The class is designed to teach students about web applications, digital citizenship, personal network building, and social media responsibility and practice. This blog will be used to share with our readers the tools, websites, and web resources that students are learning about. We hope that you find a tool that you can utilize.

There are so many web applications available on the Internet that students may not even know exist. In this course, students will explore the Internet and take advantage of all that it has to offer. Students will learn that Google is more than just a search engine. They will discover various web applications that will help make their time on the Internet more effective and efficient. The web applications that will be explored include, but are not limited to: sharing buttons, blogs, avatars, RSS, social bookmarking, photo sharing/editing, audio and video, presentation, drawing, collaboration tools, and screencasts. Internet marketing and shopping sites will also be explored. Students will explore applications of which they can utilize to enhance both their learning and social experiences. Students will learn and practice digital literacy and responsibility, collaborate, share, create, socialize, and organize content, while demonstrating internet safety. Upon leaving this course students will be informed digital learner/citizen!


I LOVE LOVE LOVE looking for new tools to share with my students! I explore the web daily in search of new tools. I also gain knowledge from other Social Media blogs/websites who have found resourceful tools. Thank you to all of those experts who share their love for technology with the rest of us!


I also enjoy looking at the students creativity - through their blogs! My students love exploring Social Media! And will walk away with a collection of tools (their own Personal Learning Network) that will enhance their Internet experience both personally, educationally, and professionally.

Course Description and Outline

Course Description (I am in the process of rewriting this)

 Students will discover the world of social media by exploring the Internet.  Students will utilize various web tools that will enhance their Internet experience.  Students will demonstrate how to use online resources effectively and appropriately.  Students will gain the skills necessary to make their time on the Internet more effective and efficient.This course is designed to help students understand and effectively use a variety of emerging social technologies including blogs, RSS, wikis, social bookmarking tools, photo sharing tools, mapping tools, audio and video podcasts, and screencasts. Students will be exploring various web tool applications of which they can utilize to enhance their learning and social experiences. Students will be learning and practicing digital literacy and responsibility, collaborating, creating, socializing, and organizing content, while practicing internet safety. This blog will be utilized to share the tools we explore in our class. Please visit the student's reflection blogs to see what they are learning and creating! Have fun exploring!

 There are a wide variety of web based application tools available; tools which enable the student to do everything from collaborating on documents, editing photos, creating online slide shows, and sharing bookmarks. It is critical that students are keeping up with the speed of innovation and maintaining a familiarity with the most recent web tools and capabilities. The Internet has changed how information is created.  Today, Internet users are not only the audience, but also the authors of content found on the Internet. This course is designed to help students understand and effectively use a variety of web based application technologies. 
Social media consists of web applications that allow user participation and user-generated content. They include social networking sites including MySpace, Twitter or Facebook and other sites that are centered on user interaction. Social media can take many different forms, including Internet forums, blogs, social networking, wikis, podcasts, and social bookmarking.  Through social media technologies, students can create blogs, share documents, create presentations, edit and share pictures and video, send email and instant messages, participate in video conferencing as well as share music, to name only a few. 
Students enrolled in this course will communicate, compose, collaborate, create and contribute to Internet websites by utilizing the tools available online.  Students will build their own Personal Learning Network.

The class is designed to teach students about web applications, digital citizenship, personal network building, and social media responsibility and practice. 

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CREATE A PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORK

SHARE AND UTILIZE RESOURCES
 
 
Course Outline (in the process of redoing this)

  1. INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL MEDIA – WEB APPLICATIONS
    1. How has the Internet shifted?
    2. What are social media web tools?
    3. Common features of social media tools
    4. Benefits and uses of web tools
    5. Evaluate web tools
    6. Identify appropriate web tool to complete desired task
    7. Social Media Jargon

  1. BLOGGING - BLOGGER, Introduce:  Wordpress - Blog.com, Edublog, etc.





    1. Posting
      Editing
      Importing pictures
      Creating links
      Customizing blog
      Adding gadgets
      Embedding HTML
      Custom Domain
      Settings
      Layouts
      Visitor Stats
      Blog Traffic
      Follow Blogs
      Adding Pages
  1. WEB ETIQUETTE – SOCIAL ONLINE BEHAVIOR
    1. Online safety and security (netsmartz.org, safekids.com, isafe, etc.)
    2. Cyber Ethics
    3. Cyber Bullying
    4. Computer Ethics
    5. Cyber Crime
    6. Plagiarism
    7. Copyright and Intellectual Property (Creative Commons)
    8. Creating powerful passwords
    9. Identity Theft
    10. Privacy
    11. Security Solutions
  1. WEB BROWSERS
    1. What is a web browser?
    2. Parts of a web browser (status bar, address bar, title bar, tool bar)
    3. Internet Explorer (Windows)
    4. Safari (Mac)
    5. Firefox (Mac/Windows)
    6. Chrome (Mac/Windows)           Extensions/Add-Ons/Gadgets
  1. EMAIL
    1. Websites that offer free email accounts (Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.)
    2. Create email account
    3. Creating powerful passwords
    4. SPAM
    5. Filters
    6. Create and send an email
    7. Attachment
    8. Set up contacts
    9. Elements of an email account
  1. SEARCH ENGINES
    1. Examples of search engines (Google, Yahoo, Dogpile, Mamma, ASK, MSN, etc.)
    2. How does a search engine work?
    3. Page Ranking
    4. Identify basic skills needed to conduct web searches effectively 
  1. COMMUNICATION
    1. Blogs (Blogger, Word Press, TypePad, Edublogs, 21classes)
    2. Micro-Blogging (Twitter, Plurk, etc.)
    3. Social Networking (Facebook, MySpace, Ning, Bebo, LinkedIn, etc.)
    4. Events (Upcoming, Eventful, Meetup.com, TinyChat, etc.)
    5. Chat Rooms
    6. Video Chat
    7. Social Bookmarking
SHARING
Add this
Facebook
Utilize the share buttons

Follow Blogs/Websites
RSS


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  1. COLLABORATION
    1. Wikis (Wikipedia, PBWorks, WetPaint, Wikispaces, jott.it, etc.)
    2. Social Bookmarking (Delicious, Diigo, Digg, Symbaloo, etc.)
    3. Social News (Digg, Mixx, Reddit, etc.)
    4. Opinion Sites (epinions, Yelp, etc.)
    5. Document Sharing (Google Docs, Zoho, Etc.)
    6. Drawing/Presentation
  1. MULTIMEDIA
    1. Photo Sharing (Flickr, Bubbleshare, Picasa, Smilebox, Photobucket, etc.)
    2. Photo Editing
    3. Video Sharing (YouTube, Teacher Tube, Vimeo, Google Video, SchoolTube)
    4. Livecasting (Ustream.tv, LiveStream, Skype, etc.)
    5. Podcasting
    6. Digital Story Telling (Animoto, VoiceThread)
    7. Audio and Music Sharing
    8. Video - Tutorials
    9. Presentation Tools
    10. Screencasting
  1. REVIEWS AND OPINIONS
    1. Product Reviews
    2. Community Q&A (blurtit, answers, etc.)
  1. ENTERTAINMENT
    1. Virtual Worlds (Secondlife, etc.)
    2. Game Sharing
    3. Avatars
    4. Drawing
    5. Text Animation
    6. Giff Animation
    7. Photo Editing
  1. OFFICE APPLICATIONS
    1. Word Processing (Google Docs, OpenOffice, Zoho)
    2. Presentations (Google Docs, Slideshare, Voicethread, etc.)
    3. Spreadsheets (Google Docs and Zoho Sheet)
  1. ZOHO PRODUCTIVITY AND COLLABORATION APPLICATIONS
    1. Writer
    2. Sheet
    3. Show
    4. Creator
    5. Meeting
    6. Notebook
    7. Chat
    8. Planner
    9. Wiki
  1. GOOGLE TOOLS
    1. Gmail
    2. iGoogle
    3. Groups
    4. Word Processing Document
    5. Spreadsheet Document
    6. Presentation Document
    7. Earth
    8. Voice
    9. News
    10. Translate
    11. Images
    12. Talk
    13. Book Search
    14. Google Finance
    15. Picasa
    16. Alerts
    17. Product Search
    18. Toolbar
    19. Google+
    20. Google Buzz
  1. ADDITIONAL TOOLS AND SKILLS
    1. Maps (Mapquest, Google Maps, etc.)
    2. Mindmapping – Concept Mapping (Gliffy, bubbl.us)
    3. Notetaking (Google Reader, etc.)
    4. Highlighters and Sticky Notes (diigo, wizlite, MyStickies, etc.)
    5. To Do Lists, General Organizers and Task Managers (iGoogle, etc.)
    6. Calendars (Google Calendar)
    7. Avatars (voki)
    8. File Conversion (Zamzar, Keevid)
    9. Quiz generators
    10. Back up and Storage (Box)
    11. Web pages
    12. Smart Shopping -
    13. Daily Deals - (Ben's Bargin, Slick Deals, One Sale a Day)
    14. Finance
    15. Text animation
    16. Holiday Fun Sites
    17. Survey/Poll Sites
    18. Backgrounds
    19. Organize Accounts
    20. Confirm and Activate Accounts
    21. Create new accounts
    22. Add-ons
    23. Extensions
    24. Widgets
    25. Infographic
    26. Favicon
    27. Domain - how and where to purchase
    28. Animated text creation
    29. Backup
    30. Student Response/Surveys/Poll
    31. Favicon
  1. SHARING OF WEB APPLICATIONS
    1. Share tools with peers, family, teachers
    2. Locate additional web applications and share with classmates and teacher
    3. Participate in technology contest - MACE
    4. Post blog on other blog service - share information
    1. ENTERTAINMENT II
      1. AS IMPORTANT and Educational Sites
      2. Meez
      3. Oddcast
      4. JibJab
      5. Elf Yourself
      6. Holiday Sites
      7. Virtual Flowers
      8. Talking Monkey Messages - Career Builder
      9. Call From Santa
      10. eTrade Talking Baby
      11. Word Clouds - (Wordle, Tagxedo, Image Chef)


SHARING
  • RSS Feed
  • Like
  • Social Buttons
  • Visitor Counter/Tracker
  • Blog Traffic
  • Following
  • Google Reader
  • Blogger Dashboard
  • Print Icon Button
  • Follow Blogs
WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT
Create a website - weebly, wix

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