| Week One (Sept 3 - 5) |
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| Objectives | Activities | Assignments for week 1 (due Monday, Sept 8): |
- Students will be able to explain and reflect on the difference between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0
- Students will be able to compare and use different browsers.
- Students will be able to evaluate at least 2 different blogging platforms.
| - Introductions
- Go over course expectations, objectives and assignments
- Learn about the distinction between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0
- Learn about blogger and word press. Explore the differences between the two and choose a platform to use.
- Explore and evaluate a variety of browsers, Flock, IE, Firefox, Safari
- The Machine is Us/ing Us
| - Choose a blogging platform and set up a blog.
- Read the Summary of Findings, pages i-vii, of the article: Writing Technology and Teens from The National Commission on Writing, April 24th, 2008.
- Be prepared to discuss the reading on Monday.
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| Week Two (Sept 8 - 12) |
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| Objectives | Activities | Assignments (due Monday, Sept 15) |
- Students will reflect on the state of writing among teens.
- Students will be able to collect statistical information on their blog traffic.
- Students will evaluate and explain how to use their blogging tool.
- Students will be able to find blogs of interest.
- Students will be able to define what makes a good blog post and provide examples of well written and poorly written posts.
| - Discussion of article
- Add technorati and statcounter to the blog
- Learn how to find blogs on different subjects.
- Create a blog rubric to evaluate blog posts.
- Blogs in Plain English
| - Read The Next Generation of Bloggers. Read Write Web. June 13th, 2008.
- Write a blog post, introduce yourself, reflect on the difference between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0
- Find and evaluate 4 blogs - write a blog post evaluating the blogs.
- Use the rubric created in class and "grade" each post and grade your own posts thus far based on the rubric.
- Write a blog post evaluating your chosen blogging platform.
- Comment on at least one of your classmate's blog posts.
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| Week Three (Sept 15 - 19) |
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| Objectives | Activities | Assignments (due Monday, Sept 22) |
- Students will be able to set up an aggregator for RSS feeds
- Students will be able to find and add feeds to their aggregator
- Students will be able to create, share, collaborate and publish a document created using an Online document application.
- Students will be able to assess Web 2.0 tools using a rubric.
| - Learn about RSS, what it is and how to use it.
- Learn about Google Reader and Bloglines
- Learn about Google Documents and Zoho writer
- Learn how to create a document, collaborate on it and share it.
- Collaborate using an Online document to create a rubric to evaluate the tools learned in this class.
- Google Docs in Plain English
- RSS in Plain English
| - Add a blog roll to your blog
- Add at least 5 feeds to your aggregator
- Create a Web 2.0 tool rubric.
- Write a blog post explaining and reflecting on different aggregators.
- Write a blog post explaining and reflecting on different collaborative writing tools.
- Use the Web 2.0 tool rubric to evaluate each tool learned this week.
- Write a blog post reflecting on one of the feeds in your reader.
- Comment on at least one of your classmate's blog posts.
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| Week Four (Sept 22 - 26) |
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| Objectives | Activities | Assignments (due Monday, Sept 28) |
- Students will be able to use an Online bookmarking tool to collect an share important websites.
- Students will be able to subscribe to at least one tag.
- Students will be able to use a productivity/organizing tool.
- Students will explore, evaluate and reflect on a Web 2.0 tool of their choice (not already included in this course).
| - Learn about Delicious and Diigo
- Create accounts on Delicious and Diigo, explore and start tagging bookmarks.
- Learn about Jott, Remember the Milk and Google Notebook and Evernote, explore and try jotting yourself and others
- Learn where to find out about new Web 2.0 tools.
- Social Bookmarking in Plain English
| - Write a blog post reflecting on the different Online bookmarking tools.
- Write a blog post reflecting on the different productivity tools.
- Write a blog post explaining and reflecting on the new 2.0 tool learned this week.
- Use the Web 2.0 tool rubric to evaluate each tool learned this week.
- Comment on at least one of your classmate's blog posts.
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| Week Five (Sept 29 - October 3) |
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| Objectives | Activities | Assignments (due Monday, October 6) |
- Students will be able to collaborate and create a presentation using an Online presentation tool.
- Students will understand the difference between creative commons and copyright.
- Students will be able to find copyright friendly images Online.
- Students will be able to find presentations and share Online presentations.
- Students will be able to collaborate, design, and present an effective slideshow, using an Online presentation tool.
| - Learn about Google presentations and Zoho Show.
- Learn about how to create an effective presentation.
- Learn about Flickr, creative commons and how to find copyright friendly images.
- Learn how to find and share presentations Online
- Collaborate and create a presentation summarizing the pros and cons of the tools that they have learned so far.
- Online Photo Sharing in Plain English
| - Collaborate in class and remotely to create an Online presentation summarizing the pros and cons of the tools learned so far.
- Write a blog post reflecting on the different Online presentation tools and on what makes an effective presentation.
- Write a blog post reflecting on the issue of copyright and copyleft/creative commons.
- Write a blog post reflecting on the results of your survey and the Google Forms.
- Comment on at least one of your classmate's blog posts.
- Use the Web 2.0 tool rubric to evaluate each tool learned this week.
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| Week Six (October 6 - 10) |
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| Objectives | Activities | Assignments (due Tues, Oct. 14) |
- Students will be able to set up an Online portal using a aggregation tool.
- Students will be able to install widgets on their page
- Students will be able to evaluate a variety of widgets.
- Students will be able to create a survey, collect, graph and evaluate data using Google spreadsheets.
| - Explore a variety of aggregation tools such as iGoogle PageFlakes and NetVibes
- Compare, contrast and evaluate their features
- Choose one and put together your page.
- Learn how to create a survey using Google Spreadsheets.
- Create a survey, collect data and evaluate the results.
- Explore evaluate and reflect on a Web 2.0 tool of their choice.
| - Write a blog post reflecting on the different tools and which one you chose to use and why.
- Write a blog post explaining and reflecting on the new 2.0 tool learned this week.
- Comment on at lest one of your classmate's blog posts.
- Use the Web 2.0 tool rubric to evaluate each tool learned this week.
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| Week Seven (October 14 - 17) |
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| Objectives | Activities | Assignments (due Monday, October 20) |
- Students will be able to create, use and evaluate a wiki tool.
- Students will be able to contribute to and/or create a page on Wikipedia.
| - Explore different wiki tools such as Wikispaces, WetPaint, PBWiki and Media Wiki
- Find a variety of wikis in use on the web and evaluate how they are used.
- Learn how to contribute to Wikipedia, contribute to an existing page, or create a new one.
- Explore evaluate and reflect on a Web 2.0 tool of their choice.
- Wikis in Plain English
| - Contribute to or create a new page on Wikipedia
- Create a wiki to use with friends, write a blog post explaining your choice of wiki tool, what you used the wiki for and how it went.
- Write a blog post explaining and reflecting on the new 2.0 tool learned this week.
- Comment on at lest one of your classmate's blog posts.
- Use the Web 2.0 tool rubric to evaluate each tool learned this week.
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| Week Eight (October 20 - 24) |
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| Objectives | Activities | Assignments (due Monday, October 27) |
- Students will be able to write, record and post a podcast.
- Students will be able to find, subscribe to and evaluate podcasts
| - Learn how to find and subscribe to podcasts
- Create a rubric to evaluate a podcast
- Write, record and post a podcast.
- Learn how to use GarageBand and Audacity for podcasting.
| - Choose two podcasts and write a blog post reflecting on the quality of the podcast.
- Use your rubric to evaluate two podcasts.
- Create and post a podcast on your blog reflecting on the differences between GarageBand and Audacity.
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| Week Nine (October 27 - 31) End of 1st Quarter |
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| Objectives | Activities | Assignments (due Friday October 31st - End Q1) |
- Students will be able to define the qualities of a good screencast.
- Students will be able to create a screencast explaining the features of a Web 2.0 application
| - Explore the use of several screencasting tools, such as Jing, Camtstudio, and iShowU
- Explore and evaluate several screencasts
- Create a screencast rubric
- Create at least two screencasts showing how to use the tools you have learned thus far.
- Discuss what we will be doing next quarter.
| - Evaluate 2 screencasts using your screencast rubric.
- Create at least two screencasts showing how to use the tools you have learned thus far.
- Email me with a reflection on the course so far and your thoughts on next quarter.
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