Calendar

Week Topics Reading Assignments
1

Nov. 18

Blogs, Forum, Wiki, Success with social media, DimDim: webinar, Diigo: knowledge-sharing community Ch. 1 & 2 (Klass) Join 515 forum, wiki, and social media sites

Subscribe to six podcasts

2

Nov. 25 Online

Meet online at Dimdim.com. History of Podcasts, Skype, How to podcast Ch. 1 & 2 (Richardson)

Ch. 3 & 4 (K)

Weekly forum post

Participate in webinar (in class)

3

Dec. 2

Twitter, Delicious: social bookmarks, Create a blog, Planning podcasts, Add podcasts to server Ch. 5 & 8 (R)

Ch. 5 & 6 (K)

Weekly forum post

Audio podcast #1 due

4

Dec. 9

Social Media (Web 2.0), Social networking, Podcast tools, Video podcasting, Snip URL, Faith Integration discussion Ch. 4 & 6 (R)

Ch. 7 (K)

Weekly forum post

Audio podcast #2 due

Case study proposal due

5

Dec. 16

Web-based software, Podcast editing, graphics & branding; Flickr: groups, tags, slideshow, creative commons Ch. 7 & 9 (R) Weekly forum post

Audio podcast #3 due

Faith Integration paper due

6

Jan. 6

Workflow, Productivity, RSS, Google Reader, Instant Messaging, Wikis Ch. 8 (K) Weekly forum post

Video podcast due

7

Jan. 13

Real-time Search tools, Preparing podcasts for publication, Slideshare, Teachertube Ch. 9 & 10 (K) Weekly forum post

Weekly blog due

Work on case study in class

8

Jan. 20

Social Media literature Google Reader Social Media book review
9

Jan. 27

Current ed tech resources, Case study presentations Google Reader Case study presentations