Del.icio.us Tag Cloud

Posted onJune 13, 2008
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Spring Final Exam

Posted onJune 1, 2008
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Here is your take home final exam. You may start on it as soon as you like and finish it as soon as you like. For seniors your final is due by midnight Monday June 9th. If you are not a senior then your final is due by midnight on the day of your final -Period 4 June 17th and Period 7 June 18th.

Download the final here.

Open Source Software Wiki

Posted onMay 11, 2008
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The whole focus of Web 2.0 is based on the notion of collaboration. So here is your opportunity to use a wiki, collaborative software, to step into the world of Web 2.0. You are set up with a partner from another period to construct a wiki explaining Open Source Software. The full requirements that you will be graded on is in the project handout. Go here to download the project.

Here is a list of educational wikis that you can use to gain some insight and inspiration. Here is the wiki that features flickr that I showed as a sample in class.

cc photo “Where to find a good wiki” by cogdogblog

cc for Your Webpage

Posted onApril 30, 2008
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Go here to see an argument for a cc-by license for your website. Decide which license that you want for your learnerblog website. Go to creativecommons.org to choose a license then add it a text widget.

Open Source

Posted onApril 22, 2008
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oss Our next project has to do with learning about the Open Source movement. Watch this movie called Revolution OS to get an understanding of the birth of the operating system.

Social Bookmarking

Posted onMarch 24, 2008
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Download Video: Posted by leelefever at TeacherTube.com.

Using an online social bookmarking service has many benefits. Since as a student you are at many different computers throughout the week, having your bookmarks in one place online is a bonus. As a learner you also want to build your personal learning network. This is were the social part of “social bookmarking” coming into play. You are able to build a personal learning network easily by adding people of similar interests to your network.

We will be using a service called del.icio.us. Here are some video tutorials to help you along the way. The video that we watched in class by David Warlick can be found here if you would like to view it again. Jon Udell has a nice screencast to show a nice workflow while using del.icio.us.

Go here to do your project on social bookmarking.

Flickr Project

Posted onFebruary 28, 2008
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Online photo sharing project. Download here and complete all of the assigned tasks.

Online Photo Sharing Video Tutorials To learn about different aspects of flickr go here.

cc I will not spend all my spare time on Flickr by Locator

Blogs = Converstation. Enter a Water Buffalo???

Posted onFebruary 15, 2008
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This video called “4 Generations: The Water Buffalo Movie” shot and produced by Robert Thompson shows one example of what good things can happen when people get together using the internet. In this video documented case, it was a blog in the USA and an American living in China that caused radical change to four generations in one Chinese family. Remember too that your website can be a launching pad for great conversation that can end in good. As you engage in this read/write/connect/reflect web space remember your audience is the world.

As you collaborate on this assignment with your classmates, show how you can watch a video and then deconstruct the story, tracking down all the individual elements. Use the checklist given to you in class to make sure you include all the elements of a good post.

Title: Must have the words “Water Buffalo” in it.

Category: Required Post

Google Alerts

Posted onFebruary 7, 2008
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Google alerts are a good way to track things on the internet by bringing them to your email inbox automatically. One or the ways people use Google alerts is to keep track of when something about them pops up online. Akin to searching for your name, know as a vanity search, Google alerts does a similar thing but sends the results to you without you having to manually do the search every so often. This is also a way for other information you are curious about to just show up in your email inbox.

Set up two Google alerts.
One for the username that you using on class projects.
One for your 20% time subject.

Blogs In Plain English

Posted onFebruary 4, 2008
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Download Video: Posted by leelefever at TeacherTube.com.

Write a review of the video. Embed the video in your post. Let’s use TeacherTube.com to get this video.

Title: Blogs In Plain English

Category: Required Post

Final Exam

Posted onJanuary 26, 2008
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undefined Your final is a take home final. That means you have more time and resources to get your final project done. There are a few things that I must check off in class. So be sure to print this out as it is the checklist of what I will be grading you on.
Good luck!
Download the final here.

cc photo Web 2.0 City by gualtierocatrame

PBS - Frontline : Growing Up Online

Posted onJanuary 21, 2008
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EXTRA CREDIT: 10 points max - due by Friday 2/25/08

Watch this PBS show called Growing Up Online. Write a response to the show. Your post must include the embedded video, summary of the show, and how you personally see yourself as a teen growing up online.

OLPC’s Founder Nicholas Negroponte

Posted onJanuary 11, 2008
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Nicholas Negroponte Keynote at Internet & Society 2007 at the Berkman Center, Harvard Law School

Whenever possible go to primary sources for your information. In this case, we are going to learn more about the One Laptop Per Child nonprofit organization from the founder himself, Nicholas Negroponte.

You are required to watch the video and write a post summarizing and commenting on the video. Title your post, “OLPC’s Founder Nicholas Negroponte.” Be sure your post has links, picture(s), and the correct attribution(s).

The video is found here. (via MediaBerkman)

I’m checking out the…

Posted onDecember 26, 2007
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I’m checking out the Jott.com service to see how this sounds or looks actually on the class website that’s hosted by edublogs.org(?) and wondering it will post or not because it is not a WordPress.com blog. I want to see how this will turn out because this will be an easy way to post things to the website for the class. If it works out, it will be great. listen

Students 2.oh

Posted onDecember 11, 2007
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As a student in this ever changing learning landscape, let’s take a closer look at the new Student 2.o blog. I’m setting you out on a webquest to see if you can track down some information on the web. Go here to see all of the questions and things to search for. When you have completed all of the questions, print out your results. Due by Friday 12/14/07.

Remix Presentation Sign-Up

Posted onDecember 9, 2007
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Lawrence Lessig - Remix Culture

Posted onNovember 26, 2007
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Listen to these bits of audio. One is a talk by Lawrence Lessig at TED in March of 2007, another is him giving the keynote address at OSCON 2002, and the other is an informal interview.

TED Talk - Larry Lessig: How creativity is being strangled by the law.

Keynote presentation at OSCON 2002. Full transcript here.

Go here to listen to an interview of Lawrence Lessig.

Videos about the creative commons can be found here and here.

Make a presentation explaining the ideas of creativity, the law, and of the remix culture that professor Lawrence Lessig is a proponent of. Clearly define the differences between work that is in the public domain, the different creative commons licenses, copyright, and fair use. Use Google Presentation, title the presentation “Remix Culture”, and invite me as a contributor.

photo Wikipedia Commons

A Fair(y) Use Tale

Posted onNovember 25, 2007
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Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University created this humorous, yet informative, review of copyright principles delivered through the words of the very folks we can thank for nearly endless copyright terms.You can stream or download the video here.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted onNovember 21, 2007
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Twitter How-To

Posted onNovember 17, 2007
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Go here to watch a video on how to sign-up for twitter. Remember to start your personal learning network by inviting Steve Hargadon and Arthus. Use your gmail address as your twitter name.