FUTURE-READY SCHOOLS

Web 2.0 in a Flat World Context

of Global Collaboration and Competition

 

 

A Learning Initiative for Instructional Technology Facilitators

All sessions will be from 2:00 – 3:30

 

These sessions are designed to be sequential components of a comprehensive Web 2.0 Course of Study.   Participants are expected to set up and maintain each Web 2.0 application over the course of the program.  They are also expected to leverage them for teacher/staff growth, school promotion, and student learning outcomes when possible.  Significant sharing of successes is part of the program.

 

 

 

Date

Place

Topics

1/17

CO

--Distribute laptops and cases

--Course of study

--Course Expectations

--What is RSS?

--HW:  Listen to Will Richardson podcast (1hr.); respond to my blog entry on the top


Follow-up:

 

2/1

CO

Class Prep:

--Why Use These Tools (Fryer)
--Quicktime intro to FireFox2 screencast (Utecht)--Mozilla Firefox browser

--Install latest version of Firefox

 

Class Time:

--Suggested add-ons, I
-----Themes

-----Text Marker

-----Cooliris previews

----Foxmarks

-----AdBlock Plus

-----JahJah

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Follow-up:

2/15

CO

--Google Homepage (L. Raines, visiting professor)

--Subscribing to the blogosphere

   --LiveBookmarks

   --Google Reader

--Firefox add-ons, II

-----Performancing

-----Clipmarks

-----CiteBite

-----Sage

 

3/8

CO

--Setting up your Edublog and Wikispace

--Technorati and Google Analytics

 

3/12-14

RTP

NCaect Conference (tech facilitators)

4/3

CO

--Podcasting with Audacity

--Background Music for Projects and Podcasts

--visit to iPod University at CCC (Patrick Keough)
5/1 BMS  (All Day) GPS and Geocaching (with Acacia Dixon and Karen Creech)

5/9

CO

Culminating Projects