• Check out WordPress for the best Weblog.
• Make use of open source software (like elgg, drupal, mediawiki, scuttle).
• A good php host (like Site Ground) includes cpanel and Fantastico + installs the above for you.
• Download FireFox, then add cool extensions like Stumble Upon and FireFTP.
• Make sure you claim your blog with a Technorati Profile

I don’t know how I missed this great site while it was open, but Yahoo’s Time Capsule is a fantastic interactive exploration of life in 2006. I’m sure there must be cyber vandalism lurking in some corner, but what I saw was a lovely appreciation - both in the original postings as well as people’s comments.

There are all kinds of possible uses for this site - one of the best might be to have students create their own similar site or explore the themes as a way to help children and adolescents to express themselves about their feelings. Not a bad idea for us blokes as well!?

Welcome to my friends in the Diocese of Broken Bay. Nice to get together again.

Here’s a handout for the day to download

Here’s a handout for setting up a Wordpress blog
Activities

• Explore the 2nd10 Steps (Hotlists > WebQuests & all in between)
• WebQuest Exploring Web 2.0 technologies
• Broken Bay Big Ideas Project

Readings

• The 2nd10 Manifesto - add to the Wiki page?
• Why ClassAct Portals? - an overview with access to open source software
• CEQALL Overview & Profiles, (Word .doc download) by Tom March
• E-learning 2.0, by Stephen Downes,
• The Hive - Atlantic Monthly article about Wikipedia
• Know it All - New Yorker Magazine article about Wikipedia
• The Wisdom of Crowds - Wikipedia entry, Comments from a blog
• Dion Hinchcliffe’s Web 2.0 Blog