Prompt:
What do you like about RSS and readers?
How do you think you might be able to use this technology in your school or personal life?
How can libraries/teachers/administrators use readers or take advantage of this new technology?
Google has once again won my heart! Before getting to this "thing" on the list, I'd decided to play around with the Reader when I saw it while checking my email. I like how RSS brings all the news and updates to me and I don't have to go around to different sites, searching for updates. I can stop adding so many different sites to my favorites, and just subscribe to them in my Google Reader which is accessible from any computer. Educators (librarians, teachers, administrators) can use this technology to stay abreast of innovative ideas and to stay connected to leading professionals.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Thing #7 Google Tools & Gadgets
After looking at each of Google tools, choose two of them to explore further. Try setting up an alert, calendar, notebook, or iGoogle page and using it. If sharing is an option for the tools you choose, make them public.
Blog about your experience with both tools and include a link (if you make it public) to your creation. Be sure and include possible educational uses.
Well, I'll preface this post by admitting that I'm a google fanatic. I love google and have been using it before it became a "verb." A few years ago, when I upgraded to my first touch screen smart phone (Palm Treo), I became very familiar with iGoogle. I used iGoogle on my smart phone but I still don't like using it on the computer for some reason.
Some of the tools I have previously on Google are the Scholar, calendar alerts, document sharing, news alerts, You Tube, and the calorie counter. And I always use Google maps- on computer and as phone application.
I decided to add translation gadget to my Google Homepage. This was easy to add and very easy to use. I could use this translator when trying to communicate with non-English speaking teachers and parents. Google should add an audio function so we can hear pronunciation as well.
I'm a Googler and I'm also a List person. I love to make lists, to use lists, and to check things off a list. The second tool I used was the "My ToDo List." It's fairly simple and nothing spectacular so I'll problbaby stick to the Tasks List on my phone. Though I liked the option of emailing and printing the list.
Blog about your experience with both tools and include a link (if you make it public) to your creation. Be sure and include possible educational uses.
Well, I'll preface this post by admitting that I'm a google fanatic. I love google and have been using it before it became a "verb." A few years ago, when I upgraded to my first touch screen smart phone (Palm Treo), I became very familiar with iGoogle. I used iGoogle on my smart phone but I still don't like using it on the computer for some reason.
Some of the tools I have previously on Google are the Scholar, calendar alerts, document sharing, news alerts, You Tube, and the calorie counter. And I always use Google maps- on computer and as phone application.
I decided to add translation gadget to my Google Homepage. This was easy to add and very easy to use. I could use this translator when trying to communicate with non-English speaking teachers and parents. Google should add an audio function so we can hear pronunciation as well.
I'm a Googler and I'm also a List person. I love to make lists, to use lists, and to check things off a list. The second tool I used was the "My ToDo List." It's fairly simple and nothing spectacular so I'll problbaby stick to the Tasks List on my phone. Though I liked the option of emailing and printing the list.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Thing #6- Flickr Mashups
Prompt: In your post, talk about some ways Flickr and/or Flickr mashups could be used in your library program.
Flickr mashups are the results of exceptional thinking. A brief description of a mashup (crazy name, I know), is combining Flickr with another electronic application. A plethora of these mashup can be found at BigHugeLabs and you can link your Flickr account to that site.
Browsing through the different mashups, I came across many that my students and I could use in my library. My favorites: Billboard, Cube, Badgemaker, Hockneyizer, and Motivator. These can be used for library signage, to promote books, or for functional uses such as a ID's for parent/community volunteers and student workers.
Flickr mashups are the results of exceptional thinking. A brief description of a mashup (crazy name, I know), is combining Flickr with another electronic application. A plethora of these mashup can be found at BigHugeLabs and you can link your Flickr account to that site.
Browsing through the different mashups, I came across many that my students and I could use in my library. My favorites: Billboard, Cube, Badgemaker, Hockneyizer, and Motivator. These can be used for library signage, to promote books, or for functional uses such as a ID's for parent/community volunteers and student workers.
Thing #5- Flickr
Prompt: Write about what you found.
I found really awesome pictures on flickr. This ironically is one of the pictures that stuck with me. It is a photo of a classroom poster that a teacher uses to teach the writing process.
Another picutre that I loved was of Lady Bird Johnson reading a book to a class of preschoolers at a Head Start Center.Thing #4
Thing #4: Register your blog and begin your Library2Play journey. (To be officially registered you must have posts written for Thing 2 and Thing 3.)
I am now waiting on the "official" confirmation that my blog is registered with my professor.
http://onlinepersonaltrainingvideobootcamp.com/blog/10-reasons-why-i-hate-the-gym/
Monday, June 14, 2010
Thing #3
Prompt: Write about the process about setting up your blog and your avatar in a Thing #3 blog post . Have you looked at anyone else's blog...have you made a comment or asked a question?
My blog has been up for about a year now. If you would like for me to send you step by step directions, leave your email in the comments. I routinely use this blog with my 6th grade students to post class and tutorial assignments
. I periodically look at other blogs for entertainment but I never ask questions or leave comments. One blog that I will be visiting frequently over the next 4 weeks is Library2Play to get the 23 things to learn while playing at the library.
I have used my Yahoo! avatar for many years now. I had to guide myself through the steps of downloading and saving the avatar as a jpg. I was surprised that many things have not changed with avatars (still not many options for full-figured pictures). After I figured out how to export, it was a breeze to upload the photo.
My blog has been up for about a year now. If you would like for me to send you step by step directions, leave your email in the comments. I routinely use this blog with my 6th grade students to post class and tutorial assignments
. I periodically look at other blogs for entertainment but I never ask questions or leave comments. One blog that I will be visiting frequently over the next 4 weeks is Library2Play to get the 23 things to learn while playing at the library.I have used my Yahoo! avatar for many years now. I had to guide myself through the steps of downloading and saving the avatar as a jpg. I was surprised that many things have not changed with avatars (still not many options for full-figured pictures). After I figured out how to export, it was a breeze to upload the photo.
Thing #2
Prompt: As you watch and listen, write down which habit among the 7 & 1/2 that is easiest for you and which is hardest.
The easiet habit for me is...#6 using technology to my advantage.
The hardest habit is...#5 Create your own learning toolbox.
The easiet habit for me is...#6 using technology to my advantage.
The hardest habit is...#5 Create your own learning toolbox.
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