Day 5: Adding Images

The agenda for Day 5 is:

1. Any questions??
2. Creative Commons
3. Flickr, PicasaWeb & FlickrCC
4. Map Mashups – Google Maps and Earth
5. New Technology Presentation #3 - Justin
   
6. Day 5: Adding Images Lab
   

Day 5: Adding Images Lab

In today's lab, you should:

1. Explore the Creative Commons website. Add a CC license to your blog and/or portfolio. If you would like to reserve all rights for your blog/portfolio, show me that you can do add the license, then you can remove it.
2. Upload one of the sample pics from ANGEL or one of your own onto a photo sharing site like Flickr or PicasaWeb. Add a link to your site on the wiki gallery.
3. Create your own map mashup using Google Maps. Be sure to link your map mashup to the wiki gallery.
4. Also save the KLM file for your map mashup and upload it to either your afs space or to your googlepages file space. Link to the KLM file through the wiki gallery so that people can download your map and see it in Google Earth
5. Find a CC image using FlickrCC or CC Search and add it properly to a post on your blog. In this post, write about what you have learned regarding the use of images, copyright, mashing, etc. and what this will mean for your own use of images. Also comment on what challenges you think might exist in helping students to think about the use of images more critically.

Memorial Day - No Class

Just a quick reminder that we will not be meeting on Monday due to Memorial Day. See you on Wednesday.

Day 4: Organizing the Internet

The agenda for Day 4 is:

1. Answer any questions about personalizing the Internet
   
2. Organizing the Internet PPT
3. Small group discussion
   
4. New Technology Presentation #2--Ashley
5. Organizing the Internet Lab
   

Day 4: Organizing the Internet Lab

In today's lab, you should:

1. Set up a social bookmark account and bookmark some sites of professional interest to you. Be sure to think about how you would like to tag or organize them.
2. Update the “bookmarks” link on the wiki page
3. Set up a calendar account and create a couple of sample events on a public calendar (you might even try subscribing to the CEP416 calendar).
4. Update your “calendar” link on the wiki page.
5. Create a post on your blog that discusses how you might use bookmarks and calendars a) for your personal/professional use, b) for students to use, and c) for parents to use
6. Continue working on your portfolio. By now, all your major pages should be up even though they are under construction. Focus on getting your resume up by Monday.

Day 3: Personalizing the Internet

The agenda for Day 3 is:

1. Any questions about portfolios or web-design?
2. How do I personalize the Internet PPT?
3. New Technology Presentation #1: Katie
4. Personalizing the Internet Lab
   

Day 3: Personalizing the Internet Lab

In today's lab, you should:

1. Set up an aggregator account and add a CEP416 folder within which you subscribe to each other’s blogs and the course blog.
2. Update your “aggregator” link on the wiki page
3. Sign up for a Google Alert to a search phrase of your choosing
4. Play with iGoogle. Add some of the gadgets, move them to different places, and try out the “Add Tab” feature.
5. Work on your portfolio. By Wednesday, all of your main pages should be published and linked to properly even if the content is in rough draft form.
6. Create a post on your blog that where you discuss personalizing the internet for your own use and for potential use with your students.
   

Day 2: Web Portfolios

The agenda for Day 2 is:

1. Any questions about the syllabus?
2. Any questions regarding blogging?
3. Blogging comments, backlinks, post options
4. Basics of the internet PPT
5. Discussion of web portfolios
6. Discussion of past examples of web portfolios from CEP 416
7. Web portfolio lab
   

Day 2: Web Portfolio Lab

In the lab portion of today's class, you should:

1. Set up an account with Google Page Creator or another web creation site.
   
2. Set up the major structure of your portfolio. You might want to sketch this out on paper first.
   
3. Put text, a picture, and a link to your blog on your website's homepage.
4. Update your portfolio link on the Wiki Gallery so that it links to your homepage.
5. Create a new post on your blog that discusses what you want to accomplish with your portfolio and how your structuring of the portfolio will maximize your success with these goals. Be sure to give the post an appropriate label or tag.
   

Day 1: Course Intro and Blogging

The agenda for Day 1 is:

1. Student and instructor introductions
2. Syllabus and course overview
3. New Technology Presentation Schedule
   
4. Discussion about blogging
5. Lab overview
6. Lab - Blogging (See the Day 1 Blogging Lab post)
   

Day 1: Blogging Lab

In the lab portion of today's class, you should:

1. Set up your student blog.
2. Create an about page or update your profile to briefly talk about yourself and how you are going to use this blog.
3. Create a sample post that includes text, a picture, and a link to an outside resource.
   
4. Update your blog link on our Wiki Gallery

To help you achieve these tasks, you might first want to begin by looking through the blogging tools' help resources or tours. Second, you might want to search the web to look for tutorials and tipsheets on how to use your blogging application.