Monday, April 27, 2009
Thursday, December 18, 2008
A Learning Journey
Blogging
We practiced a bit with blogging which is an idea that allows you to post information about a subject as well as pictures and a number of other fun options called gadgets. This blog is a product of that exposure. I found this background on a website called http://thecutestblogontheblock.com/ and I am using this website (http://www.blogger.com/) as a host for this blog. I got to create the title and the web address of this blog as well as choose the layout of the information. I've kept it simple because I like simple things but you can really get involved with different bits and pieces of information added to a blog.
I did some practice with what is called a widget which is a customized piece of information that you create and then transport to your own site. These can be put on websites you create or blogs or social networking sites like http://www.facebook.com/ I put a widget in the upper right hand corner of this blog that has information on the weather conditions in Cheyenne. I got this off a site called http://weather.weatherbug.com/
Just for the sake of interest you can always check out other blog hosts if you don't care for the blogger site I suggested. I know of one other site that hosts blogs called http://www.typepad.com/
Otherwise try googling blog hosts and see what comes up!
I did some practice with what is called a widget which is a customized piece of information that you create and then transport to your own site. These can be put on websites you create or blogs or social networking sites like http://www.facebook.com/ I put a widget in the upper right hand corner of this blog that has information on the weather conditions in Cheyenne. I got this off a site called http://weather.weatherbug.com/
Just for the sake of interest you can always check out other blog hosts if you don't care for the blogger site I suggested. I know of one other site that hosts blogs called http://www.typepad.com/
Otherwise try googling blog hosts and see what comes up!
Website Creation

Sliderocket
I came across a presentation program online called Sliderocket. It's similar to Powerpoint although it has better graphics and creates more impressive presentations. A great feature of using this program is that when you need to pull up a presentation you simply get online, sign in and pull up your presenation. No more jump drives needed to carry around your presentations. When you need to share the presentation with another teacher you can give them the web address of the material and they can log on to view or share the same presentation. Also, all presentations can be downloaded onto a jump drive if you prefer to have a hard copy of it.
Voicethreads

I have created two voicethreads that you can view. The first one is a short tutorial I created on how to use Sliderocket. You can find it at this address: http://voicethread.com/share/249135 This tutorial is filled with screen shots I took of the website and include in the voicethread.
The second voicethread I created has pictures of my family that I uploaded and put audio behind. You can find it at this address: http://voicethread.com/share/272534
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