Week 3:

Moderators: Mbarek & Sharon

Guest Speaker: Graham Stanley

Welcome from Sharon and Mbarek:

Week3 Intro - BAW10.egg on Aviary.

THE WEEK

Objectives

By the end of this week you will have:

learned about different blogs, wikis, podcast and Social Network providers
explored different features of blogs, wikis, Social Networks and podcasts
created your own blog, wiki and/or podcast
joined a Social Network
attended the live presentation on the topic of the week
commented on the presentation of the week
answered the questions of the week
read and commented on the Week 3 readings

Activities

Join us for Graham Stanley's presentation about TWITTER on Tuesday at 21: 00 GMT (check local times here)

Information

The session will be at the Webheads Elluminate virtual room. Here´s a tutorial on how to register and download the program. If you have questions, please post them to the BaW Yahoo Group before Tuesday.

1. What is your definition of a blog, a wiki, a podcast and a Social Network? How are they similar/different? If you would like some ideas, take a look at the suggested readings for this week. Post your definitions and comments on our forum

There are many videos that would be interesting to explore on our Video page.

Here is a blog about a blog - it is quite informative: http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/

2. Visit our blog and explore the different features.

How do you post a comment on the blog?
How do you moderate comments?
How do you post videos, slideshows, pictures?
How can you customize the header?
How do you post widgets?
How do you invite people to contribute as collaborators and authors?

3. Also, explore our wiki. How do you...

... create headlines for the different sections?
... make a word bold?
... insert slideshows?
... post pictures?
... create new pages?

4. Explore different blog hosts and visit some of the blogs there. Here are a few options:

5. Explore some wikis too:

6. For podcasts, a few options to explore:

7. For social networks, a few options to explore:

Ning -Our ning http://blogspodcastingandwikis.ning.com/ for the Week and More --- You may like to join Sharon's Newlearning Network or Mbarek's Allsharing Network
Facebook - here is Sharon's Facebook page and Mbarek's facebook page (join to see more)
Cloudworks - here is the BAW2010 Cloud (read about Cloudworks)

Also, check TOOLS on our wiki to find more suggestions.

8. And now, why not be a bit more adventurous and create your own blog, wiki or podcast? Don't forget to let the group know about it! Provide the URL so that everybody can visit and leave a comment.

What would you like your blog or wiki to be about?
Who is going to read it - only you? Other teachers? Your students? Other students? Anyone?
Will you work on it alone or would you like to invite other people (students, for example) to write on it?

A few questions to think about after you've chosen a blog host:

How do you invite other people to write on your blog?
How do you insert photos on your posts?
Is it possible to upload videos? What do you need to do?

Useful Links

Easy podcasting (video) http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/easyPod/index.html

Podcasting with podomatic (video) http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/podomatic/index.html

How to use audacity (video) http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/audacity1/index.html

How to use Blogger ( video) http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/blogger/index.html

A guide to Blogspot http://www.bloggerfordummies.blogspot.com/

Wikis in Pbworks ( video) http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/pbworks/index.html

From the Pbworks site http://pbworks.com/content/supportcenter

How to use Twitter ( video ) http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/newTwitter/index.html

Our Yahoo Group is located at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/baw10/

Dafne, Teresa and the BaW10 Team!

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