Is RSS becoming easier to understand?
I'm getting there.
Do you recognize new benefits of using this tool?
I think as I start using it more often, I will see the benefits.
Do you remember to check your feeds regularly?
Not yet. It's a good idea to have "rss revisited " as part of the course. I went through my feeds today and they were very interesting.
Has it become a habit (or obsession!) yet?
No. I think this is part of the challenge of becoming web 2.0 literate. We must get in the habit of truly incorporating these tools in our every day lives.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Thing 14 Delicious
Include your Delicious username in this blog post so that others can view the bookmarks that you have chosen to share.
My username is lemenum.
Reflect on how you think social bookmarking can be used in your teaching.
I'm anxious to see if I can access delicious from our school network. I have a feeling it might be blocked. Anything with the potential for something inappropriate to slip through is blocked. it's frustrating that even the teachers are blocked from using these wonderful social networking tools. Well, that's my rant for the day... maybe I'll go back to school and find this one is available.
Anyway, if we look at it at home, the potential for sharing resources within a building, the district and of course beyond are really great. It's just a matter of organizing and training teachers to use it.
Does Delicious seem to be a tool that can enhance your productivity?
It could certainly be a time saver. I have lost so many good bookmarks when the district has come in over the summer and whipped our computers to "start clean" or load new operating systems. I used to email myself links and put them into folders in order have access to them at home and at work. This is much easier, and with multiple tags, I should be able to retrieve sites more quickly.
My username is lemenum.
Reflect on how you think social bookmarking can be used in your teaching.
I'm anxious to see if I can access delicious from our school network. I have a feeling it might be blocked. Anything with the potential for something inappropriate to slip through is blocked. it's frustrating that even the teachers are blocked from using these wonderful social networking tools. Well, that's my rant for the day... maybe I'll go back to school and find this one is available.
Anyway, if we look at it at home, the potential for sharing resources within a building, the district and of course beyond are really great. It's just a matter of organizing and training teachers to use it.
Does Delicious seem to be a tool that can enhance your productivity?
It could certainly be a time saver. I have lost so many good bookmarks when the district has come in over the summer and whipped our computers to "start clean" or load new operating systems. I used to email myself links and put them into folders in order have access to them at home and at work. This is much easier, and with multiple tags, I should be able to retrieve sites more quickly.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Thing 13 Social Bookmarking
Share your thoughts about tagging. Is tagging a useful way to organize your digital resources and why?
Tagging is very useful of course for finding resources again. It's nice because it's a keyword search and there are so many possibilities in the way you can categorize them.
What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages?
The fact that there are so many different terms people can use to categorize is both an advantage and a disadvantage. You never know what terms other people might use to classify a topic. I guess that's where multiple tags comes in.
What is important to think about before assigning tags to bookmarks or other Internet content?
I think you want to make sure to use multiple tags so it can be useful as a social networking tool and go beyond using labels only you might think about.
One of the things that interests me the most about all the web 2.0 applications we have learned about so far is the generous nature of all the contributors to freely share ideas and information with each other. It's pretty amazing.
Tagging is very useful of course for finding resources again. It's nice because it's a keyword search and there are so many possibilities in the way you can categorize them.
What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages?
The fact that there are so many different terms people can use to categorize is both an advantage and a disadvantage. You never know what terms other people might use to classify a topic. I guess that's where multiple tags comes in.
What is important to think about before assigning tags to bookmarks or other Internet content?
I think you want to make sure to use multiple tags so it can be useful as a social networking tool and go beyond using labels only you might think about.
One of the things that interests me the most about all the web 2.0 applications we have learned about so far is the generous nature of all the contributors to freely share ideas and information with each other. It's pretty amazing.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Thing 12 widgets
Review the widget you selected.
I like both the google widgets. They were very easy to embed and it's handy to have a quote of the day and vocabulary word to check or post on the whiteboard daily.
I included the others so I would remember some of the variety of widgets available. The finger spelling widget is pretty cool. I work at a school that includes several deaf and hard of hearing students who use sign. This could be very useful. The Voki widget is just pure fun. I'm sure my students would enjoy this one.
I included the others so I would remember some of the variety of widgets available. The finger spelling widget is pretty cool. I work at a school that includes several deaf and hard of hearing students who use sign. This could be very useful. The Voki widget is just pure fun. I'm sure my students would enjoy this one.
Are you getting comfortable with embedding code?
yes, it's pretty simple once you get the hang of it.
Do you belong to other online communities?
Do you belong to other online communities?
I also belong to Facebook. It's been amazing how many old friends have found me. It's fun even if I don't do a lot of posts, I can look in now and then at what others post. My daughter light heartedly calls it cyber-stalking...
Are relationships formed online as meaningful as face-to-face relationships?
Are relationships formed online as meaningful as face-to-face relationships?
It's hard for me to see it being any where near as meaningful, but perhaps that is just because I am new at using social networks and the practice is not an integral part of my life. I think for avid users, it could be quite meaningful. It's just another way to communicate with others.
Why do you think MySpace and other social networking sites are so popular with kids today?
Using technology to communicate is something that is totally normal to them, since many of them are growing up with it. I sometimes marvel at the need many have to communicate the minutia of their lives and the apparent need to be in contact 24-7.
The definition of the day and quote of the day are google widgets.
Get a Voki now!
The definition of the day and quote of the day are google widgets.
Get a Voki now!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Thing 11 : Community
What do you like / dislike about leaving comments?
When you leave a comment on blogs it does help you to feel connected to other people because it opens the possibility for a conversation. It is an interactive form of reading. That makes it fun.
How did you feel when you received your first comment?
It was nice to know that someone out there was actually reading what I was writing.
Why do you think commenting is so important in online communities?
Because it provides an opportunity to share ideas and we become less isolated because of it.
What might this mean for students who share their writing online?
I think if they know others will read what they write they might put a little more effort into it. In this case, peer pressure is a good thing.
The links below would be good to share with students. I think guidelines like these are helpful.
Thing 10 - Embed and download video
This video is called Self Portraits by Philip Scott Johnson [500 Years of Male Self Portraits in Western Art]
It's a wonderful piece of art history and a very good example of a well done morph. It was super easy to embed this video on my blog. Too bad I still won't be able to access it on the district network.
This video shows balloon sculptures done by Jason Hackenwerth. I met him up in Traverse City last week at the Traverse City Film Festival. His pieces were truly amazing!
I was able to download videos using Keepvid with no problem. I'm still a bit unclear about the difference between embedding a video and uploading one onto my blog in terms of fair use practices.
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