Day+01+-+Introductions+and+setup

=Day 1: Introductions and Setting up Your Computer=

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 * Introducing the course
 * 1) Course goals, syllabus
 * 2) Familiarizing yourself with the course website
 * 3) Click the 'join' link at the very top to join this wiki now if you like
 * Getting to know one another
 * 1) Add your name/email and areas of study to this google document (link now removed for privacy)
 * 2) What areas and levels of education are you interested in?
 * 3) Have you taught courses? online?
 * 4) Do you have your own laptop?
 * 5) Have you used: blogs, twitter, skype, blackboard, moodle, etc.
 * Setting up our computers
 * 1) (we'll do this on day 3) Installing the [|Firefox web browser]
 * 2) Either today or later, we'll install the [|Zotero] bibliography manager add-on, as well and join the [|zotero detools group]
 * 3) Checking flash, java
 * 4) Sign up for a [|Google account], add the course calendar to your [|google calendar] if you like
 * Sign up on [|friendfeed] and join the [|detools group]
 * Discussing our Philosophy of teaching and technology
 * Discussing Potential misconceptions about learning and technology