Introductory+Class

= = =Introductory Class=

6 - 2.5 hour sessions (perhaps 5 sessions with one 2.5 hour session at home)

Day 1 - Intro and Social Bookmarking

 * What is Web 2.0?
 * Introduce and show examples of
 * wikis
 * blogs
 * social networks
 * Real Time Communication
 * widgets
 * voice thread
 * voki
 * yackpack
 * Skype
 * Instant Messaging
 * Twitter
 * Social Bookmarking
 * Photo Captioning Sites
 * Bubbleshare
 * Flickr
 * Rss Feeds and Aggregates
 * Set up accounts in Delicious (begin by teaching all about the override on Herricks computers and setting them for 2 hours)
 * Have each person create an account
 * Explain Toolbar Button
 * Homework - create toolbar button on home computer
 * Link all accounts to each other
 * Have each person find at least five websites to tag
 * Have each person find one other delicious account member to follow

Day 2 - Social Networking
(Homework for Day 2 - bring in a self picture for website uploading, bring in a flashdrive)
 * Set up accounts in Classroom 2.0.
 * Create "My Page"
 * Add self picture
 * Change background
 * Write first blog post
 * Have each person find the others to make "friends"
 * Find a forum to comment to
 * Join one group and comment
 * Find one more person to befriend

Day 3 - Feeds and Aggregates

 * Demonstrate RSS Feeds and Aggregates
 * Set up an aggregate and begin subscribing to feeds
 * (I am most familiar with MYMSN and like it the best but will probably teach Google or Yahoo Aggregate because it's easiest to subscribe through)
 * Introduce BlogLog and set up account
 * Introduce important blogs
 * CoolCatTeacher
 * 2 Cents Worth
 * Wes Fryer
 * Terry Freedman, etc.
 * Subscribe to blogs
 * //This day can also be a day where each class member signs up for Blogger and creates their own blogsite or should we save that for the class that teaches ClassBlogmeister?//

Day 4 - Subscriptions and Real time Communication

 * Discuss importance of subscribing to sites
 * Choosing online name and password - security
 * Creating a folder in e-mail to hold password e-mails
 * Set up subscriptions for
 * Smarttech
 * EdTalk
 * Edutopia News
 * GoogleEducator Groups
 * WWWEDU
 * Edtech
 * Discovery Educator
 * Real Time Communication
 * Twitter
 * set up Twitter accounts
 * befriend each other
 * Yugma
 * try out a Yugma session
 * Skype
 * set up Skype accounts
 * befriend each other
 * Widgets
 * Voki
 * YackPack
 * VoiceThread
 * Instant Messaging
 * Webcasts