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= = = **__ T __** ools **__ A __** ssessment and **__ P __** ractical **__ E __** valuation  =

Each week there will be an array of web tools, clustered around a particular use in Web 2.0. The expectation is that each student will assess the array, choose a particular tool on which to focus and evaluate how that tool might be used to advance students in the educational outcomes to be achieved.


 * __ In most cases it will be necessary to create an account for you to fully explore the functions and features of a site. __ ** As long as it is free, there seems to be little harm in doing that. On some sites some features are free, while an expanded set of features are available for a fee. ** __Never__ ** pay a fee to simply evaluate a site for this course. If you like a particular item well enough to subscribe on your own, that's fine, of course.

__ **Performance Record** __ Post on your blog with the category noted to be TAPE. The blog post should include: Put TAPE in the Category line at the bottom of your post.
 * Report on the link you chose (Choose as you wish; just be sure you can access any service you report about.)
 * What service link did you choose to review and evaluate?
 * Discuss the service link you chose to pursue. If there are notes in either the Johnson or Solomon text, please summarize how they informed you about the site, and the extent to which you found those notes in the text to be useful as you approached the site.
 * Was it easy to register for the site (if you needed to register at all)?
 * Once you were logged into the site, what array of services were offered?
 * Describe how the services worked. Were they easy to use?
 * How might a service like this be useful in a classroom? In your classroom?
 * Attach a screen shot that shows your work in your account on the site, or if there is a public access to your account, please provide the link so that others may see what you have done.

TAPE should be done early in the week, as well as CHAT - perhaps Tuesday or Wednesday, if possible.

GETTING READY August 27-September 2 - Do You Have the Time? (Calendar, To-Do Lists, Scheduling, Timeline tools)

ORGANIZATION September 3-9 - Mind-MappingTools (Happy Labor Day, Sept. 3) September 10-16 - Social Bookmarking and RSS (Happy Teacher's Day, Sept. 10) September 17-23 - Virtual, or "Cloud," Storage and File Sharing September 24-30 - Images-Photos (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, Sept. 30)

COMMUNICATE and COLLABORATE October 1-7 - ** Fall Break (Happy National Day) ** October 8-14 - Productivity Tools for Annotation_and_Collaboration (Happy Columbus Day, Oct. 8) October 15-21 - Blogs and ePals, which go beyond blogs into working with email, as well October 22-28 - Immediate_Communications - Microblogging, VOIP, IM/Chat, Web Conferencing

October 29-November 4 - Social_Networking and Discussion Forums (Happy Halloween, Oct. 31) November 5-11 - Wikis and Web Page Creators November 12-18 - Virtual_Worlds (and Avatars) (Happy Veteran's Day, Nov. 11)

PRESENT CONTENT November 19-25 - Audio Podcasts (Happy Thanksgiving, Nov. 22) November 26-December 2 - @Visual Video, Screencasting, Narrated Slide Shows (Happy Water Lantern Festival, Nov. 28) December 3-9 - @Images-Drawing (in place of any CHAT track readings this week) December 10-13 - Finals due on December 13 at 11:59 pm, local time, End of Semester - December 13

**__Our next class will begin January 2__** Graduate students are expected typically to function at Above average and Excellent levels, although an occasional lapse to Average sometimes happens, with minimal consequences. to describe a classroom opportunity to be addressed with a service or piece of software addressed that week. The application to be used is then comprehensively described in that learning context within the scope of others considered for the week. || A comprehensive evaluation of a service or piece of software, coupled with a practical evaluation of how it might be used in a classroom setting. || A reasonable overview of a particular service or piece of software. || Platitudes, unclear points, unsupported examples. || No Blog Entry for the week to address the TAPE track for this course. || = =
 * Rubric **
 * = **Excellent** ||= **Above Average** ||= **Average** ||= **Needy** ||= **Unfortunate** ||
 * Sufficient commentary