Save Websites on Your Computer

Open a folder on your desktop.  Save an opened web page to this folder (go to save as).  Add a dot and the letters html after the name. The text and the jpg. and gif files should also save.  If they don't, click on each one and "save image as"..

Create Your Own Websites

Netscape Communicator? Create webpages and save them to your desktop in a folder, with jpg and gif files. Don't forget to name your home page "index. html".  See pages at http://www.nova.edu/stafftrain/composer.html

If you have Explorer, use Word, create your page and save as html. Or "save as" web archive, or work offline.

  Evaluate Your Field Trip

See Virtual Field Trip evaluation below by Kathy Schrock at schooldiscovery.com.  Was it worth doing?

Found a great trip? - save the links to your computer (not the addresses, but the pages).  Then you will always be able to replicate your trip.  Create a file into which you will save everything including the jpg. and gif. files.
 

Have fun on your trip!!

       Contact me at rbotto@aol.com
       Or ginak12lessons@ aol.com
 
 

                                 GUIDE FOR EDUCATORS - VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP EVALUATION
       After you take a virtual tour of any place on the Internet, answer the following questions to see if the tour met your expectations.
       (N/A means Not Applicable--the question can't be answered or it does not pertain to the site you are viewing.)

       Your name: ___________________________________ Date:___________

       Name of tour site:  _______________________________________

       URL of tour site:______________________________________________

       1. When you were on the tour, could you tell where you were at all times?

       2. Throughout the tour, could you always get back to the beginning?

       3. During the tour, could you go to any area that you wanted to, or did you have to visit places in a certain order?

       4. Was there a map of the virtual tour site available for you to use for navigation?

       5. While you were on the tour, could you use any type of virtual reality to view places in 3-D?

       6. If there were photographs on the tour, were they easy to see?

       7. When you first entered the tour, could you choose from different options or paths to take?

       8. Was there a virtual guide to help you along the virtual tour?

       9. Were there any links to other Internet resources that would better help you understand the subject matter of the tour?

       10. Was there a place to ask questions or leave feedback about the tour?

       11. Did the tour encourage you want to learn more about the topic?

       12. Did the tour allow you to visit a place that you would never be able to visit in real life?

       In your own words, describe the experience of taking a virtual tour, and compare it with a real tour that you have taken.

       Kathy Schrock's Evaluation - http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/evaltour.html
 

       Some handout pages
       Paris Fact Sheet
       Grids Organize Thinking...
       Create Your Own Netscape Pages
        More Netscape info
       Virtual Field Trips
       Bat Fact Sheet

When you use Apple+Shift+4 on a Mac to capture a picture (edited by using the cross-bar and dragging the picture you want), when the picture is taken (shown by a click), it is automatically saved to your hard drive and is called Picture (number).