Thing # 13

Zoho Writer was really easy to use. Signing up and getting started was basic and took no time at all, which is great because I HATE taking forever to sign up for programs. Once I started writing in the program I found that it was easy because it was very similar to word. The great thing about using this program is that you can use it from any computer. By saving your documents in it you don't have to carry around a jump drive or (what i often do) email the document to yourself so you can print it from another computer. With this you can work online or offline and the document is at whatever computer you need!

Thing # 12

The two tools that I chose to use are igoogle and the google calendar. I could not find a way to make either of the assessable to other viewers so you won't be able to see them but I will be able to tell you about them. I like google calendar because I like for my tasks to be organized by time. The only thing that I don't like about it is that I will have to get on my computer to see it since I can't use my phone to look. I would much rather write down what I had planned for the day that way I could carry it everywhere. I liked igoogle because it was easy to put everything into one spot. I did not like that when I made igoogle it changed the way my google page looks(since it is now my igoogle page). But that is something I will adjust to. I also looked at google notebook and read some things about it. I tried to use it but when I clicked on the link it site told me that they will not be updating google notebook anymore. So I decided against using it. For education I could use the calendar to organize my day by time. Using igoogle will be helpful because not only am I able to see the weather when I open the page, I can also see news feeds. This will make it easy to find out about things that are going on in the world.

Thing # 11

I thought that finding feeds was difficult. I tried to use the sites that were suggested to use and I just had a hard time with all of them. I eventually used the 1000 suggestions that Bloglines offered and came across some interesting stuff. I subscribed to Bloesem which has pictures and descriptions of home decorations. I also found a feed that had art work people had created. I thought it was strange that one of the feeds it offered was to a mans blog who wrote a blog that was only about the firedepartment and parking meters and amazing pictures of storms in it. His feed was up 28 points in popularity and I was surprised about that. For now I guess I'll try to find more feeds.

Thing #10

I subscribed to bloglines and I LOVE it! Okay, so I did what the directions specifically told me not to do. I picked some of the predefined channels that were listed. But I'm glad that I did it because I found a lot of interesting stuff. I actually did not know that websites like these existed. Using one site to look at all the websites that I usually have to bounce around to will make my life a ton easier. Plus using this I found interesting sites and articles. I will be able to use this to read the news and find recipes that I might be brave enough to cook one day (if I ever learn how to cook). As a teacher I can add blogs that have more information about teaching methods and tools and stay updated on those. Although bloglines is ment to save the user time by having everything in one place I might spend too much time reading the articles that I have on there.

Thing #9

I created this image because the standard I picked for class is The Universe. When I was reading through all the different signs that I could make I came across the astronaut one & thought it was great. This website will be good for making cute and funny signs to relate what is being taught to students. I think that I may go back to my powerpoint and insert this image.

Thing #8

I used spell with flickr to get this image. It was too easy! Type in a word and there it is! I thought that was great because you can easily find interesting images to spell out any word of choice. I think in the future I could use this in the future on blogging sites. Also it would be fun to incorporate the picture words into powerpoints or lessons to keep students interested.

Thing #7

I actually searched for the word "beach" since I am dying in this cold weather I need something to look forward to. I found a great picture of a boat by the beach but was unable to use the picture since it had to be purchased. So i started looking at the photographers other pictures and found this one. He named it flower along with several other photos of different flowers. I thought that this one was great because it also made me think of summer time. I started looking around for information about the photographer who goes by the name m o d e but I could not find anything. He has taken some beautiful pictures of people and places. All of his work is amazing to look at.