Syllabus
Week 1:
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Introduction to the Course
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Overview of WebCT and Discussion Board
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Introduction to the Google Suite of Tools (Gmail, Calendar, Docs, iGoogle)
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Introduction to Tabbed Browsing and Setting Home Page(s)
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Setting up a blog (Blogger)
Week 2:
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Review
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RSS Newsfeeds (Google Reader) and subscribing to blogs
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Instant Messaging (Google Talk)
Week 3:
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Review
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Social Bookmarking and Tags (Del.icio.us)
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Presentation Task (MindMeister)
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Images, Photo Sharing (Picasa and Picasa Web Albums) and Digitial Video (YouTube, BlipTV)
Week 4:
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Review of weeks 1-3 by the group
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Twitter
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Wikis
Week 5:
Week 6:
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Group Presentation
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Review of course by group
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Next Steps