Lesson Plan for Creating and Publishing the IPSB Artifact


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Introduction: The Indiana Professional Standards Board (IPSB) has outlined seven standards that are core standards for School Services Professionals. The External Committee for School Counseling developed an additional 3 standards specifically for School Counselors. These standards can be reviewed at:http://www.state.in.us/psb/standards/schoolservicesindex.html


The purpose of this guide is to help you in the process of creating and publishing your portfolio and the initial artifact related to Standard 1 for School Services Professionals.


Let's Begin: Follow the steps below to set up your account and create an index page for your portfolio using netscape navigator. Netscape navigator is free and simple to use.


Step 1: Setting up your account.



Go to the BSU Web account creation page, located at www.bsu.edu/frontpage

Choose the type of account that you wish to create. For student accounts, you will choose the Personal/Course Web Site link.

Read the policy and computer instructions, and then follow the link to create your account.

Enter your BSU Computer Username and Password

After a few seconds your account will be created. A web page that contains the URL of your web site as well as the address used to FTP files to your account will be displayed. Print out this information for future reference.

The URL to view your web pages will be www.bsu.edu/web/yourusername, with yoursuername replaced by your BSU Computer Username.


Step 2: Create Your Web Page


Web pages will be created using Netscape Composer. Make sure that you name your main web page, (the page that you want to load first), index.html


To create a new web page with Netscape 7, go to the File menu, New and then over to Composer Page. A new window will open with a blank page ready for you to edit.




Step 3: Developing Your Artifact


What do I do ?What Now


Use the following URL to aid you in the development of your artifact: www.bsu.edu/web/calexander/standard1.html. This format is recommended but students can feel free to be as creative as they would like.


This artifact must be videotaped.
Students must identify the developmental level of students for their presentation and consult with the classroom teacher about any special needs of the classroom prior to their presentation. Both teacher and student must agree on the topic to be presented in class. A pre and post assessment must be conducted to document student growth as a result of your presentation.
Students are to document the resources they used in developing the classroom guidance lesson.
Students are to incorporate Marjorie Cutbert (1998) "Cues to Classroom Guidance" in their presentation.

The List of "Cues to Classroom Guidance" are :



Additionally, students are to document how the IPSB Standards and the Standards for School Counselors were infused in their planning and delivery of their classroom guidance presentation.


What Next?

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Once students have completed the above assignment the following steps should be followed to publish your artifact on the web.



Mouse click on the publish icon in the toolbar

OR go to the File menu and select Publish. A window will open with a couple of tabs in it.

The Settings Tab:

First, start with the Settings tab. The Site Name is a setting you create for your own information. It is not a setting that has anything to do with Where the files are published.


The Publishing Address is an important one. This is the address of the computer on which you place the files. At Ball State the address for the webserver is: ftp://ftp.publish.bsu.edu/web/yourusername


The HTPP address of your homepage field is where you type the web address of the page as it needs to be in a web browser. In Login Information, you enter your username and password. Now click on the tab for Publish. I would not place a check mark beside save password, especially if multiple people are using the same computer.


The Publish Tab


In the Publish tab, enter the page title you want. This appears at the top of the browser window (usually in the window's top bar). Next, enter the pages filename. This should be index.html (index.htm is also fine.) if it's the initial page of a web site, such as your homepage.


Once all your settings are entered click mouse click the Publish button. If everything was entered correctly, the page should publish and the browser will show you a confirmation window.


Editing an existing page in Netscape 7


To edit and publish an existing web page with Netscape 7, simply open the page in the browser window. Once the page loads, go to the File menu and Edit page. The Composer window will open showing you the content of the page. You can make necessary changes and then publish the page as described above.



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