Blogging

Here's what you need to know ...

1. Blogs in Plain English - video
2. How can we use blogs in school
   --- Sample teacher blog #1 Adam Jones
   --- Sample teacher blog #2 Derek Cutler
   --- Sample teacher blog #3 Jason Melgaard
   --- Sample personal blog #1 Adam Jones
3. Creating a blog
   --- Blogger
   --- Word Press
4. The look
5. Our first post

Wikis

Here's what you need to know ...

1. Wikis in Plain English - video
2. How we can use wikis in school
   --- Sample teacher wiki #1 Adam Jones
   --- Sample teacher wiki #2 Kate Jones
   --- Sample teacher wiki #3 Jason Melgaard
   --- Sample teacher wiki #4 Natasha Hritzuk
3. Creating our own wiki
   --- PB Wiki
   --- Wiki Spaces
4. Creating the wiki
5. Customizing the wiki look

Podcasting - Part 1

Here's what you need to know ...

1. Podcasting in Plain English - video
2. How we can use podcasts in schools
   --- iTunes podcast listings
3. Finding usable audio files
   --- CREATIVE COMMONS - Directory
   ---* Flashkit - Music
   ---* Flashkit - Effects
   ---* Free Sound Project - Music & Effects
4. Editing audio files
   --- Audacity tutorial from Atomic Learning
   --- Audacity tutorial from Source Forge

Additional Resources:
--- Atomic Learning Creating a Podcast
--- SIS Wikis, Blogs & Podcasts - Web 2.0 tutorial

Podcasting - Part 2

Here's what you need to know ...

1. What is an RSS - blog
2. RSS in Plain English - video
3. How we can subscribe to RSS - blog
4. How to create an RSS feed
   --- Writing code by hand with W3 Schools
   --- Using Google Feedburner to create the feed
   --- Verifying the feed with Feed Validator
   --- Mirabyte Feed Writer software
5. How to get our RSS feed onto podcasting directories
   --- Submitting to iTunes
   --- Sample podcast

Additional Resources:
--- Atomic Learning podcasting tutorial
--- iTunes distributing purchasable content

Adobe Photoshop CS3 - Part1

Here's what you need to know ...

1. Why use Photoshop?
   --- Microsoft Office Picture Manager
   --- Macromedia Fireworks
2. Workspace environments
3. Importing images
4. Image viewing options
5. Selections
6. Layers
7. Beginning photo edits

Additional Resources:
--- "You Suck At Photoshop" tutorial #1
--- Sample photo #1 for tutorial
--- Photoshop tutorials

• Mac Lab Photoshop tutorials
• Atomic Learning Photoshop tutorials
• Adobe Knowledgebase

Adobe Photoshop CS3 - Part2

Here's what you need to know ...

1. Layers
2. Filters
3. Painting and Drawing
4. Advanced Edits
5. Exports

Additional Resources:
---"You Suck At Photoshop" tutorial #2
--- Sample photo #2 for tutorial
--- Photoshop tutorials

• Mac Lab Photoshop tutorials
• Atomic Learning Photoshop tutorials
• Adobe Knowledgebase

Adobe InDesign CS3

Here's what you need to know ...

1. Introduction - video
2. Tutorials from Atomic Learning
3. Tutorials from Adobe
4. InDesign Secrets - blog