Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 8:59AM PST (-0800 GMT)
First, post a message introducing yourself when you have arrived, let us know your name, school site, grade level, and any other profile information you would like to share. Let us know if you use computers in your classroom, in a library, or in a lab with your students. Do they use the Internet over an Ethernet connection to your district ? Or does the computer dial out over a phone line ? Also, do you have a home computer to join us in the evenings ? And lastly, are your school computers have video capable ? The answers to these technical infrastructure questions will help us work with you to create a Dig that is exciting for your students, and that makes the best use of the technology you have for your classroom.

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 8:59AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Now we will take you on a brief version of what took place in Session One - the California Artists Internet Dig demonstration. You will select either Discovery 1 or 2 depending on your subject track. In Discovery 3 you will accomplish the link imbedding that was the conclusion of Session One. Then we will move on to the Session Two objectives, concluding with your first trial test of an Internet Dig you have created !

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 9:00AM PST (-0800 GMT)
******** Dig Development Stage One

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 9:00AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery #1 – Study the art work of these Backcountry adventurers and if you are in the Backcountry track, select on work that will be the launch point for an Internet Dig you create for your own students. Select an image that has geologic, flora or fauna components that you can use to spark student investigation……………………….. Watkins button Muybridge button Bierstadt button Keith button Hill button Dixon button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 9:05AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery #2 – Study the images in the Channel Islands section and select an artist whose work can be a springboard for your Channel Islands region Internet Dig development................. General Arts portal button ...........Artists button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 9:07AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery # 3 – Of all the art you have seen today, choose the one work that will be the springboard for your Dig and let us know waht you selected. When you decide, copy the URL where it is located and then when you come back to post your answer, insert the URL into your answer (make sure to include the full ‘button in front of the web site address). It will turn into the word ‘button’ once it posts, and gives us all a chance to visit your favorite work from right inside your posted answer. This is the beginning of learning to build your own Dig by embedding links inside your posted text.

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 9:07AM PST (-0800 GMT)
******** DIG DEVELOPMENT Stage Two …… By now you will have selected the artist or writer and a plant and/or animal who will be the subject of your Dig. We are going to introduce you to two additional resources that you can use as reliable sites to send the students to in order to learn more about the topics you are going to focus on. You can also use resources that you are familiar with already. You need to select at least one plant in the image or story / film you selected as the basis for the next step, and select one animal that either you see in the picture or know lives in that landscape. Preferably you will select several of each.

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 9:08AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery #4 - First …… Take a look at this wonderful digital library of plants. From the first page you can type in the name of a native plant. Select California as the state, and you will find a library of photographs. When you open each photograph, you will then get the botanical information about that plant......... button ...... As you use this resource, decide how you want to present it to the students. You can take them to the same search page and have them locate different resources that they then answer questions about. Or, for younger students, take them right to a specific web page that immediately shows the answers to the questions your formulate.

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 9:09AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery #5 …..Now we will use the same digital library, but we will go in under their animal resources. The animal image library is not as large as the plant repository as of yet, but try to locate the animal you have chosen. button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 9:10AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery #6 ….. Next comes understanding the art of the storyteller. In a successful Dig, a story is being told that is revealed through the questions and answers. Put together four Dig Discovery questions that tell a story about the artist’s work you have selected. You can include a question from their biography that the Camp has online, a question related to the work itself, a question about an image in the work, and then a link out to a remote database, for example. These are trial efforts, don’t worry about presenting a finished Dig scenario just yet. Prepare these four questions in a word document, complete with the full URLs for the links to their answers. Make sure no letter or punctuation is directly before or after the URL - always keep a space between it and the surrounding text. You can use periods ......... to create space between things too, as long as there is a space between the URL and the ......

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 9:11AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery #7 … From your word document with its four questions, copy and paste each question (with URL) into the posting box in the chat room, one at a time. You will post a total of four times. Be sure to keep your name in the Handle box. As a result you should see your question with the ‘button’ and an active link to the source you selected. If you need to repost a question, that is fine, just keep posting until all four of your questions read correctly and have an active button.

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 9:12AM PST (-0800 GMT)
****** Now you have accomplished your own first trial Internet Dig ! As you think about this effort in the days to come, try to imagine ways you can shape the story you are telling the students and try out different question presentation styles – from simple direct questions to the comparative analysis questions. Up your number of Dig question to at least 8, maximum 12. You have had a chance to begin practicing the creation of a continuous story that weaves the questions and answers for the Dig into a unified theme.............. Over the next week, prepare a word document that starts to weave your Internet Dig together. If you use Microsoft Word or another software that allows you to see live links inside the text document, you will be able to test-out the flow of the Dig you are building from inside the word document, with out using the Chat room, but you will need to be online as you do this testing. Next time we meet, be prepared to come into the activity area with a formulated word-version of your Dig handy on your computer. You will then practice copying and pasting that document, complete with its URL links, into the chat room and will test the results. In the mean time, you can come back and test out your techniques in this chat room until March 29th.

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 9:13AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hint – if you would like to find more resources to compliment your Dig, go to the search engine at www.search.com (write that down if you don’t already use it ) and start bookmarking sites that have resources about your artist and the image you selected. You will be building a library of possible Dig links. To bookmark a link, use your browser arrow key to open your Favorites drop down box, select Add to Favorites, and create a folder called Internet Dig. Then click on Yes or Save to store the link of your discovered site in your private book marks. You have several weeks to sort through these links, so provide yourself with a good handful of options about your selected artist and painted object. As you select them, read through them for possible Dig Discovery clues that will become the basis of the questions you ask your students to answer in your finished Dig. Try to select sites that are at a university, library, large agency, or federal repository as they tend to be the most stable (will be there when it is time to send the students to use them).

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 9:15AM PST (-0800 GMT)
The dates to get ready to come back and try out the full Dig you have created are April 4th and 5th. We will have show and tell on April 6th of finished work. Thanks for joining us !

: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 11:20AM PST (-0800 GMT)
I am Cressa Glenn. I teach 5/6 grade at Oro Grande Elem. I use 10 computers that are in my classroom. They all have network cards and are all on the internet. I have a conectix camera but the network has a firewall so I am unable to use it.

Cressa Glenn: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 11:27AM PST (-0800 GMT)
I have chosen to use the artwork of Thomas Hill.

Cressa Glenn: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 11:29AM PST (-0800 GMT)
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Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 12:50AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hi Cressa - for the painting you chose, a trip to the John Muir exhibit might reveal some good source material button ..... I just sampled it looking for glacier writings. When you get there, in the left column is 'Writings by John Muir'. Open that, and scroll down towards to bottom of the listings and there is a 'Yosemite Glaciers' etext you might want to consider using. Challenge is that the Sierra Club web site doesn't give URLs to specific pages, all URLs show only the main page ... so kids will need help or good instructions for searching to reach the text ...

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 12:56AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Cressa - another idea .... since the plants in the painting are hard to identify, the flora digital library lets you search by location. If you type in Yosemite it gives a big collection of flora - you can then pick a few to focus on and that dbase does give direct URLs to plants ... like the trees in the painitng, or other plants the Indians in the painting might have used .. which might lead one to look at the Miwok section on Camp to see what plant materials they gathered and traded ? .. perhaps ..... button .....??

Cressa Glenn: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 3:37PM PST (-0800 GMT)
1. Where was Thomas Hill born? button 2. What landscape is depicted in the paintings created by Thomas Hill? button 3. Many of Thomas Hill's works contain depictions of the Yosemite Valley. Which trails of the Yosemite Valley remain open during the winter months? button 4. Thomas Hill depicted this great tree in many of his painting. What is the name of the tree and what is the elevation where it grows? button

Cressa Glenn: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 3:37PM PST (-0800 GMT)
I see that I have a spacing issue that may be of concern.

Cressa Glenn: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 3:41PM PST (-0800 GMT)
I know what I did, I didn't send four times. I sent everything at once. Well, there is a lesson.

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 4:21PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hi Cressa- great idea including the Park information as a resource. Lets ask a ranger if there were Sequoias in the Valley proper .. I know they still live in Wawona where he lived, but am not certain they were in the valley. And yes, seperating them into four seperate entries is the right approach. You are mastering this easily. Suggestion : give some thought to adding more questions to the story and try to include some animal resources. I recall the Miwok were divided into two clans in the valley - each on one side of the Merced River which is shown in the painting ... button .. might be an idea for adding animal lore too ? Great work - thanks Cressa.

Brian Bartlett: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 4:31PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hi. Marcy are you still here? I didn't get the links together for my dig yet. Shouls I use all Camp Internet sites for the links? The info pack mentioned a "master file" to upload. What type of document could this be? Word?

Brian Bartlett: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 4:41PM PST (-0800 GMT)
I have selected Thomas Hill as the artist of focus for my dig.

Brian Bartlett: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 4:42PM PST (-0800 GMT)
I am trying to get the link to show up. button

Brian Bartlett: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 4:45PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Here of some of the plant life found in the Yosemite Valley.button

Brian Bartlett: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 4:48PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Here is a link to some of the animals found in the Yosemite Valley. button

Brian Bartlett: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 5:04PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 In what year did Thomas Hill move into Yosemite? Why was this considered a major event in his life? button

Brian Bartlett: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 5:04PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2 What Indian tribe did Thomas Hill often depict in his work? What did this do for his work? button

Brian Bartlett: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 5:05PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#3 What type of trees were often painted in Hill’s Yosemite landscapes? button

Brian Bartlett: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 5:05PM PST (-0800 GMT)
#4 What is the scientific name of the four legged carnivore found in the Yosemite Valley? button

Brian Bartlett: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 5:07PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Bye for now. I'll be back in later.

George Stock: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 5:13PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hello, George Stock, 4th grade teacher at James Monroe Elementary in the Desert Sands Unified School District is online. I have 11 pentium class computers in my classroom, all online.

George Stock: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 5:15PM PST (-0800 GMT)
I like the Thomas Hill painting of Bridal Veil Falls because it shows an American Indian camp.

George Stock: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 5:20PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Discovery 3 - I have chosen the Thomas Hill painting of Bridal Veil Falls at this URL button

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 5:20PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hi George - thanks for dropping in again . I learned from Lorna that your Joshua Trees trip is getting planned - that's good news. Do you still want to do an evening session back at the school with the astronomy unit Jim Jones can bring by ? If you have a parent night coming up, lets plan to use your Dig that gets created here as a centerpiece ?

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 5:22PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hi Brian - glad you came back into the training session - good luck tonight with the Yosemite presentation to the school board !! If all is a go, will you have a chance for one more parent meeting before hand ? If so, we can use the dig you create here as a showcase if you would like.

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 5:26PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Brain - good idea on the four legged carnivore question. Not only do they have to count legs - they have to THINK about the food chain and compare what a deer eats to a coyote.

: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 5:39PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Marcy - I am overwhelmed at the moment. I hope things will ease up a bit after this week, though that may be wishful thinking. After spring break I may be able to host a parent night. I talked to Jim Jones. He was at my school with the starlab for our science night. I will work on this dig as I'm able and maybe by the 29th (I think that's when you said it would be available until) I hope I can produce something.

Brian Bartlett: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 5:50PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Marcy, I have planned on having another parent night after the excellent turn out we had at the first. Now that I have the posting procedure down, I think I will work on another dig for the parent night. I may even ask one of my GATE students to help find links. I feel that the parent night would be a great time to talk about the Yosemite trip too. The questions I posted here were not really linked together. I could, with more time create a really flowing series of questions and links.

Brian Bartlett: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 5:51PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hello George. I reallt liked the Thomas Hill painting for the same reason.

Brian Bartlett: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 5:59PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Marcy, I just looked at my callendar. I would like to have a parent night on Tuesday, May 9, 2000 from 6:00 to 8:00. Let me know if you already have something planned for that night.

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 6:05PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Brian - May 9th looks good on our calendar too. There is a State Ed. meeting that day but the evening is open. Definately work on putting together a great story/Dig for it and we'll clear the room for you to post it the afternoon right before the Dig if you like. Or, have your kids do it that morning so there are entries to show the parents ? If that, then we will clear the room the night before.

: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 6:17PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Thomas Hill was a painter who is often associated with the Yosemite Valley. Visit this site to see some of his work and learn more about the painter. Of the paintings shown, which is your favorite and why did you choose that one? button

George Stock: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 6:17PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Imagine you are in the painting. What tree might you see which is the largest living thing on planet Earth? Go to this site to learn more about it. button

George Stock: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 6:18PM PST (-0800 GMT)
While you are walking through the beautiful forest, you come across an animal that appears rather clumsy and unafraid. Why might you not want to pet this animal? Go to this site to find out. button

George Stock: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 6:18PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Wisely resisting the urge to pet the animal you just encountered, you continue your walk and come to a small pond which is fed by a stream. You study the pond and discover it was formed by a cleverly constructed dam. Who built this day? Go to this site to learn about nature's clever engineer. button

George Stock: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 6:22PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Marcy, that's all the time I can allot right now. I notice I left my handle off the first question and the last one has a typo. Oh well, better next time. Is this the right idea? I'll come back another day.

Jim J: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 6:43PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Jim Jones Valley View 4th grade use one computer connected to videoprojector in classroom, using a phone line that I share with the office make most connections at home ethernet connections have been promised for a long time

Jim J: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 7:04PM PST (-0800 GMT)
It isn't necesasrily my favorite, but it is pertinent to our upcoming trip.

Jim J: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 7:06PM PST (-0800 GMT)

Jim J: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 7:08PM PST (-0800 GMT)
I guess I did something wrong when trying step #3

Jim J: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 7:09PM PST (-0800 GMT)
'button'

Jim J: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 7:14PM PST (-0800 GMT)
The URL I wanted is How do I do step 3 with it?

: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 7:26PM PST (-0800 GMT)
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Jim j: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 7:26PM PST (-0800 GMT)
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Jim J: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 7:38PM PST (-0800 GMT)
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Jim J: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 7:43PM PST (-0800 GMT)
I have to go. There are other things waiting. I will try this again later.

Brian Bartlett: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 8:00PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Marcy, I just got back from the board meeting. They approved our field trip!!! I will get working on the dig for the parent night on the 9th of May. Thanks for the great opportunity to use the chat/digs. What is Timothy working on with the GPS? I just got a new lap top to work on with the GPS unit.

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Tue, Mar 21, 9:22PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Jim - I think waht happened with the pictures is you chose images that were perhaps a gif file ? those print right into the chat room. Waht you are looking for are pages that end with .htm or .html so the students open to the pistures through the button feature. No harm having tried these others tho. thanks for dropping in ...

(Jessica & Rachel: . . . . Thu, Mar 23, 9:45AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hi everyone! Hi Mr. Bartlett! It's us, Rachel and Jessica. We are on from Rachel's house. Is anyone else from your class doing this chat?

(Jessica & Rachel: . . . . Thu, Mar 23, 9:50AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Oh, sorry! We thought this was a chat for students. We'll get off now! Sorry again, Rachel and Jessica

Kathy Markos--Oaks M.S.: . . . . Thu, Mar 23, 3:53PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hello, I am in the chat room at 3:50 on thurs, March 23rd.

Kathy Markos--Oaks M.S.: . . . . Thu, Mar 23, 4:04PM PST (-0800 GMT)
What famous star made a movie on Catalina Island in 1925? button

Kathy Markos--Oaks M.S.: . . . . Thu, Mar 23, 4:09PM PST (-0800 GMT)
What "real life" heroic act did John Wayne preform in Avalon Bay? button

Kathy Markos--Oaks M.S.: . . . . Thu, Mar 23, 4:13PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Which actor romanced Paulette Goddard with romantic trips to Catalina Island? button

Kathy Markos--Oaks M.S.: . . . . Thu, Mar 23, 4:17PM PST (-0800 GMT)
What were Zane Grey's two great passions? button

Kathy Markos--Oaks M.S.: . . . . Thu, Mar 23, 4:21PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hello Jim. I think you may have pasted the http address in the box below your handle that says your picture url. You just paste the url right in the message box with the text that you are typing. Hope this helps.

Kathy Markos--Oaks M.S.: . . . . Thu, Mar 23, 4:23PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Hello and good luck to all in this training session. Good-bye!

Janet Gallatin: . . . . Thu, Mar 23, 7:04PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Janet Gallatin; Madison Elementary School, 4th grade, Indio, CA

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Thu, Mar 23, 8:01PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Today was an interesting day for Camp Internet - we attended meetings with the California Native Plant Society, Coastal Conservancy, and the National Geo Sustainable Seas Expedition. Tomorrow we will clear the chat room in the morning and open it again in the afternoon for weekend teacher training. What has taken place so far will then be available through the archive. So far there have been 11 teacher sessions - more to come. Feel free to post your work until 8am Friday morning if you come inot the chat room this evening.

Janet Gallatin, Madison School, 4th grade: . . . . Thu, Mar 23, 8:29PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery #1 The Channel Islands became a part of the United States when California gained statehood. The U.S. Government needed pictures of the new state. Who was paid to make the first engraving (a picture scratched onto a metal plate and then ink is applied to the metal plate, and a image is created) of Anacapa Island? button The artist made the engraving of Anacapa Island from other artists’ drawings and photographs. Why? button

Janet Gallatin: . . . . Thu, Mar 23, 8:47PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery #1 The Channel Islands became a part of the United States when California gained statehood. The U.S. Government needed pictures of the new state. Who was paid to make the first engraving (a picture scratched onto a metal plate and then ink is applied to the metal plate, and a image is created) of Anacapa Island? button The artist made the engraving of Anacapa Island from other artists’ drawings and photographs. Why? button

Janet Gallatin: . . . . Thu, Mar 23, 9:01PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery #2 Anacapa Island does not have any source of water. Look at the picture of the plant called the giant coreopsis. How do you think this plant survives on Anacapa? button button The site that you just visited to find the photo of the giant coreopsis is a collection of photographs of plants and animals in California. Can you search this site for any other photos of plants that are on the Channel Islands? In the location box, type in the words Channel Islands, and click on “search.” button Look at the photos of Anacapa Island. button What flowers do you see in the picture? Use the plant picture search site. Type in the location box Channel Island. Click on search. button

Janet Gallatin: . . . . Thu, Mar 23, 9:02PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery #3 Anacapa Island is a small island; and does not large animals living there today because of the lack of water. What animal do you think would be able to live on the island because it can easily go back and forth to mainland California many times a day? Look at this animal’s photo. button

Janet Gallatin: . . . . Thu, Mar 23, 9:04PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Revised Dig Discovery #3 Anacapa Island is a small island; and does not large animals living there today because of the lack of water. The brown pelican can live on Anacapa Island. Why do you think this animal is able to survive on an island with no water. Look at this animal’s photo. button

Janet Gallatin: . . . . Thu, Mar 23, 9:07PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Revised again Dig Discovery #3 Anacapa Island is a small island; and no large animals live there today because of the lack of water. The brown pelican can live on Anacapa Island. Why do you think this animal is able to survive on Anacapa? How does it get water? Look at this animal’s photo. button

Janet Gallatin: . . . . Thu, Mar 23, 9:12PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery #4 Compare Whistler’s engraving of Anacapa Island with the drawing on the National Parks service. What are the differences? Make a drawing of Anacapa Island. What do you need to include in your drawing? button button

Janet Gallatin: . . . . Thu, Mar 23, 10:16PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Addition to Question 1 Discovery Question 1A Look at the pictures on this site. What is the name of the painting this artist is most famous for creating? button

Janet Gallatin: . . . . Thu, Mar 23, 10:18PM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery #4 Compare Whistler’s engraving of Anacapa Island with the drawing on the National Parks service. What are the differences? Make a drawing of Anacapa Island. What do you need to include in your drawing? button button Reflection: After you make your drawing, ask yourself these questions: 1. Have I ever been to Anacapa Island? 2. Do I now think what Whistler was able to do was remarkable?

Marcy, Camp Counselor: . . . . Fri, Mar 24, 6:45AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Janet - you chose to use some new and interesting web resources - and - innovated with the comparative reading questions - very successful !