CUIN 7376: Design of Online Educational Resources II - summer 2008

For this second week of independent work, please continue conducting research on Web 2.0 resources. Some of the tools that I have been interested in for some time are shown below.

• Google Maps
  http://maps.google.com/
   
• Google Earth
  http://earth.google.com/
   
• Flickr
  http://www.flickr.com/
  
  and any of its associated resources, such as:
   
  • Flickrvision
    http://flickrvision.com/

For this assignment, try to find a good example of how Google Maps, Google Earth, Flickr, any of its related resources, or any other Web 2.0 application you choose. 

Then go to the CUIN 7376 blog at http://cuin7376.blogspot.com and post a comment under the Class Four/Five Assignment, in which you describe the resource you selected and what you like about. You should be prepared to discuss in class if and how these resources might be used in the projects we are working on this semester.
 

Reading Assignment:

• Web 2.0: A New Wave of Innovation for Teaching and Learning?
  http://connect.educause.edu/Library/EDUCAUSE+Review/Web20ANewWaveofInnovation/40615
  
   

If you have not completed the following assignments, please do so before we return to face-to-face classes on July 7, 2008.

As we discussed in class, students will work on the following final semester project as follows:

1. An addition to the IT Program website that might be called "A Student's View of the IT Program" using Web 2.0 resources and adding a series of digital stories about Houston, UH, the COE and the IT Program  to the current IT Program website (http://www.coe.uh.edu/it). -Amanda

2. Designing promotional CDs and DVDs for the IT Program to go along with item 1 above – and learning to use the new professional disc duplicator/printer we are buying this summer (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/459346-REG/Primera_63101_Bravo_SE_Disc_Publisher.html); -Freddie

3. A plan for migrating our existing Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling website (http://coe.uh.edu/digitalstorytelling) to the new site that’s being developed (http://osx.soc.uh.edu/~ds) and adding more Web 2.0 elements to the new website. Plus converting the following stories to FLV format, as well as dealing with some of the Digital Storytelling requests that come via email.  -Shawn, Sineenart

4. A plan for reviving the Texas Journal of Distance Learning (http://www.txjdl.org), changing the name to the Texas Journal of DIGITAL Learning, and advertising the new journal to potential authors and readers. -David

5. Developing a User Guide for the SITE Screening Room (http://site.aace.org/sitevideo/) -Matt
 

Class 3 Hands-On Assignment 1 -Initial Final Semester Project Plan:

• For this assignment you should begin to develop your plan for the final semester project. At this stage, you should begin to compile a list of needs for your project and if possible, how you initially think you will try to address those needs. You should also prepare a list of questions you have about the project and any of its components and you may send this information to Dr. Robin via email at: brobin@uh.edu but also please go to the CUIN 7376 blog at http://cuin7376.blogspot.com and post a comment under the Class Three Assignment - 1, in which you describe your project plan.
  
  Also, as we discussed I would like to schedule a telephone call with each student before our next face-to-face class meeting on July 7. I am generally between 9:00am and 5:00pm on Monday, June 23 through Friday, June 27, except for Tuesday, June 24, when I will only be available in the afternoon. Or I can try during the evening if that’s the only option you have.
  
  Please email me at: brobin@uh.edu to let me know what day and time works best for you.
   

Class 3 Hands-On Assignment 2:

• There are numerous Web 2.0 resources that we have not yet discussed in class. For this assignment, conduct some research to see if you can find an interesting Web 2.0 resource that might be used within the final semester project you will be developing.
  
  Here are a few Web 2.0 compilation websites that might be helpful to you in completing this assignment.
   
  • Web 2.0 Backpack: Web Apps for Students
    http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/web_20_backpack_web_apps_for_students.php
     
  • Web 2.0 for the Classroom Teacher
    http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listweb20s.html
     
  • A Free Learning Tool for Every Learning Problem?
    http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2008/04/free-learning-tool-for-every-learning.html
     
  • Resources for Teachers on Web 2.0 and other Applications
    http://wiki.abc.edu.sv/mediawiki/index.php/Resources_for_Teachers_on_Web_2.0_and_other_Applications
     
  • The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2007
    http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2007/the-best-web-20-applications-for-education-%E2%80%94-2007/
     

  When you have completed this assignment, please go to the CUIN 7376 blog at http://cuin7376.blogspot.com and post a comment under the Class Three Assignment - 2, in which you describe your the Web 2.0 resource you selected and discuss how it might be used to enhance the project.
  
  Alternatively, you may select a Web 2.0 resource that you feel might be a good addition to one of the other projects being developed, rather than your own.