Summercore 98 “Almost Daily” Reporter

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Overview: Sunday, Marathon Day #1

• 2:33-3:33 PM: check in at hotel; learn about computer vocabulary and metaphors
  
• 3:33 PM: we leave from hotel and head towards Summercore labs at Nobles
  
• 4-6 PM: welcome to Summercore: lockers, e-mail accounts, the computer rule of three, pink cards, group lecture on ClarisWorks slideshow, MacOpener for the PC, PC Exchange/MacLink Plus for the PC, similarities between Mac and Win95, Foolproof saving folder, first of several times to send your assignment in to Summercore Conference
  
• 6-7 PM: Dinner
  
• 7-9 PM: Introduction of Summercore Support Staff and Merry-Go-Round -- scanner station (Senam), digital camera/slide scanner station (Alexandra), audio recording and cd-burner station (Sam), video-conferencing station (Alex), hardware tech corner (Andrew), curriculum split groups (Lynne), overview of NoblesNet and First Class (Steve)
  

Homework assignment: please browse/read/peruse chapter 1 on vocabulary

Overview: Monday, Marathon Day #2

• 8-9 AM: Breakfast for all (first of 3 special K breakfasts for beginners RAM vs ROM, RAM vs Hard Drive, the RAM chip on the Mac vs the Task Bar on Win95, bytes vs bits, bits and baud rate, bytes and graphic file size, bytes and audio file size)
  
• 9-10 AM Group Lecture, including more PC/Mac skills and Powerpoint
  
• 10-12:30 PM CD ROM Smorgasbord and group Powerpoint presentation
  
• 12:30-1 PM Show and Tell with Powerpoint or ClarisWorks presentations
  
• 1-2 PM First of 3 Total Gigabyte Lunches for computer coordinators, administrators and intermediate/advanced users
  
• 2-4:30 PM The World Wide Web: JV and Varsity Splits
  
• 4:30 PM Forced break or swim time
  
• 5 PM Elisa Goldsmith or Mark Sheeran talk briefly about the DLC (Digital Learning Center) and then will take a small group over to see it (occasionally, this takes place at a different time)
  
• 5:10-6 PM Catch up time/RAM time/unstructured time for everyone else
  
• 7-8:30 PM Summercore Exercises on WP, Graphics, the Web: Swing your Partner
  
• 8:30-9 PM Computer Ethics, The Copying Issue, On-Line Behavior
  

Homework assignment: please browse/read/peruse chapter 8 (educational software) or 11 (copying)

Overview: Tuesday, Marathon Day #3

• 9-10 AM: round-table discussion -- let us construct a web page on Tips for a Fictitious School in French Lick, Indiana from Teachers and Computer Coordinators
  
• 10AM -1 PM: Spreadsheets, JV/Varsity Split with hands-on
  
• 1-2 PM: Lunch followed by John Paine 33 minute historical tour of the Castle at 1:33 PM
  
• 2-4:30 PM: Graphics Galore ...HyperStudio, a wonderful multimedia tool (JV and Varsity splits) ... Photoshop .. Animated Gifs
  
• 4:30-6 PM: Part I of “Coast to Coast” (web research in one lab, web production in other)
  

6PM: Enjoy your mid-semester break (no homework; come back refreshed)

• 9-9:45 AM: minitopics include listservs, animated gifs, outlining in CW, making HTML pages in CW 5.0, two styles of graphics (in line and floating), No Copying video, Where’s Bakes CD,publication/web pages about your schools (electronic write-ups via NoblesNet sent to Summercore Conference) .. Photoshop intro ... listservs that come to your e-mail box
  
• 10-11:45 AM: Database Lectures (JV/Varsity) then hands-on
  
• 11:45AM-12 PM: Downloading from the web; setting up real video (Andrew Lamb)
  
• 12-1 PM: Part II of “Coast to Coast” (research in 1 lab, web production in other)
  
• 2-8 PM: Carnival Preparation begins ... choose your group ... educational software .. Hyperstudio .. web page production ... make your own audio CD-Rom .. Photoshop ... PageMaker ... spreadsheets .... databases .... create your own DLC, etc.
  
• 8:30 PM: a sample math classroom ... using one computer in a classroom or an overview of listservs via e-mail (Alex)
  
  

Overview: Thursday, Marathon Day #5

• 9-11:15 AM: Summercore Carnival (outsiders welcome)
  
• 11:30-12: On Line Evaluation
  
• 12-12:33: Closing Comments
  

Special K Breakfast Topics
Monday to Wednesday
(a sample)

• Larry, Kevin and Robert buy the same model computer with the same hard disk drive but Larry buys 16 MEG of RAM, Kevin buys 32 MEG of RAM, Robert buys 64 MEG of RAM. What are the pros & cons for each user? Is it naive to say that Robert made the best decision?
  
• Ron, Antoine and Chauncy buy the same model computer with the same amount of RAM but Ron buys a 300 meg hard disk drive, Antoine buys a 800 meg hard disk drive, Chauncy buys a 4 gigabyte hard disk drive. Pros and cons for each user? Is it naive to say that Chauncy made the best decision?
  
• ML Carr puts his Mac floppy disk into his computer and tries to double-click on the file called “notacoach.” He gets a message that says “Application cannot be found.” What should you suggest that he do next, given the fact that he has plenty of time on his hands these days?
  
• Heading to Greece to play for his new team, Dino has an important ClarisWorks file on the Celtics company Mac. He is planning to put the file on a floppy but it is crucial that he load up the file on the new Mac he is buying once he starts playing for his new team. He is not sure what WP he will be using on that Mac. What should he do while still in Boston?
  
• Red Auerbach uses an IBM. Rick Pitino uses a Macintosh. What suggestions can you give them if they need to exchange files daily?
  
  

Total Gigabyte Lunch Topics
Monday to Wednesday
(a sample)

• Security Software: preventing copying ... Foolproof, At Ease, Fortress, Network Assistant (Bryan)
  
• Acceptable Use Policy, various grade levels (Dorothy)
  
• Educating people campus wide, ethics in general (Donna, Bryan)
  
• Technology Planning - short/long = courses, training teachers, which OS, big picture, hidden costs (Randy, Bryan)
  
• Keyboarding (Dorothy)
  
• Training approaches- fac and staff - curriculum ideas (Susan)
  
• Staffing Requirements (Bryan)
  
• Student management issues, file server access for students (Susan C)
  
  

Typical Pink Card Questions
(a sample)

1. File vs Folder Explanation (Renée)
   
2. Where to buy software? (Marianne)
   
3. Does my powerbook have translator? Can I bring it in to check? (Marianne)
   
4. How to save properly and get students/faculty to do so in multiple environments? (Donna)
   
5. Explain please the variations on front vs back door for opening a file? (Meggen)
   
6. What is the purpose of the 3 letters after a file name that you need in order to open something? (Karen)
   
7. I need help on how to buy a new battery for my Mac powerbook 150 please? (Sarinda)
   
8. Can you repeat how to read Mac files on the PC? (Marianne)
   
9. Let’s talk specs for a lab and a classroom computer: HD space, RAM, CD, DVD, multimedia, printers, big screen? (Bryan)
   

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