How To
- Download the"Technology Information Handout for PWR Instructors" document complied by the technology committee.
- Connect your computer to a networked printer.
If you are trying to connect to a networked printer from your Windows
machine, this documentation will walk you through the process (while
the documentation works for many settings, it is particularly targeted
for the third and fourth floor printers of Margaret Jacks Hall).
- Set up your web folder.
ASF is a file-sharing system that allows "client" stations
to access a "host" server. In order for your web pages to
been seen by the world, you have to set up a folder in your "home
directory" on the Leland server that allows "clients"
to "visit" that folder and see its files. Once you have set
up a folder with file-sharing permissions, you can transfer files (web
pages in this case) to this folder and anyone can access them via the
Internet.
- Use FTP and Fetch
to transfer files. When you receive a SUNet account, you automatically
receive space on the server to "serve" (display) your web
sites; you may also use this space to transfer files back and forth
from your home computer and your office. (Use can also use this transfer
system to move files from Macs to PCs or from PCs to Macs).
- Mailing lists. This
page describes how to use mailing lists for writing instruction and
how to set them up at Stanford.
- If you are interested in creating your own web page for pedagogical
purposes, there are terrific resources to rely on, including the Fundamentals
of Web Design site run by the Rhetoric And New Media Reading Group
at the University of Washington, Seattle.
Online Course Management
Stanford University offers an online course management system called
Coursework to the members
of its community. Coursework helps you develop a web page for your class,
and you need not have experience in web design. Coursework will also help
you set up bulletin boards and online assignments.
In the Classroom
Traci Gardner's Ten
Tips for Using Computers to Respond to Student Drafts from the NCTE.org
teaching resource page offers excellent advice on implementing technology
into your pedagogy. In addition, Traci discusses both pitfalls to anticipate
and practical issues such as using tables and FTP. Also consult her pages
on Ten
Critical Literacy & Technology Writing Activities (1 & 2)
which suggest writing assignments to help students acclimate to technology
in the teaching environment. Note that the page of Top Ten lists changes
frequently, so use Traci's homepage to navigate.
Working with you office computer.
Getting rid of automatic pop ups.
References
Readings in Technology and the
Teaching of Composition
