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Goal: Get to know the tools. Each student has joined the wiki, set up a profile page, started a blog & linked his/her blog to his/her profile page.
Face to Face meeting on Wed Feb. 17th from 2:30 - 4:30
1. Register for and gain access to the CoETaIL wiki (this site).
2. Create a Google Account if you do not already have one. It's free and simple to do. Just go to Google.com and click on "sign in" located in the upper right hand corner. It will walk you through the process to sign up for a Google account. If you already have a google/gmail account you are good to go!
This will be the 7th graduate course I have taught in the past two years including a similar class I taught for two year at Plymouth State University called Teaching & Learning in a Networked Classroom. If you visit the site you will probably see many similarity between that course and this one. I enjoy helping teachers learn and navigate a digital world that has endless possibilities for both their own learning as well as their students.
Just a couple thoughts as we get started:
Profile Page: Please make sure you create a Profile Page. If you do not see a page with your name on it located under Profile Pages please create one. This is your "personal playground" where you can experiment and play with the features that Wetpaint Wikis offer. Many of you got your pages set up today and I look forward to reading them and learning more about each of you.
Internet Browsers: Kim and I recommend that you use either FireFox or Internet Explorer. Safari on the Mac does not show you all the editing features on Wetpaint (or a lot of other sites for that matter). Firefox also allows you to add extensions, some of these will make your life easier and we'll be talking about them through the different classes in this program.
This Wiki and your Blog: What's the different? What are they used for?
Maybe this will help: Think of this site (which is a wiki) as your home base. This is where you come for information, to learn what's happening, download readings and find out about assignments.
Your Blog: Your blog is your personal place where you will write and reflect as we go through these different courses. I am a firm believer in the power of reflection and find it more useful for deeper learning than producing an end of the term paper. Usually by the end of a course people have written more via blog reflections and assignments then they would have if I would have assigned a paper. Both Kim and I have been blogging for years and we'll be talking more about how and what it means to blog on Saturday.
Face to Face meeting on Wed Feb. 17th from 2:30 - 4:30
- Join the wiki
- Understand the navigation of the wiki
- Create a Google account
- Start a blog
1. Register for and gain access to the CoETaIL wiki (this site).
- Create a page titled your name and introduce yourself to the rest of the class. (Example: Location, years teaching, reason for taking the course, hobbies, picture if you want, etc.)
- You do this by clicking on Profile pages on the left and then clicking on "Add Page" on the left at the bottom of the list of pages. Add a picture if you would like, some information about you, and once you have set up your blog a link to your blog for this course. This is a great way to explore the wiki site and learn how to use it (don't worry you can't screw up the site).
- We have written a lot here and I'm sure there are plenty of spelling mistakes and grammar errors throughout. Please feel free to fix any you find by clicking on the easy edit button and editing the text.
2. Create a Google Account if you do not already have one. It's free and simple to do. Just go to Google.com and click on "sign in" located in the upper right hand corner. It will walk you through the process to sign up for a Google account. If you already have a google/gmail account you are good to go!
- Create a blog using blogger.com (If you already have a blog and you want to use it for this class that's great! No need to set up a new blog. If you don't have a blog, please set one up now.)
- Post a link to your blog on your introduction profile page.
A great beginning!
This will be the 7th graduate course I have taught in the past two years including a similar class I taught for two year at Plymouth State University called Teaching & Learning in a Networked Classroom. If you visit the site you will probably see many similarity between that course and this one. I enjoy helping teachers learn and navigate a digital world that has endless possibilities for both their own learning as well as their students.
Just a couple thoughts as we get started:
Profile Page: Please make sure you create a Profile Page. If you do not see a page with your name on it located under Profile Pages please create one. This is your "personal playground" where you can experiment and play with the features that Wetpaint Wikis offer. Many of you got your pages set up today and I look forward to reading them and learning more about each of you.
Internet Browsers: Kim and I recommend that you use either FireFox or Internet Explorer. Safari on the Mac does not show you all the editing features on Wetpaint (or a lot of other sites for that matter). Firefox also allows you to add extensions, some of these will make your life easier and we'll be talking about them through the different classes in this program.
This Wiki and your Blog: What's the different? What are they used for?
Maybe this will help: Think of this site (which is a wiki) as your home base. This is where you come for information, to learn what's happening, download readings and find out about assignments.
Your Blog: Your blog is your personal place where you will write and reflect as we go through these different courses. I am a firm believer in the power of reflection and find it more useful for deeper learning than producing an end of the term paper. Usually by the end of a course people have written more via blog reflections and assignments then they would have if I would have assigned a paper. Both Kim and I have been blogging for years and we'll be talking more about how and what it means to blog on Saturday.
