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40th Annual CRLA Conference - Portland, Oregon - Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2007
1 Hour Pre-Conference Institute


Presentation Title:

Use the Web in Class Off Line

Presentation Description:

Ever want to show a web site in class or tutor training without having to wait for the Net to load? Tired of roaming through the site just to find that one special paragraph or image? Need to show a web site without Internet access? Here is an easy, two-step process to solve these "wait" problems!

Institute/Session Summary:

Technology should not get in the way of teaching and learning. Yet, sometimes in trying to incorporate references to web sites to illustrate a point, the lack of access to the web or long wait time interrupts the flow of learning. Students lose attention and the point may be lost.

This session will demonstrate an easy way to capture web resources, so that they can be shown offline. This process captures the graphics and all the links selected. The benefit of this process is that the presentation can then be enlarged for easier viewing in a large classroom or presentation hall.

By using such a process, technology supports the learning and does not get in the way of learning.

The learning outcomes for this session:

Participants will be able to:

  • describe how to integrate web information into a lecture and/or training without actually being online.
  • describe the process of capturing a web site to their local drive in two easy steps.
  • identify the software needed to capture web pages.

Handouts will include samples of web sites offline, the DIY (do it yourself) steps needed to complete this process along with screen shots, showing the steps themselves.

Interactive discussion will include when and why we should use this process. Participants will be able to suggest web sites to try this process on and see the results live. 


Presenter1 Name: Lucy MacDonald
Presenter1 Institution: Chemeketa Community College
Presenter1 Bio: Presenter Bio: Lucy MacDonald, M.A.,M.A., is co-author of Tech Talk in the Journal of Developmental Education as well as one of the faculty at TIDE – Technology Institute for Developmental Educators. She has been long time Technology/Distance Learning SIG leader for CRLA. Her web site http://www.howtostudy.org has a high google ranking and is used by colleges and universities worldwide.  She travels throughout the country doing faculty development workshops on the use of technology and implementing distance learning strategies and techniques.  She taught her first online class in 1992 BW (before web).
College Reading & Learning Association Conference 2007 Presentations
Questions to Conference Chair: Rick A. Sheets, Ed. D. at rick.sheets@pvmail.maricopa.edu
Last update on: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 3:19 PM