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Activity 5.1 Adventure into the world-wide web (Mon-Thurs)
Let us step beyond the safe predictability of the course site to see what treasures we can find in the newer parts of the web. We start by engaging in an online network.
Purpose: Participating in social networks
Task: Join and participate in an open online community. Check out Facebook. Your facilitator has set up a Facebook group and has invited everyone here who is not yet on Facebook to join as a Facebook friend. Explore Facebook by extending your network of Facebook friends and by finding and joining other groups that interest you. Report on your journey in the Facebook group for this course.
Optional extension activities: If Facebook is familiar to you or you want to extend your explorations into social networking sites, you may be interested in exploring the very active Classroom 2.0 (
http://www.classroom20.com) social networking site for those interested in Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies in education. This uses a service called Ning (http://www.ning.com), which also allows anyone to set up their own online social network for free. Of course, you can ignore these suggestions and look for some other specialised online community or network that appeals to you. Share your experiences in our Facebook group.
Tools: World Wide Web, Web search
When: Week 5, Monday – Thursday