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Web 2.0 Participants – Welcome to the Web 2.0 class scheduled for Saturday, February 26th. Class will begin at 8am at the Fairfield High School. Park in the rear of the building and come in through the back door. Enter the building and turn right (walk past bathrooms) and continue through a set of double doors. Walk into the lunchroom commons area and you’ll see the entrance to the library on your left. 1. Please tell us about yourself with this simple form – @http://bit.ly/ff_web2
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2. If you did not use a credit card for on-line payment, please bring a check payable to GPAEA for the correct amount.

3. Please bring a laptop if possible. We will have a cart of Macbooks in case some participants don’t have a laptop.

4. It would be helpful if you had the following browsers installed and updated: a. Firefox b. Safari c. Chrome *We will not be using Internet Explorer in this class. **Fairfield teachers – do not worry about your browser. Just bring your school laptop and you’ll be ready for class. 5. Be thinking about your curriculum. As we learn Web 2.0 tools and resources, you’ll want to identify areas for integration.

6. If you have time prior to class, you could sign up for the following tools/services: a. Twitter b. Google Apps account c. Skype d. Diigo e. Wikispaces (I’ll be sending you an invite to the course wiki soon.) 7. Other housekeeping items will be completed right away Saturday morning. Tricia Slectha will be co-teaching this class with me. In addition, Tina Breen will be assisting at various times on Saturday. Tricia is the Fairfield high school teacher-librarian. Tina is Fairfield’s technology integration specialist.

We are designing a Web 2.0 on-line Moodle class. Our Moodle class is still under development, but it contains many resources and tutorials. This is a resource at your disposal. You can access the Moodle course pages with the info below: http://205.221.40.124/moodle/ course/view.php?id=440 Username: fairfield Password: fairfieldpw If you need to contact me for any reason, you can call my cell phone - 641-919-6836. Cell reception is poor in the HS so I may have to call you back once I can get out the door.

Jason 