As with everything else in this course, this is my first attempt at social networking. Am I the only person on earth who doesn’t use Facebook and Myspace? My oldest child is going into middle school next year so I have a feeling I will become VERY familiar with both! It was interesting to explore [...]
Continue Reading→Thing 21: Pageflakes
May
04
2008
By kdwright
I am still figuring out how to manuver the flakes on my page. When I click and drag a flake, sometimes it pops right back to its original position. I also subscribed to a feed and it popped up as a flake but there was no information/posts to go with the title (only the title is [...]
Continue Reading→Thing 20: Getting Started With Google Docs
May
03
2008
By kdwright
I enjoyed exploring Google Docs and decided to create a spreadsheet for my discovery exercise (Hope that’s ok!). There are many ways I will be able to use Google Docs in my classroom next year. I can collaborate and create documents with other teachers rather than attaching a document to an e-mail. I will be able [...]
Continue Reading→Thing 19: A Tale of Two Tubes- Video Sharing in the Classroom
Apr
30
2008
By kdwright
I must be one of the few people left who don’t have much experience with YouTube. The only time I’ve watched videos from YouTube is when someone would e-mail them to me. I enjoyed exploring TeacherTube much more than YouTube because it was difficult to wade through all the trashy stuff to get to some [...]
Continue Reading→Thing 18: Publish a “Bare Bones” Podcast using Evoca
Apr
21
2008
By kdwright
How easy was that!!! Usually a task takes me HOURS to complete; this took a few minutes! I love it! Now the hardpart; let’s see if I can embed it into my blog.
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