
YOUR EMAIL
SHOULD CONTAIN
THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION:
- WHAT
IS
YOUR
NAME?
- WHERE
DO
YOU
LIVE?
(TOWN)
- GIVE
YOUR
PARENT'S
NAME
AND
PHONE
NUMBER
- WHY
ARE
YOU
TAKING
SCIENCE
10
IN
THE
ONLINE
ENVIRONMENT?
- DESCRIBE
TO
ME
WHAT
TYPE
OF
STUDENT
YOU
ARE
- TELL
ME
WHICH
TEXTBOOKS
THE
TEACHER
AT
YOUR
SCHOOL
HAS
GIVEN
YOU
TO
USE
- TELL
ME
ABOUT
YOUR
INTERESTS
AND
HOBBIES
PROOF READ YOUR
EMAIL TO
ME BEFORE
YOU SEND
IT. ENSURE
THAT YOUR
EMAIL CONTAINS
ALL OF THE
REQUESTED
INFORMATION.
YOUR ONLINE TEACHER
WILL SEND
YOU A REPLY
ONCE THEY
RECEIVE
YOUR EMAIL.
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5.
SEND AN
EMAIL TO
EVERYONE
IN OUR CLASS
THROUGHOUT THIS
COURSE YOU
WILL OFTEN
BE ASKED
TO PAIR
UP WITH
A CLASSMATE
TO COMPARE
EXPERIMENT
RESULTS
OR TO DO
WORK AS
PART OF
A GROUP.
WE HAVE
TO ENSURE
THAT EACH
OF US IN
THE CLASS
CAN EMAIL
EACH OTHER.
AFTER RECEIVING
YOUR EMAIL
THAT INTRODUCES
YOU TO YOUR
ONLINE TEACHER,
YOUR ONLINE
TEACHER
WILL RESPOND
TO YOU WITH
A LIST OF
STUDENTS
IN OUR ONLINE
CLASS. YOUR
TASK WILL
BE TO SEND
A SHORT
EMAIL TO
EACH STUDENT
IN THIS
LIST.
THE EMAIL THAT
YOU SEND
TO ALL THOSE
IN OUR CLASS
SHOULD CONTAIN
THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION:
- YOUR
NAME
- A BRIEF
INTRODUCTION
OF
YOURSELF.
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6.
SAVE A WORD
DOCUMENT
IN RICH
TEXT FORMAT
(RTF)
YOUR ONLINE TEACHER
MAY OR MAY
NOT BE A
TECHNOLOGY
GENIUS!
SOME PEOPLE
BELIEVE
THAT THE
MOST EASILY
TRADED FILE
TYPE IS
RICH TEXT
FORMAT (.RTF).
MOST WORD PROCESSING
PROGRAMS
SHOULD WORK
IN MUCH
A SIMILAR
WAY AS MICROSOFT
WORD. FROM
WITHIN YOUR
WORD PROCESSING
SOFTWARE:
- TYPE
A
SHORT
SENTENCE
GIVING
YOUR
NAME,
THE
NAME
OF
YOUR
SCHOOL
AND
THE
TOWN
THAT
YOUR
SCHOOL
IS
IN
- SAVE
THIS
FILE
IN
RICH
TEXT
FORMAT
(RTF).
HINT:
TRY
LOOKING
UNDER
THE
SAVE
AS
COMMAND.
THIS
IS
LIKELY
WHERE
YOU
WILL
HAVE
THE
OPTION
TO
SAVE
AS
.RTF.
IF YOU CANNOT SAVE
AS .RTF,
THEN TALK
WITH THE
COMPUTER
PERSON AT
YOUR SCHOOL.
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7.
ATTACH THE
.RTF DOCUMENT
TO AN EMAIL
AND SEND
THIS EMAIL
TO ALL PEOPLE
IN THE CLASS.
WITHIN YOUR EMAIL
PROGRAM
THERE IS
USUALLY
AN "ATTACH"
COMMAND.
FIND THIS
COMMAND
WITHIN YOUR
EMAIL PROGRAM.
ATTACH YOUR READY
MADE .RTF
DOCUMENT
FROM STEP
6 ABOVE
TO THIS
EMAIL. THE
SUBJECT
OF THIS
EMAIL SHOULD
BE "WORD
ATTACHMENTS".
WITHIN THE
BODY OF
YOUR EMAIL,
SIMPLY TYPE
THE WORD
HI AND GIVE
A STATEMENT
ABOUT THE
WEATHER
TODAY.
SEND THIS EMAIL
TO ALL PEOPLE
IN OUR CLASS,
INCLUDING
YOUR TEACHER.
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8.
DIGITIZE
A PICTURE.
ATTACH THE
DIGITIZED
PICTURE
TO AN EMAIL
AND SEND
IT TO YOUR
TEACHER.
AS PART OF THIS
COURSE YOU
WILL HAVE
TO EXCHANGE
PICTURES
AND DIAGRAMS
FROM TIME
TO TIME.
THERE ARE
A NUMBER
OF WAYS
THAT THIS
CAN BE DONE.
THE EASIEST
WAY WILL
BE FOR YOU
TO TAKE
A PICTURE
USING A
DIGITAL
CAMERA.
THIS PICTURE
WILL BE
STORED AS
A FILE EITHER
ON THE DISC
IN THE CAMERA
OR ON A
CHIP INSIDE
THE CAMERA.
YOU WILL
HAVE TO
PLACE THIS
PICTURE
AS AN ATTACHMENT
TO AN EMAIL.
ANOTHER WAY TO
GET A PICTURE
TO ME WOULD
BE FOR YOU
TO USE A
REGULAR
CAMERA TO
TAKE THE
PICTURE,
GET THE
FILM DEVELOPED,
THEN SCAN
THIS PICTURE
AND SAVE
IT IN YOUR
COMPUTER'S
MEMORY.
AGAIN, THIS
PICTURE
WILL NEED
TO BE PLACED
AS AN ATTACHMENT
TO AN EMAIL.
DECIDE WHICH EQUIPMENT
IS AVAILABLE
FOR YOU
TO USE:
DIGITAL
CAMERA OR
REGULAR
CAMERA AND
A SCANNER.
AS PART OF YOUR
SCIENCE
10 COURSE
WORK YOU
WILL NEED
TO USE THE
LAB WITHIN
YOUR SCHOOL
FROM TIME
TO TIME.
ARRANGE
WITH THE
TEACHER
IN YOUR
SCHOOL TO
HAVE SUPERVISED
LAB ACCESS.
IN THE LAB,
LOCATE THE
BALANCE,
A SMALL
TEST TUBE,
AN ERLENMEYER
FLASK AND
A SMALL
BEAKER.
PLACE THESE
ITEMS IN
A NEAT LOOKING
GROUP ON
A LAB TABLE.
SNAP THE
PICTURE.
ATTACH THIS PICTURE
TO AN EMAIL
AND SEND
IT TO ME.
THE SUBJECT
OF YOUR
EMAIL SHOULD
BE "PICTURE
ATTACHMENT".
IN THE BODY
OF THE EMAIL
SIMPLY TYPE
HI! AND
TELL ME
ABOUT YOUR
PROCESS
OF HOW YOU
TOOK THE
PICTURE
(DIGITAL
CAMERA OR
REGULAR
CAMERA AND
SCANNER)
AND GOT
IT ATTACHED
TO THE EMAIL.
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9.
PUT A POSTING
IN THE THREADED
DISCUSSION
AREA
OUR VIRTUAL CLASSROOM
USES A DELIVERY
PLATFORM
KNOWN AS
BLACKBOARD.
WITHIN THIS
PLATFORM
IS AN AREA
CALLED A
"THREADED
DISCUSSION".
THIS AREA
WILL GIVE
US THE OPPORTUNITY
TO CARRY
ON A DISCUSSION
WITH OTHER
MEMBERS
OF OUR CLASS.
YOUR TASK IS TO
POST A FEW
ENTRIES
TO THIS
AREA. OUR
TOPIC FOR
DISCUSSION
IS "OUR
CLASSROOM
RULES".
BEFORE ENTERING
YOUR POINT
OF VIEW
IN THIS
AREA, THINK
ABOUT THE
CLASSROOM
ENVIRONMENT
THAT WILL
HELP EACH
OF US HAVE
A POSITIVE
EXPERIENCE
WITH THIS
ONLINE COURSE.
ALSO, READ
THE CLASS
EXPECTATIONS
PAGE OF
THIS SITE
AGAIN.
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10.
PLACE SOMETHING
IN THE DIGITAL
DROP BOX
MANY TIMES THROUGHOUT
THIS COURSE
YOU WILL
HAVE TO
HAND IN
ASSIGNMENTS
FOR MARKING.
ALL ASSIGNMENTS
SHOULD BE
SUBMITTED
IN THE DIGITAL
DROP OFF
BOX WITHIN
THE BLACKBOARD
PLATFORM.
AT OTHER
TIMES, ITEMS
THAT YOU
HAND IN
WILL BE
PLACED ON
A WEB SITE.
THIS WILL
ALLOW OTHERS
IN THE CLASS
TO SEE THE
WORK OF
ALL CLASSMATES.
SOMETIMES
WE DO THIS
TO COMPARE
EXPERIMENT
RESULTS
OR TO SELECT
A "BEST
MODEL"
OF SOMETHING
WE HAVE
DEVELOPED.
READ THIS INFORMATION
ABOUT LAB
SAFETY.
LOOK
AT THE DIAGRAM
ON PAGE
XVII OF
THE HEATH
SCIENCE
CONNECTIONS
10 TEXTBOOK.
LIST THE
SAFETY VIOLATIONS
THAT ARE
SHOWN IN
THE DIAGRAM.
PUT
THIS LIST
OF SAFETY
VIOLATIONS
IN THE DIGITAL
DROP OFF
BOX.
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11.
ORGANIZING
YOUR SCIENCE
10 WORK
TAKING SCIENCE
10 ONLINE
WILL REQUIRE
THAT YOU
ORGANIZE
YOUR WORK.
SOME OF
THIS WORK
WILL BE
IN ELECTRONIC
FORM AND
SOME OF
THIS WORK
WILL BE
DONE ON
PAPER. FOR
THIS REASON,
YOU WILL
NEED TO
BE WELL
ORGANIZED.
SUGGESTIONS TO
HELP YOU
ORGANIZE
YOUR WORK
INCLUDE::
- OBTAIN
A
THREE
RING
BINDER
- PUT
LOOSE
LEAF
IN
THIS
BINDER
- OBTAIN
A
COMPUTER
DISK
OR
ENSURE
THAT
YOU
HAVE
HARD
DISK
SPACE
TO
KEEP
YOUR
WORK
- SOME
OF
YOUR
ASSIGNMENTS
WILL
BE
DONE
ON
PAPER.
THESE
WILL
BE
SUBMITTED
TO
YOUR
ONLINE
TEACHER
VIA
THE
FAX
MACHINE
- SOME
OF
YOUR
ASSIGNMENTS
WILL
BE
DONE
ON
THE
COMPUTER.
PRINT
A
COPY
OF
YOUR
ASSIGNMENT
WORK
AND
KEEP
THIS
PRINTED
VERSION
IN
YOUR
THREE
RING
BINDER.
IF
CYBERWORLD
PREVENTS
YOUR
ASSIGNMENT
FROM
REACHING
YOUR
ONLINE
TEACHER,
YOU
WILL
THEN
HAVE
A
COPY
THAT
YOU
COULD
FAX
TO
YOUR
ONLINE
TEACHER.
ALSO,
HAVING
A
PRINTED
COPY
OF
YOUR
WORK
WILL
MAKE
TEST
PREPARATION
MORE
CONVENIENT
FOR
YOU.
- SOME
EMAIL
CORRESPONDENCE
WILL
INCLUDE
ANSWER
KEYS
TO
ASSIGNED
QUESTIONS.
THESE
ANSWER
KEYS
SHOULD
BE
PRINTED
AND
ALSO
KEPT
IN
YOUR
THREE
RING
BINDER.
GET ORGANIZED AND
PREPARE
YOURSELF
FOR YOUR
FIRST SCIENCE
10 LESSON
IN CYBERWORLD!
WORK HARD AND
DO YOUR
BEST! WELCOME
TO SCIENCE
10!
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