the 23 things

Hello! Welcome to 23 things for elm2008. This ongoing tutorial is part of the e-learning mentor program (elm2008). On this blog you'll encounter the tools of the new Internet: Web 2.0 tools that are bringing our students in touch with the entire world through social networking, video, audio, and virtual reality. As a group we'll take time over the next 9 weeks to explore and enjoy 23 tools of this new Internet. There are many places for you to explore, experiment with, and think about creative ways to use the web in your training.


Tutorial Format:

Each week begins with a brief explanation of a new web 2.0 topic, followed by discovery exercises. These exercises give you the background you need to understand the tools you're learning about. Don't skip them! After the discovery exercises, you'll find a thing -- activity -- to complete. After each thing you will write about the experience on the blog you will create. In other words, you will comment or "post" to your online log (Blog). You will learn how to set up a blog in week two. This is a tool to communicate your thoughts, new found skills, ideas, questions, and favorite websites. You'll receive feedback and encouragement from other participants. In turn, you will provide feedback and encouragement to others. It's your space!

As the program progresses I'll be filling in the links below to take you to each week's specific lessons.

Week 1:
1. Please begin by reading this blog & find out about the program.
2. Discover a few pointers from lifelong learners and learn how to nurture your own learning process.

Week 2: Blogging
3. Set up your own blog , add your first post, add an avatar.
4. Register your blog and begin your 23 things journey.

Week 3: Photos & Images
5. Explore Flickr and learn about this popular image hosting site.
6. Have some Flickr fun and discover some Flickr mashups & 3rd party sites.
7. Create a blog post about anything technology related that interests you this week.

Week 4: RSS & Newsreaders
8. Learn about RSS feeds and set up your own Bloglines newsreader account.
9. Locate a few useful TAFE and training related blogs and/or news feeds.

Week 5: Show and Tell
10. Tell a digital story.
11. Explore any site from the Web 2.0 awards list, play with it and write blog post about your findings.
12. Look at interactive whiteboards (smartboards).

Week 6: Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati
13. Learn about tagging and discover Del.icio.us (a social bookmarking site)
14. Explore Technorati and learn how tags work with blog posts.
15. Copyright, Creative Commons, and What's Coming Down the Road with Web 2.0.

Week 7: Wikis
16. Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that educators are using them.
17. Add an entry to the elm2008 wiki.

Week 8: Communications strategies
18. Online meetings and classrooms.
19. Take a look at some online productivity (word processing, spreadsheet) tools.

Week 9: Podcasts and Video
20. Discover TeacherTube and a few sites that allow users to upload and share videos.
21. Podcasts - no iPod needed!

Week 10: Downloadable Audio and wrapping elm2008 up
22. eBooks and Audio eBooks
23. Summarize your thoughts about this program.