Wiki Wiki Wiki Whack — Thing 8
I’ve often joked with my students that the word “wiki” conjures up an image of a DJ scratching a vinyl disc back and forth. The resulting audible would be…”wiki wiki wiki whack.” Of course this is...
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Fed Express — Thing 8 Stretch
To complete Thing 8’s Stretch task, I chose to look up Roger Federer on Wikipedia. While the content was valid and surprisingly up-to-date, I found that it did not flow very well. Instead, it read...
View ArticleCC (Not Closed Captioning) — Thing 10
I must be honest. Before Thing 10, I had not heard of Creative Commons, nor had I seen the CC logo on any websites. In fact, I had to click on four of my bookmarks before I found a mention of...
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My Friend Flickr — Thing 11
I truly hope that the title of my post becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. With hundreds of thousands of photos published on Flickr, finding the perfect photo for a lesson plan, assignment, or...
View ArticleKodak Carousels of the 21st Century — Thing 12
Growing up, my mother took ALL of her pictures on slides. She never used 35mm film. It wasn’t until a few years back that she made the switch from slides directly to digital. As kids, we had to...
View ArticlePartaking in Pajamas — Thing 13
Professional conferences on the web–what a great concept! I chose Chris Botcher‘s session entitled “I Like Delicious Things: An Introduction to Tagging and Folksonomies” and was quite excited about...
View ArticleWhat a Tool! — Thing 14
For this task I played around with two Web 2.0 tools. The first one I chose was Blabberize. This tool allows the user to upload a photo and make it appear to talk. It was extremely user-friendly,...
View ArticleAlways Keep ‘Em Guessing — Thing 7b
While skimming and scanning my Google Reader today, one post immediately caught my attention. “Guess the Wordle and Summer Vacation Wordles“, found on Free Technology for Teachers, gave me some great...
View ArticleYummy! — Thing 15
Delicious is absolutely scrumptious! As I am a Mac user and a subscriber to MobileMe, I love the idea of cyberspace clouds of information that can be accessed at any time. To have my bookmarks...
View ArticleThe Virtual Book Club — Thing 16
Oh, how I wish I had something to contribute to Library Thing. I love to read and used to be an avid reader. Once I had children, my reading habits began to ebb, although I still belonged to a book...
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