Asia EdNet Tutorial - Module 3
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Studies of Asia curriculum
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Publishing work on the Internet 
It is now common for schools to have their own home pages and many teachers have realised the potential for publishing student work on the Internet.
Task 7 - Tips and ideas for web publishing
Have a look at these websites which detail three teachers' experiences with publishing work on the Internet:
An Australian secondary teacher's experience
http://www.edna.edu.au/sibling/learnit/casestudy_23.html
(Juanda Ismail)
An Australian primary teacher's experience
http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/tisp/SuGoddard.htm
(Su Goddard)
A Canadian secondary teacher's experience
http://www.qesn.meq.gouv.qc.ca/cc/homepage/kohner.htm
(Stephen Kohner)
Imagine that you are advising another teacher on how to go about publishing work on the Internet. Use the articles above to develop a list of tips, ideas and potential pitfalls to help with the project.
Developing good web pages
If you are interested in learning how to publish on the Internet you could consult one or more of the following:
Using the Internet
http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/internet/publish.htm
(SoFWeb, Department of Education, Victoria)
Good homepaging
http://www.qesnrecit.qc.ca/cc/homepage.htm
(Québec English Schools Network)
Within those sites you will find links to other sites where you can learn to write HyperText Markup Language (HTML), the computer code used for web pages.
Another clear and readable introduction can be found at:
The ABCs of building a web site
http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/columns/abcs_of_building_web_sites.html
Copyright
It is important that you be aware of issues of copyright and potential plagiarism when publishing on the Internet. A useful introduction to these issues in the Australian context is provided by Learning Services, Deakin University:
Deakin University copyright guidelines
http://www.deakin.edu.au/learningservices/copyright/
A general introduction to the issues involved is available at the American Association of School Librarian's ICONnect site:
K-12 Internet issues: copyright
http://www.ala.org/ICONN/issues2.html
You can also download free Information Sheets about copyright on the Internet from the Australian Copyright Council's website
(http://www.copyright.org.au/publications/infosheets.htm)
Click on the topics: Internet: copying from and Websites.
(The information sheets are in PDF format which requires additional Adobe Acrobat Reader software to view. If you do not already have this installed on your computer, there are instructions at http://www.copyright.org.au about how to obtain the software.)
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