Course Syllabus Spring 2011:Weblogs and Wikis

For Thursday
Return to this site and start the Set Up activities on WeblogAndWikisWeekOne2011. Get signed up for a blog, email the url to me, and make a post or two on it using the en3177 tag. Move on to next steps if you wish.

Questions? Answers? Post them as comments to the Weblogs and Wikis Startup post.

13 Jan

As of 8:00 am Jan 12: four or five weblogs are linked, and half a dozen Twitter accounts are following @weblogsandwikis

Questions on the syllabus
Fast review of The Daybook. You'll also need to spend some time getting comfortable with how it works. Recent posts, recent comments, moderation ...
Remarks on what's developing on the course.

pretty good. most messages are phatic, making contact, getting used to the network you're building. But some are already moving through the material from remix to repurposing: Chambers, Naming my blog, Muse in Adding a Header Image.
blogs: have a look at a few via the Daybook - and some aggregating and repurposing that's going on.
twitter: http://twitter.com/: weblogsandwiki stream. Search #en3177. Search is aggregated in the daybook. Search other topics: newslike. But you can talk to each other.
Demo: delicious: bookmarking. Find something you want to read and refer others to? Get a bookmarklet to save stuff. Tag it. And follow ... writers guide to twitter

Issues

On Blogger, tags are the same as Labels.
issues with StumbleUpon. Update: SumbleUpon doesn't seem to have an rss feed for tags. Use favorites instead.

In class

Locate, learn about, and sign up for social bookmarking and Twitter: Delicious, Diigo, Pinboard. Choose.
In-class problem-solving. Build your learning network. If you have an issue, find someone in class who can help you address it. If you're set up, go searching for more materials to help you and others out - or create some.
If you are set up with the Big 3 (blog, twitter, social bookmarking), help others out face to face or by searching, annotating, and sharing.

For the week of Jan 31

WeblogsAndWikisWeekFour2011 : Wikis

We meet in class on Tuesday, 1 Feb
KickStarting
Intro to the wiki: in class. Refer to WeblogsAndWikisWeekFour2011

by Thursday

post annotations of the required readings to your bookmarking site or weblog.

by Friday

should be started on WeblogsAndWikisWeekFour2011 the required activities
look around at what others are doing

by Monday evening

should be finishing up WeblogsAndWikisWeekFour2011 the required activities

by Tues / Weds

commenting on work of others

For the week of Jan 24

WeblogAndWikisWeekThree2011 : Here Comes Everybody

We meet in class on Tuesday, 25 Jan
Bookmarklets for everyone
Bookmarklet on WordPress: Press This
on Delicious
on Diigo Diigolet
Creating Links in WordPress
Review of the week's readings and activities on The Daybook
http://twitter.com/ZachOlson/statuses/29371387399380992
http://mcmorgan.org/blog/?p=2033
http://mcmorgan.org/blog/?p=2035

For the week of Jan 17

WeblogAndWikisWeekTwo2011 : Blogging, Communities, and Networks: Changes in literacy, dialogue, and genres.

Week 2 Slides I think you'll be able to access this. If not, let me know and I'll do something else. The videos

Dave Cormier, What is a MOOC?
Dave Cormier, Success in a MOOC

17 jan

update

WeblogAndWikisWeekTwo2011
Class meeting for Thursday, 20 Jan cancelled. Keep reading and posting links and annotations. I'll be in the mix this week-end. See you Tuesday. mcm

Update 18 Jan: If you haven't done so already, make a post to your weblog, introducing yourself, voicing your excitement in the course (!), interest in the topic of this course, apprehensions, ams, goals, purposes ... The usual stuff. This post marks your beginning in the course. Tag the post with en3177.

For the week of Feb 7

Wikis, continued

We meet in class on Tuesday, 8 Feb: Structure and Ontology
Selected review of projects and repurposings.
Continue readings and activities from WeblogsAndWikisWeekFour2011 Week 4: Wikis.
If you move to a wiki, set one up and email me the url.
KickStarting
Looking for something to contribute to? Try WantedPages(stubs), PageIndex, RecentChanges. Or search.
Grad Students: Post a draft of a semester project to your blog or wiki by Sunday for comment. You'll be including an annotated bibliography of reading web-based and print and materials based on readings and other artifacts for the course and your own reading.

Some collaborative projects going on

For the Week of Feb 14

We meet in class on Tues, 15 Feb.
WeblogsAndWikisWeekSix2011: Reflect
Show and Tell: Class finds projects and repurposings to look at. Tweet the url tagged #en3177
If you have set up a wiki, email me the url so I can add you to the aggregator.
Grad Students: I'll be getting back to you on your project plans.

Calendar

by Thursday Feb 17

dust off the WeblogsAndWikisWeekSix2011 required activity for the week, review your own work, and develop your annotated list on your bookmarking site or weblog.

by Friday Feb 18

should be started on WeblogsAndWikisWeekSix2011 your reflection. Tag your post as soon as you started.
look around at what others are doing

by Monday evening Feb 21

should be finishing up WeblogsAndWikisWeekSix2011 your reflection and have posted it with the en3177 tag.

by Tues - Weds Feb 22 - 23

Week 7 activities will be posted.
commenting on work of others

For the week of Feb 7

Wikis, continued

We meet in class on Tuesday, 8 Feb: Structure and Ontology
Selected review of projects and repurposings.
Continue readings and activities from WeblogsAndWikisWeekFour2011 Week 4: Wikis.
If you move to a wiki, set one up and email me the url.
KickStarting
Looking for something to contribute to? Try WantedPages(stubs), PageIndex, RecentChanges. Or search.
Grad Students: Post a draft of a semester project to your blog or wiki by Sunday for comment. You'll be including an annotated bibliography of reading web-based and print and materials based on readings and other artifacts for the course and your own reading.

Some collaborative projects going on

by Thursday Feb 10

post aggregations and annotations of the required readings to your bookmarking site or weblog.

by Friday Feb 11

should be started on WeblogsAndWikisWeekFour2011 the required activities
look around at what others are doing

by Monday evening Feb 14

should be finishing up WeblogsAndWikisWeekFour2011 the required activities

by Tues - Weds Feb 15-16

commenting on work of others

Tues 22 Feb

Register with the Exchange: http://erhetoric.org/exchange/. We can use this for more centralized discussions.
an accompanied walk-through to the week's activities
WeblogsAndWikisWeekSeven2011: Produsage

Tues 1 March

Donuts or cookies
a look at produsage
WeblogsAndWikisWeekSeven2011: Produsage
ProdusageForDummies < superb start, now looking for further development
Information on creating a project is on The Exchange. Projects are optional but a way to direct your learning for the rest of the semester.
Mid-Term Review of the course so far.
Spend the rest of the week catching up, finishing up this week, commenting on the posting of others, ...

Thurs 17 Mar

We will meet on Thursday this week.

WeblogsAndWikisWeekNine2011: Social media and #japan. in draft until Thursday morning.
CourseStatement2011: Refresh yourself.
ProjectProposalMOOCVersion. Projects are optional.
If you're doing a project, your proposal is due by Tues 22 Mar, classtime.
Weekly readings and Tuesday class meetings will continue. Each week, we'll have a group exercise to work with in class. The week's activity will extend that exercise through the week. If you're working on an approved project, continue and post your work throughout the week. If you're not working on a project, go with the activity.

Week of 21 Mar

ProjectProposalMOOCVersion. Projects are optional.
If you're doing a project, your proposal is due by Tues 22 Mar, classtime.
WeblogsAndWikisWeekTen2011: Social Media, Privacy, and Social Circles

Week of 28 Mar

Review of the week's activities.
WeblogsAndWikisWeekEleven2011: txtin iz messin mi headn'me englis

Week of 5 Apr

Review of the last week's activities: WeblogsAndWikisWeekEleven2011: txtin iz messin mi headn'me englis
Questions, movement, possibilities
This week: crowdsourcing. Have a look at the Wikipedia entry before class so we can start the discussion. You'll be crowdsourcing the readings and materials for this week.

Week of 12 Apr

Review of WeblogsAndWikisWeekTwelve2011: Will work for food. Prizes awarded.
WeblogsAndWikisWeekThirteen2011: Forever Mobile and Pervasively Social

Week of 18 Apr

Review WeblogsAndWikisWeekThirteen2011: Forever Mobile and Pervasively Social
Form groups around topic. Aggregate what you have. Present.
Those with projects continue working, to wrap up on week of 25 April.

Week of 25 Apr

presentation on flashmobs
in class exercise: 5 card Flickr. Post a link to your story to Twitter using the #en3177 tag.
final: WeblogsAndWikisFinal2011: Aggregate, Annotate, Repurpose, Reflect

Final: Attendance required

Mon, 2 May. 1:00 - 3:00: presentations

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