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CIS 120 - The Internet - Fall 2006
Reading 10
each

max
100

 As the Chapter is read- see calendar Read the chapters per the calendar. 

Make sure you "got it" by watching the PowerPoint" presentation of the Chapter.

Do the multiple choice quiz.  Get at least an 80%. 

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Forum 25
25		 week 2

Introduce yourself
Read and comment (5 or more) on fellow classmates' introductions.  Point out & explain similarities with you.  Ask questions.

 EMail

50 week 4 Read the Email page carefully and follow instructions for 
bulletcreating a signature
bulletsending email with emoticons and hyperlinks
bulletsubscribing to a newsletter
bulletsending e-postcards
bulletcreating and address book
bulletcreating and using folder

Contribute to the web

 20
each
max 100		 week 3
to 9		 Contribute to the web, write a review and/or post an event
Resume 50 week 5

Post Your Resume on a web page and put a link to it on the Forum in the Resume folder with a Subject that summarizes your objective. Eventually put it out as a web page on your web site.
Paper 15
 

25
 

50
 

45-150
 

40

 week 4 topic chosen

week 6 source URLs
posted

week 8 Draft posted

week 14 Comment on others

week 14 Final Paper due

 Write a 500 word (2 page) paper with a minimum of 5 internet sources that you have properly quoted and footnoted on on a specific area of life with the topic "How the Internet has changed everything".

Possible topics could be
bulletPurchasing books, cars, buying everything
bulletPlanning travel and traveling
bulletDoing research
bulletMeeting a mate
bulletFinding a job
bulletGetting the news
bulletPolitics or Sports
bulletSpending your time
bulletCyberslacking
bulletGetting an education or Cheating in School
bulletBring people together or producing a digital divide
bulletCommunicating (mail, phone, email, chat, etc.)

Responses to Papers 20 per comment
max 200		 week 9-14 papers reviewed Read the Drafts of 3 or more students.  Read some of the source articles noted.  Ask questions, point out arguments,  make suggestions.  Make 5 to 10 meaningful posts (max of 3 per paper).

Plan

 50 week 4 Who is the client? Who is the contact? What do they hope to get from the site?
Who is the competition and what do their sites look like?
What kind of pages will you have?   a map? links?
POST the plan on the Forum in the Project folder with a Subject of your name and project title.

Check out similar sites using search engines

Note what makes them are good and why?  What is poor or bad?

Post the URLs and what you wish to emulate and avoid on the the Forum in the Project folder with a Subject of your name and project title.
Site 150 week 12 Create, Post and Publicize a Web Page for a charity or small local business
A site with home page and 5 or more pages.
Placed on a free home page site and put into several search engines (needs good title and meta tags).

The grade is determined by the progress as posted on the forum, as well as the final result.
Quizzes 50
each		   Quizzes are open notes, open book, open Internet
Portals 50 week 13 Customize an internet portal 
Portfolio 50 Last week of class Create a cover page and table of contents.
Print out pages you created.
Put in a 3 ring binder.
  Final

50

 Finals week

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