Web 2.0 Adventure

Well, this has to be a first.  Classroom 2.0, Ning in Education and Ning:  all down for maintenance this evening.  Kind of made me reflect that the best (most reliable) social interactions may still be face to face; oh, what a digital immigrant I am, aren’t I?
Now, I have to admit that my children love [...]

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I am feeling a little more comfortable with the Reader, especially relative to my “overwhelmed” state of confusion when I first set it up.  I have tried to take Jerri’s advice and mark things as “read” even if I just read the subject line and dismiss it as “not interested.”  I found two articles this [...]

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I have used iGoogle in the past, although I admit that I have used it more since I started taking this class, setting it as my home page just recently and making a sincere effort to update it and use the RSS  feeds I have included.  However, I also liked this “mash-up” as well and [...]

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I have heard of Google Docs from my children for some time, so I really enjoyed some time to explore it on my own.  I love the collaborative nature of Google Docs, although CCSD’s new SharePoint will afford us many of these same benefits.  I brought in one of my PowerPoints that I created for [...]

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As the mother of two young adults, who are definitely addicted to youtube, I have seen my share of “humorous” youtube offerings, so it was fun to take a more serious look at the sites.  I explored two different youtube videos, both of which sought to show me how to download Microsoft Office 2007 Pro [...]

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