Course schedule

 

Week Course material / Topic
  Key resources
  Teaching instructions

1

 Introduction.
Email accounts and security records		 Course front page.
Email account, Adobe Reader & printer.

Icebreaker & introduction.

Check email account.
Security information sheet.
Permission to participate.

2

 Wiki pages.
Permission to participate
Use or edit wiki pages.		 Course pages, H2G2, Wikipedia. Student PC editing for Wikipedia will be important at this stage.

Discuss collaborative sites.

Video of capability.

3

 Changing a wiki site. Set up learner page, record progress on class page. Wiki editing and new page creation including templates. Will also use editor with simple tools. Editing and making changes. Use to show video of wiki tools available in PBWiki that learners can use.

4

 Setting up a wiki Discuss possible topics first Class wiki and learner wiki pages. May also use to set up learners own wikis at this stage. Discussion about how learnes could use wikis. Encourage to set one up. Link to own page here.

5

 Find and download podcasts Juice software and Windows Media Player MP3 players for class. Internet access and search engine to find podcasts. Talk about radio, tapes and TV. Move on to iPod and other MP3 players and then deal with finding and downloading casts

6

 Create and distribute podcasts Headphones to record podcast, Audacity (and Lame.dll) to convert to MP3 files. Script short podcast (note: must be without editing) and record whole cast.

7

 Differences between blogs and wikis. Use example blogs. Wiki pages for learne address for blogs they find and like. Internet access and printers. Search for and review blogs. Comment. Link blogs to learner's wiki page in class.

8

 Using and commenting on blog pages. Setting up a blog. Blogger, internet access, security record and learner's own wiki pages in class. Learnesr set up Blogger or Google accounts. access and comment on blog pages.

9

 Create (if wanted) a blog page and apply a template design. Internet access, Blogger and Google accounts. Learner blog pages and wiki. Colect and record blogs in wiki. Blog templates and simple designs.

10

 Course review and completion of learner blogs and class wiki pages plus own record. Learner folders, records, printed work etc. Discussion area and blank paper for final notes. internet access and  printers. Review and complete any areas of course. Make sure to cover additional collaborative sites.


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