The 23 Things

Discovery Exercises and Activities
Each week, you will complete two or three Discovery Exercises and Learning Activities ("Things"), as listed below. Remember, you are in charge of your learning journey. This course is about exposure, exploration and experimentation, not about "doing it right." Your co-participants and Learning 2.0 team are here to support and encourage you!

Stretch Activities
Along the way, you will also encounter a few Stretch activities accompanying some of the "Things." Stretch activities are designed to enrich and extend your learning. Everyone is encouraged to try at least some of them, but they are not required. If you are already comfortable with a particular tool or concept, you should definitely complete the Stretch activity!

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The 23 Things*

Fall 2009 Schedule

Week One (9/14/09) - Introduction and Blogging

Thing #0 - Learn about the course, get yourself a Google/Gmail Account and get Firefox.
Thing #1 - Review some strategies for lifelong learning.
Thing #2 - Learn a bit about Web 2.0 and why it matters

Week Two (9/21/09) - Blogging

Thing #3 - Set up your blog at Blogger and write your first two posts
Thing #4 - Explore some uses for blogs in education

Week Three (9/28/09) - RSS and Aggregators

Thing #5 - Learn about RSS and set up a reader/aggregator
Thing #6 - Feed your reader: find and subscribe to feeds
Thing #7 - Creating community through commenting

Week Four (10/5/09) - Wikis

Thing #8 - What is a wiki? Explore educational uses for Wikis
Thing #9 - Set up your own page on the Learning 2.0 - 23 Things sandbox wiki.

Week Five (10/12/09) - Images and Slideshows

Thing #10 - Learn about Creative Commons
Thing #11 - Intro to Photosharing and Tagging; explore Flickr
Thing #12 - Create an online Slideshow using your own or Creative Commons photos


Week Six (10/19/09) - Discover & Reflect

Thing #13 - Play around with an online image generator; Comment on other participant blogs
Thing #14 - Explore one or more tools of choice (Gliffy, Quizlet, Ta-Da List, SketchCast, etc)
Thing #7a - Blog about something interesting you've found in your Google Reader


Week Seven (10/26/09) - Social Bookmarking & Tagging

Thing #15 - Intro to Social Bookmarking; Set up a Delicious.com account and begin adding and tagging resources
Thing #16 - Discover LibraryThing

Week Eight (11/2/09) - Podcasting and Videosharing

Thing #17 - Intro to Podcasting; Explore some educational podcasts
Thing #18 - Intro to Video Sharing; Explore YouTube and TeacherTube.
Thing #19 - Combine audio, images and video with Voicethread

Week Nine (11/2/09) - Get Productive

Thing #20 - Use Google Docs to create and share collaborative documents, spreadsheets and presentations
Thing #21 - Learn about other cool tools Google has to offer
Thing #7b - Blog about something interesting you've found in your Google Reader.

Week Ten (11/9/09) - Connect with Social Networks

Thing #22 - Social networks like MySpace and Facebook are the way many people communicate. Explore one or both!
Thing #23 - MySpace and Facebook get all the press, but there are other social networks.

One last thing:
Summarize your thoughts about this course.