Topics:
- Open Discussion (Review & Questions)
- Review of WordPress.com & blogging with respect to the question, “Why blog?”
- Getting Started with Google (Gmail, Reader, Docs, Maps)
- Overview of Twitter
Activities:
- Overview of “why we blog”, virtual visit from Dean Shareski.
- Overview of blogging/edublogging and sample edublogs.
- Overview and the importance of RSS.
- Overview of Google tools
- Overview of Twitter
Related Videos:
- Twitter in 60 Seconds – by Jim Gates
- RSS in Plain English – CommonCraft
