1. We'll be using FlashMeeting this evening. Join our virtual classroom here.
   
2. Twitter (http://twitter.com/idt7078) - Use #idt7078 to tag your tweets as being related to this PLC.
3. Plurk (http://plurk.com/clifmims) - Use #idt7078 to tag your tweets as being related to this PLC.
4. Follow the backchannel by searching our hashtag (#idt7078) via Twitter Search and Plurk Search. Refresh your search page occasionally to update your search.

1. We encourage the participation of everyone with an interest in teaching and learning with Web 2.0. Please connect and interact with us.
   

1. NOTE: We're going to move the tools to the Smackdowns as much as possible. We'll have a smackdown in all of the remaining class meetings.

1. Wordle activity - AIM (as in AIM Lab)
   
2. Be sure you keep your Profile updated.

1. eBook
2. Coming Up: A quick overview of the remaining class meetings
   
3. Teaching and Learning with Technology (from Homework)
   
1. Bloom's Digital Taxonomy (from Homework)
   
4. Safety, Balance, Blocking/Filtering Issues/Firewall/Advocacy/Barriers in Classroom
5. Telecommunications/Telecollaboration
6. Virtual meeting spaces (FlashMeeting, etc.)
   
7. Smackdown - iPhone/iPod Touch apps
   

Thursday, 08/06/2009

1. DUE: Look over the following resources regarding Copyright, Fair Use and Creative Commons and informally reflect on their implications on teaching and learning. Note that this is an informal reflection and does not require that you create or submit anything. The objective is that you will be able to informally discuss these topics during this class meeting.
• Copyright, Teaching, Learning and Digital Media
• The Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media Literacy
  
• Code of Best Practices for Fair Use in Media Literacy Education - helps educators gain confidence about their rights to use copyrighted materials in developing students' critical thinking and communication skills.
• About Creative Commons
2. We'll likely spend time on the following topics during this class meeting. Please be prepared to informally help Dr. Mims lead discussion and activities if you authored related chapters/articles for the eBook as you are deemed a "local expert."
• Online Office Tools, Productivity and Collaboration Tools
• Blogs and Wikis
• Multimedia/Hypermedia, Broadcast (Audio, Video, Images, Presentations, Story Telling)
3. Be prepared to share a few of your favorite Web 2.0 tools/services, iPhone/iPod Touch apps, Wii-related resources during the Smackdown.
   

Tuesday, 08/11/2009

1. GUEST: Mark Scott, iKnow Initiative, Freed-Hardeman University