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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As a part of the Cherokee County Teach21 program, I took a class on podcasting last year (with our very own Sandi Adams!) and so I have used iTunes to create a short podcast.  I also enjoyed the videos on Common Craft and PodGrunt included with this assignment and thought that both of these did [...]

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What an incredible resource for our English teachers – just getting students to take a look at their own personal libraries.  On a personal level, I would love to get all of these books in our house organized with this Web 2.0 tool.  Just to get started with the kids’ books really appeals to me [...]

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I guess that the biggest attraction of delicious.com for me is the (1) portability and the (2) organization of the site.  I really like that my bookmarks will follow me anywhere, regardless of what computer I am using.  The benefits to our students are similar; while few high school students are consumed with organization, the [...]

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The Fischbowl continues to catch my attention, and this time it was back to another Google-phenomenon.  Earlier this week, Karl Fisch reported on Google’s uncanny ability to help preduct flu outbreaks across the country, based on the Google searches for “flu” on the Internet.  Earlier looks have shown a close correlation between people with the flu [...]

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picnik.com:  I totally played and had fun with this assignment, starting with some family pictures and adding lots of special effects.  Then, I took a picture of my sister’s house (that I want to sketch for a Christmas present) and worked to lighten the shadows so I can see more details.  I was really pleased [...]

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