Friday, May 17, 2013

23 Things for Parents 2013

This year, we ran our parent sessions a bit differently. We created a closed Community on Google+ called "23 Things for Parents". We had 6 sessions. 4 were face-to-face in our computer lab and 2 were held virtually on Google Hangouts.

23 THINGS FOR PARENTS March - April 2013



















Progress Chart

WEEK 1 - COLLABORATION

THINGS

Week 1 Assignment
Find another resource (book, video, article, or podcast) about "collaboration". Share the link and your thoughts about it on this shared doc.


WEEK 2 - NEW LITERACY

THINGS
  1. Shared Calendars - to do anytime
  2. Shared Albums -to do anytime

Week 2 Assignment
Make sure your computer/laptop/ipad has a working camera, mic, and this software; https://tools.google.com/dlpage/hangoutplugin. Join “23 Things for Parents” community group on Google+ and practice using the Google+ “Hangout” option with your partner or any other member before we meet online for next week’s class.


WEEK 3 -TRENDS IN UNIVERSITY & K12

THINGS
  1. Chatting inside Hangouts
  2. Google Effects inside Hangouts

Week 3 Assignment
Share an article, link, podcast, or video about K-12 trends or "disruptions" on our Google+ community "23 Things for Parents"

WEEK 4 - OPEN INFORMATION

The Digital world is starting to affect the physical world...in a good way for all.

THINGS
10. Start a Pinterest account
11. Create a new Pinterest Board called “Open Information”
12. Follow each other on Pinterest (follow me at http://pinterest.com/jennieteacher)

Week 4 Assignment
Create a board called “Open Information” on Pinterest. Add several “pins” related to any of these ideas listed below on your new “Open Information” board.
  • Open Source
  • Open Data
  • Open Government
  • Open Publishing
  • Open Research
  • Open Education
  • Open Design
  • Open Economics
Once you have about 10 pins - share the link to your board with the rest of us on 23 Things for Parents” community.


Week 5 - PEOPLE NETWORKS

Videos -

THINGS
13. Start a Linkedin account
14. Develop your profile
15. Connect with the rest of the group on Linkedin

Week 5 Assignment
Share an article on Google+ to help our group discover ways to use Linkedin better.

WEEK 6 - TWITTER

Videos -

THINGS
16. Start a Twitter account
17. Follow each other in the group
18. Follow 10 outside people or organizations

Week 6 Assignment
Set up a twitter newspaper on Paper.li and share the link with us on our Google+ community.

AFTER THE COURSE
Please continue to share with our group if you find any interesting articles or videos related to our sessions.