Book in Progress

I’m writing a book (working title: Millennium Teacher: New Media, Free Culture, and Classroom Practice). To keep myself honest, I’m going to post my progress in this blog.
I’m writing the book using the LyX document processor and the Zotero citation tool (both of which are free and excellent).
Status as of January 6, 2008: 64 pages. The book outline is below (note that this is subject to change).
  • 1 Blogs and web feeds
    • 1.1 What is a blog?
    • 1.2 Blogs in the classroom
    • 1.3 Some representative edublogs
    • 1.4 Starting a blog
      • Blogrolls, Comments and Trackbacks
    • 1.5 What are web feeds? (RSS and Atom)
      • Feeds
      • Feed readers (aggregators)
    • 1.6 Other uses of web feeds
    • 1.7 Web feeds in the classroom
    • 1.8 Setting up a feed reader
  • 2 Wikis
    • 2.1 What is a wiki?
    • 2.2 Wikis in the classroom
    • 2.3 Using a wiki
      • Editing wiki pages
      • Tracking wiki changes
    • 2.4 Some representative wikis
      • Wikipedia
      • WikEd
      • LISWiki
      • LyXWiki
    • 2.5 Setting up your own wiki
  • 3 Social Networks
    • 3.1 What is social networking software?
    • 3.2 Social networks in the classroom
    • 3.3 Some representative social networking platforms
      • Facebook
      • MySpace
      • Mahara
      • LinkedIn
  • 4 Content Management Systems
    • 4.1 What is a CMS?
    • 4.2 Content management systems in the classroom
    • 4.3 Some representative CMS packages
      • Learning Management Systems
        • Moodle
        • Claroline
        • Atutor
        • Sakai
      • General Purpose CMS
        • Joomla
        • Drupal
      • Mashup Sites
        • Pageflakes
        • NetVibes
        • Ning
  • 5 New Media, New Literacies
    • 5.1 What do we mean by “new media”?
    • 5.2 New media in the classroom
    • 5.3 Some representative new media applications
      • Video
        • YouTube
        • TeacherTube
      • Slide Shows
        • Instructables
        • SlideShare
        • SCORM, et. al.
          • eXe
          • Reload Editor
      • Audio
        • Audacity
        • Podcasting
          • Odeo
          • Educational podcasting
        • Live Radio
          • Shoutcast
          • Live365
      • Animation
        • Scratch
        • Alice
        • Machinima
  • 6 Multi-user Virtual Environments (MUVEs)
    • 6.1 What are MUVEs?
    • 6.2 MUVEs in the classroom
    • 6.3 MUVE platforms
      • Second Life
      • Open Croquet
      • Project Wonderland
  • 7 Server Installation and Administration
    • 7.1 Server basics
      • Hosting options
      • Domain setup
      • Database configuration
    • 7.2 Installing software
      • Fantastico
      • Moodle
      • WordPress
      • Mediawiki
      • Mahara

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3 Responses to “Book in Progress”

  1. Don Hinkelman Says:
    January 29, 2008 at 3:08 pm

    Hi Tony!

    Thanks for sharing your book writing with us. I love the topics and your outline. With a tool focus, you might want to emphasize that word in the title. Chapter 7 puts it clearly in the “how to” mode, which fits with the earlier topics. Some things to ponder…
    –add VoiceThreads along with Slideshare (very powerful)
    –discuss how teachers can configure these technologies in new arrangements
    –mini case studies throughout?
    –international standards (why not? quote ourselves)

    Cheers,
    Don

  2. Tony Hursh Says:
    January 30, 2008 at 5:35 am

    Good idea on getting “tools” into the title, and also on VoiceThreads. I’ve used that just a little bit (tinkering, really) and it’s pretty nice.

    Yep, there’ll be scenarios and/or case studies throughout.

    I’m not sure if IMS LD has advanced enough that it’d be worth giving its own section — the book is intended for a beginning ed tech class for working teachers, and I’m focusing it on stuff they can start using today. Our paper will definitely be cited in the CMS section, though. :-)

  3. Tony Hursh Says:
    January 30, 2008 at 5:43 am

    P.S. IMS LD would definitely be worth discussing in the section on SCORM, et al, though, in terms of its future potential. I already have the Reload editor in there, so it would be a natural fit at that spot.

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