EdTechWeekly+167

EdTechWeekly #167
//September 12, 2010//


 * Regular hosts:** Dave, Jen, John
 * Guest hosts:** none

**This Week's Menu:**

 * Welcome to the new season


 * The new format


 * Dave's Link: PLENK2010 MOOC starts tomorrow. you too can be a plenker
 * http://connect.downes.ca/ What's going on and how you can sign up for stuff.
 * How to be successful in a MOOC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLBvDNKbdmk
 * What is an open course? http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Review/EDUCAUSEReviewMagazineVolume45/ThroughtheOpenDoorOpenCoursesa/2093


 * Jen's Link: When free becomes a fiasco .. What is the take-a-way from this recent example of the costs (time, energy, frustration, loss of data / history / place) associated with relying on free to support your work or your students? https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1OR38ADYxjiSjMGn5M2q_nnerR98jd5unoqvOdRHK8GE&hl=en


 * John's Link: Google Apps for Education adds Blogger, Picasa Web Albums, and Google Reader. But schools can't opt out of these services.
 * What's going on? []
 * What are the services? []
 * How do I sign up? []


 * What about the delicious account? Do we still want people to submit links?
 * Yes ... and we should think about other ways / tools (diigo, twitter, etc) to get community input into hot topics, important links, events ...


 * Plug next week's guest host: Diana Laufenberg, Science Leadership Academy