Live Online Web-based Workshop: "Doing Homework on the Internet: K-12" 3-5 EDT (2-4 CST) Saturday August 26, 2000

[Diane K. Kovacs]

Doing Homework on the Internet: K-12

Overview

In this hands-on workshop participants will learn to use high quality 
Internet resources to help K-12 students with their homework in 
mathematics, science, social science, language arts and more.

Students will be required to login and use the online conferencing 
system for ten minutes at least 1 day before connecting to the class 
sessions.Plan on one hour for each online activity for a total of 9 
hrs of  hands-on work. Lecture, discussion and overview time will 
vary.  When online live time is scheduled it will be 2 hrs.

Hands-on activities provide practice in using the Internet  for all 
age/grade levels and in many subjects.  Each two part activity (4-7) 
allows participants to choose focus on either elementary or secondary 
school homework resources or both.

Special Thanks to Deb Logan, Librarian at the Taft Middle School 
http://www.infotaft.marioncity. k12.oh.us/index.html Marion, Ohio for 
sharing her Homework Sites Collection with me.

More information at http://www.kovacs.com/training.html

Audience

This workshop is intended for parents, teachers and librarians  want 
to learn to how to help students use the Internet to help them with 
homework.

Participants should know how to use e-mail.  The Instructors will 
assist participants to use Netscape or Internet Explorer 4.5 or 
higher to participate in the real-time class and to interact with the 
Web-based materials.

Schedule

Live online Saturday August 26, 2000 3-5 EDT (2-4 CST)

This workshop is also scheduled at any time convenient to individual 
participants via e-mail and Web as self-paced workshops

Schedule Arrangements for other small groups (minimum of 5 people) 
may be made on an individual basis
by contacting the instructor.  You may also take this workshop with 
e-mail only discussion with the instructor.

Registration and Tuition

$75

Class size is limited to 15 people in each scheduled date. 
Arrangements for additional online live sessions will be made if 
there are additional registrations.

http://www.kovacs.com/register.html


Materials

All materials will be online on interactive Web pages.  Color printed 
packets will be priority mailed to each registered participant.

Mechanisms for Instruction

Participants will interact through e-mail with the instructors before 
and after the workshops.

Participants will meet live online for overview and discussion.

Participants will complete hands-on Web-based activities at
their own pace after  scheduled online live meeting with the guidance
and in consultation with the instructor.

Instructors will provide free training on using the Diversity 
University MOO facility for real-time
communication.   Participants will connect to http://www.du.org:8888 for
real-time instruction.   Logins and passwords will be provided on
request after registration.  Java enabled Netscape or Internet 
Explorer 4.0 or higher are required.

Instructor Diane K. Kovacs, Kovacs Consulting diane at kovacs.com