JOMC 050 Summer 2001-Course Outline

Course Outline for JOMC 050:
Electronic Information Sources

Topic	Reading (please read material before the class indicated)	Projects/Activities
June 28: Thursday Introduction to the course and to each other e-mail, intro to FTP J-50 exemption test		Computer survey Introduce research topic
July 2: Monday Anatomy of an Email Boolean Search Strategies Searching the Library online catalog Special search tips Searching other online resources Using Library of Congress to find key words (same link shows up on study guide - if you're printing, no need to print twice) Television News Archive GPO Database list Searching for Government Publications LOC link shows up on study guide LCSH link shows up on study guide Internet researching for journalists	Buy two high-density 3.5" disks Buy the DTE Gather materials for your web page (pictures, portfolio items - if you're home for the holiday, you might want to do this!) Look over web pages from other students: J-50 Summer I-Student Web pages - 2000 J-50 Fall 1999 Student Web pages Work on research topic - see DTE p. 263 for examples of topics researched by other j-50 students Look over your syllabus and ask any questions next class. - look over the various project sheets as well Read Computer Quiz: Computer Concepts link shows up on study guide Read DTE Section 1, 2, 3a, 4 and pp. 61-74	Researching Library Sources *Must have Dead Tree Edition* and disks**
July 3: Tuesday all the links for this day show up on study guide! Evolution of the computer Internet pioneers Map of the Internet Brief overview of As We May Think	Read DTE section 3b and section 6. Review study guide and ask any questions in class Monday re: the test Tuesday - also check out the study guide's on-line links	you'll get study guide today Start to work on research portion of treasure hunt
July 4: Wednesday	Fourth of July Holiday - enjoy your day!
July 5: Thursday Class will not meet in Carroll Hall. Work on your research topic proposals
July 9: Monday Netiquette quiz Search Engines and Indexes How do search engines work? Are search sites selling out? Can you trust your search engine? AltaVista search features Review for test #1 Practice Test#1	Read DTE section 5 Test covers all DTE readings up to this point (DTE through p. 152)	*Submit research topic --- this is Sections I and II of the Treasure Hunt, DTE pp. 252-255** Study for Test
July 10: Tuesday ** Test #1	check exam scores will be available Wed. morning (probably) You will need the following information: Your ATN Onyen: for example, [jdoe] Your ATN Onyen password: : for example, [ your email password] Or go to: http://onyen.unc.edu/ scroll down the page and click on CHECK YOUR EXAM SCORES	Work on your pages
July 11: Wednesday Introduction to HTML About HTML tags WebWiz for you WWW storyboards Pictures and backgrounds WebDesign101 Scanning and Photoshop JavaScript	1. Read Guidelines for Personal Home Pages 2. Click here to create your web account (this gets you your public_html space on RA!) - do this before class Wed please! - go to SUBSCRIBE TO SERVICES BUTTON AT BOTTOM 3. Bring something to scan also (either a picture or a piece of work)! 4. Read DTE 155-175 5. Write down the URLs of 2 of your favorite links 6. Create a Word Document - 1 paragraph about yourself that would have 1 hyperlink 7. Don't forget your disk	Work on your Web pages and Internet story Review HTML tags, start thinking about your pages
July 12: Thursday Using HTML Editors Tags for email, targets Introducing Dreamweaver Work on pages. Anatomy of a URL	Gnutella and Napster Read DTE pages 176-185; 21-229 and 264-265	Work on your pages
July 16: Monday Uses and abuses of the Web Commerce and business information	Read selected vocab words from 275-320	***Scavenger Hunt Due at beginning of class (Section VI and VII of the Treasure Hunt - Blue Sheet 10 pages) - you'll turn in blue sheet with your comments and a scantron with 20 answers
July 17: Tuesday Work on pages	Review the study guide Test 2 Online Study Guide Study for test!
July 18: Wednesday Copyright Broadcasting Time to work on pages	Practice Photoshop with PK	Mid-way course evaluation
July 19: Thursday Dreamweaver e-portfolios		Work on Treasure Hunt
July 23: Monday Review for test #2 Practice Test#2	Read DTE pages and other material covered in class. Also, see reading list in study guide.	Work on Treasure Hunt
July 24: Tuesday ** Test #2
July 25: Wednesday Work on pages in class		** Treasure Hunt Due at Beginning of Class - Sections III through V - the research and Internet story part of Treasure Hunt)
July 26: Thursday Touch on Dreamweaver again. Flash! Hacking Pass out study guide Work on pages	Read DTE pages 185-215 about FrontPage (At this point you've read the entire DTE)
July 30: Monday Work on pages	Course Evaluations On-line study guide for Test 3	* Web Page Due July 31 at 5 p.m. Send me your URL of your home page by then.**
July 31: Tuesday Review for Test #3 in class. Test is Friday August 3 11:30 a.m.		IT'S OVER! HERE ARE THE GREAT WEB PAGES FOR OUR CLASS (NEED PASSWORD)