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**Class Agenda **


 * [|Flashcards DB]

III. Keeping Track of Resources, the Web 2.0 Way

 * Social Bookmarking
 * RSS
 * Google Reader
 * Blogs
 * Twitter--140 words or less

IV. Nings

 * [|Hit the "trail" and visit some Nings!]
 * [|Directory of Social Networks for Educators]

Part 1--Social Bookmarking  Part 2--Google Reader > (Directions for posting a link to a Ning)  Part 3--What Do You Think?
 * 1) Create a [|del.ici.ous] account (or you may create an account on any other social bookmarking site).
 * 2) **Bookmark and tag at least 5 sites related to educational technology**, technology use in the classroom, tutorials, blogs, wikis, etc.
 * 3) Share your link with the class by **posting a link to your account on our [|Class Ning]**
 * 1) Set up your [|Google Reader] account. **Subscribe to at least 4 blogs related to educational technology**
 * 2) **Share 4 articles with the class by using the Share feature of Google Reader**
 * 3) **Post the URL** of your shared resources on the Forum of our **[|Class Ning]**.
 * //In other words: Where do these tools fit in the "Big Picture"? Why are they worth investing the time to learn how to use them?//**
 * 1) Join the Forum discussion on the **[|Class Ning]** about s**trategies for using Google Reader and social bookmarking sites with students and for your own professional growth**.
 * 2) **Add your own response and reply to at least one other classmate's comments.**

===// Learning is a social activity; therefore, participants are asked to share their work, thoughts, ideas, frustrations and successes on the class Ning, and to respond to the writings of other class members.//===