insys497session1

=INSYS 497 Session #1 Online = ** Creating Your Own Social Network ** 

Session 1 requires that you do a lot of work online. You will be visiting various websites and registering for free accounts. __**Please take your time, follow the detailed directions b elow, and email me if you have questions.**__ Do the best that you can to complete this. We will be spending time on Thursday to complete anything that you had difficulty with!

Here are the directions for Session #1 Online:

1. Read through the syllabus (click here ). On the 2nd night of class, we will discuss any questions that you have about the syllabus. 2. Explore this wiki site and get familiar with all of the links. 3. Register for a free account at the following websites: (a good suggestion is to try to choose a username that you can use at all of these sites so that people recognize you through your username). //Please be sure that registration emails are not being sent to your Junk Mail folder in your email!// >  4. Once I have confirmed you in our wiki, you can go to the "student information" wiki page and enter your information. To get to that page, click on the "Student Information" link on the left hand side of this page under "Navigation". Once you get to the "Student Information" page, click on "Edit this page" at the top of the page and then you can click in the table and enter your information. Please do not delete anyone else's information! **ONLY** enter the information that you have so far. (name, email address, gmail, wikispaces, ning, and blog URL). Don't worry about the other information....we will get to that.
 * Wikispaces: go to our class wiki ([|psgvinsys497]) and click "join" in the upper right corner. You will have to create an account with wikispaces if you haven't done so already. I will get your information then approve you.
 * Google: go to [|www.gmail.com] and register for a free gmail account.
 * Ning: You should have received an invitation from me to join our class Ning in addition to the initial email I sent you. Please follow the directions in that email in order to register for a [|Ning] account and join our [|class Ning site].
 * Set up your own personal blog in Blogger: go to [|www.blogger.com] and create an account  (use your gmail acct to log in if you wish). Follow the step by step directions as you walk through setting up your blog. (If you already have a blog set up, you do not need to go set up another one!)

5. Once I have the rest of your info (in the "Student Information" table), I'll invite you to collaborate on the other sites (and I'll explain their use further the 2nd night of class).

6. Go to the [|class Ning] and complete the first Discussion (introduce yourself). You have to be logged into the Ning site in order to do this. Once you have logged in, click on "INSYS497" under the word "Forum" in the center of the screen (in the purple bar). Then click on "INSYS497 Introductions". A new screen should appear and a text box should be open under the instructions. Type away! When you are finished, click "Add Reply" under the text box. Be sure to read your peers' posts and respond to them as well! __***Everyone's screen in NING could look different. Basically, what you have to look for our INSYS497 section. This is where all of our discussions will be located!**__  *Before Thursday:**


 * Complete item #1-6 above.
 * View the following video on the TED website. It takes "information access" to the next level.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Read Chapter 1 in the Solomon & Schrum text.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We will be discussing the text on Thursday night in class. Please be prepared to discuss the following: 1 question you had after listening/reading, 1 new idea that you learned, and 1 quote that stuck out at you.