21+Things

Discovery Exercises and Tasks [[image:http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3501/3200153417_daee645e2a.jpg width="290" height="290" align="right"]]
Each week, you will complete two or three **Discovery Exercises and Tasks** ("Things"), as listed below. Links to the details for each week's "Things" are added as the course progresses, typically no later than Friday evening for the upcoming week. Remember, you are in charge of your learning journey. This course is about exposure, exploration and experimentation, not about "doing it right." Your 21clc team members and 21clc project director are here to support and encourage you!

**Stretch Tasks**
Along the way, you will also encounter a few **Stretch** activities that are designed to enrich and extend your learning. Everyone is encouraged to try at least some of them, but they are not required. If you are already comfortable with a particular tool or concept, you should definitely complete the Stretch activity!

**¤ NOTE:** Course activities/resources are subject to perpetual revision, as technology is **always changing**. However, no "Thing" will ever be revised //in medias res// (as we are completing it) unless there is a true resource emergency!

To grow our network, please tag (in Delicious) all the content you create as part of this project:

 * Use this tag: **bsd21things** (all lower case--no spaces)
 * Add a quick note to tell us what it is. Example: //Lisa Huff's Thing 1//
 * By searching this unique tag in Delicious, we can quickly locate the work of our network!

= THE 21 THINGS =


 * ~ Thing ||~ Topic || === Week === ||
 * < **Thing 0** ||< **Get Set!** ||< 8/31-9/4 ||
 * < **Thing 1 ** ||< **Lifelong Learning** ||< 9/7-9/11 ||
 * < **Thing 2** ||< **Web 2.0: What it is & why it matters** ||< 9/14-9/18 ||
 * < **Thing 3** ||< **Blogging**: **It's About Connecting People and Ideas** ||< 9/21-9/25 ||
 * **Thing 4** ||< **RSS: Feed your Reader** ||< 9/28-10/2 ||<  ||
 * ~  ||~ **Catch Up Week** ||~ 10-5/10/9 ||
 * < **Thing 5** ||< **More RSS: Begin to build an RSS reading habit** ||< 10/12-10/16 ||
 * < **Thing 6** ||< **Wikis: Explore educational uses** ||< 10/19-10/23 ||
 * < **Thing 7** ||< **Wikis: Set up your own** ||< 10/26-10/30 ||
 * ~  ||~ **Catch Up Week** ||~ 11/2-11/6 ||~   ||
 * < **Thing 8** ||< **Explore Creative Commons** ||< 11/9-11/13 ||
 * < **Thing 9** ||< **Working with Images: The Wonderful World of Flickr** ||< 11/16-11/20 ||
 * < **Thing 10** ||< **Slideshows: Publish Slideshows and Embed in Your Blog** ||< 11/23-11/27 ||
 * ~  ||~ **Catch Up Week** ||~ 11/30-12/4 ||
 * < **Thing 11** ||< **Explore Google Docs** ||< 12/7-12/11 ||
 * < **Thing 12** ||< **Discover Etherpad and Penzu** ||< 12/14-12/18 ||
 * < **Thing 13** ||< **Discover Protopage** ||< 12/21-12/25 ||
 * ~  ||~ **Catch Up Week** ||~ 12/28-1/1 ||
 * < **Thing 14** ||< **Intro to Video Sharing: Explore YouTube and TeacherTube** ||< 1/4-1/8 ||
 * < **Thing 15** ||< **Create a Video** ||< 1/11-1/15 ||
 * < **Thing 16** ||< **Discover VoiceThread** ||< 1/18-1/22 ||
 * ~  ||~ **Catch Up Week** ||~ 1/25-1/29 ||
 * < **Thing 17** ||< **Create a Voki** ||< 2/1-2/5 ||
 * < **Thing 18** ||< **Explore Social Libraries** ||< 2/8-2/12 ||
 * < **Thing 19** ||< **Create Online Surveys** ||< 2/15-2/19 ||
 * || **Catch Up Week** || **2/22-2/26** ||
 * **Thing 20** || **Learn about Social Networking on Nings** || 3/1-3/5 ||
 * **Thing 21** || **Attend a 21st Century Conference (in your PJ's)** || 3/8-3/12 ||

21 Things was inspired by several similar projects. This page has been modified only slightly from the k12 Learning 2.0 23 Things Project. Additionally, content from the following sites has been used to create Batesville's 21 Things project:

Image Sources: "Get Connected" from [|Frank's Blog] "21" from [|Picture Newletter]