Do you want to learn more about how free Web 2.0 tools work and how you might be able to use them in your classes? If so, check out this free and ungraded online course. Do as much or as little as you like.
Course information from Barry Nab Dahl, course developer and instructor: Right now there are plans to look at four different modules in the course (that’s plan A). We might decide to expand on that if we like how it’s going. I also have plans B, C, and D in mind if we need them. Your plan E might be the best idea of the bunch. We’ll figure out the future when it gets here. For now we’re going to start with using Google Reader for RSS feeds (module 1) and then take a look at Delicious and Diigo for social bookmarking tools (module 2). In each case these are things that you can use for your own productivity and efficiency, and you can also use them with your students if you so choose.
Interested: See below for how to enroll:
- Longer path: (going through the front door)
a) Go to the ITC website at http://www.itcnetwork.org and login to your account.
b) If you don’t have an account you can create one for free and then use it to login.
c) After login, you will see a “My Courses” widget. Click the link that says “all courses … “
d) You’ll see the category called Using Free Web Tools to Engage Students. Choose the course in that category.
e) Confirm that you want to enroll in the course and you should be all set to go. (There is no enrollment key needed)
- Shorter path: (going through the side door)
a) Go to Using Free Web Tools 101
b) Login to your account or create one.
c) Confirm that you want to enroll in the course.
Hope to “see” you online!
Sarah Stark
Director, Center for Innovative Instruction (formerly DoIT)
William Rainey Harper Community College
1200 W. Algonquin Road
Palatine, IL 60067-7398
Voice: 847.925.6805
E-mail: sstark@harpercollege
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