tuesday


 * 8:30 - 9:00 - Overview & Creating the Vision**
 * Definition and Purpose of Blogs and Wikis
 * Book Discussion
 * Small and Large Group Discussion
 * Educational Use of Blogs and Wikis
 * Research and Exploration of Blogs and Wikis
 * Blog Creation
 * Wiki Creation


 * 9:00 - 9:15 - Answer these questions individually by posting to the [|blog]. (Aimee)**
 * How does our __**curriculum**__ need to change when our students have the ability to reach audiences far beyond our classroom walls?
 * How does our __**teaching**__ need to change as it becomes easier to bring primary sources to our students?
 * How do we need to rethink our ideas of [|literacy] when we must prepare our students to become not only readers and writers, but also editors and collaborators?


 * 9:15 - 10:00 - Circle discussion of Chapter 1. (Aimee)

10:00 - 11:00 - Blog Scavenger Hunt for Chapter 2 (Jona)** [| WEB 2.0 Scavenger Hunt.doc]


 * [|The Savvy Technologist]
 * [|Meredith's Page!]
 * [|Pre-Cal 405]
 * [|Bud's Blog Experiment]
 * [|The Write Weblog]
 * [|Googlism]
 * [|A Chat with Mary]
 * [|Lewis Elementary]
 * [|Author Interaction]
 * [|AP Calculus]
 * 11:00 - 11:30 - Discussion of Scavenger Hunt (Jona)

11:30 - 12:30 - Lunch** After lunch reading [|The new 3 R's] [|Digital Storytelling Blog] Awesome use of a [|blog] for professional development


 * 12:30 - 1:00 - Brainstorm Session - (Jona)**
 * What is the purpose of the blogs you visited?
 * What might be the purpose of your blog?


 * 1:00 - 1:30 - Read pages 45-50 and discuss (Karla)**


 * 1:30 - 3:00 - Create Your Blog (Aimee and a volunteer)**

Create an [|account]: http://www.blogger.com/home
 * Click on "Dashboard"
 * Click on "Create a Blog"
 * Name your blog
 * Choose a template
 * Post questions, comments, thoughts, etc.

To add to your blog, change your template, etc.
 * If you are in your blog
 * click on new post and add your post
 * To customize your blog - click on customize
 * Under template, you can: Add and arrange page elements, change fonts and colors, edit the HTML, or pick a new template
 * Under posting, you can: create and publish a post
 * Under settings, you can: set up or change many settings for your page. Explore the tabs across the top of the page

3:00 - 3:30 - Blog List - Post your blog address to the [|SI 08 blog]. Share your blog.

Linda McKee: Jonathan Whisnant: Mary Porterfield: Jeff First: Jerry McKee:
 * Summer Institute '08 Blogs**


 * Homework - Read Chapter 4 - Wikis.**