Introduction

Lab 1

Lab 2

Lab 3

 Lab 4

Lab 5
 Assignments

 FAQ

  Assessment

 Multiple Intelligences

 Engaged Learning

 Registration

 

Please read the following prerequisites, then follow the link at the bottom for the online application.

Course Prerequites: Computer Basics

To benefit from the MI & Tech Converged Course you should be familiar with the basics of operating a PC (PowerMac or Windows95/98), sending and receiving e-mail, and using Netscape or Internet Explorer. If your systems at school are not compatible, you may need to know how to do these things on both platforms.

 

Computer Operation Skills

These skills are important for using nearly any computer application, and can be learned from the online tutorial that comes with your computer. You should know:

  1. How to turn the computer on, shut it down, and reboot it.
  2. How to create, move, name, find, and discard files and folders/directories.
  3. How to start and exit software applications, how to use the standard file menu to save or print files, and how to save files under another name.
  4. How to use the standard file dialog box to select a file or folder.
  5. What the "currently active application" is, and how to change it.
  6. How to move, resize, bring forward, and close windows on the screen.
  7. How to arrange two application windows side-by-side on the screen.
  8. How to cut, copy, and paste from one place or application to another.
  9. Prior experience with any word processing program (e.g., ClarisWorks, MS Word, MS Works, WordPerfect. . .).

 

E-mail Basics

Electronic mail is an integral part of your MI & Tech coursework. Related skills can be learned from a tutorial, such as this one for Netscape. In order to successfully complete even the first few classes, you need to know:

  1. How to configure your e-mail application to use your Internet Service Provider (ISP).
  2. How to send an e-mail message.
  3. How to check for e-mail.
  4. How to read e-mail messages.
  5. How to reply to an e-mail message.

 

Browser Basics

A World Wide Web browser will be another important tool needed during this class. Related skills can be learned from on-line sources at Microsoft Internet Explorer for Mac and Windows or Netscape Communicator (the Netscape NetCenter is packed with infromation). In order to have access to critical class materials, you need to know:

  1. What a Web page is, what a link is.
  2. How to recognize a link, how to follow a link, how to tell whether you have followed a link before.
  3. How to use the Forward, Back and Home buttons to get around.
  4. How to use a navigation bar of links on a Web site to find your way around the site.
  5. How and when to use Stop.
  6. How to print a page.
  7. How to use the Open button or Location field to type in an Internet address (go to a URL directly).
  8. What a Bookmark or Favorite is, how to add a bookmark, how to visit a link that you have bookmarked.

 

Application

You will need one Registration form for each team and an individual Survey of Skills for each member.

For full consideration, please apply by 8:00 P.M. October 15, 1999.

 

Created for the Fermilab LInC program sponsored by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Education Office and Friends of Fermilab, and funded by United States Department of Energy, Illinois State Board of Education, North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium which is operated by North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL), and the National Science Foundation.


Author(s): Eileen Heasley (eheasley@mich.com); Sherri Johnson (slynnj@ix.netcom.com)
School: Thaddeus Kosciusko Elementary, Detroit, Michigan
Created: March 1, 1999 - Updated: October 21, 1999
URL: /lincon/w99/projects/multiple/musthav.html