Academia+Cotopaxi

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 * Facebook Group- **NETWORK LITERACY, DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP
 * Like the [|AC Facebook Page]


 * Google+ Community- **NETWORK LITERACY, DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP
 * Join the [|AC Google Plus Community]  and create your profile

 **Calendar**- INFORMATION LITERACY
 * Sign in or create a [|Google]  account.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Create a calendar for your family on [|Google Calendar] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">and put a vacation trip on it. Invite your family members by share the calendar with them, giving them edit rights. Use YouTube videos to follow directions, if you need to. (Ex. [] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Message** - <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed5e25; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP, BASIC LITERACY, INFORMATION LITERACY <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Send a message to someone here in as many ways as possible without using email
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Be prepared to share which and how many ways you were able to contact that person

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**RSS** - <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed5e25; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">INFORMATION LITERACY <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">RSS stands for Real Simple Syndication... or in [|Plain English] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: a way that allows you to pull in all different types of subscriptions into one place and be notified in that one place if something new has been posted. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Create a [|Feedly.com] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> or [|Flipboard] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> account and start creating your own type of newspaper or magazine by adding content. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Consider adding the following:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Academia Cotopaxi Blogs http://www.cotopaxi.k12.ec/blog/all/feed/
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Langwitches Blog http://www.langwitches.org/blog
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">New York Times
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Huffington Post

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Twitter**- <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed5e25; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">MEDIA LITERACY, NETWORK LITERACY, DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sign in or join [|Twitter]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Follow [|@acotopaxi]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Create a tweet in 140 characters or less documenting tonight's events at the school. What did you see? Learn? Find interesting?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Send tweet with a photo from this event Use #learnincommunity hashtag

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Pinterest**- <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed5e25; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">NETWORK LITERACY, INFORMATION LITERACY, DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Join Pinterest
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Follow [|Academia Cotopaxi] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">on Pinterest
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Upload a favorite image of the Maker Faire, add a description and be sure to mention "Academia Cotopaxi" in the description.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Vine**- <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed5e25; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">MEDIA LITERACY, NETWORK LITERACY, DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sign in or create an account on [|Vine]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Create a 10 second video on Vine about this event answering one of the following questions: How does learning look like at Academia Cotopaxi? How do you learn best? How do you see the future of learning?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Make sure you use the #hashtag # learnincommunity

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Google Search** - <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed5e25; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">INFORMATION LITERACY <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Choose between these two search challenges:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|A Google A Day] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: Follow the link and complete the challenge... Note your score
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Customized Search Challenge <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: Follow the link and the directions.... Note your answer

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Blog** - <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed5e25; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">BASIC LITERACY, MEDIA LITERACY, NETWORK LITERACY, DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Let Silvia know you want to blog by giving her your email address (she will register you as a blog contributor)
 * Go to your email to receive login instructions to <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> [|Academia Cotopaxi Blog]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> write a short blog post of your reflection of tonight's maker faire and future of education event
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">make sure you include at least 2 hyperlinks in your writing

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A meme is quite simply a concept, behavior, or idea that spreads, usually via the internet. Memes most commonly manifest themselves in a visual such as a picture or a video, but it can also take the form of a link, hashtag, a simple word or phrase (e.g. an intentional misspelling), or even an entire website. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Meme Examples: [|Funny Teacher Memes] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, [|Teaching & Learning Memes]
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Create a MEME- **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed5e25; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">NETWORK LITERACY, MEDIA LITERACY
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Find a meme you like
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Compose your content ( keep it short and simple)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Use a meme generator (ex. [|Meme Generator_] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, [|_ImGur] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, [|Memeful] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">) or create your own image with apps like [|PicCollage] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, [|WordSwag] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, [|Typorama] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, [|Enlight] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, etc.)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Save your image and share it by posting it online with the #learnincommunity hashtag (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, etc.)