tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982146335685964682024-03-13T23:55:27.317-07:00Rainy Day BlogAnn Maitlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477589344848873289noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598214633568596468.post-10170492832093799792009-08-17T08:11:00.000-07:002009-08-17T08:48:20.236-07:00Thing 23I have acquired many new skills and loads of information by completing this class. I plan to integrate many of these new techniques into my computer classes. If students have the knowledge and skills to use some of these techniques to complete assignments maybe even some teachers who are resisting will become curious about how they did that. Many of the techniques presented in this class could make assignments and projects more interesting and pleasant to view and grade. I love digital photography and I also have many new sites and cool ways to alter photos. I have posted a few on my facebook page and have had many friends comment on them and want to know how I did that. And many of fb friends are my colleagues who are interested in how I did that. I will continue to look for information online and any other classes put out by our great tech people at the ISD. Ann Maitlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477589344848873289noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598214633568596468.post-39810297242084432362009-08-17T07:53:00.000-07:002009-08-17T08:01:54.147-07:00Thing 22LearnPort has a lot of great lesson plans websites and many interesting PD opportunities. I would do PD online over going to classes. The advantages are you can do it when and where you want to. Disadvantages would be no immediate peer collaboration. Many times PD is boring and irrelevant to the subjects that I teach. I would prefer choices that would make it more interesting and relevant to me. My experience with this class has been good. The information and new skills are going to very useful to use in my classroom. I will be able to generate new lessons for the students to utilize many of the new resources also.Ann Maitlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477589344848873289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598214633568596468.post-15951379203089239962009-08-17T07:42:00.000-07:002009-08-17T07:51:13.048-07:00Thing 21There is so much information out there. The trick is finding the right and appropriate information. Online video could be used in the classroom to supplement lecture or demonstrations. It would break up the lesson and keep students more in tune. Most students are visual learners and have grown up with extensive hours of video and tv. There is always the risk of inappropriate material showing up or being led there by a link especially if students are the searchers. You Tube is blocked for students at our school, but not for staff. Ann Maitlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477589344848873289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598214633568596468.post-45648990592104429812009-08-16T22:20:00.000-07:002009-08-16T22:21:07.182-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lulUvYfRl_c&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lulUvYfRl_c&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Ann Maitlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477589344848873289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598214633568596468.post-39629946673169634382009-08-16T22:14:00.001-07:002009-08-16T22:14:55.742-07:00<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/O8wg9hgzD9Q&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/O8wg9hgzD9Q&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Ann Maitlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477589344848873289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598214633568596468.post-53084156872991874852009-08-16T20:50:00.000-07:002009-08-16T20:56:59.273-07:00Thing 20I think students would enjoy listening to podcast. They seem to always want to have earbuds in listening to music, they would probably rather listen to their teacher in a podcast instead of live. I think students would love creating podcasts. They usually enjoy hearing themselves talk. This could be used for sharing ideas or evaluating a classmates work. I am pretty impressed with the photoshop podcast they are very detailed and could be a big help learning the program. There are also a lot of special interest and hobby podcast with instructions.Ann Maitlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477589344848873289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598214633568596468.post-62721862253246406872009-08-16T20:47:00.000-07:002009-08-16T20:48:17.244-07:00Thing 20<div><div style="text-align: left; color: #595653; font-size: 11px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 5px;">Discover Simple, Private Sharing at <a href="http://drop.io">Drop.io</a></div><object width="400" height="100"> <param name="movie" value="http://s3.amazonaws.com/stlth/static/production/swf/audio_controller.swf"></param> <param name="wmode" value="opaque"></param> <param name="flashvars" value="song_label=converted-Voice_Message_Monday_17_Aug_03_43AM_converted.mp3&music_track=http://drop.io/download/public/icrcyrd4umjecr03biic/a8b4f7c34f8458a4676d49775f032d5099c17483/16832b70-6d0d-012c-c09c-f07cd37cdf93/2b274820-6d0e-012c-1a22-f1a7fdc13a1e/v2/content&autoplay=false"></param> <embed src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/stlth/static/production/swf/audio_controller.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="opaque" width="400" height="100" flashvars="song_label=converted-Voice_Message_Monday_17_Aug_03_43AM_converted.mp3&music_track=http://drop.io/download/public/icrcyrd4umjecr03biic/a8b4f7c34f8458a4676d49775f032d5099c17483/16832b70-6d0d-012c-c09c-f07cd37cdf93/2b274820-6d0e-012c-1a22-f1a7fdc13a1e/v2/content&autoplay=false"> </embed></object></div>Ann Maitlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477589344848873289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598214633568596468.post-85646346871407707662009-08-13T10:46:00.000-07:002009-08-13T11:05:59.681-07:00Thing 19Podcasting<br />I listened to the following:<br />Photoshop for Digital Photographers<br />Nightly Business Report – Video Podcast PBS<br />Dilbert Animated Cartoons Podcast Tech Support Call<br />Learn to Speak Spanish with Discover Spanish<br />The Daily Giz Wiz<br />The Sound of Young America<br /><br />I like listening to the podcast there are millions and many have very specific topics. I prefer video vodcast over audio. I think most students would prefer video as well. I think most students are aware of podcasting because they seem to all have ipods. If they are to find a podcast for a class I think the information needs to be very specific. However they may still see inappropriate podcast. Podcast could be used very easy in the classroom by downloading and listening to as a group over speakers and showing on an overhead projector. This could be followed with a hands on project. Files could be copied into each students folders if they needed to listen to them individually. An issue that could make it difficult to do is the bandwidth space that is available on many school computers. Also it is not available for hearing impaired students.Ann Maitlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477589344848873289noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598214633568596468.post-8464862253219035632009-08-12T22:07:00.000-07:002009-08-12T22:08:13.200-07:00thing 18<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.widgetserver.com/syndication/subscriber/InsertWidget.js"></script><script>if (WIDGETBOX) WIDGETBOX.renderWidget('ddc19ae2-d108-4dda-9492-f9844e4fc9a6');</script><noscript>Get the <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/espn-bottom-line-widget">ESPN's Bottom Line Widget</a> widget and many other <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com/">great free widgets</a> at <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com">Widgetbox</a>!</noscript>Ann Maitlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477589344848873289noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598214633568596468.post-82610347902381333232009-08-12T22:01:00.001-07:002009-08-12T22:01:20.406-07:00<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.widgetserver.com/syndication/subscriber/InsertWidget.js"></script><script>if (WIDGETBOX) WIDGETBOX.renderWidget('5743b85c-39d1-44ac-93b1-fa5882f4a51d');</script><noscript>Get the <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/flash-date-calendar-">Flash Date Calendar </a> widget and many other <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com/">great free widgets</a> at <a href="http://www.widgetbox.com">Widgetbox</a>!</noscript>Ann Maitlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477589344848873289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598214633568596468.post-78610732482943464432009-08-12T21:51:00.001-07:002009-08-12T21:51:30.597-07:00Thing 18<a href="http://www3.clustrmaps.com/counter/maps.php?url=http://summernewz.blogspot.com/" id="clustrMapsLink"><img src="http://www3.clustrmaps.com/counter/index2.php?url=http://summernewz.blogspot.com/" style="border:0px;" alt="Locations of visitors to this page" title="Locations of visitors to this page" id="clustrMapsImg" onerror="this.onerror=null; this.src='http://www2.clustrmaps.com/images/clustrmaps-back-soon.jpg'; document.getElementById('clustrMapsLink').href='http://www2.clustrmaps.com';" /><br /></a>Ann Maitlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477589344848873289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598214633568596468.post-44212265168358238812009-08-12T21:30:00.000-07:002009-08-12T21:41:54.577-07:00Thing 17To blog or to wiki?? There is a difference. A blog is more of a personal thing and often the opinion of the author. Others can comment on blogs but cannot change the content. A wiki is a website that can be edited. A wiki also is usually specific information and not opinion. <br />A wiki could be used to display knowledge that students have learned about a particular topic. A blog could be used for students to log their progress on a particular project, and any obstacles they may have encountered.<br />Problems that could occur with wikis are the students ability to edit. A lot of time could be spent making changed that are not necessary one student prefers different colors, fonts or layout designs and this could be a time consuming conflict. To get around this students could be given certain criteria that cannot be changed after it is set by a leader.Ann Maitlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477589344848873289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598214633568596468.post-42287892134649020502009-08-11T08:47:00.000-07:002009-08-11T08:48:32.738-07:00Thing 13<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyNTAwMDU1ODU3NjcmcHQ9MTI1MDAwNTYwNDgwMiZwPTg1NjUxJmQ9Jmc9MSZvPTY*ZjlmYWMxMjM2YzRlMzA5YzQxY2YxODQwODI2YWZlJm9mPTA=.gif" /><a href="http://www.dumpr.net/photo/2619d5c97c113de3/"><img src="http://www.dumpr.net/static/e2/2619d5c97c113de3_o.jpg" border="0" alt="Museum"></a><br /><a href="http://www.dumpr.net/museumr.php">Art Museum</a> by <a href="http://www.dumpr.net">dumpr.net</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This is really fun I think I could do this all day long.Ann Maitlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477589344848873289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598214633568596468.post-12610816765645704162009-08-11T08:42:00.000-07:002009-08-11T08:43:22.783-07:00Thing 13<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyNTAwMDUyNTI*NzUmcHQ9MTI1MDAwNTI3MDIwMSZwPTg1NjUxJmQ9Jmc9MSZvPTY*ZjlmYWMxMjM2YzRlMzA5YzQxY2YxODQwODI2YWZlJm9mPTA=.gif" /><a href="http://www.dumpr.net/photo/25793cc774d0a0f7/"><img src="http://www.dumpr.net/static/a2/25793cc774d0a0f7_o.jpg" border="0" alt="Rubik Cube Generator"></a><br />Create your own <a href="http://www.dumpr.net/rubik.php">Rubik's Cube</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Using Dumpr Rubix CubeAnn Maitlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477589344848873289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598214633568596468.post-89170334432603334102009-08-11T08:28:00.000-07:002009-08-11T08:33:36.795-07:00Thing 13<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/41353357@N07/3811901106/" title="Nick Lidstrom Red Wings2 by amait, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3514/3811901106_7d01f42db0.jpg" width="500" height="387" alt="Nick Lidstrom Red Wings2" /></a><br /><br /><br />Picnik offers many cool photo editing things. I think kids could have alot of fun changing the way their their picture looks. The could be a great thing to use in a computer class to introduce contrast, hues, and many special effects. I could see students spending alot of time using this and enjoying it. A really fun assignment.Ann Maitlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477589344848873289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598214633568596468.post-79465030309870883982009-08-10T23:57:00.000-07:002009-08-10T23:58:18.440-07:00thing 12 Flickr photos<!-- Start of Flickr Badge --><br /><style type="text/css"><br />#flickr_badge_source_txt {padding:0; font: 11px Arial, Helvetica, Sans serif; color:#666666;}<br />#flickr_badge_icon {display:block !important; margin:0 !important; border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;}<br />#flickr_icon_td {padding:0 5px 0 0 !important;}<br />.flickr_badge_image {text-align:center !important;}<br />.flickr_badge_image img {border: 1px solid black !important;}<br />#flickr_badge_uber_wrapper {width:150px;}<br />#flickr_www {display:block; text-align:center; padding:0 10px 0 10px !important; font: 11px Arial, Helvetica, Sans serif !important; color:#3993ff !important;}<br />#flickr_badge_uber_wrapper a:hover,<br />#flickr_badge_uber_wrapper a:link,<br />#flickr_badge_uber_wrapper a:active,<br />#flickr_badge_uber_wrapper a:visited {text-decoration:none !important; background:inherit !important;color:#3993ff;}<br />#flickr_badge_wrapper {background-color:#ffffff;border: solid 1px #000000}<br />#flickr_badge_source {padding:0 !important; font: 11px Arial, Helvetica, Sans serif !important; color:#666666 !important;}<br /></style><br /><table id="flickr_badge_uber_wrapper" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10" border="0"><tr><td><a href="http://www.flickr.com" id="flickr_www">www.<strong style="color:#3993ff">flick<span style="color:#ff1c92">r</span></strong>.com</a><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10" border="0" id="flickr_badge_wrapper"><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.flickr.com/badge_code_v2.gne?show_name=1&count=3&display=latest&size=t&layout=v&source=user&user=41353357%40N07"></script><br /><tr><br /><td id="flickr_badge_source" valign="center" align="center"><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><br /><td width="10" id="flickr_icon_td"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/41353357@N07/"><img id="flickr_badge_icon" alt="amait's items" src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/buddyicon.jpg#41353357@N07" align="left" width="48" height="48"></a></td><br /><td id="flickr_badge_source_txt"><nobr>Go to</nobr> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/41353357@N07/">amait's photostream</a></td><br /></tr></table><br /></td><br /></tr><br /></table><br /></td></tr></table><br /><!-- End of Flickr Badge -->Ann Maitlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477589344848873289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598214633568596468.post-73455615875071825552009-08-10T23:50:00.000-07:002009-08-10T23:55:43.211-07:00Thing 12Flickr allows you to download photos, and store them on the internet. Photos can be public or private. I can see where this could be a good opportunity for teachers to show parents pictures of activities that are happening in their classroom. Parents could also upload pictures that they may take at a school event and share them. This would be a great opportunity to get pictures for the yearbook from classroom teachers and parents. The downfall could be students having access to inappropriate photos downloaded by others that are open to the public.Ann Maitlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477589344848873289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598214633568596468.post-33552120027112690022009-08-10T22:25:00.000-07:002009-08-10T22:32:41.076-07:00Thing 11Slide share gives us access to many good presentations that could be useful without have to start from scratch. It could be a great way for students to share their slide shows with the world. This would have to be monitored very closely so that they don't get access to inappropriate things. A nice feature of this is parents could have access to their childs work from anywhere. Although we occasionally run into the parent who does not want their childs work published, or put out for anyone to see.Ann Maitlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477589344848873289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598214633568596468.post-41553049043592924702009-08-10T22:17:00.000-07:002009-08-10T22:18:24.183-07:00Thing 11<div style="width:425px;text-align:left" id="__ss_1737577"><a style="font:14px Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;display:block;margin:12px 0 3px 0;text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/clives/the-elearning-skills-gap" title="The e-learning skills gap">The e-learning skills gap</a><object style="margin:0px" width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=thee-learningskillsgap-standalone-090718055604-phpapp01&rel=0&stripped_title=the-elearning-skills-gap" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><embed src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=thee-learningskillsgap-standalone-090718055604-phpapp01&rel=0&stripped_title=the-elearning-skills-gap" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div style="font-size:11px;font-family:tahoma,arial;height:26px;padding-top:2px;">View more <a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/clives">Clive Shepherd</a>.</div></div>Ann Maitlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477589344848873289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598214633568596468.post-6485324888948287552009-08-10T21:37:00.000-07:002009-08-10T21:44:42.394-07:00Thing 10I can see multiple uses for Google Docs. The survey is a very valuable document. I will use to find out about students computer knowledge and what types of technology they have access to at home. I will also use it to find out what they know about a particular topic then have them retake it after the lesson is complete. I will be able to find out what they have comprehended during the lesson. I also like the idea of students working on project together such as powerpoints and knowing who has submitted what or who did not submit anything toward a group project.<div>Working in the cloud does not really bother me actually I prefer it. It is so much faster, accurate, and has many more possibilities. The disadvantages are the unexpected power outage, or loss of internet connections, which we have no control over.</div>Ann Maitlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477589344848873289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598214633568596468.post-48687640968137553912009-08-10T20:41:00.000-07:002009-08-10T20:48:19.462-07:00Thing 8Social Bookmarking allows us to have the power to find things from any computer. Which is a great feature since I am in different computer labs and different buildings every day. It also allows us to collaborate with colleagues doing the same thing. If one of use finds it we can share, and save a lot of research time. In the classroom students could also share informative websites with their classmates that has valuable information that they can utilize for projects. A very powerful tool that I will use regularly.Ann Maitlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477589344848873289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598214633568596468.post-70635507845893406582009-08-10T13:41:00.000-07:002009-08-10T13:48:20.733-07:00Thing 6/7Using bloglines is like subscribing to things that interest you and gettting to it when you have time. It comes to you, without searching for it. It seems there are thousands of items out there for professional and personnel use. Visiting colleagues blogs was rather interesting, there is a wide range of technology being used. We just have to remember that we are all in this together, and we must keep up with the students.Ann Maitlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477589344848873289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598214633568596468.post-48865147107259092432009-07-09T22:00:00.000-07:002009-07-09T22:15:49.692-07:00Thing 5Web 2.0 means being able to do more things with <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">applications</span> that are readily available and in many cases free downloads. The example of teachers checking on what everyone is doing in their classroom and trying to integrate similar content in their plans is a possibility, but i don't think it is here yet. It shows the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">possibilities</span> though and how much stronger the curriculum could be. With all of the information and topics that are out there today it is impossible to know everything about a particular topic. It is important to collaborate with colleagues and anyone else with similar interests in order to retrieve information. Web 2.0 allows instant feedback to anyone wanting it.<div>Personally this means being able to contact anyone no matter where they live and talk or/and see them live. Information can be retrieved to help solve any problems such as how to do or fix something.</div><div>There is so much information out there the biggest problem is trying to sift through it all and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">separate</span> the good from the bad.</div>Ann Maitlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477589344848873289noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598214633568596468.post-31635005677872302582009-07-09T19:43:00.000-07:002009-07-09T19:53:40.151-07:00Thing 4Things have changed tremendously since I was in high school. I learned to type on a manual typewriter, and everything came out of a book. It was lecture, note taking, followed by memorizing then tests and quizzes to determine what you know. Today information is available to anyone, anywhere in several media options. The advances in technology have snowballed, and are picking up speed. It is so important for teachers to utilize new technology in the classroom to relate to our digital natives. However it is even more important for schools to inservice all of their staff, and give them the skills they need to produce effective employable products of society. Industry is moving on with high technology the schools need to keep up so that companies remain here and can have qualified employees here and not have to go overseas to get qualified help. In todays world its not just what you know but what you can figure out.Ann Maitlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477589344848873289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598214633568596468.post-55072650268411543802009-07-05T19:46:00.000-07:002009-07-05T19:50:40.839-07:00THING 3Blogging is new to me. I have not used this technique before. After view many other blogs I can see where they can be informational, educational, and great for keeping up with friends and family. I am not real comfortable putting my information out there for anyone to read, but willing to give new things a try.Ann Maitlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07477589344848873289noreply@blogger.com1