11-30-10 Twitter

Twitter in plain English

17 Ways to Use Twitter

Create your free Twitter account and Follow me:
http://twitter.com/tylerkrebs or @tylerkrebs

Everyone should appear on my page and then we should be able to follow each other.

You'll need to create at least one tweet. Practice condensing your thoughts to 140 characters or less.

11-29-10 LinkedIn

LinkedIn for Dummies

Article in Fortune Magazine About LinkedIn

1. Create your LinkedIn profile
2. Build your electronic resume
3. Link to me and the other members of the class.

We will work on this project today and possibly tomorrow to give you plenty of time to build your portfolio.

11-24-10 Wikis

What is a Wiki?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY

Blog vs. Wiki
http://www.converstations.com/2008/10/hey-blog-coac-1.html

Go to our Wiki Page and join our page:
http://eastviewwriting.pbworks.com/

11-23-10 Blogs

We will finish watching Julie and Julia.

You will make a blog post about what you've learned about blogging.

11-22-10 Social Media

We will continue watching Julie and Julia today.

Fired because of blogging:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/320131/could_you_be_fired_because_of_your.html

Make a career as a blogger:
http://www.problogger.net/

11-19-10 Social Media

We're going to watch the movie Julie and Julia today. It's the true story of a blogger who became so popular that she had a movie made about her.

Any students who haven't e-mailed their gmail address or blog URL to me should send it to tylerjkrebs@gmail.com

We'll continue talking about social media on Monday.

Have a great weekend!

11-18-10 E-mail and Blogs

Watch the following Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8&feature=related

Do a 5 minute focused freewrite on your thoughts about the video.

We'll take electronic notes on E-mail etiquette:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/636/1/

What is a blog?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI&feature=channel



Rough Outline for the Class?

http://www.converstations.com/
http://www.commoncraft.com
http://www.readwriteweb.com/
http://www.google.com/options/

Google Buzz
http://mashable.com/2010/02/14/google-buzz-column/

Gmail Account
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0515/p13s01-stct.html

Email Etiquette
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/636/1/

Blogger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI&feature=channel

Blog vs. Wiki
http://www.converstations.com/2008/10/hey-blog-coac-1.html

Twitter
http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2009/06/08/50-ways-to-use-twitter-in-the-college-classroom/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o&feature=related

RSS Feeds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU&feature=channel

Linkedin/Social Media
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8

Moodle/Online Learning

Skype

Google Reader
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSPZ2Uu_X3Y&feature=related

Hotseat
http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/091102BowenHotseat.doc.html

E-portfolios

77 Ways to Learn Better
http://oedb.org/library/college-basics/hacking-knowledge

Word Clouds
http://www.wordle.net/
http://thecleversheep.blogspot.com/2008/10/top-20-uses-for-wordle.html

E-Books
http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/

Write or Die
http://writeordie.drwicked.com/

The future of communication
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu0ztxdsFis

Did you Know ….Shift Happens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8

Social Media Revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8&feature=related

World Wide Web
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZoMbBzqxyc

Persuasive Writing

11-17-10 Blogs

We're going to start today by me collecting your e-mail and blog URL. This will allow us to communicate using that technology.

Blogging safely:
http://www.eff.org/wp/blog-safely

What is a blog?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI&feature=channel

11-15-10 Introductions

Welcome to Writing for the 21st Century! Today we will learn more about our classmates through introductions.