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Discovery Exercises and Tasks This course is divided into 4 face-to-face workshops, with an optional 5 session for on-your-own exploration. You can select those workshops that best meet your needs. During each workshop, you will complete **Discovery Exercises and Tasks** ("Things"), as listed below. Remember, you are in charge of your learning journey. This course is about exposure, exploration and experimentation.

Note: This course has been modified, with permission, from "K12 Learning 2.0 - 23 Things" ( 4/2009)http://k12learning20.wikispaces.com/23Things

Click the link to view details for each "Thing."   Tuscarora School District 2009-2010 SCHEDULE
 * **Session 1 - Introduction**
 * Thing 1 Introduction- Learn a bit about Web 2.0, and Why it Matters
 *  Thing 2 RSS - Learn about RSS feeds, set up Google Reader aggregator, and find & subscribe to feeds
 * Thing 3 VoiceThread - VoiceThread (was on the Life Long Learners page)


 * **Session 2 - Blogging**
 * Thing 4A Become a Blogger Blogs connect ideas and people
 * Register for your new blog
 * Set up your blog and write your first posts.
 * Thing 4D (4 )- Explore some uses of blogs in education; Consider possibilities for blogging in your professional environment.
 * Thing 4B - Blogs in Education
 * Thing 4C - Explore a Tool of Your Choice Explore online tool of choice and post in the moodle


 * **Session 3 - Podcasts**
 * Thing 5A Podcasting - Intro to Podcasting; Explore some educational podcasts
 * Thing 5B Create a Podcast - Create a basic podcast.


 * **Session 4 - Wikis**
 * Thing 6A Wiki - What is a wiki? Explore educational uses for Wikis.
 *  Thing 6B (9) - Set up your own page on the K12 Learning 2.0 participant sandbox wiki.
 * **"Bitten by the Web 2.0 Bug?" - On Your Own - take a look at these tools**
 *  Another Thing - Social Bookmarks - Intro to Social Bookmarking; Set up a Del.icio.us account and begin adding and tagging resources
 * Another Thing - Video Sharing - Intro to Video Sharing; Explore YouTube and TeacherTube.
 *  Another Thing - Google Docs - Use Google Docs to create and share collaborative documents, spreadsheets and presentations
 * Another Thing - Social Networks - Learn about Social Networking and explore Classroom 2.0 and other education-related NING Networks