Syllabus

1. Facilitator
2. Purpose of the
   Experience
3. Required_Textbook
4. Topic_Schedule
5. The_Assignments

Facilitator

Name: David Wiley
Room: Ed 214
Phone: 435.797.7562
Email: david[dot]wiley[at]usu[dot]edu
iChat: educommons@mac.com
IM Office Hours: Throughout the day most days
Email Office Hours: I will try to respond within 24 hours

Purpose of the Experience

Innovation continues to occur on the internet at an extremely lively
pace. What was once the realm of email, FTP, Gopher, and the Web is
barely recognizable a mere 10 years later. Keeping up with the speed of
innovation and maintaining a familiarity with the most recent tools and
capabilities is handy in some professions and absolutely critical in
others. This course is designed to help you understand and effectively
use a variety of “web 2.0” technologies including blogs, RSS, wikis,
social bookmarking tools, photo sharing tools, mapping tools, audio and
video podcasts, and screencasts.

Required Textbook

There is no required textbook for this class. All materials are
available online.

Topic Schedule

1. Introduction / Relevance Day / Blogs
   1. ASSIGNMENT for next time – Get your own blog, customize it, make
      your first post, and be ready to show in the next class.
   2. DUE TODAY – Nothing
2. RSS
   1. ASSIGNMENT for next time- Get an RSS aggregator and subscribe to at
      least ten blogs on topics of your own choosing. Track the blogs until
      our next class. Post your thoughts about using RSS, along with links to
      some of the best things you found using your aggregator, to your blog
      before class.
   2. DUE TODAY – Brief presentation of your new blog
3. Wikis
   1. ASSIGNMENT for next time – Contribute to an article of your own
      choosing on Wikipedia
      (http://wikipedia.org/). Make a post to your blog describing
      your contribution. Update the INST 5280 Blog
      List (on this wiki) with a link to your blog.
   2. DUE TODAY – Blog post about RSS
4. Bookmark sharing
   1. ASSIGNMENT for next time – Create an account on one of the social
      bookmarking systems and add several bookmarks to it. Post a link to
      your bookmarks on your blog.
   2. DUE TODAY – Wikipedia contribution, blog post, update course
      wiki
5. Photo sharing
   1. ASSIGNMENT for next time – Create an account on one of the photo
      sharing systems and add several photos to it. Post a link to your
      photos on your blog.
   2. DUE TODAY – Social bookmarks and blog post
6. Folksonomies and tagging
   1. ASSIGNMENT for next time – Add a tag cloud to your blog.
   2. DUE TODAY – Photo sharing and blog post
7. GIS / Maps /
   Satellite tools
   1. ASSIGNMENT for next time – Find three locations of interest to you
      that fit the theme of your blog. Use mapbuilder to create a map and
      post it on your blog.
   2. DUE TODAY – Tagcloud on your blog
8. Podcasts
   1. ASSIGNMENT for next time – Subscribe to at least one podcast and
      follow it until next class period. Post a link to the podcast’s website
      and description of your favorite moments in the podcasts to your
      blog.
   2. DUE TODAY – Links to three locations
9. Creating audio podcasts
   1. ASSIGNMENT for next time – Create an audio podcast and make it
      available online (from your blog or another service). Post a link to
      the audio podcast on your blog.
   2. DUE TODAY – Post about podcasts you listened to
10. Creating video podcasts
    1. ASSIGNMENT for next time – Create a video podcast and make it
       available online (from your blog or another service)
    2. DUE TODAY – Link to your audio podcast on your blog
11. Creating screencasts
    1. ASSIGNMENT for next time – Create a screencast and make it
       available online (from your blog or another service)
    2. DUE TODAY – Link to your video podcast on your blog
12. Video sharing
    1. ASSIGNMENT for next time – Create an account on one of the video
       sharing systems and add your video podcast and screencast. Post a link
       to the videos on your blog.
    2. DUE TODAY – Link to your screencast on your blog
13. Hacks, mash-ups, and
    genuinely new stuff
    1. FINAL PROJECT ASSIGNMENT – Choose a non-profit or civic group to
       work with. Design a new mashup of the tools we talked about this
       semester to meet an existing need this organization has. Write a paper
       describing the organization, your mashup, and how the mashup might be
       used to solve the problem. Final papers deemed interesting by the
       instructor may be eligible for implementation for Independent Study
       credits over the summer.
    2. EXAMPLE of a final project proposal – Work with the Cache Valley
       Chamber of Commerce and Cache Valley Transit Authority to develop an
       more interactive “Things to Do in Cache Valley,” use Google Maps for
       bus route overlays, Flickr for photos of local attractions, and
       Videocue / Ourmedia.org for videos of people talking about things to do
       in Cache Valley
    3. DUE TODAY – Link to your section of the video sharing service on
       your blog

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14. Old software in a new place – CANCELLED
    1. Web-based office applications
    2. Resources, tools, and software – http://www.writely.com/, http://www.goffice.com/, http://online.thinkfree.com/, http://numsum.com/, http://www.kiko.com/, http://gmail.google.com/, http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/, http://www.aypwip.org/webnote/
    3. ASSIGNMENTS for next time – Create one document in each of the application types – word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, calendar, email, and notes (This will not be graded)
    4. DUE TODAY – Draft ideas for final project paper

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15. Work on final project papers
    1. DUE TODAY – Improved draft of final project paper
16. Presentations of final project papers
17. 1. DUE TODAY – Make a 10 minute presentation of your project idea to
       the rest of the class (using technologies we reviewed this semester, as
       appropriate). Hand in your final project paper.

The Assignments

There are 12 assignments (marked DUE TODAY in weeks 2 through 13)
that must be completed as directed before the beginning of Tuesday
class. Each of these assignments is worth 10 points for a total of 120
points. The two drafts of your final project paper are worth 20 points
each for a total of 40 points. Your final project paper and
presentation are worth 40 points. 200 points are possible for the
course. See below for information on grading, the honor code, late
work, and incompletes.

Citation: Wiley, D. (2006, December 13). Syllabus. Retrieved February 07, 2008, from Free Online Course Materials — USU OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.usu.edu/Instructional_Technology/new-media/syllabus.htm.

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