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Week 1
defining social web media
surveying the tools and platforms
using the course wiki
wikis and wikipedia
terms and concepts
web development concepts
HTML basics - a very simple web page
connecting your personal site to your social web presence - Twitter and Flickr "badges"
Week 2
Monday:
no class
Wednesday:
surveying the social web media field
class members report back on three social media sites they joined/explored
RSS feeds
Week 3
planning and implementing a Wordpress blog
Monday:
read chapters 1 & 2
blogs and blogging lecture
discuss excerpt from
Here Comes Everybody (Clay Shirky) - "Promise, Tool, Bargain"
Wednesday:
QUIZ
duscussing progress on blog planning
installing and customizing themes
Week 4
read chapters 3 & 4
Monday:project 1 due
commenting
export/import Wordpress blog
discuss projects
discuss: content management systems...
Drupal & Joomla! comparison
lecture: micro-blogging Twitter
Wednesday:
Chapter 6 - A Survival Guide to Social media
Week 5
Monday:project 2 due - Social Media Strategy case study
discuss:
Wordpress vs Joomla vs Drupal
registering a domain
installing MediaWiki
Wednesday:
Week 6
Monday:tba
Wednesday:project 3 due