Transcript Integrating the Web and Microsoft Office™ in the classroom

Integrating the Web and
Microsoft Office™ in the
Classroom
Michael Vigorito, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Seton Hall University
Why integrate computer
technology into the classroom?
•To improve instruction – Pedagogy
•To support the SHU Mobile Computing Initiative
by providing students the opportunity to develop
strong computer skills.
My goal is to provide students:
•examples of computer use in a specific content area
(i.e., psychology).
•computer resources that I expect to facilitate learning
•the opportunity to work with programs that students are
likely to use in their future careers (e.g., Microsoft
Office).
•easy access to the computer resources by making them
available on my Web Site or BlackBoard.
To accomplish these goals I use Microsoft Office to
create supplementary resource materials and distribute
them on the Web.
Microsoft Office is designed for
seamless integration with
Windows and the Web.
Examples:
•“My Computer” vs. Windows Explorer (compare with
Internet Explorer)
•The Web Toolbar in Microsoft Office (PowerPoint,
Excel, & Word)
•Hyperlinking – locally and to the Web
•Copying & pasting across Microsoft applications
Microsoft PowerPoint ™
Resources
•Lecture slides and notes
•Assignments requiring students to create simple
PowerPoint presentations
•Ancillary material to supplement the lectures
•Creating simple animations with no programming
experience
•Including Hypertext to access local documents
and Web Sites
PowerPoint Files for PSYC 3215: Learning
1/21/02
Click here to start
Table of Contents
•How to Download PowerPoint Files for
PSYC 3215: Learning
•Overview: a model of memory
•Evolution Primer
•Even-Event Learning
•Rescorla’s Correlation Experiments
•Signtracking
•Behavior-Consequence Relations (a
consequence is an event that is contingent
on a behavior)
•Stimulus Control in Baseball Batters
•Guttman & Kalish test of Stimulus Control
•Paying Attention
•Measures of Working Memory
•Spatial Memory
•A Theory of Intradimesional
Discrimination Learning
•Ain’t Misbehavin’
Author: Michael Vigorito, Ph.D.
Email: [email protected]
Home Page: pirate.shu.edu/~vigorimi
Microsoft PowerPoint ™
This animation demonstrates a
procedure for studying spatial
memory in animals
The words on slide above are
hypertext to other slides
Microsoft Excel ™
Resources
•Standard uses: Descriptive Statistics, Inferential Statistics,
Graphs
•Ancillary material to supplement the lectures
•Learning through Self-Discovery
e.g., Classical Conditioning, Number Systems
•Simple Animations
e.g., Boolean logic
•Organization
•Academic Advising Workbook to keep track of course
requirements (available on the Psychology Department Web Site)
•Workbook to keep track of images downloaded from
the Web
Microsoft Excel ™
Learning about conditioning through Self-Discovery
•Beginning
students can play
with the variables
to determine
effects on
acquisition &
extinction
•Advanced
students can study
the formulas on
the 2nd worksheet
The formulas are
based on a
prominent
mathematical
theory of
conditioning.
Microsoft Excel ™
This interactive spreadsheet allows students in the Using Computers in
Psychology (PSYC 1311) course to compare different number
systems.
Microsoft Excel ™
Simple interactive animations can be created in Excel by
reducing cell sizes and using “Conditional Formatting”
Microsoft Excel ™
Excel is used to maintain a record of the images harvested from the
internet for use in assignments and personal web sites. Responsible
use of images can be stressed by including image-owner requests.
Records of saved Web pages and other documents can also be
included.
Microsoft Word ™
Web Tool Bar
Using the Web Tool Bar
to create an electronic
portfolio.
Microsoft Word ™
•Students are
instructed on how to
use Windows
Explorer to organize
documents into
folders and manage
their documents.
•A portfolio index
page is created with
hyperlinks to
•MS documents on the
local computer
•Web Sites (replaces
web browser favorites)
Microsoft Word ™
Organizing
Lecture Outlines
and Assignments
Microsoft Word ™
Organizing
Course
Readings and
Supplementary
Material
FrontPage or BlackBoard?
I maintain a web site with links to my courses for visitors
and a link for my students to access BlackBoard for
additional material.