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Course Outline and Schedule

Day 1 - Monday, June 21

Session 1 Introduction and Context
0900 [1-1] Introduction of the Training Workshop
0930 [1-2] Introduction of the Participants
1030 Coffee/Tea Break
1045 [1-3] Why WENT'99: Context of the Training
1115 [1-4] Housekeeping
1140 [1-5] Question and Answer
1200 Lunch
Session 2 Group Communication
1300 [2-1] Demo: Setting up Netscape Communicator
[2-2] Hands-on: Setting up and Using Netscape Messenger
1400 [2-3] Mailing Lists
1500 Tea/Coffee Break
1515 Continuation of Mailing List
1530 [2-4] Netiquette
1550 [2-5] Virus Awareness
Session 3 Overview of the Internet/How Women Use the Web
1630 [3-1] Hands-on: Using the Web
1745 Welcome Dinner

Day 2 - Tuesday, June 22

0900 [3-2] Presentation: Overview of the Internet/How Women Use the Web
Session 4 Searching for Information on the Web
1000 [4-1] Presentation: Searching for Information on the World Wide Web
1030 [4-2] Hands-on: Using Search Engines

[4-3] Hands-on: Using Advanced Search
1130 Hands-on: Trying out AWORC Search
1000 Coffee/Tea Break
1200 Lunch
Session 5 Organizing Information for the Web
1500 Coffee/Tea Break
1300 [5-1] Presentation: A Short Introduction to Information Architecture
1330 [5-2] Group Work: Planning a Website
Session 6 Web Authoring (1)
1430 [6-1] Presentation and Hands-on: Introduction to HTML
1530 Coffee/Tea Break
1550 Continuation of 'Introduction to HTML'
1800 Dinner

Day 3 - Wednesday, June 23

0830 [6-2] Good HTML Practice
0900 [6-3] Demo: Directory Structure
0930 Group Work
1015 Coffee/Tea Break
1030 Group Work: Implementing Directory Structure
Session 7 Web Authoring (2)
1100 [7-1] Presentation and Hands-on: Building a Simple Website
1200 Lunch
1300 Continuation of 'Building a Simple Website'
1500 Coffee/Tea Break
1520 Continuation of 'Building a Simple Website'
1600 Group Work
1800 Dinner

Day 4 - Thursday, June 2

Session 8 Strategies for Making Information Searchable
0830 [8-1] Hands-on and Presentation: Search Engines and the Importance of Indexing
1000 Coffee/Tea Break
1015 [8-2] Theory and Demo: Strategies for Making Information Searchable
1100 Group Work
1200 Lunch
Session 9 Behind the Scenes
1300 [9-1] Presentation: Some Notes on Technical Issues
1405 [9-2] Hands-on: Using FTP
1445 Group Work
1500 Coffee/Tea Break
1515 Group Work
1800 Dinner
2000 Overtime Group Work (Optional)

Day 5 - Friday, June 25

0830 Group Work
1000 Coffee/Tea Break
1030 Group Work
1200 Lunch
Session 10 Presentation of Group Projects
1330 [10-1] Presentation of Group Projects
1430 [10-2] Evaluation of Group Projects
1530 Coffee/Tea Break
Session 11 Post-Training Action Planning
1600 [11-1] Planning
Session 12 Evaluation of Training
1645 [12-1] Evaluation
Graduation Dinner, Graduation, Party

 
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