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= Here is our wiki for our one credit course on technology. = =**What is a wiki?**=

> [|en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki] > [|en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_(software)]
 * A wiki is a website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. ...
 * Wiki software (also known as a wiki engine or wiki application) is software that runs a wiki, or a website that allows users to collaboratively create and edit web pages using a web browser. A wiki system is usually a web application that runs on one or more web servers. ...

= Week 1 **of our class**: We discussed the Destiny Catalog and the digital learner.=

We are teaching digital natives and for most of us, we are digital immigrants.
===A **digital native** is a person, mainly a young person, who was born during or after the general introduction of digital technology, and through interacting with digital technology from an early age, has a greater understanding of its concepts. A **digital immigrant** is an individual who was born before the existence of digital technology and adopted it to some extent later in their life. Alternatively, this term can describe people born in the latter [|1970s] or later, as the [|Digital Age] began at that time; but in most cases the term focuses on people who grew up with 21st century modern technology. This term has been used in several different contexts, such as [|education] ([|Bennett, Maton & Kervin 2008]) (in association with the term New Millennium Learners ([|OECD 2008])). Generations are noted below. I, however, am a baby boomer myself!===
 * **Generation X** || **Millennials** ||
 * Born 1965-197651 million || Born 1977 – 199875 million ||
 * Accept diversityPragmatic/practicalSelf-reliant/individualisticReject rulesKiller lifeMistrust institutionsPCUse technologyMultitaskLatch-key kidsFriend-not family || Celebrate diversityOptimistic/realisticSelf-inventive/individualisticRewrite the rulesKiller lifestyleIrrelevance of institutionsInternetAssume technologyMultitask fastNurturedFriends = family ||

= Weeks 2 and 3 **: 21st Century Skills and Blogs and Podcasts**=

**21st Century Skills**
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**The skills are identified by Partnership for 21 Century are :**
 * **Critical thinking and problem solving**
 * **Communication**
 * **Collaboration**
 * **Creativity and innovation**
 * **Information, media and technology skills**
 * **Life and career skills, such as flexibility and adaptability**
 * **Initiative and self-direction**
 * **Social and cross-cultural skills**
 * **Productivity and accountability**

= Podcasting and Blogs = So basically what is Podcasting and a Blog? A Podcast is similar to a radio broadcast in that it is a way for the average person to share information on any given topic in audio with an audience. One can now create not only an audio podcast, but a video podcast as well. A blog is a blended form of the words web + log, therefore it is just that a log, usually interactive, maintained by an individual with regular entries on whatever content one desires. You could also adding content to a blog of another person.

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= Microsoft Outlook = = The link below is for numerous Elluminate sessions that are recorded to help you with using Microsoft Outlook. = =[]=

 Create a distribution list in Microsoft Outlook

Distribution lists are stored by default in your Contacts folder. If you use a Microsoft Exchange account, your Global Address List (Global Address List: The address book that contains all user, group, and distribution list e-mail addresses in your organization. The administrator creates and maintains this address book. It may also contain public folder e-mail addresses.) can contain global distribution lists, which are available to everyone who uses that network. The personal distribution lists (personal distribution list: A collection of e-mail addresses that you create and add to your Outlook Address Book as one e-mail alias. When you send a message to a distribution list, it goes to each e-mail address in the list.) that you create in your Contacts folder are available only to you, but you can [|share them by sending them to others]. How many names can I include in a distribution list? For more information see the [|Knowledge Base article on the maximum size for distribution lists]. || Do one of the following: Create a distribution list by using names in the Address Book 1. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Distribution List. 2. In the Name box, type the name of your distribution list. (For example, "Political Friends.") 3. On the Distribution List tab, click Select Members. 4. In the Address Book drop-down list, click the address book that contains the e-mail addresses you want to include in your distribution list.
 * The maximum number of names that you can include in a distribution list depends on the size of the contact files (for each contact) themselves. There are no hard and fast rules but in general, a distribution list can contain between 50-70 names and e-mail addresses. A maximum number of e-mail addresses, with minimum contact file size, is approximately 125, and this can include other distribution lists.
 * The maximum number of names that you can include in a distribution list depends on the size of the contact files (for each contact) themselves. There are no hard and fast rules but in general, a distribution list can contain between 50-70 names and e-mail addresses. A maximum number of e-mail addresses, with minimum contact file size, is approximately 125, and this can include other distribution lists.

5. In the Search box, type a name that you want to include. When the name you're searching for appears in the list below, click it, and then click Members. 6. Do this for each person whom you want to add to the distribution list, and then click OK. If you want to add a longer description of the distribution list, on the Distribution List tab, click Notes, and then type the text. The distribution list is saved in your Contacts folder under the name that you give it. Create a distribution list by copying names from an e-mail message 1. In the message that you want to copy the names from, select the names in the To or Cc box (To, Cc, and Bcc boxes: A message is sent to the recipients in the To box. Recipients in the Cc (carbon copy) and Bcc (blind carbon copy) boxes also get the message; however, the names of the recipients in the Bcc box aren't visible to other recipients.). 2. Right-click your selection, and then click Copy on the shortcut menu. <span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 5.25pt 22.5pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">3. Click the Microsoft Office Button, and under Create New Outlook Item, click Distribution list. <span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 5.25pt 22.5pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">4. On the Distribution List tab, in the Members group, click Select Members. <span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 5.25pt 22.5pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">5. At the bottom of the Select Members dialog box, in the Members box, right-click and then click Paste on the shortcut menu. <span style="background: #f9f9f9; border-bottom: #eaeaea 1pt solid; border-left: #eaeaea 1pt solid; border-right: #eaeaea 1pt solid; border-top: #eaeaea 1pt solid; color: #454545; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8.5pt; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 1pt; padding-right: 1pt; padding-top: 1pt; text-transform: uppercase;">Note A member does not need to be in your Address Book in order to be added to the distribution list. The member's name and e-mail address will be included when you copy and paste from the original e-mail message. <span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 5.25pt 22.5pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">6. Click OK. <span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 5.25pt 22.5pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">7. In the Name box, type a name for the distribution list. <span style="color: #454545; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 5.25pt 22.5pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">8. On the Distribution List tab, in the Actions group, click Save & Close.

= <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 15pt; margin: 0in 0in 5.25pt 22.5pt; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">Topics related to weeks 4-7 visit [|www.prometheanplanet.com] and the powerpoint provided by Terry Holechek and Barb Burns =

=Web 2.0 sites from our final class ( week 10 ) courtesy of the Towson Technology Cohort - []=

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