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=Welcome to the Saint Francis School Learning 2.0 and Web 2.0 Professional Development Site!=

This site is designed to assist the teachers from Saint Francis School in learning about some of the emerging technology available for use in the classroom. This course runs through the fall semester 2009 and will continue over until the beginning of spring 2010. This course is maintained by Sean Connors and is an offshoot of a course designed and maintained by Shelley Paul of the Westwood Academy.

Over the next **two semesters**, you will complete "25 Things," or **doable learning activities** related to Web 2.0 tools and concepts. We'll be moving at a pace of 1 "Thing" per week. Each "Thing" will introduce (or expand upon) a new tool or concept through one or more **discovery exercises**, followed by one or more **learning tasks**. The discovery exercises are "where the learning really happens" and are necessary for you to complete each task. If at any time, you find that there is a topic or technology we don't cover in our list of "Things," please let me know and if time permits, I will look into providing content and training for it.

You will record your progress by posting to **your own blog** and elsewhere as directed. Your blog will serve as your personal learning journal, a place for you to record your experiences, frustrations, ideas, discoveries, questions and reflections. Your blog will also serve as your portfolio, a living artifact demonstrating your completion of the course. Participants will receive (and give) feedback and encouragement through each others' blogs. (Don't worry, [|first graders] can blog, and so can you!) Additionally, we will keep track of our progress and share course information on a shared Google Document. After successfully completing the FORM, I will email you with permission to access and modify the progress sheet.


 * This course offers some formal instruction.** You will be your own mentor, with support from your colleagues and your **K12L2 Coach**. You will decide when and where to complete each week's activities, and you will be responsible for "keeping up." You are encouraged to form "buddy groups" to work through the content together -- sharing, helping and encouraging each other. Throughout this “discovery learning” experience, you will likely encounter a number of small challenges, depending on your level of Web 2.0 experience to date. Each time you teach yourself something, find a solution or accomplish a task, you will feel empowered and be that much more tech savvy!


 * This course is offered to faculty and staff members at Saint Francis School in Honolulu, Hawaii.** Educators from anywhere else are invited to peruse this website and learn as much as you like. However, if you would like to participate in the course, I would suggest visiting the Woodward Academy site for enrollment options there.

Ready to learn more? Visit the Thing 0 page or view a list of our 25 "Things" (details for each "Thing" will be published weekly as the course progresses).