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| Introduction
| Practical Applications Component
Information
Practical PR Component Information
| Is Online Learning For You?
Hardware & Software Requirements
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Introduction
to the SUNLINK Online Components
Since
1999 SUNLINK has been offering online education to media specialists
throughout Florida FREE of charge. SUNLINK currently offers
two components (Practical Applications & Practical PR).
Our primary target audience is K-12 public school media specialists
in SUNLINK schools, and not yet SUNLINK schools. Media aides,
media supervisors, and media specialists "to be"
are also encouraged to take these components.
Before
registering for a component, read all of the related information.
SUNLINK is suggesting that each component be worth 30 in-service
points. The staff development office of your school district
awards in-service points. In order to receive in-service points,
you must make arrangements with the staff development office
in your district before enrolling in this component.
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Registration
Information for Practical Applications:
Class
dates: January 30 to March 5, 2008
Registration
is now Closed!
Component
Description:
There
is no cost for taking this component. It is free!
"SUNLINK:
Practical Applications" is an online component open
to all Florida school library media specialists in SUNLINK
and not yet SUNLINK schools. Media specialists who have
previously completed the now retired "SUNLINK Automation
for Information Power" online component, or the new
"SUNLINK: Practical PR" component are also eligible
to enroll in this component.
Particular
emphasis will be placed on how to integrate SUNLINK into
your media program with practical examples of SUNLINK
usage.
SUNLINK activities to be covered:
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Activity
1: SUNLINK's Online Class Survival Kit (Experience
online tools such as Discussion posts and Class Mail
to be used throughout the component)
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Activity
2: SUNLINK and Information Skills (Learn basic
and advanced search strategies)
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Activity
3: Doing the SUNLINK Combo (Combine SUNLINK's
reading level and interest level information, bibliography
builder, and interlibrary loan for maximum results)
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Activity 4: MARC Records, Cataloged Web Sites
and Other SUNLINK Resources (Explore more SUNLINK
tools and see how they can make life easier for you,
your students, and teachers)
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Activity
5: Universal Access to SUNLINK (Discover what
UA is all about, and how media specialists throughout
the state are fulfilling the needs of all their students)
SUNLINK
is suggesting that this component be worth 30 in-service
points. The staff development office of your school district
awards in-service points. In order to receive in-service
points, you must make arrangements with the staff development
office in your district before enrolling in the
component. SUNLINK will report your progress to a designated
contact in your district at the end of the component.
 You
must go to the links below for the component syllabus,
protocols, and schedule. Read them and be sure you understand
them. Questions may be addressed to
John
Prevosk at: jprevosk@mail.ucf.edu
Prerequisite
Skills
To
take this component you must have basic computer skills
and a basic familiarity with using the Internet. Specifically,
the following skills are necessary before registering
for this course:
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Registration
Information for Practical PR
Class
dates: November 7 to December 19, 2007
Registration
is now closed!
There
is no cost for taking this component. It is free!
"SUNLINK:
Practical PR" is an online component open to all Florida
school library media specialists in SUNLINK and not yet SUNLINK
schools. Media specialists who have previously completed the
now retired "SUNLINK Automation for Information Power"
online component, or the new "SUNLINK: Practical PR"
component are also eligible to enroll in this component.
Particular
emphasis will be placed on how to sell SUNLINK to your primary
target audiences of students and teachers, as well as other
audiences such as principals, parents, media aides, and fellow
media specialists. All of the SUNLINK features will be covered
in detail.
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Activity
1: SUNLINK's Online Class Survival Kit (Experience
WebCT online tools such as Discussion posts and Class
Mail to be used throughout the component)
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Activity
2: Selling SUNLINK (Learn about basic and power
searching strategies in SUNLINK)
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Activity
3: Selling SUNLINK to Teachers (SUNLINK skills
covered include: searchable reading and interest level
information, bibliography builder, cataloged web sites,
and interlibrary loan)
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Activity
4: Selling SUNLINK to Students (Build on the
SUNLINK skills you have learned from the previous activities,
and learn how to apply them to your students)
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5: Selling SUNLINK to Other Audiences (Learn
why it is important to get the SUNLINK message out to
your principal, parents, media aide, and fellow media
specialists. Previously learned SUNLINK skills will be
used to show how successfully win over these audiences.
Downloading SUNLINK MARC records will also be covered
in this activity.)
 SUNLINK
is suggesting that this component be worth 30 in-service points.
The staff development office of your school district awards
in-service points. In order to receive in-service points,
you must make arrangements with the staff development office
in your district before enrolling in the component. SUNLINK
will report your progress to a designated contact in your
district at the end of the component.
You
must go to the links below for the component syllabus, protocols,
and schedule. Read them and be sure you understand them. Questions
may be addressed to John Prevosk at: jprevosk@mail.ucf.edu
Prerequisite
Skills
To
take this component you must have basic computer skills and
a basic familiarity with using the Internet. Specifically,
the following skills are necessary before registering for
this course:
- Word
processing
- Accessing
Web pages utilizing a browser
- Using
an email account from which attachments can be sent and
received
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Is
online learning for you?
Not
everyone should enroll in an online class. In addition to
the basic computer skills, hardware, software and Internet
access, certain aptitudes and attitudes are also required.
Before
you decide to take this component, take one of the following
online assessments to see if online learning will meet your
learning and life styles.
 If
you decide to take the course, you may find the following
tips useful. Bookmark them and refer to them frequently.
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Hardware
and Software Specifications
You
will need a computer with Internet access to complete either
one of the SUNLINK components. While many configurations will
work, the following table indicates the absolute minimum
and the recommended specifications for these components.
| Minimum |
Recommended |
| Mac |
Mac |
- 300
Megahertz 603 CPU
- 64
MB RAM
- 500
Megabyte Hard Drive
- 56K
Modem
- Macintosh
OS 9.0 or later
- QuickTime
4.1.2
- Internet
Explorer 5.0 or Netscape 4.7
- Acrobat
Reader 4.0 or higher
- One
of the following:
MS
Word, MS Works, Claris Works, Apple Works
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- 800
Megahertz iMac
- 256
MB RAM
- 6
Gigabyte Hard Drive
- T-1
or higher (Cable Modem or DSL if available)
- Macintosh
OS X
- Quick
Time 6
- Internet
Explorer 5.5 or Netscape 7.0 (Netscape 6.0 not supported)
- Acrobat
reader 6.0 or higher
- MS
Word
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| PC |
PC |
- Pentium
Processor
- 64
MB RAM
- 500
Megabyte Hard Drive
- 56
K Modem
- Windows
95
- Quick
Time 4.1.2
- Internet
Explorer 5.0 or Netscape 4.7
- Acrobat
Reader 4.0
- One
of the following: MS Word. MS Works, Claris Works,
Apple Works
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- 1
Gigahertz Intel Pentium III Processor
- 256
Megabytes Ram
- 6
Gigabytes Ram
- T-1
or higher (Cable Modem or DSL if available)
- Windows
2000/XP/Me
- Quick
Time 6
- Internet
Explorer 5.5 or higher or Netscape 7.0 (Netscape 6.0
not supported)
- Acrobat
Reader 6.0 or higher
- MS
Word
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