NOTE: Tomorrow’s Lunch and learn at 12:10 is on using RSS in research and the classroom.
Previously, I wrote about the 12/10 conspiracy. You’ll learn more of my thoughts on why 12/10 is a conspiracy as we go along, but to get us started, what is it?
Simply, 12/10 is a challenge and opportunity to you to try 12 new (free) tools in ten months. Tools that are good not because the are new, but can help you be a better researcher and learning partner. The goal and challenge I want to share with you is to try each of these tools, chart your progress, and when you’ve completed 12/10 we’ll reward you with a USB flash drive emblazoned with the 12/10 conspiracy logo. (Heck, it’s better than a “certificate suitable for framing”)
So here is the list and you do not need to complete these in any specific order. and if you have done some already, mark them off. A key here is this, you are welcome to keep your academic hat on and do these in a serious frame of mind — but I encourage you also to have some fun and play. Play is one of the best ways to learn and discover and if it happens to help you be a better researcher, or teacher, well, I won’t tell if you don’t.
- Learn about RSS feeds and subscribe to at least one feed (And what do you know, tomorrow’s 12/10 lunch and learn is about: ta da RSS feeds! Link to learn more
- 43 things …
- Explore 43 things web site, You can create an account, and track your 12/10 progress. Share and cheer our learning partners on (You”l see what it is about when you get there: http://www.43things.com Link to learn more
- Create a FREE Google Account https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount
- Use Google documents to share a work in progress with a colleague Once you have your Google account, you’ll see the link to Google Documents. Link to learn more
- Take that fancy new Google account and create your own blog using Google’s Blogger (Or use WordPress.) Create your first blog entry. https://www.blogger.com/start
- Page Flakes is a web page aggregator. It uses the RSS feeds and other tools of any number of web sites so that your sites come together in one url to quickly review. http://www.pageflakes.com/ Create your own view of the Web.
- Search and alerts: use Google Alerts to be updated on content. Want to be notified by email when your favorite research topic in included on a web page or news article? Want to do a little “vanity” surfing? Google alerts will send you an email and a link whenever it finds new information.
- Tagging .
- Use technorati to tag content you read or create. Dewey had a system. The web puts the taxonomy system in the hands of the viewer. Visit technorati www.technorati.com and explore tagging and what it means to the process of categorization.
- Podcasting what it is and how it is different from streaming media. Use iTunes (installed on my DMU computers and find a list of podcasts on iTunesU.
- Subscribe to a podcast, listen to a lecture
- Social Networking is the trend du jour. But the concepts of social networking web sites do have some influence on designing effective classrooms online.
- Make a profile on Facebook http://www.facebook.com
- Wiki
- Create an account on a wiki (Wikipedia or other) and add content
- Visit flickr. Sharing photos of everything is the purpose of flickr. You can upload and share photos with family, friends, co workers. A group of slides can be shared with a class or colleague. http://www.flickr.com Link to learn more
- FD labs flickr toys
- Make a movie poster, set of trading cards, or another creation. (Many projects are free, some do cost.) http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/
There is it, the 12/10 list. You can do as many or as few as you like, and in any order. But I think if you set your reluctance to try new things aside, and quietly, in the privacy of your home or office, just peek at some of these tools, you might find some new ways to learn, share, and have fun.
As you complete a 12/10 conspiracy item, drop me a note. — OR — send me the link to your 43 things page so I can cheer your progress.
Our goal is to do do these 12 thing in 10 months , the last day of the 12/10 conspiracy is July 31, 2008.
Trivia.quiz
Last week’s question we didn’t have a winner. It was:
According to the Educause study, what percentage of the 2007 report students indicate they prefer a “moderate rather than an extensive” use of IT in courses:
69%
59%
49%
and the right answer was 59%.
This weeks question: What is the 12/10 conspiracy?
a) a chance to better understand some learning tools by trying 12 tools over 10 months
b) figuring our this whole “web 2.0″ thingy
c) a deranged concept by the ed tech strategy guy
d) a way to win a cool USB drive
e) all of the above
Right answers to me
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