Jane Paznik- Bondarin & Sharona Levy

Write a brief letter addressed "Dear Colleagues" (since you don't yet know who will be reading it). Make sure to do the following in your letter:

1. Introduce yourself (no more than two sentences)
2. Restate in your own words the key points or emphasis of the story (no more than two sentences)
3. Present your own attitude toward the topic, and support that attitude or position (2-3 sentences)
4. Respond to the piece itself (the writing, how the ideas are presented, etc. 2-3 sentences)

NOW GET UP FROM YOUR COMPUTER, AND WALK TO A COMPUTER AT LEAST TWO SEATS AWAY FROM YOURS. SIT DOWN AT THE MACHINE. READ THE LETTER ON THE SCREEN.

1. Write a letter to that person, addressing him or her by name, and identifying the exact points to which you are responding.
2. In 2-3 sentences, either answer the question asked, provide an alternative viewpoint with supporting information, or offer an elaboration with different examples to illustrate.
3. If you want to, you can also ask a follow-up question or ask for further clarification. Sign this letter with your name as you would like your colleagues to address you.

• 1. write a 2-3-sentence thank you letter in which you

• identify at least one specific way in which their answer was helpful to you AND
• explain the benefits in terms of your understanding of the topic.
• 2. Sign this letter with your name as you would like your colleagues to address you.

Instant Hypertext*...... the brief version 

1. Write one of the following types of texts and save it as a file named myhypertext.htm in “My Documents” on your computer. (You may also want to save it on a floppy disk so you can play with it at home.) 

·        a short poem 4-8 lines long about your pedagogical, professional, or personal relationship with computers (see sample), or

·        about 50-75 words of prose about your pedagogical, professional, or personal relationship with computers, or

·        if you don't want to write a text, choose one of the pictures here, and copy it onto the blank page you have begun. (To copy: right click on the image;  highlight and click on “save image as”; when the “save as dialogue box comes up, make sure you are saving in the “myhypertext” file in “My Documents.” Make sure you save it as an HTML document (When the “save as” dialogue box comes up, see the “save as type” box on the very bottom, and scroll down to HTML.)

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2. Select a word or a phrase up to 3 words in your text that are particularly meaningful. Highlight those words and copy them (Edit-Copy or CTRL-C or rightclick-Copy). 

3. If you have chosen to use an image, right click on the image, and left click on "hyperlink."  

meanword.htm 

4. Open a new blank page and paste your meaningful words on it (Edit-Paste or CTRL-V or rightclick-Paste). Save this new page as a file named meanword.htm in “My documents.”

5. Write a paragraph of about 50 words in which you elaborate on these meaningful words (or explain why you chose the image), being sure to establish a clear connection between this new text and the poem or prose or image on your previous myhypertext.htm page. Save the meanword.htm page again.

6. At the end of the paragraph, press Enter twice and type the word Home.

7. Highlight the word Home, select the link icon on your WORD toolbar, and choose the filename  myhypertext.htm to establish a hyperlink. Save the meanword.htm page again.  

 Links 

8. Return to your myhypertext.htm page. Highlight your meaningful words, select click on the link icon on the WORD toolbar, and  choose the filename meanword.htm to establish a hyperlink. Save the myhypertext.htm page again.

9. Close the Documents and open the myhypertext.htm document again to check to see if the links work. You may also preview the pages in a Web browser to insure the hyperlinks work.

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  * This exercise is based on the "Instant Hypertext Activity developed by D. Reiss 1996 and modified by S. Cornell and D. Reiss.

 We express our deepest gratitude to Donna Reiss for allowing us to use it. You may find other activities, exercises, and

 wonderful "stuff" at http://onlinelearning.tc.cc.va.us/faculty/tcreisd/ 

For the bold at heart, the Optional Expanded Version

Instant Hypertext*...... in fourteen or nineteen steps

myhyprtx folder and index.htm

• 1. Create a new folder on your disk called myhprtx by
  • A. Double-clicking on the MY COMPUTER icon and opening up the 3½ FLOPPY (A:) icon
  • B. Right-click in the empty space and choose NEW from the menu.
  • C. Choose FOLDER and type in the box under the folder icon: myhyprtx.
  • D. Close the windows until you return to the desktop.
• 2. Open Netscape.
• 3. Choose Composer from the Communicator menu at the top to open a new blank page.
• 4. Write one of the following types of texts and save it as a file named index.htm in your myhyprtx folder on your A drive.

a short poem at least 8 lines long about your pedagogical, professional, or personal relationship with computers (see sample)

about 75 words of prose about your pedagogical, professional, or personal relationship with computers**

**If you don't want to write a text, choose one of the pictures here, and copy it onto the blank page you have begun. 

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• 5. Press Enter twice to create a blank line. Type your name, e-mail address, and the date.
• 6. Select a word or a phrase up to 3 words in your text that are particularly meaningful. Highlight those words and copy them (Edit-Copy or CTRL-C or rightclick-Copy). 
• 7. If you have chosen to use an image, right click on the image, and left click on "hyperlink."

meanword.htm

• 8. Open a new blank page and paste your meaningful words there (Edit-Paste or CTRL-V or rightclick-Paste). Save this new page as a file named meanword.htm in your myhyprtx folder.
• 9. Write a paragraph of about 50 words in which you elaborate on these meaningful words (or explain why you chose the image), being sure to establish a clear connection between this new text and the poem or prose on your previous index.htm page. Save the meanword.htm page again.
• 10. At the end of the paragraph, press Enter twice and type the word Home.
• 11. Press Enter twice to create a blank line. Type your name, e-mail address, and the date. Save the meanword.htm page again.
• 12. Highlight the word Home, select the link icon from your Web editor menu, and choose the filename index.htm to establish a hyperlink. Save the meanword.htm page again.

Links

• 13. Return to your index.htm page. Highlight your meaningful words, select the link icon from your Web editor menu, and choose the filename meanword.htm to establish a hyperlink. Save the index.htm page again.
• 14. Preview the pages in a Web browser to insure the hyperlinks work.

EXTRA CREDIT: TONE

To create a sound file:

• 15. Click sound or go to the [sound file folder located on the TITLE 3 drive]. 
• 16. Click on the various files to find a sound that compliments or reflects your meaning. When you have found the file you want, go back to Netscape Composer.
• 17. Open your meanword.htm file. 
• 18. Highlight your meaningful words and select the link icon at the top. Click the Choose File… button. [?sound files location?] Click on the sound file you wanted. Click OK.
• 19. Remember to save the meanword.htm page. Preview the page to check that the sound link works.

 * This exercise is based on the "Instant Hypertext Activity developed by D. Reiss 1996 and modified by S. Cornell and D. Reiss. We express our deepest gratitude to Donna Reiss for allowing us to use it. You may find other activities, exercises, and wonderful "stuff" at <http://onlinelearning.tc.cc.va.us/faculty/tcreisd/>