Learning 2.0 Assignment 10: YouTube

This week you will be examining the video sharing tool, YouTube. This assignment (the last assignment) is due Monday, November 24.

1. Read the Wikipedia entry on YouTube.
2. Read "7 Things You Should Know About YouTube.”
3. Read “College Students Love Their Video.”
4. Explore YouTube and find a video that you think is fun or entertaining. Follow the directions here to place the YouTube video in your blog.

Blog prompts (answer these questions in your blog):

1. Have you ever posted a video to YouTube? What about Facebook?
2. Did the statistics in the “College Students Love Their Video” article surprise you or seem accurate? Why?
3. Why did you choose the video you put in your blog?
4. Where else do you search for video?
5. What makes YouTube a Web 2.0 application?

Questions?

• Post any questions in the discussion forum in D2L
• E-mail your professor: Melissa Prescott or Robin Ewing

Learning 2.0 Assignment 9: Wikis

This week you will explore wikis. This assignment is due Monday, November 17.

1. Watch the video, "Wikis in Plain English"
2. Read "Veni, Vidi, Wiki," a Wired article by Ryan Singel
3. Read "7 Things You Should Know About Wikis"
4. Look at Wikipedia and Scholarpedia

Blog prompts (answer these questions in your blog):

1. Compare Wikipedia to Scholarpedia. What are the main similarities? What are the main differenes? Have you used either one before?
2. What do you find interesting about the wiki concept?
3. How do you think you could use a wiki for research and/or projects?

Questions?

• Post any questions in the discussion forum in D2L
• E-mail your professor: Melissa Prescott or Robin Ewing
  

Learning 2.0 Assignment 8: Online Collaboration Tools

For this assignment, you will explore online collaboration tools including Google Docs and Zoho. This assignment is due Monday, November 10.

1. Take the Google Docs tour, and explore some of the posts on the Google Docs blog.
2. Watch the video, “Google Docs in Plain English.”
3. Read the Wikipedia entries on Google Docs and Zoho.
4. Try Google Docs or Zoho.

Blog prompts:

1. Which collaboration tool did you try?
   
2. What is one main advantage of using an online collaboration tool such as Google Docs or Zoho?
3. What is one example of a way people are using online collaboration tools?
4. If you've used Google Docs, Zoho, or similar tool before, for what purpose did you use it and what did you like about it?
5. How do you think you could use these tools for projects (for school, work, or fun)?

Questions:

• Post your questions in the discussion forum in D2L
• E-mail your professor: Melissa Prescott or Robin Ewing