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Class One: The new Internet and Social Media |
Supplementary Information |
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Introductions & Course Expectations
Wired Campus-The Chronicle of Higher Ed
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View: Social Learning: an explanation using Twitter
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A wiki refers to content created online as a result of multiple users working on the same content, but at different times and from different places. (McIntosh, 2/09)
Famous sites for use and creation: Wikipedia, Wiktionary Wikiversity
Syllabus ZERD-078-400 Review Sign in to Course Participants and start using our course wiki
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Interview: The State of Wikis in Education
How Wikis Streamline Student Collaboration Projects
Fifty Ways to Use Wikis for a More
Welcome to TEFLPedia! Play: A Wiki Sandbox |
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Any online media that allows users to interact with one another (i.e. socialize). (McIntosh, 2/09)
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View:
A Vision of Students Today (2007)
Read: Welcome to the Frustration Decade (and The Decade of Change) (by Seth Godin)
Social Media Tools on NYTimes,com FAQs Study: Ages of social network users
The Science of Building Trust with Social Media
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Blogs are online journals where the author can write (blog) about any interest s/he wants. The blogger can also use the blog to share content picked up from other social media sites (YouTube, Issuu) by taking advantage of the simple embed codes offered by those content hosts. (McIntosh, 2/09)
Let's start blogging!
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Reflect: What possibilities are there for using blogs in your class? How?
What would be the benefits/challenges to your students for using blogs as opposed to paper journals?
What would be the benefits/challenges to you as the instructor for using blogs in your classes?
Benefits/challenges to you as a learner?
How to Get Started with Blogging
Setting Up a Blog in Wordpress
Creating a Teacher's Online Hubdocs.google.com/View?docid=df8b89sj_324h7b58tgq
Here’s My First Five Tips For Writing Better Blog Posts — What Are Yours? |
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Video: Social Media Blues - What can you identify as relating to technology? |
Exploration Guide: Educational Uses of Blogs, Wikis, RSS Feeds, etc.
Exemplary Collection of Open eLearning Content Repositories
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Tuesday, June 29
In class: We will start by discussing expectations of this course. We will briefly discuss what the terms web 2.0 and social media refer to. Students will then learn to maneuver through our course wiki. They will set up their own blogs and learn how to create posts. Homework: 1. Bring a digital photograph of yourself to class next week or post it on Course Participants page. 2. Write your first post about one of the following: (a) an article or two you've read from the above supplementary information; or (b) a slide or video presentation from the above supplementary information; or (c) your thoughts, hopes, expectations, concerns about this class; or (d) your thoughts or beliefs concerning social media. |
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