| Today, we learned the procedures for logging. We will use the same procedures everyday. We will be using Netscape Communicator later on, but because of a couple of glitches, we are to log on to Internet Explorer. Here we located the Brandon University web site. This is also where the bulletin board for the class can be found. In it, the daily agenda, daily webzines, tutorials, and other need-to-know activities can be found. |
Initially, I was quite scared to come back to school. It had been five years since I had last been in school and I thought I might have waited too long to try and come back and further my education. I thought I was too old and everyone around me would be a lot younger than I was. I was quite relieved when I came in that first day and saw a few familiar faces, faces that were as old as I was.
The next thing I was quite impressed with on my first day back was that the
Professors recognized that there were a lot of students that had been away for
some time and all of them started fresh from the get go and made provisions for
these students. I also received help from a lot of other students like Renee
Beaudry. I could not imagine getting through school without her.
| http://www.brandonu.ca/
Brandon University web site. Find out about faculty, activities, and locations of places you might need. This is also where you will find your University email. |
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| Daily Agenda http://eduweb.brandonu.ca/~hillman/agenda.html |
| Today we learned how to cut/copy/paste both text and URLs. We also learned how to multi-task so that we have various things all opened at the same time and can quickly access them if we need them or if using more than one program for a single purpose. Helps & Hints: To copy and paste, left click and drag across text or URL you want to copy, right click and click on copy. Move to where you want to paste it, right click and click on paste. |
I am finding that the second semester is going to be a lot harder than the
first. Everything seems to be go, go, go. All of the Profs expect you to be
starting projects and assignments already, when some people are still trying to
figure out their class schedules. The education office does not help either,
they place you in different slots than you signed up for and fail to notify you.
There is nothing worse than starting school and not knowing where or when you
have class. I think it is time for the Ed. office to take this course so that
things are not so mixed up every semester. I can only think of the saying, "Do
as I say, but not as I do." They want us to have this course, which is great,
but then they want to do everything analog.
| Brandon University http://www.brandonu.ca/sitemap.html This is a site map for Brandon University. Get to know the campus, staff, and daily events here. |
| Term Requirements http://eduweb.brandonu.ca/~hillman/termtech.html This site includes all the term work that is required for this course |
| Today we learned a little bit on email and how we can
use similar procedures from last class to copy and paste articles we want
to send to someone. We also learned that we can transfer work from home to
Bu and vice versa. Helps and Hints: There is a whole new language to consider when using email, so you have to learn some etiquette and watch what you write. Avoid flaming. |
DON'T GIVE OUT THE WRONG MESSAGE WHEN YOU EMAIL. People think you are yelling
at them and it is considered rude. I also find people who find it necessary to
talk loudly about nothing in the computer lab rude. I like it nice and quiet
when I work, especially when I'm under the gun. I don't want to hear about how
wasted someone was when I'm trying to write a paper. I think the rules in the
library should apply to the computer lab also.
| The Weather Network http://theweathernetwork.com/cities/can/brandon_MB.htm Find out the local forecast or how hot it is in Mexico |
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| Parks Canada http://www.parkscanada.gc.ca/index_e.asp Find out about our National Parks or get a job with the Feds. |
| Today we sent our first emails, one to our prof and one
to our neighbor. We also discussed Web pages and how we can use them for
personal portfolios and daily assignments. We also got our first homework
assignment, a booklet all about what you are reading know, BLOGS. These
are an integration of what we did in class, our personal reflections for
that day, and interesting web sites you might want to visit that I have
found interesting. Helps & Hints: To change the color of your text, highlight the text you want to change, click on the black square on your toolbox and choose a color. |
At Linden Lanes, computers can be found in almost every classroom including
early years. A computer lab is currently being built along with their new gym. A
lab is currently found in their library that is constantly being used.
| Linden Lanes Home page http://www.brandonsd.mb.ca/lanes/ Linden Lanes School home page. My first placement in education | |
| Funnies http://eduweb.brandonu.ca/~hillman/trivia5.html Funnies: Super highway from Canada to Mexico |
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| Today we got our photos taken that will eventually be up on our personal web pages. We also took a look at Web log pages and a template that we can copy and paste to make our entries simple. Starting today, I can transfer my blog entries that I have been saving in word and transfer them over to my blog page. |
I'm computer illiterate, but I look forward to computer class because I know
I'm going to learn something new and useful each class. Today I sent an Email to
Mr. Hillman which was nothing new, but it also included a web site that he could
search that I found interesting. This is something I didn't know how to do, so I
was quite proud of myself. I also took a Curriculum Navigator course last Friday
and I found it quite useful. You can get everything you need from outcomes to
assessment. It can be found at below at web sites visited.
| Curriculum Navigator http://www3.edu.gov.mb.ca/cn/wizard.jsp?step=0 Curriculum Navigator: Lesson plans, outcomes, assessment tools. All you need at your finger tips and straight from the Manitoba Curriculum. |
| Today we learned a lot more about email including
sending multiple copies, saving your message to send later, sizing, reply,
reply to all, forwarding, spell check, more etiquette, and cut and paste
incoming mail. We also made a bio (below) to send to a neighbor and to the
professor. Helps & Hints: If you make a mistake somewhere and you can't delete it, go to Edit on your tool bar and press undo. This will "undo" your last task. To do this even faster, press Ctrl z to do the same. |
The details of my life are quite inconsequential, but if you must know, I was born and raised in Brandon and have never lived anywhere else. I went to high school at Vincent Massey and graduated from there in 1994.I am the middle child of five siblings and am considered as one of those kids that fell through the cracks in my upbringing.
I enjoy playing a variety of sports including golf, volleyball, and hunting squirrel. I belong to the Kinsmen Club for which I have served on the executive committee at various levels, and currently sit on the Kinsmen Village board.
I own a computer at home which I mostly use for assignments for
education, but also for educating my three year old son. I have used most of the
programs it offers. I am not comfortable with computers, but through my computer
course, have become a lot more aware of them. I don't even have an off
campus email address because I can't afford to have Internet access at home. If
I do browse the Internet at school, it is likely to be class related or the
Wheat Kings home page, as I am a huge fan. That is about the extent of my
computer knowledge. I don't participate in chat rooms, have my own web page, or
program by any means. This plethora of ignorance does not, however, reflect my
willingness to learn them.
| Austin Powers http://www.austinpowers.com/ Fans of the international man of mystery can log on here. |
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| Jokes http://www.ahajokes.com/ This hilarious web site will have you laughing and amazed with both funny and educational material. |
| Today we learned how to send an attachment when
emailing. We fine tuned our BIO and attached it to an email we sent to our
prof. Helps & Hints: Go onto the Netscape Communicator icon and then hit the Netscape composer button on the bottom right-hand side of your screen to start your own web page. |
The main agenda today was to learn how to send and attached file when
emailing someone. Again, I puffed out my chest when this occurred, as this was
also something new for me. I also set up my first web page and called it Curtis’
Crazy Web Page. I think it takes a lot of genius to come up with such
interesting titles. I’ll probably get millions of hits tonight with such
provocative wording. I also changed the background to red, which really put it
over the top. Netscape Navigator makes this quite easy, which will be useful for
the children we teach.
| Daily Agenda http://home.westman.wave.ca/~hillmans/BU/agenda.html Find out what your going to do, what you have done, or learn more about computers at this site. |
| Wheat Kings Home page http://www.wheatkings.com/ This is your Brandon Wheat King Official Home page. Find out stats, game times, schedule, player profiles and more at this interactive site. |
| Today we explored the potential of Web mail. This way
you can monitor your incoming e-mail while off campus. All you need is
your logon user name and password. We also created our first web page
using Netscape Composer. Tip: If you want to increase the text on the entire screen so you can read it easier while in Netscape, just press Ctrl] and the screen will be magnified to whatever setting you want. |
Today, we got our first look at our pictures that we will be using for our
web pages and that, and I am once again reassured that I look like a dork. On
the positive side, I learned a great deal in class about formatting and using
tools for composing a web page. I also found out how to monitor incoming e-mail
while off campus using web mail, which is just fantastic.
| Web Pages http://eduweb.brandonu.ca/~hillman/newpage.html Introduction to making web pages using Netscape Composer |
| Today we learned how to format our web log pages so that
we can start transferring over our reflections, journal, and hints onto
our web log. The key element we learned today was setting up tables to
separate information within our web log and made a template of the daily
web log so that we can just paste a new template on each day to simplify
our log. Helps & Hints: There are a lot of tricks and viruses out there, so be careful what you open, especially attachments. For more info, see sites visited. |
Reflection
| About-The-Web http://about-the-web.com/shtml/scams.shtml Info on viruses, scams, and other things to watch for while you surf the web. |
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| Web Portfolio http://eduweb.brandonu.ca/~hillman/portfoli.html Create your own web portfolio |
| We did a skills survey and sent it to Bill via Email. We
then edited the survey into paragraph form to put into our
blogs. Hint: If you want to transfer an entire document or change the entire format someway, an easy way to do it is to go to Edit on the tool bar and click on Select All. If you want to transfer the entire document go to Edit again and click on copy. Then paste it wherever you like. |
| Trivia http://eduweb.brandonu.ca/~hillman/trivia1.html This is a webzine from class that has some interesting facts you can use with your students |
| Owners who Look Like Their Pets http://eduweb.brandonu.ca/~hillman/dogs.html Facts and pictures about pets and their look-a-like owners |
| Today we made our index page for our web page. We also learned how to
import a photo and put it on our page. Hint: Check the history of where your computer has been by clicking on the arrow down button on the right hand side of the location box. |
| http://www.nationalpost.com/
Find out what is in the news or use the archives for class |
| Today we learned how to hot link a sight on our web page
so that when someone clicks on a particular heading or picture, it goes
directly to that site. We also transferred previously written blog material over into our web page from Word. HELPS & HINTS: Remember its and it's are two different words – know how to use them! To make a hot email address copy and link, write mailto: and the site |
| Tables http://eduweb.brandonu.ca/~hillman/netscp07.html Learn how to do Tables in your web site. |
| Computer Class on the Web http://eduweb.brandonu.ca/~hillman/edunet.html The computer class at your fingertips. Learn how to make a better web page. |
| Today we reviewed what we have learned from day one up
until now. I also learned how to put up a "pop" in Netscape
Composer. Helps & Hints: To put up a "pop", right click on the image, left click on image properties, click on ALT. Text, and write in what you want it to say. |
| Class Review http://eduweb.brandonu.ca/~hillman/review1.html Review of the first three weeks of computer class. |
| Today was GRAPHICS DAY. We learned how to save pictures
in our "picpool" file and save them so they worked with our programs
properly. To do this, copy and paste pictures to our picpool folder and
right click on the picture. Press "Save image as" and rename the picture
in small case, less than eight letters, and no spaces. We then learned how to edit our pictures in MS-Office Photo Editor. To get there, go to Start, Student Aps, MS-Office, and Photo Editor. Here we can cut the picture or change the size etc. easily and save it to picpool. Hint: When saving pictures, change the name to something you remember with: No more than 8 lower case letters or numbers... no spaces... no special characters |
| Picture Library http://eduweb.brandonu.ca/~hillman/piclib01.html Pictures to copy from Bill. Good for page breaks and cool add ins. |
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| Today we learned how to put our composed pages onto the internet.
First, You have to go the Start box and go to Student Lab Apps. Find the
WS-FTP bar and click on it. In the right hand box find Wint-03 and
Chngdrcry. From this find your folder and all of your files in composer
will show up in the left hand box. To transfer particular pages or photos
over, click on title and then click on the arrow over button pointed at
the right hand box. This transfers composed pages onto the net.
Helps & Hints: Anytime you change a page in composer you have to go back to this page and transfer the changed document over. To see the changes, find the page and hit RELOAD and the changes should be evident. |
| Guide to Put Your Pages on the Web http://eduweb.brandonu.ca/~hillman/ftpguide.html How to move your composed pages onto the internet. |
| Net Page Download http://www.ftpplanet.com/download.htm FTP download for at home. Play with web pages from your home computer. |