Internet Publishing = a good idea?

• Our college wants us to publishDoes Internet publishing count? Yes

• What is the purpose of publishing

• The disappointment of presenting at a national meeting

Internet Publishing: Six Good Ideas

• Why Publish on the Internet? • There are many cruising the

Internet for physics information – Yes, that’s right!

• What’s in a hit or visit?• Course Information and Resources• Student portfolios• Web service projects

Why Publish on the Internet?

1. Information when people need it. Findable through Google

2. Quick and easy for author – just save in html format in Word etc.

3. Easy for the student to copy, to get great diagrams, view mpg’s, etc. “It’s in their hands”

4. Eager students can get additional Info5. It can help [reach] many people

2. There are many people cruising the Internet for physics

information

• Slinky started it all. It received 3 times the e-mail that my home page received.

• Mine 24000 in 8 years about 8 per day. • Slinky 105,000 in 6 years or 50 per day.

The Audience was seen in the response to my Physics .mpg site

On line for three month and alreadyOn line for three month and alreadyVisited by many countries: Belgium, Visited by many countries: Belgium, Brazil, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Brazil, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Slovenia,20 countries in all!!Slovenia,20 countries in all!!In the years 12 articles in Physics In the years 12 articles in Physics Teacher 2 over seas responsesTeacher 2 over seas responsesSome Great Universities come to call.Some Great Universities come to call.

3. The Audience: What’s in a hit?

• Actual visits may be 2 or 3 times higher due to caching by large sites like Google.

• The beauty of Sitemeter:– It’s free– Tells you where the hits come from– You get graph of all kinds.

• Why do some hits show 0 time spent?The back button or a link back!

Sitemeter

• Gives you date, time, page views? • URLs, country, etc. • Physics Movies in 3 months has been

visited by 30 different countries. • Daddy pays a visit. A visit from Cern where the internet started

People can find your site - Google Results for people in CPS

• Physics of dance + Laws• 1. THE PHYSICS OF DANCE, presented by Ken Laws

THE PHYSICS OF DANCE, presented by Ken Laws The Pas de Deux

• Physics of Toys: Physics Toys + cps:1. Donald Simanek's physics and other sciences Physics Toys, Tricks and Teasers. ... The Physics Teacher. CPS-AAPT. 164,000 hits

• CPS-AAPT1. ... Some ongoing support activities within the CPS-AAPT region.

• Physics Movies:6. Physics Movies [MPG's]A collection of physics movies and video clips for the physics teacher.

Physics and Faith:• 5. Science and Faith Home Page

... and Faith: is it Possible for a Scientist to Believe?

• Physics Teachers Index: 2. The Physics Teacher's Index... of Physics Teachers [AAPT] American Institute of Physics [AIP] American Physical

Other Things to Publish

• Course Information and Resources - provide students with assignments and write ups for class

• Web Service projects – develop a vision of service for students

• Portfolios – get the whole picture, integrate college experience, look beyond college

Course Information

• All course information is present on the web

• The assignments are available

• Extra Course Resources available

ExampleProblem Solving With

ComputersCourse Page

Problem solving with Computer

Class Schedule

Problem Solving with Computers

Project Page

Web Service Projects

• Project must provide something of service or benefit to visitors

• Integrating theme• Useful information• Links to more info and help• Gives students a vision of service

ExamplesExamples

• Sports Bring Unityhttp://webstu.messiah.edu/~mo1173/

• Pirates in the Digital Seahttp://webstu.messiah.edu/~kg1231/pirates/

• Casual for Christhttp://webstu.messiah.edu/~as1321/CFC/

• MishMashhttp://webstu.messiah.edu/~sb1305/webreviews/web-content/index.html

MishMash

Pirates in the Digital Sea

Have Students Create Portfolios on the Internet• Portfolios – gives the user a picture

of the important parts of the students work

• Portfolios Show how the courses in the college experience integrate

• Help Students plan for post college pl

• A place to show significant projects

Student Portfolios

• Web Basedhttp://webstu.messiah.edu/~BD000/portfolio.htm

• HTML Template Provided

• Students add Personal Information

• Personal Information

• Major Courses

Resume

Other Computer Experience

Portfolio Links

• Shanna Battaglia(2007) http://webstu.messiah.edu/~SB1305/Portfolio/index.htm

• Danielle Books(2007) http://webstu.messiah.edu/~DB1236/Portfolio/index.htm

• Scott Detweiler(2007) http://webstu.messiah.edu/~JD1260/Portfolio/index.htm