Jan 06 2008

Progress Report, Sunday, January 6 5:52 PM

Published by Tony Hursh under book

72 pages.

I’ve been skipping around a lot, but now I’m going to concentrate on getting chapter one finished so I can post a draft.

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Jan 06 2008

Book in Progress

Published by Tony Hursh under book

I’m writing a book (working title: Millennium Teacher: New Media, Free Culture, and Classroom Practice). To keep myself honest, I’m going to post my progress in this blog.
I’m writing the book using the LyX document processor and the Zotero citation tool (both of which are free and excellent).
Status as of January 6, 2008: 64 pages. The book outline is below (note that this is subject to change).
  • 1 Blogs and web feeds
    • 1.1 What is a blog?
    • 1.2 Blogs in the classroom
    • 1.3 Some representative edublogs
    • 1.4 Starting a blog
      • Blogrolls, Comments and Trackbacks
    • 1.5 What are web feeds? (RSS and Atom)
      • Feeds
      • Feed readers (aggregators)
    • 1.6 Other uses of web feeds
    • 1.7 Web feeds in the classroom
    • 1.8 Setting up a feed reader
  • 2 Wikis
    • 2.1 What is a wiki?
    • 2.2 Wikis in the classroom
    • 2.3 Using a wiki
      • Editing wiki pages
      • Tracking wiki changes
    • 2.4 Some representative wikis
      • Wikipedia
      • WikEd
      • LISWiki
      • LyXWiki
    • 2.5 Setting up your own wiki
  • 3 Social Networks
    • 3.1 What is social networking software?
    • 3.2 Social networks in the classroom
    • 3.3 Some representative social networking platforms
      • Facebook
      • MySpace
      • Mahara
      • LinkedIn
  • 4 Content Management Systems
    • 4.1 What is a CMS?
    • 4.2 Content management systems in the classroom
    • 4.3 Some representative CMS packages
      • Learning Management Systems
        • Moodle
        • Claroline
        • Atutor
        • Sakai
      • General Purpose CMS
        • Joomla
        • Drupal
      • Mashup Sites
        • Pageflakes
        • NetVibes
        • Ning
  • 5 New Media, New Literacies
    • 5.1 What do we mean by “new media”?
    • 5.2 New media in the classroom
    • 5.3 Some representative new media applications
      • Video
        • YouTube
        • TeacherTube
      • Slide Shows
        • Instructables
        • SlideShare
        • SCORM, et. al.
          • eXe
          • Reload Editor
      • Audio
        • Audacity
        • Podcasting
          • Odeo
          • Educational podcasting
        • Live Radio
          • Shoutcast
          • Live365
      • Animation
        • Scratch
        • Alice
        • Machinima
  • 6 Multi-user Virtual Environments (MUVEs)
    • 6.1 What are MUVEs?
    • 6.2 MUVEs in the classroom
    • 6.3 MUVE platforms
      • Second Life
      • Open Croquet
      • Project Wonderland
  • 7 Server Installation and Administration
    • 7.1 Server basics
      • Hosting options
      • Domain setup
      • Database configuration
    • 7.2 Installing software
      • Fantastico
      • Moodle
      • WordPress
      • Mediawiki
      • Mahara

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