RSS & Newsreaders
OK.
I'm glad that I have the summer off to re-explore all these new tools. I'm also glad for this course that has just forced me to actually subscribe and try out RSS. It was one of those things on my "to- do" list that never got done. I've subscribed using Bloglines and added two from their lists of suggestions: NY Times Book Reviews as well as The Shifted Librarian. I then went to the SLJ site and subscribed from there to the news for Grade 5 and Up.
Now... the time to read all this so easily accessible information...... and I'm right in the middle of Pillars of the Earth
Are we supposed to figure out how to add our blog to a list? I'm purposely not using any of the terminology I just encountered for the first time because I haven't exactly figured it out yet!
Monday, January 28, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
Week Three -- Thing #6
I am over whelmed!. I visited the Flickr fun sites-- but I'm lost. I guess I just need to jump in and practice. My attempt at a trading card..... I tried to use Flickr to upload it, but got hopelessly lost. I used the import feature at Blogger instead. I managed to post the card, but have no idea how I was able to do it!
I can see now that if I am going to make any sense out of this site or any other, I will need to spend a lot of time practicing. For me the best way is to teach it to other unsuspecting adults. I see an afterschool workshop in the making... a little coffee, brownies, and fun...
Week Three-- #7
Anything Technology
I feel so far behind. Our school has had a network/equipment/ infrastructure problem for several years. Rather than waste our time and energy trying to do new things that our hardware could not support, we all made the unofficial decision to try and do what we could do well and stop wasting precious energy complaining about what we could not. Now that we are hopefully poised to refurbish our "stuff" I'm finding that I am light years behind.
Has anyone used a blog with students to post book reviews? Is this the proper venue or is there something else more suitable.?We need something that will allow editorial control. How do you allow other people to post? Or to add comments? Is there a way to categorize the posts-- for example --by genre? Or would all the posts end up together in order of the date posted?
I feel so far behind. Our school has had a network/equipment/ infrastructure problem for several years. Rather than waste our time and energy trying to do new things that our hardware could not support, we all made the unofficial decision to try and do what we could do well and stop wasting precious energy complaining about what we could not. Now that we are hopefully poised to refurbish our "stuff" I'm finding that I am light years behind.
Has anyone used a blog with students to post book reviews? Is this the proper venue or is there something else more suitable.?We need something that will allow editorial control. How do you allow other people to post? Or to add comments? Is there a way to categorize the posts-- for example --by genre? Or would all the posts end up together in order of the date posted?
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Week Three - Thing # 5 -
Explore FlickrI enjoyed my brief-- so far-- visit to Flickr. I hope I tagged the photo correctly.
I was surprised to find that I could upload a picture so easily to my blog. I think I added it as page element first and then discovered that I could add it directly to my post. I must start reading directions before I do things!
I would like to explore the map feature of Flickr-- that has interesting possibilities for our 7th grade geography.
Week Two - Thing #3 and #4
Create and register a blog and avatar.
I had a difficult time registering and beginning my blog. My home computer was unavailable and our school network was very uncooperative. Now that the kinks are worked out I'm somewhat more relaxed and have found Blogger to be relatively easy to use. I enjoyed creating my avatar. I thought the process was somewhat tedious and I would have liked more choices. Where's the gray hair?
I'm a raw beginner and I'm rather overwhelmed with all the new passwords and email addresses required.
I had a difficult time registering and beginning my blog. My home computer was unavailable and our school network was very uncooperative. Now that the kinks are worked out I'm somewhat more relaxed and have found Blogger to be relatively easy to use. I enjoyed creating my avatar. I thought the process was somewhat tedious and I would have liked more choices. Where's the gray hair?
I'm a raw beginner and I'm rather overwhelmed with all the new passwords and email addresses required.
Week One Thing #1 and #2
About this course
Sorry about the delay. A series of unfortunate and somewhat comical events that prevented my participation have now been rectified. I'm excited about the chance to have a structured environment to explore. My blog takes its name from a group of my retired school friends who meet at least once a month. For twenty years we shared our lives at the middle school where we teach. One of our favorite things to discuss was the literature that we love. I am the only one left still teaching and I miss the conversations about the books they are reading. After this course I will use this experimental blog to eventually prod them into sharing their thoughts. Hopefully, I will work out the kinks for a projected student blog for sharing literature.
Lifelong Learning-- the Seven and 1/2 Habits of Effective Learners
I'm a lifelong learner-- aren't we all in this profession? If I have to admit to a weakness, however, it would be #4-- confidence. I often freeze when I'm about to begin a new project or travel down an unknown path. I think part of my problem stems from wanting to do everything at once. Eventually I remember-- once again-- that each journey begins with the first step and I take it..
Sorry about the delay. A series of unfortunate and somewhat comical events that prevented my participation have now been rectified. I'm excited about the chance to have a structured environment to explore. My blog takes its name from a group of my retired school friends who meet at least once a month. For twenty years we shared our lives at the middle school where we teach. One of our favorite things to discuss was the literature that we love. I am the only one left still teaching and I miss the conversations about the books they are reading. After this course I will use this experimental blog to eventually prod them into sharing their thoughts. Hopefully, I will work out the kinks for a projected student blog for sharing literature.
Lifelong Learning-- the Seven and 1/2 Habits of Effective Learners
I'm a lifelong learner-- aren't we all in this profession? If I have to admit to a weakness, however, it would be #4-- confidence. I often freeze when I'm about to begin a new project or travel down an unknown path. I think part of my problem stems from wanting to do everything at once. Eventually I remember-- once again-- that each journey begins with the first step and I take it..
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