TBE 540 Lesson 12

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TBE 540 - Programming Applications for Educators

Lesson 12 - Web Page Extras!

Software required: Netscape, sound editor, Screen Movie Recorder, QuickTime, RealMedia Player
Hardware required: Internet-connected computers, display device
Audience: TBE 540 students (graduate students, majority are teachers)

Prerequisites: Learners must already be able to... (besides basic computer knowledge)
1. Locate JavaScript samples and add to an existing web page.
2. Customize JavaScript code at the intermediate level.

Objectives: After completing this lesson, the learner will be able to...
1. Answer basic questions about copyright and "fair use."
2. Locate sound and/or video files with a web search, download and add to a web page.

Lesson Description:
1. Students review classroom copyright rules at http://www.halldavidson.net/copyrightchart.html and take the copyright quiz at http://www.csus.edu/indiv/p/peachj/edte230/copyright/quiz.htm. Another quiz with answers is available at http://literacy.kent.edu/Oasis/Workshops/copyquiz.html. Other useful copyright-related sites are listed below.

http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html 10 Big Myths about Copyright
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr280.shtml An Educator's Guide to Fair Use
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/start/cpyrt/ FAQs about fair use
http://www.stfrancis.edu/cid/copyrightbay/ An interactive copyright experience (Shockwave/Flash)
http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf A copyright site for children (Shockwave/Flash)

2. Review syllabus, highlight requirements for HTML Project, review sample project.
3. Demonstrate web accessibility check using http://sipt07.si.ehu.es/evalaccess2/index.html and http://wave.webaim.org/
4. Review multimedia on the web at http://www.w3schools.com/media/default.asp. Try to answer all the questions on the form webmultimedia.xls. More details may be found in the links below::

http://wdvl.internet.com/Multimedia/ web developer’s virtual library (online articles about web multimedia)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsmedia/deploy/strmedia.mspx info on streaming media
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaming_media all about streaming video and audio
http://www.webaim.org/techniques/captions/ overview of video captioning (for accessibility)

5. Demonstrate use of sound and video files in web pages (see moviesound.htm).

Online Piano (OnlinePiano/onlinepiano.html)
Animal Sounds (animalsounds.html)
Examples of Shockwave movies (http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/mission/mission.html and http://funschool.kaboose.com/gamesFiles/flash/kaboose/mathPopper/popper.swf )
A site containing links to high-end examples of the use of multimedia for teaching and learning (audio, video, Flash) (http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/portfolio.php)

6. Search for video files on the web using a search engine (may need to click on Video before searching) or go to YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/) and use their search engine. Note - You will not be able to download YouTube videos, but you can include a direct link in a web page.
7. Search for audio file on the web using http://www.findsounds.com/ or a search engine.
8. Make a simple page that uses a link to play an audio or video file that you have downloaded. Be sure to include a link to the source of the audio/video file as well

Page created by F. Fisher for TBE 540 students at CSU Dominguez Hills. Last update 11/09.