Assignments

Finish uncompleted class tasks (answer Voicethread questions, watch basic training videos)
Look through the list of topics, skills, & tools. Write a blog post on EFL537.com about which ones you're most interested in learning about. Feel free to include items not on those lists.
Answer the skill questions at: http://www.efl537.com/node/233
Answer the 'why are you here' questions at http://www.efl537.com/node/240
Tasks:
- Set up a gmail filter that automatically gives emails from jeff@efl537.com the label 'efl537'. Show me next week.
- Make sure you are registered with all of these sites by next week's class. Feel free to experiment with the different sites, but don't waste too much time (or get too stressed) figuring out how things work. We will be learning about each during next week's class.
  Edublogs.org , Voicethread, Yugma , Bubbl.us , SlideShare, Del.icio.us , Pageflakes , WikiSpaces , Skype
- (Optional, but encouraged) Play with the tools being introduced next week.
  Audacity , Firefox , IrfanView , Kompozer , Jing Project , FileZilla FTP
Prepare for next week's Topics: Copyright, Fair Use, Licensing & Web Presence
You should at least 'take a look' at the readings with a *, but try to find relevant readings (from the list below and elsewhere) that are of most interest to you.

Readings
Copyright, Fair Use, Licensing

Web Presence

This article is a bit out of date, but still useful. Consider it 'required skimming'
Establishing and Maintaining Web Presence: A guide for educators *
Additional Information here: Creating a presence on the web
Also, Google yourself. Type our name in quotes (for example, "Jeff Lebow") into the google search box. We will discuss results next week.

Browse through the Mega sources of readings and start looking for articles of interest. No assignment other than browsing this week, but active browsing now will serve you well later.
Terminology - Make sure you understand the terminology below (these will be part of

screen resolution
tabs
WYSIWYG
cut/copy/paste
URL
bandwidth
download
upload

These screencasts and the glossaries below should address any questions you have.

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