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Week 1 (Jan 11 - 17)

I have...

• joined the Ning Group and browsed around
• filled out your profile in Ning to let the images4education team know more about you and your goals for this online session

• accessed the Ning Lounge , added myself to our multicultural map, and introduced yourself.
• replied to at least two introductions posted to the group
• learned who makes up the Images4Education Team
• watched "Flickr in Plain English"
• signed up for a Flickr Account at http://flickr.com
• watched Jeff Utech's presentation "What Can I do with Flickr?"
• joined our Images4Educators Flickr Group and added other members as contacts. 

Week 2 (Jan 18 - 24)

I have...

• written a short poem based on the "Where I'm from" poem
• chosen and uploaded a photo to Flickr to go with my poem

• added my poem to the description part of my photo in Flickr
• tagged my "where I'm from" image with  i4eorigins and images4education and have sent the photo to our Images4Education group
• added my photo do the Origins Forum in Flickr.
• checked other participant's photos and poems and added a comment, or a question to, at least, two of them.
• chosen a photo to represent "where I want to be" and uploaded it to my Flickr
• played with Flickr Toys (Big Huge Labs) and remixed a photo to visually convey the message "where I want to be".
• published my remixed photo to my Flickr, tagged it  i4ewannabe, and shared it with our Images4Education group
• read about the pedagogical uses of Flickr and explored our Flickr Pedagogical WebTour
• understood Creative Commons License and discussed it in our Ning Group
• browsed the FlickrCC and shared a Creative Commons licensed photo with our Flickr group that represents where you want your learners to be

Week 3 (Jan 25 - Jan 31)

I have...

• checked the three slideshows online spaces, Big Huge Labs, Animoto, and Slideshare
• subscribed to Animoto, and Slideshare

• browsed through the images4educations team examples of slideshows
• created the three slideshows to see how the different platforms work
• shared my slideshows examples and the reasons for my slideshows topics at  our slideshows group in Ning.

Week 4 (Feb 1 - 7)

I have...

• watched the digital stories YouTube introduction
• read about Web2.0 digital storytelling
• checked some tools to create digital stories and explored some examples
• chosen one tool to tell a story about "a day in the life of a learner" or any story I feel like telling to others
• shared my story in our Storytelling group ,  checked other stories and interacted with my peers

Week 5 (Feb 8 - 14)

I have...

• shared my story in our Storytelling group and checked what our group has produced.

• interacted with peers, leaving comments and giving feedback on their stories

• read about Bloom's revised digital taxonomy

• posted to our Ning group forum my ideas on the connection between Bloom's Digital Taxonomy and exploring images in the 21st century classroom

• explored some sites with digital lesson plans

• prepared a lesson plan that incorporates digital media into my content area

• shared my lesson plan with the group in our Lesson Plans Ning group

   

     

Week 6 (Feb 15 - 21)

I have...

• checked other participants' lesson plans in our Lesson Plans Ning Group 
• interacted with peers adding comments, feedback and suggestions to their digital lesson plans ideas.

• accessed our Ning group Lounge and have written about my learning journey in this images4education session
• interacted with other participants at the Lounge
• taken the Session Evaluation Survey to give feedback to the moderators about the Images4Education
• Graduated!!!

Our Session Online Spaces

Our Ning Group: main environment, message board for announcements and discussions

Our Flickr Group: group photosharing space

Our Wiki: syllabus, weekly tasks, weekly discussion threads and tutorials

Our Diigo Group: online social bookmarking space where we keep all the resources being shared by the group