Week 1 (Jan. 16 - 22)
Getting acquainted with Yahoo Groups. Introductions. Exploratory
survey
1. introduce yourself in no more than 100 words by sending
a message to the group either through the Yahoo Group (distribution) list:
baw-06@yahoogroups.com, or
the “POST” feature (menu on the left) in
the Yahoo Group Portal Page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/baw-06,
with the following information:
a. your first and last name. You can include the name you would like
to be called,
b. Yahoo ID,
c. institution where you work or study,
d. what you do,
e. why you joined this group and the expectations you have,
f. any additional info you would like to share with the group;
2. Get on our map. Place your pin to tell us where you are!
Join our interactive BaW-06 map ! 
3. post a small picture to the “PHOTOS”
section (menu on the left) of our Yahoo Group (YG) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/baw-06;
4 . complete the survey we prepared: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=284511446859
5. read other introductions from the YG “MESSAGES”
section (menu on the left);
6 . help to welcome all new participants by replying to some of their
messages (click on “Reply” in the message,
write your welcome text and click on “Send”);
or, do it directly from your computer to our YG at baw-06@yahoogroups.com
7. get acquainted with all the features of our Yahoo Group;
8. join BJ
Berquist, the most knowledgeable and pleasant helpdesk we
know, for a tour of Tapped In (TI)
on Saturday, 21, at 13:00 GMT.
9. have the opportunity to get an office at TI, where they
can meet with peers and students. We suggest that you start inviting other
participants and the moderators for chats at your offices;
10 . send questions and doubts to the YG list or to the moderators' e-mail
addresses below;
11. meet us for a chat at Tapped In: http://tappedin.org/tappedin/
on Sunday, January 22, at Noon (12:00) GMT. Look for your local time in
the World Clock: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/full.html
Questions of the week:
a. How do you change your mail distribution preferences at our Yahoo
Group?
b. How do you post your photo to the "Photos"
section?
c. How do you create a passageway (shortcut) to another
office at Tapped In?
Let’s see who can answer those questions! Post your
answers to our YG list.
Suggested Readings
VIP(oints):
1. Post your comments / ideas / reflections about the readings
in our BaW
forum (discussion board) . For a video tutorial on how to use the
forum, click here.
2. Important norms for a polite and efficient use
of the distribution list:
a. give clear subjects (subject line) and change them
whenever the topic changes.
b. delete all unnecessary text in the reply message.
c. don't use capital letters to write a message.
Advice: In your Bookmarks or Favorites,
open a Becoming a Webhead (BaW) folder with any number of subfolders to
keep relevant and useful links for quick reference. Well-organized bookmarks
are extremely helpful and save a lot of time!
You can also register for free to
del.icio.us, where you can save your favorite pages with
a click, and classify them with tags. You can retrieve your pages from
any computer connected to Internet. This is the collaborative del.icio.us
we have created for BaW-06: http://del.icio.us/baw06
Dafne and Teresa
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