What I hope you will learn after this module:
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days QR Code for Book Trailers for All
Let’s try QR Codes!
What I hope you will learn after this module:
Now that you’ve explored Collaborate2Innovate Things and found out all about the program, it’s time to jump right in with Week 1′s topic: Blogs! This post will give you a brief overview of the technology, explain the activities for the week, and provide links to some additional reading for those who would like to know more.
What I hope you will learn after this module:
A blog, or weblog, is a format for publishing content on the web. As the name suggests, blogs are, quite simply, web-based logs of information that have the following features in common:
Welcome to our 5th Week Module!
Have you ever had trouble explaining to someone just how you did that certain thing on your computer? Like how to open a certain file or how to use a google spreadsheet? By creating a short video that essentially records what you do on your computer, coupled with your own narration, you can easily and effectively share this information by making a screencast video. This week we will be taking a look at screencasting, from what screencasts are to what software and websites can be used and, finally, how to do it yourself!
Time to take a break and play!
You have gone over Blogging, Twitter, Pipes and QR codes and that may or may not have been a lot to learn in such a short time. Either way, we will take this week to play around more with the things you have learned and we will not have an assignment for this week.
Instead, we will show you some more interesting, funny and off-the-wall things that can be done with some of these ‘Things’.
For casual and avid readers Goodreads is social networking site that does three thing really well.
INTRODUCTION:
By now, you should have worked on a plethora of new tools:
This week, we are going to be working on Collaborative Tools. What are collaborative tools? Exactly, what it says –tools allowing you and others to collaborate. You may even be familiar with the old methods of collaborating such as pen and paper, blackboards, and even telephone conferencing.
Congratulations on completing the first week! In week two, we focus on Social Media as we explore three online communities: Twitter, Pinterest and Skype. Social Media is a phenomenon where users are taking the Internet to amazing places and creating content, sharing information and collaborating instantly. Instead of passively “surfing” the net, now more than ever the Internet allows users to engage with others as we create our own stories.
This week our learning objective is for you to explore these popular social media sites: Twitter, Pinterest and Skype. Remember, you don’t have to do all three activities. You can choose to do only one, or two or three if you are feeling adventurous.
Hope everyone had a great week exploring Social Media. We’ll be exploring three popular online bookmarking tools in this unit: Zotero, Instapaper, and Delicious.
While each of these tools offers a unique service, they are collectively referred to as “social bookmarking tools.” Social Bookmarking tools allow users to organize, manage, store, search and retrieve their saved bookmarks from any computer with access to the web. On an Internet with more than 15 billion web pages, bookmarking tools offer us a simple and accessible way to save web pages and other content for later use.
Check out this short video from Common Craft (3:21) for a concise introduction to social bookmarking. Continue Reading →
