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Lesson Discussions (4 points) Nabble discussion board.   04/26, Thursday Due: 1st posting period for Lesson 7 discussions : TWO or more posting, Respond to TWO KEY questions at least. Assignment 4: Final Paper Proposal 04/29, Sunday Due: 2nd posting period for Lesson 7 discussions : TWO ore more postings: Respond to all KEY questions; Respond to discussion question and/or respond to others' postings. 05/31, Thursday Assignment 4: Final Paper Proposal

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 Lesson Discussions (4 points) ETC777 Lesson 6 Multi-dimensional Network Discussion Instructions  Prepare upcoming assignments Assignment 4: Final Paper Proposal (Due Lesson 7) Assignment 5: Final Paper (05/31/2012)(See Lesson 7 for the instructions)  04/19, Thursday 1st posting period for Lesson 6 discussions : TWO or more posting, Respond to TWO KEY questions at least. 04/22, Sunday Due: 2nd posting period for Lesson 6 discussions : TWO ore more postings: Respond to all KEY questions; Respond to discussion question and/or respond to others' postings. Assignment 3: Web 2.0 Learning Environments (All Students) Lesson 7 readings

on Elluminate at:  ETC Virtual Space.  This is an optional activity.  Just a casual chat.  If you can attend, great.  If not, do not worry about it. We will host more sessions later. Facilitators feel free to join us.  

on Elluminate at:  ETC Virtual Space.  This is an optional activity.  Just a casual chat.  If you can attend, great.  If not, do not worry about it. We will host more sessions later. Facilitators feel free to join us.  

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Lesson Discussions (4 points) Nabble discussion board. Prepare upcoming assignments Assignment 3: Web 2.0 Learning Environments (Due Lesson 6) Assignment 4: Final Paper Proposal (Due Lesson 7) Assignment 5: Final Paper (05/31/2012)(See Lesson 7 for the instructions)   04/12, Thursday Due: 1st posting period for Lesson 5 discussions : TWO or more posting, Respond to TWO KEY questions at least. 04/15, Sunday Due: 2nd posting period for Lesson 5 discussions : TWO ore more postings: Respond to all KEY questions; Respond to discussion question and/or respond to others' postings. Lesson 6 readings No assignment due in this lesson.

ETC647 Training Sessions are sponsored by ETC Community . These sessions are open for all to attend.  Fellfree to share these events with others. Access previous recorded training sessions at:  http://delicious.com/chihtu/Elluminate 1.    April 4, 2012, Wednesday 6-7 pm:  Web Sharing Tools  (Glogster, Museum Box, Voice Thread); Recording 2.    April 4, 2012, Wednesday 7:15-8:15 pm: iTunes University for mobile learning   Recording 3.     April 5, 2012, Thursday 6-7 pm:  Google Docs/Forms/Sites  for network collaboration; Recording 4.      April 5, 2012, Thursday 7:15-8:15 pm:  Diigo  a Social Annotation Tool; Recording

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All training sessions can be accessed at ETC Community's virtual space on Elluminate at:  ETC Virtual Space.   ETC647 Training Sessions are sponsored by  ETC Community . These sessions are open for all to attend.  Fell free to share these events with others. Access previous recorded training sessions at:  http://delicious.com/chihtu/ETCNAU+Elluminate+recording April 5, 2012, Thursday 6-7 pm:  Google Docs/Forms/Sites  for network collaboration April 5, 2012, Thursday 7:15-8:15 pm:  Diigo  a Social Annotation Tool

on Elluminate at:  ETC Virtual Space.  This is an optional activity.  Just a casual chat.  If you can attend, great.  If not, do not worry about it. We will host more sessions later. Facilitators feel free to join us.

All training sessions can be accessed at ETC Community's virtual space on Elluminate at:  ETC Virtual Space.   ETC647 Training Sessions are sponsored by  ETC Community . These sessions are open for all to attend.  Fell free to share these events with others. Access previous recorded training sessions at:  http://delicious.com/chihtu/ETCNAU+Elluminate+recording April 4, 2012, Wednesday 6-7 pm:  Web Sharing Tools  (Glogster, Museum Box, Voice Thread) April 4, 2012, Wednesday 7:15-8:15 pm:  iTunes University for mobile learning  

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Lesson 4   Lesson Discussions (4 points) Nabble discussion board. Prepare upcoming assignments Assignment 3: Web 2.0 Learning Environments (Due Lesson 6) Assignment 4: Final Paper Proposal (Due Lesson 7) Assignment 5: Final Paper (05/31/2012)(See Lesson 7 for the instructions)   04/05, Thursday 1st posting period for Lesson 4 discussions : TWO or more posting, Respond to TWO KEY questions at least. 04/08, Sunday Due: 2nd posting period for Lesson 4 discussions : TWO ore more postings: Respond to all KEY questions; Respond to discussion question and/or respond to others' postings. Lesson 5 readings No assignment due in this lesson.