Day1NLU

Introduction

 * Group introductions
 * Overview of workshop
 * Assignments
 * Homework for Monday and Wednesday
 * Bookmark five useful web sites to del.icio.us and tag them **NLU TIE585**.
 * Annotate each resource with a sentence or two on why you chose each resource. Why should workshop participants find these resources helpful?
 * No duplicate sites.
 * Final Presentation on Friday (See NLU Workshop Day 3)
 * Pick 3 tools discussed during this workshop.
 * Establish an account with chosen tools.
 * Develop some content using these tools.
 * Write a brief paper on how these tools will be implemented in your professional life. Justify why these selections will affect learning and/or personal productivity. 3 pages maxium. You can do this in Google Docs if you'd like.
 * Show classmates and instructor what you've developed during a short presentation on the final day.
 * Housekeeping
 * Maintaining your desktop
 * Emptying the trash
 * Navigating on Mac
 * Firefox - recommended browser.

Defining Web 2.0 Lecture – The Read/Write Web

 * Historical Background
 * [|O'Reilly: What is Web 2.0?]
 * [|Web 2.0 Timeline]
 * [|Pew Internet Report: Riding the Waves of "Web 2.0"]
 * [|Steve Hargadon's interview of Tim O'Reilly]
 * What is RSS?

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 * Finding Web 2.0 Applications
 * [|Web 2.0 Directory: eConsultant]
 * [|Go2Web20.net]


 * Glossaries of related terms
 * [|Webopedia]
 * [|Library Instruction Wiki]

Exploring Web 2.0 - We will learn to use our class wiki and will create accounts in del.icio.us and Flickr.

 * Wikis
 * [|Wikispaces]
 * [|PBWiki]

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 * Social Bookmarking Services
 * [|del.icio.us]
 * Photosharing sites
 * [|Flickr]