Module one

Module one Web 2.0 and personalising your Web space

Learning Objectives:

• Get an overview of Web 2.0 through YouTube.
• Visit a site for teachers to see a list of Web 2.0 tools with links to tutorial.
• Get started with Google Apps for Education.
• Join Google Plus.
• Learn about Google Plus and Google Hangouts.

Contents	Date completed	Comments
1 Before you begin ...Make sure you have read and followed the instructions on the "Preparing for the course" page.	13th August	Downloaded the document from Google Docs
2 Activity 1: Get an overview of Web 2.0 through YouTube.	13th August	Watched two videos: Viral Education 2.0 Web 2.0 – what’s it all about? I think I know bits and I look forward to learning more..
3 Activity 2: Visit sites for teachers to see a list of web 2.0 tools with links to tutorials	13th August	Lots of interesting things to explore, some I know about already
4 Activity 3: Get started with Google	13th August	I already have a gmail account so I am ready to go…..
5 Activity 4: Join Google Plus	13th August	Joined it at home but I can’t access it at school – yet…
6 Optional Activity: Google Hangouts	14th August	I watched the two videos – it looks good, similar to Skype, Facebook, MSN but more – I’m not sure I am quite ready for that yet but I look forward to learning more!!