Jan 17-23
Moderators: Jose Antonio and Fernanda Rodrigues
Guest presenter: Graham Stanley
By the end of this week you will have:
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Join us for Graham Stanley's presentation about Twitter on Jan. 18 at 20:00 GMT The session will be at Elluminate: http://home.learningtimes.net/learningtimes?go=273662
(check local times here or here)
HereĀ“s a tutorial on how to register and download the program. If you have questions, please post them to the BaW Yahoo Group before ....
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1. What is your definition of a blog, a wiki, 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: http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/ - it is quite informative: go through the categories on the right menu.
2. Visit our blog and explore the different features.
(These are important things you should know when blogging; the answers to these questions are not supposed to be posted to the group, but explore them when you create your blog)
3. Also, explore our wiki. How do you...
(These are important things you should know when you create a wiki; the answers to these questions are not supposed to be posted to the group, but explore them when you create your wiki)
4. Explore different blog hosts and visit some of the blogs there. Here are a few options:
5. Explore some wikis too:
6. For social networks, a few options to explore:
Also, check TOOLS on our wiki to find more suggestions.
7. And now, are you ready to create your own blog or wiki? Don't forget to let the group know about it! Provide the URL here so that everybody can visit and leave a comment.
8. Create an account on Twitter and embed a Twitter widget in your blog/wiki. Follow the baw2011 twitter account: http://twitter.com/baw2011
How to use Blogger ( video) http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/blogger/index.html
A guide to Blogspot http://www.bloggerfordummies.blogspot.com/
Where do I start? Blogging Basics http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/how-do-i-start-a-blog/
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