I am Back Guys

I am back Guys and it looks like I will be with you come Thursday for class. I still have a few things to work out but I am fine and I feel better than I did.

Teacher Tube Rocks!

Hey, everyone! I've been surfing my internet tools. I think I haven't surfed the net enough compared to the three of you. I was watching Mr. Duey rap fractions. Even though it took a while to watch because the video stopped every so often. It was very cool, indeed! Can you imagine the possibilities? I can just picture Kate rapping abc's to kindergarteners. What a sight see. On google.com/ig, I liked the word, joke and quote of the day. Very Cool! I'm going to keep on surfing. See you guys next week!

delicious.....

I have been spending this Tuesday evening in Dr. Cyrus class working on my tech blog. I spent the entire time investigating the delicious.com site which is a very good social bookmarking site. I was not aware of bookmarking sites in general, and "social" bookmarking sites in particular... needless to say, I am learning quite a bit.

In this day and age it is imperative to take measures to try to keep up with technology. In my case, I am starting to have diminished capacity for remembering things and so I have to learn ways to organize and manage my various websites, e-mail accounts, financial accounts, etc. I think this bookmarking website will help me organize the various websites that I use on a day-to-day basis.

Back to work now.....

Internet Tools

This is the pic I posted on my Geocities class website. Geocities offers so many things, it's pretty much up to the user how focused they want their aim. Of course our class aim is to see how various internet tools can help us in the classroom. Geocities has a section solely for web page development and it's quite easy to use. I chose the topic of web building for school and it just explained step by step what to do. The page itself had a portion where your picture would be uploaded. Around the picture were various text boxes that can be moved and resized to your liking. In each text box it gives you examples of what you probably should put in. It's pretty much up to the designer on how they want everything arranged. I'm still fiddling with this site but I'll keep you all posted.

Technology Review

This morning I began surfing through LearnOutLoud.com. An offshoot of that website is Teach Out Loud that allows you to "spread your knowledge to the world using audio and video". I took the guided tour at Learn Out Loud and started laughing when the guide said "Hello my name is Cef"..hmmmmmmmm he doesn't sound like Cef? It looks like this site has anything a teacher would need or want for their classroom! They offer a kids catalog as well as a free stuff section. It's a library of educational tools!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Kate

Cool Site.....

I am in the computer lab this Saturday working on my tech sites. I have just stumbled on a really cool teacher technology site that has over fifteen specific programs that integrate technology into the classroom. I have been going one by one through these "tools" and quite impressed... I will leave it as a surprise until we share our results with the class.

Internet Tools

There are so many internet tools out there. I guess that I am so oblivious of things that are on the internet. I got to go explore many of the sites. I am amazed at teachertube, slideshare and learnoutloud. Wow! The things that you learn through the internet. I guess the sky's the limit! I'm getting a computer for my classroom today which was donated by DoDEA and can be hooked up to the internet. I am so excited on what I can teach my students. This class made me realize that anything is possible!