This is a list of the assignments you will be doing during the next 10 weeks. Complete information on each assignment will be posted on this blog on the Monday of each week (and linked in this post). The assignment will be due the following Monday. Each assignment will include background material for you to read or view and then reflect upon in a blog post. Blog postings will be graded using a rubric.
September 15, 2008, week 1: Blogs
- Set up a blog in Blogger and write your first post.
- Share the URL for your blog in D2L.
- Assignment due September 22.
September 22, week 2: What is Web 2.0?
- Learn about Web 2.0.
- Assignment due September 29.
- Learn about RSS feeds and set up an account with Bloglines or Google Reader.
- Add some feeds.
- Assignment due October 6.
October 6, week 4: Social Bookmarking
- Set up a del.icio.us account. Add a few websites and create your own tags.
- Install the del.icio.us browser button on your browser's toolbar.
- Assignment due October 13.
- Find and upload to your blog one of the pictures the class took at the beginning of the semester.
- Evaluate the tags assigned to the class photos.
- Assignment due October 20.
October 20, week 6: Digg, Newsvine, & Reddit
- Explore Digg, Newsvine, & Reddit.
- Find an article to recommend.
- Assignment due October 27.
October 27, week 7: Podcasting
- Find and evaluate a podcast.
- Assignment due November 3
November 3, week 8: Online Collaboration Tools
- Explore Google Docs and Zoho.
- Assignment due November 10.
- Learn about wikis like Wikipedia and Scholarpedia.
- Assignment due November 17.
- Read about YouTube and embed a video into a blog post.
- Assignment due November 24
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