The format of the blog site is important. Students are able to use sites that are plain and simple. Topix was such a site. Captions, print, and images were crisp and clear. This site was also easy to search. This site let the user answer right away after reading the blog.
I didn't like Syndic8 because it was too structured,boxed in, and difficult to locate the topic that you need. I did like the flags which told the user right away where to go for the different countries.
Google Blog Search was wonderful and easy to use because students can enter a one word search and there will be many listings. The blog also tells how current the information is. It nprovides an introductory sentence which will tell students if they're on the right path.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Thing # 9-Blog
This is my favorite! It will be great in every situation school, business, or home. It's always so much fun looking through all of the sites, and adding them to your own blog reader is just a real time saver. It will also prevent the loss of a site that is a favorite and then in time the correct spelling or name of the site is forgotten. Adding the site to your blog reader will guarantee the ability to locate favorite sites.
Thing 8-RSS Feeds
I like quotes, so I added the Daily Quotes subscription. Newspaper articles will be a nice addition to my Google site and teachers who have their own RSS sites will also find this useful as well. New information that is posted will be great to discuss with students on an as needed bases.
When studying a particular unit or subject teachers will rejoice at the ability to have RSS information for immediate use. Our second graders study birds each year and this will enable the classes to read currently articles that are published.
Library use of RSS will be useful for students doing research because the information is new and students will be exposed to unread material which can be incorporated into their work. It also adds another dimension to library and school technology.
When studying a particular unit or subject teachers will rejoice at the ability to have RSS information for immediate use. Our second graders study birds each year and this will enable the classes to read currently articles that are published.
Library use of RSS will be useful for students doing research because the information is new and students will be exposed to unread material which can be incorporated into their work. It also adds another dimension to library and school technology.
Thing 7-Google
Google is heaven!
Google Earth is just a little bit of more heaven. A bit on the scary side too. I love being able to locate well known sites and visiting them via the web. Classes will love this when studying anything because it can be fused into any subject. Students will love locating where various authors lived, or the setting of the Harry Potter books. It will be useful in science locating volcanoes or famous mountains, and the list can go forever.
I enjoyed creating my own home page with I Google as looking through the various options was fun and I liked my finished product. Teachers and students are able to do the same once they become acquainted with this easy to use too.
Google Earth is just a little bit of more heaven. A bit on the scary side too. I love being able to locate well known sites and visiting them via the web. Classes will love this when studying anything because it can be fused into any subject. Students will love locating where various authors lived, or the setting of the Harry Potter books. It will be useful in science locating volcanoes or famous mountains, and the list can go forever.
I enjoyed creating my own home page with I Google as looking through the various options was fun and I liked my finished product. Teachers and students are able to do the same once they become acquainted with this easy to use too.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Thing #6 - Mashups
This is a great tool and fun to do. I can see how this would be very useful to students who are studying maps and geography. Trading cards will be useful in all content areas but would especially useful in geography when combined with map study.
Creating the Flickr mosaic was interesting. Students will love creating these as there are pictures on almost any subject. Looking throught the files will be educational and fun, then incorporating these mosaics into their presentation will provide a positive experience as they present or display their work to the class.
Creating the Flickr mosaic was interesting. Students will love creating these as there are pictures on almost any subject. Looking throught the files will be educational and fun, then incorporating these mosaics into their presentation will provide a positive experience as they present or display their work to the class.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Thing #5 - Flickr for all
This is a great skill, all I need is practice and some photos of my own (or some I can borrow) to download. This will certainly be useful for students as they research and make power points for presenting to the class.
I would like it for my personal use as I do love pictures from special events that can be shared with family and friends who live all over the world.
So this really is a very useful skill and I will enjoy it very much.
I would like it for my personal use as I do love pictures from special events that can be shared with family and friends who live all over the world.
So this really is a very useful skill and I will enjoy it very much.
Thing -# 2-Lifelong Learning-Thing #3-Make & Create-Thing- #4- Register Blogs
This morning was very productive as I learned about what is going to happening this summer.
I read, looked, and listened to the tutorials about the Web 2.0 (23things) that I will be doing for the next few weeks. The life long learning was a good start and it helped me to know where I need work. After thinking about what I need to accomplish I wrote a few goals with a time line and am ready to go.
Setting up and registering my blog was a new experience for me. Geaux blogging! Now I am waiting for some responses.
Creating an avatar was like playing with paper dolls with accessories of the 21 century. There were so many choices and after adding, deleting, and playing around I just settled for an image that I thought was just OK. It's cute but could have been better. This is fun to work with and students will love doing this for class projects. Can't you just see what they could create after reading A Wrinkle in Time?
I read, looked, and listened to the tutorials about the Web 2.0 (23things) that I will be doing for the next few weeks. The life long learning was a good start and it helped me to know where I need work. After thinking about what I need to accomplish I wrote a few goals with a time line and am ready to go.
Setting up and registering my blog was a new experience for me. Geaux blogging! Now I am waiting for some responses.
Creating an avatar was like playing with paper dolls with accessories of the 21 century. There were so many choices and after adding, deleting, and playing around I just settled for an image that I thought was just OK. It's cute but could have been better. This is fun to work with and students will love doing this for class projects. Can't you just see what they could create after reading A Wrinkle in Time?
Thing # 1- Read this blog! I'm New!
Hello,
This is a new blog. Anyone want to comment on how much fun blogging can be?
This is a new blog. Anyone want to comment on how much fun blogging can be?
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