TI:ME 2B Web Authoring

TI:ME 2B Internet Authoring Resource Pages

Glossaries of Internet Terminology

• Berkeley

• Matisse

• NetLingo (see their top 20 lists of terms to know)

Pages the Explain how the Internet Works

• How Stuff Works

• Learn the Net

• Nerds 2.0.1

Example Music Education Sites to Study

• Cardigan Middle School 

  (fictional example site)

• Great Composers, Inc. (three versions of the site)Hilltop High School

  • No-frames
  • Two-frames with slide show
  • Two-frames with slide show and JavaScript menu effects

• James Blake High School

• MusicTechTeacher.com 

  (by 2006 TI:ME Teacher of the Year, Karen Garrett)

• McCracken Middle School

• The Role of the Web in Music Education 

  (keynote presentation by Dr. Estrella)

• Tom Rudolph: Teaching Music with Technology

Learning XHTML and CSS

• XHTML and CSS Examples

Linking to and Embedding Media Files

• Linking to Media Files

• Embedding Media Files

• QuickTime Code Generator

  (by ShearSpire, Inc., used here by permission)

Examples of Media in Music Education

• Directory of Flash files for use in projectsDirectory of Sounds for use in projects

  • A One-Octave Flash Piano (keyboard.swf)
  • A Three-Track Mixer (mixer-3-track.swf)
  • A Lesson on Intervals (PerfectIntervals.swf)
  • A Quiz on Intervals (intervalchordquiz.swf)
  • A Music Analysis (joplin.swf AND joplinaudio.swf)

• Directory of QuickTime movies for use in projects

• Directory of Sibelius Scorch files for use in projects

  • All Through the Night
  • Hava Nagila
  • Santa Lucia

Dynamic Pages

• Image Swapping using Packaged Behaviors

• Image Swapping using Efficient Custom Code

• Popup Messages

• Jump Menus

• Basic PHP

Online Services

• Blogging (here is a link to one instructor’s blog)

  • Blogger
  • Eponym
  • LiveJournal
  • Movable Type
  • TypePad

• Formmail Processing (see our sample feedback form)

  • FormNut (1st form is free)
  • FormMail.com ($1 per month)

• Counters (see the samples below)

  • AmazingCounters.com (ad supported, free counters)
  • Tech-Counter.com (ad supported, free counters)

• Guest Books (View the 2B Internet Guestbook)

  • e-GuestBooks.com (recommended)
  • FreeGuestBooks.net (buggy)

• Chat Rooms (click here to access the 2B Internet Chat Rooms)

  • ParaChat
  • FreeChatCode.com

• Discussion Groups (see the TI:ME 2B Internet Discussion group)

  • Google Groups
  • Yahoo Groups

• Support Sites for Teachers
  These sites host teacher-created Web pages, quizzes, calendars, and other online activities. 
  

  • 4Teachers.org
  • Quia.com
  • TeacherWeb.com
  • Think.com

• Calendars (here is one instructor’s calendar)

  • Calendars.net
  • Google Calendars (only partial support for Safari)
  • Yahoo Calendars

• Virtual Classrooms (generally installed and supported at the institution level)

  • BlackBoard
  • WebCT (now owned by BlackBoard)

• Site SearchMore resources available at WebSiteFreeStuff.com.

  • Google Free
  • Yahoo Search