U of S 'Bringing WWW to the Classroom'

Posted May 20, 1997


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 20, 1997
97-05-13-CS

U of S 'Bringing the World Wide Web to
the Classroom'

The Department of Computer Science will be conducting
inservices for both elementary and high school teachers
this summer between June 23 and August 22 which will
encourage the use of the World Wide Web in the classroom
and provide some concrete strategies on how to do so.
These are designed for both novice and advanced users of
the web.

The inservice program provides an exciting opportunity for
teachers to learn to use resources freely available on the
World Wide Web in an educational setting. The program
also demonstrates how to apply information technology in
the classroom, said Dr. Jim Greer, Project Head.

Through discussions, presentations and on-line tutorials,
the participants will learn how to use the web effectively,
create web pages, and use the MicroWeb Toolkit. This
system provides content control to focus students on the
learning task and to ensure that students access only
relevant and appropriate documents.

Bringing the World Wide Web to the Classroom will: assist
novice computer users to incorporate the web into
classroom activity; provide more advanced users of the
web with tools to increase the effectiveness of web use in
the classroom; reduce the amount of time spent by
teachers supervising students on the web; and, increase
awareness of the resources on the web and the ease with
which they can be used.

There will be eight week-long inservices offered from the
end of June until the end of August with a maximum of 45
participants each week. The registration fee for a week-
long inservice session is $300.00 per person and includes:
access to computer equipment and software, all
instructional materials, and a copy of the MicroWeb Toolkit
software.

For more information, contact Jodi Barrington
Phone: (306) 966-8649
e-mail: inservice@cs.usask.ca
http://www.cs.usask.ca/summer_inservice/

mail: Summer Inservice '97
Dept. of Computer Science
1C101 Engineering Building
57 Campus Drive
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A9

Sponsors:
Inservice Program
-The University of Saskatchewan
-Institute for Computer and Information Technology
(ICIT)
-SaskTel
Research and development work of the MicroWeb Toolkit
-The University of Saskatchewan
-Saskatchewan Education
-The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
Council of Canada (NSERC)
Program development and organization
-Department of Computer Science, University of
Saskatchewan
-College of Education, University of Saskatchewan