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Hi Everyone.  There is a lot of momentum building around the Learning Design Summer Camp.  Currently, out 90-person attendee list is full and we have another 6 people on the waiting list.  My thanks to those of you who are jumping in to help shape the first incarnation in what looks to be an annual event.  As we get closer to August 12, I wanted to continue the countdown with a few more things that you can do to help get ready for camp:
1. Official Tag: LDSC08 is the official tag for the Learning Design Summer Camp.  Use this tag when uploading related photos or videos, making blog posts, bookmarking sites in del.icio.us, using Twitter, etc…  That way they will be easier to find and aggregate.
2. Blogs: During the Summer Camp, one of the discussion topics will be Carla Zembal-Saul’s investigation of blogs as ePortfolios.  Now is also a good time to sign up for your Penn State Blog if you don’t already have one.  If you want to find out more about blogs, I recommend these videos: Blogs in Plain English, RSS in Plain English, and the ETS Briefing on Blogs at Penn State.
3. RSS Feed: If you are already a user of blogs and are familiar with RSS readers (like Google Reader), you may want to subscribe to the RSS feed for the Learning Design Summer Camp so you can track these kinds of announcements and camp-related items.
4. Technology Frameworks: We don’t want the technology discussed during the Learning Design Summer Camp to be overwhelming to people who haven’t used tools like blogs, wikis, and Twitter.  So to help level the playingfield, we are working on Technology Frameworks that provide basic information and educational uses.  If you are a more experienced user, please take a look at these frameworks, pick one, and fill in some of the sections.