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At the bottom of the twenty three things, it state that some writes are reserved. It also states, "This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License," which means it can be altered, but it has to be licensed under a similar license and cannot be used for money.
Now that you know about Creative Commons licensing, how will you use it in the future as a teacher?
Well, I will have to be aware that some things are simply not allowed to be reused. I will try to pay attention to creative commons licenses on each page I borrow. I will also make sure to let my students know about creative commons licensing so they do not take items from the internet that they are not supposed to.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Thing # 22
What are the names of your binders?
Mathematics Games, Sports, Photography, Education 3040
Discuss how you might use LiveBinders in the classroom, including possible lesson ideas for students.
This website would be a great way for a student to collect a bunch of information about their topics. For example, if the student was having to do a research paper, he or she could save all of his or her research websites in a binder. It would be a great way to organize thoughts and keep together everything you have used.
Thing # 21
I loved using Animoto! It was fun to use. It allows you to use different background videos. It also allows you to use your photos and music to create a video. It was kind of a fun way to put together a video of photographs. This could be a fun activity for the students or at least a fun way to put pictures together from my year with my students. This is certainly a website I will continue to use for entertainment.
Try our slideshow maker at Animoto.
Thing # 20
I like youtube because you can literally find a video about anything. The only thing I don't like about using youtube for my students is that sometimes youtube has videos that are inappropriate for younger students, which I will have to stay aware of since I will be teaching elementary students. This website would be wonderful because if you need a video to illustrate a particular topic, I can almost guarantee that youtube would have a video about it. I chose my video because it dealt with fractions, which is a type of mathematics that my students will have to learn in 3rd grade. This video was kind of funny, so i figured it would entertain the students as well.
Thing # 19
Are you a member of any online communities?
Yes, I was a member of project playlist. I used it previously to listen to music that I enjoyed the most.
Are any of these social networks appealing to you?
Teacherpop was interesting. I liked it because you could talk with other people while still learning more methods to use in your classroom. It even has links and lessons for teachers about other social networking sites, like facebook and twitter, that are popular with their students.
What did you find that was interesting and that you might use later?
I really liked the open food source network. I absolutely love to cook! I love to try new recipes and find recipes that are supposed to be health for you. This website is a perfect was for people who enjoy cooking to come together and share new ways to cook with other people.
Thing # 18
My Facebook Page
Why is it important that educators know how social networking works?
In order to be able to connect to the kids or even to simply know what they do, you have to keep up with the most popular social networking sites. First of all, you could give them ideas on how to use those social networking sites to help them with their school work. However, you need to also know about these websites to know of other ways the child could cheat through this site. These websites, outside of just educational work, are also sites often used for bullying. A teacher should know about these types of things so they can be fully aware what is going on in their students' lives.
What new insights did you gain about these popular sites? To be honest, I did not gain any actual new insights about this website. I have done a lot of work with facebook, including with classes, since high school, so it is somewhat second nature for me. As for twitter, I have learned from a previous thing that it can be used to learn more about certain topics. I didn't know that twitter was used for more than just posting statuses.
What did you like or dislike about each of the sites you explored?
I like using facebook because it allows me to keep in touch with my friends while finding webpages that discuss topics that I find interesting. It also has games, music, and many other things to allow me to enjoy things I like. As for twitter, I simply do not really care for that sight very much. I find it somewhat dull, and it is more about the status updates than anything else. I do, however, like that you can keep up with some teachers that post links about lesson plans they have done.
Which site had the most useful features?
I believe facebook is more useful because it has all of the features of twitter and more. You can also access communities that other teachers have joined to share ideas about their classrooms while still keeping in touch with people in your personal life.
Can you see a classroom or school application for any of these sites?
I would not advise for these to be used in school simply because so many kids will merely use it for social networking. Because so many children today already have these things, they are more likely to not pay attention to what the teacher wants them to do with their facebook pages or twitter pages, therefore, defeating the purpose of the activity.
I would not advise for these to be used in school simply because so many kids will merely use it for social networking. Because so many children today already have these things, they are more likely to not pay attention to what the teacher wants them to do with their facebook pages or twitter pages, therefore, defeating the purpose of the activity.
Thing # 17
Can you see the potential of this tool in the classroom?
This tool could easily be used in a classroom. It can allow students to look up tags that other people have put on websites about the same topic. It is a quick and easy way to access multiple websites at once. It also allows students to save those websites and access them from any computer. For my classroom, I could see its potential, but I don't believe my students would be using it very often. First of all, you have to be careful with websites like that because it doesn't exactly cater to younger people. I'd have to be careful on what would pop up because people may tag it with obscene things that are not meant for children.
How can teachers take advantage of social bookmarking sites?
As a teacher, it is important to help your students find things as much as possible. Your students, especially for older grades, could use these sites to bookmark websites that helped them for their projects and tag them. This could allow other students to see what their peers have found and possibly use them to their advantage as well.
Thing # 16
I chose the igoogle home page because it seemed like it had the most to offer. First of all, I already use google a lot, so I am very familiar with it. Secondly, it let you add and delete gadgets on the first page as you please. I did like pageflake at first, but it didn't give me as many options to add other gadgets that I liked.
Online calendars can allow me to access my calendar anywhere I go. Whether it involves my personal appointments or when I have told the children that certain things are supposed to be turned in, I will be able to keep my schedule organized at school or at home.
I love to-do lists. Although I liked some of the ones listed, I-google actually offers an online to-do list that can pop up on your homepage. This way, as soon as I get onto the internet at school or at home, I will be able to see my to-do list and can even cross them off as I go. It also allows me to create multiple lists for things I need to accomplish and things my students are supposed to accomplish. It may be a lot of work, but I think it could be necessary to keep your life organized.
My favorite tool that I found was the chalksite tool. It allows teachers to post assignments, grades, and information for the students just in case they need help at home. Parents will be able to keep up with their children's grades better from home. This will also allow me to give students another way to keep them organized even while they are at home.
Thing # 15
By using the wiki sandbox, I discovered some information about other people's blogs that I probably wouldn't have run across otherwise. It is interesting that you are able to bring all of your ideas to one page without having to search all over the web for bits and pieces of it. I would use this in my classroom for larger projects that every member of the class could participate in. I might develop a fun math project where we each may create our own worksheets about mathematics. I could have each student add their own problem to the worksheet until every student has participated. By doing this, they are all learning to collaborate with other students while still getting to do things on their own.
Thing # 14
I chose to use bubbl.us for the flow chart and gliffy for the mindmapping. I found both of these to be very useful for many projects I could have in the future. Bubbl.us would be fantastic for writing a paper. It is simple and easy to use. Gliffy could also be great for writing a paper, but it seems a bit more complex and over the top for something like a paper. Gliffy, however, has its advantages. It allows the user to go beyond mindmapping for papers and use it for more complex things, like planning out a blueprint for building something. Although I am less likely to need gliffy as much for my 3rd grade class, I could use it for building projects I plan with them or simply for my own projects at home. I prefer bubbl.us for my students, though, because it is still exposing them to an online method of thinking without overloading them with a bunch of tools that they do not need to use yet.
Thing # 13
Zoho writer was a very effective tool. It allowed me to do many of the same things I can do with Microsoft Word. Although it doesn't have quite as many options, its still allows me to do the basics that could help me currently in my classes and help my students once I begin teaching. I also like that it would allow you to work on the last 25 documents you had done offline because if your internet connection fails, you will not lose all of your work. It even transfers it to your online things once you log on again. I do not, however, like that you can only share with other members. I would like to share my documents with people outside of zoho writer, but it didn't seem to let me.
The above link is to the spreadsheet that I created using Google Doc. I absolutely LOVE google Doc! First of all, not only can you create documents on your computer, but it will also remember ones that you have opened in your emails using google doc, regardless of what type it is. Secondly, you are able to share your document with anyone, not just people on google. It has a way you can actually publish your document to facebook. This would be fantastic for my students because they would be able to share documents without the concern of whether or not they'd be able to open it from their computers at home. It also gives them access to free programs that could otherwise cost some students more than their parents can afford.
Between Zoho and Google Doc, I would choose Google Doc. It is not as restrictive as Google Doc, but you can still have the same protection. Google allows you to publish to anyone or no one. Zoho allows you to only publish to either the members or to no one. Not everyone is going to use Zoho, so it is very unlikely for me to be able to share my documents with the people I want to if they do not want to create a Zoho account. People can access my google documents without actually have a google account.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Thing # 12
For my two tools, I chose igoogle and the google calendar. First of all, I love igoogle! It's really easy to set it to your own settings. It allows you to see you email, the weather, and even your social websites from this page. It has a section where you can connect it with your facebook. I don't really see a huge educational use for this in my classroom. Since I would be teaching 3rd grade mathematics, I suppose I could use it for the search engine, but overall I do not see a huge significance for it in the educational field.
As for my second tool, I believe the calendar could be very helpful in my life as a teacher. A teacher's life can be very chaotic. A teacher always has something that is due. Google calendar is a great way to keep up with the huge multitude of things a teacher must juggle from day to day. On my calendar, I simply just mapped out my solid weekly schedule to see how it worked. It schedules things in thirty minute intervals, which was a slight problem for me. Some of the things I do, like class, are scheduled on fifteen minute intervals, not thirty. Otherwise I found it to be wonderful to keep up with my daily schedule. The last thing I found interesting was that it let you see your schedule by 1 day, 4 days, a week, and a month at a time. It makes it great for people who plan day to day and for people who plan way ahead of time.
As for my second tool, I believe the calendar could be very helpful in my life as a teacher. A teacher's life can be very chaotic. A teacher always has something that is due. Google calendar is a great way to keep up with the huge multitude of things a teacher must juggle from day to day. On my calendar, I simply just mapped out my solid weekly schedule to see how it worked. It schedules things in thirty minute intervals, which was a slight problem for me. Some of the things I do, like class, are scheduled on fifteen minute intervals, not thirty. Otherwise I found it to be wonderful to keep up with my daily schedule. The last thing I found interesting was that it let you see your schedule by 1 day, 4 days, a week, and a month at a time. It makes it great for people who plan day to day and for people who plan way ahead of time.
Thing # 11
Which methods of finding feeds did you find easiest to use?
I found that simply using the websites topix.com and technorati.com were very beneficial in finding newsfeeds. There were so many different categories to chose from! They were certainly filled with more information than I had time to explore.
Which search tool was the easiest for you?
Topix.com, I found, was rather simple to locate things using the links towards the bottom. They had lists of categories that you could click on to help you find what you are looking for.
Which was more confusing?
To be honest, none of it was really that confusing for me. The only problem I had was with a website called syndic8.com. The only reason I had issues with that website is because it kept saying it was offline, so I couldn't access it. Although, I must say using the edublogs as a resource wasn't extremely helpful for me.
What kind of useful feeds did you find in your travels? Any unusual?
I found a lot of cool feeds on these websites. You could find things about politics, cooking, businesses, or any other thing you could imagine. All of these could be useful because they could each teach you something about how to do something or simply inform you of new things going on in the world. As for the unusual feeds, I found a few that seemed to be people's desparate attempt to find a mate. Those were a little...awkward.
What other tools or ways did you find to locate newsfeeds?
I found that by simply using the google search bar, it would take you to more than enough sites to help you locate newsfeeds. Although it could be more time consuming than the other methods simply because you have to sort through some of the random irrelevant things, overall, it was pretty useful.
I found that simply using the websites topix.com and technorati.com were very beneficial in finding newsfeeds. There were so many different categories to chose from! They were certainly filled with more information than I had time to explore.
Which search tool was the easiest for you?
Topix.com, I found, was rather simple to locate things using the links towards the bottom. They had lists of categories that you could click on to help you find what you are looking for.
Which was more confusing?
To be honest, none of it was really that confusing for me. The only problem I had was with a website called syndic8.com. The only reason I had issues with that website is because it kept saying it was offline, so I couldn't access it. Although, I must say using the edublogs as a resource wasn't extremely helpful for me.
What kind of useful feeds did you find in your travels? Any unusual?
I found a lot of cool feeds on these websites. You could find things about politics, cooking, businesses, or any other thing you could imagine. All of these could be useful because they could each teach you something about how to do something or simply inform you of new things going on in the world. As for the unusual feeds, I found a few that seemed to be people's desparate attempt to find a mate. Those were a little...awkward.
What other tools or ways did you find to locate newsfeeds?
I found that by simply using the google search bar, it would take you to more than enough sites to help you locate newsfeeds. Although it could be more time consuming than the other methods simply because you have to sort through some of the random irrelevant things, overall, it was pretty useful.
Thing # 10
What do you like about RSS and news readers?
I think it is absolutely wonderful simply because it allows you to bring everything you love together. Whether it's your favorite news feeds or friend's blog, it allows you to keep up with the latest on everything. I really liked the comment I saw on one of the RSS. It said that this was like TiVo for your computer. I think that would sum in up rather well.
How do you think you might be able to use this technology in your future class or personal life?
I am someone who likes to at least to attempt to keep up with the latest news, especially with the upcoming election. This would be a really cool tool to follow my favorite commentators. As for my classes, I think it would be great to use for tools that I think would aid my students in their classwork. It would also be great for me to use in case I wanted to keep updated on things that my affect my class, such as weather updates or even school board updates.
How can teachers use RSS or take advantage of this technology?
Aside from the previously mentioned ways teachers could use RSS, I think a teacher could also use it to their advantage by creating a webpage to communicate with other teachers. If you have a fellow colleague who may need some of the same information that you have, they could simply access your webpage and see everything that they need. It could be an important communication tool among teacher to share websites that they have found beneficial in their own classrooms.
I think it is absolutely wonderful simply because it allows you to bring everything you love together. Whether it's your favorite news feeds or friend's blog, it allows you to keep up with the latest on everything. I really liked the comment I saw on one of the RSS. It said that this was like TiVo for your computer. I think that would sum in up rather well.
How do you think you might be able to use this technology in your future class or personal life?
I am someone who likes to at least to attempt to keep up with the latest news, especially with the upcoming election. This would be a really cool tool to follow my favorite commentators. As for my classes, I think it would be great to use for tools that I think would aid my students in their classwork. It would also be great for me to use in case I wanted to keep updated on things that my affect my class, such as weather updates or even school board updates.
How can teachers use RSS or take advantage of this technology?
Aside from the previously mentioned ways teachers could use RSS, I think a teacher could also use it to their advantage by creating a webpage to communicate with other teachers. If you have a fellow colleague who may need some of the same information that you have, they could simply access your webpage and see everything that they need. It could be an important communication tool among teacher to share websites that they have found beneficial in their own classrooms.
Thing # 9
For my sign image, I just simply started clicking on random signs under the sign generator. I saw one about caution, so I looked up the word danger. When I saw this one, I knew I wanted to use it because as clumsy as I am, I need to wear one of these signs at all times.
The second photo was fun to make, but it was made to be a little more personal. The fireworks surrounding it represent my favorite holiday, Independence Day. It may seem silly, but I think Independence Day was meant to be a day to be thankful that we are free to dream and free to live. Love, faith, and music are all huge parts of my life. Without love, I believe life is too miserable. Without faith, I believe life is impossible. Without music, well, I'd simply go crazy =D.
These image generators would be best served for simply decorating or fun activities in the classroom. They may not necessarily add a whole lot to teaching by themselves, but it may help me spice up some of the subjects that may be a little dull. These generators are great to use personally so I can decorate anything I do on the internet or maybe even projects I have to create.
Thing # 8
This was probably one of my favorite things to do. I played around with several of the application, but the one I included was from the mosaic maker. I absolutely adore outdoor pictures, so I found this one very fun to use to make a mosaic of outdoor photographs. Although I do not have an image from it, I also really like Mappr. It could be a great way to get children involved in things like Geography to add a little more life to the subject. These sites could be a great way to encourage children to get creative on their projects. It is important to get the important information in a project, but every child still needs to learn how to be creative with it. As for my own use, I could use it in my future classroom to create the maps like I mentioned earlier or simply to show my own creativity in my lectures. In my personal life, I would simply love to use this to experiment with photography. I think photograph can tell so much, so I love knowing that there are different types of technologies out there that I can use to show that.
Thing # 7
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elbisreverri/69186190/
I found flickr to be a very interesting website. It allows you to look up things by the date, by the group, or even by tags. Tags are often used to connect one type of photo to another, like photos of sunsets or photos of animals. The picture I stumbled across was found using the date finder. I clicked on December of 2005, and this was one of the many photos I found listed under it. This is a photo taken in Belgium of a tunnel under the river Scheldt. I was simply drawn to it because of the cools color effects. My favorite thing about it was simply that it was part of another country. I love seeing photographs of other countries, so I enjoyed this photo very much. I think this website is a great way to see the world through other people's eyes and a way to simply see the world. I don't really think it'd be a beneficial thing for class, but it'd be a fun way to share photographs from any fun things you can come up with.
I found flickr to be a very interesting website. It allows you to look up things by the date, by the group, or even by tags. Tags are often used to connect one type of photo to another, like photos of sunsets or photos of animals. The picture I stumbled across was found using the date finder. I clicked on December of 2005, and this was one of the many photos I found listed under it. This is a photo taken in Belgium of a tunnel under the river Scheldt. I was simply drawn to it because of the cools color effects. My favorite thing about it was simply that it was part of another country. I love seeing photographs of other countries, so I enjoyed this photo very much. I think this website is a great way to see the world through other people's eyes and a way to simply see the world. I don't really think it'd be a beneficial thing for class, but it'd be a fun way to share photographs from any fun things you can come up with.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Thing #6
XMARKS.COM
Xmarks.com is a website about simply bookmarking items on the web that you like. I found this website to be very interesting. If you make an account, you can bookmark any websites you may need at your home computer, for instance. Well, if you go to school and can't remember the website from whichyou had gotten your information, all you have to do is log back into your account on this website, and you will have every single bookmark you had from your home computer. This could be a very beneficial website. Since many of us will be using the internet as part of our lessons in class, we will need all of the help we can get keeping up with the multiple websites we like to use for class. We could also have our students use this application for things like research projects or papers that are required for class. It may help them stay more organized when trying to get information from multiple sites at a time.
Xmarks.com is a website about simply bookmarking items on the web that you like. I found this website to be very interesting. If you make an account, you can bookmark any websites you may need at your home computer, for instance. Well, if you go to school and can't remember the website from whichyou had gotten your information, all you have to do is log back into your account on this website, and you will have every single bookmark you had from your home computer. This could be a very beneficial website. Since many of us will be using the internet as part of our lessons in class, we will need all of the help we can get keeping up with the multiple websites we like to use for class. We could also have our students use this application for things like research projects or papers that are required for class. It may help them stay more organized when trying to get information from multiple sites at a time.
Thing #5
What does school 2.0 mean to you?
School 2.0 is meant to represent the new age of technology in schools. School is taking on a whole new life due to the new advances in technology. Examples of this would include smartboards, blogging, social networks, or any other program that schools are beginning to use as a way to communicate the lessons with children.
What does it mean for schools of the future?
First of all, teachers are going to have to learn to stay on top of the advances in technology. The fact is that advances are being made all of the time. Teachers need to be able to use technology just as well if not better than the students they are teaching. Incoming teachers have an advantage compared to the current teachers because their classes are teaching them how to incorporate all of the new technologies for their classes. I do, however, have one concern about the school 2.0 revolution. Even as I was growing up, technology was starting to show itself in schools. Calculators were becoming more and more advanced, allowing students to do almost any form of mathematics on it. Some of my teachers told me later that many of these students were hurt by this advancement because without calculators, many of them aren't even able to do the most simple forms of math. New technology might make students so reliant on technology that it will leave them helpless if any of our technology ever crashes. We have to make sure that we incorporate technology into the lesson plans, but not let it consume them.
The websites I chose
I looked at the wikipedia article and the article titled, "Web 2.0 is not about version numbers or betas." Both of these helped me to get a better understanding about what they meant by school 2.0 and web 2.0. Wikipedia gives very literal definition for them. It includes what would be considered web 2.0. It included social networking sites, blogs, wikis, video sharing sites, hosted sites, websites, mashups, and folksonomies. The other article helped me to get a view on how people feel about it, and not so much a technical definition. I loved when this website said that the web is like a foundation. It is meant to be built upon. This article discusses how web 2.0 is about the realization of the services on the web, not so much about the software. I completely agree with this. Many services have been available online for a while, but many people are just recently starting to discover them and how helpful they could be in the classroom. Many schools have been afraid of technology because of the cheating possibilities children have. I think they should try to embrace it. If children learn of ways to cheat, then there is more than likely a way to catch them using the same technology.
Thing #4
Why does commenting help create a sense of community?
Commenting is extremely important in order to create communication. If millions of people were to post blogs, but no one was commenting on any of them, what would be the point of writing the blog. Even people who say they are only posting for themselves and not others still have something they want others to see. As each person blogs, commenters are responsible for showing the writer that their thoughts have been seen or heard. You don't have to agree with those thoughts, but when you don't, at least voice why you don't. Once you create a conversation, a sense of community can begin to develop.
Two other points from the reading...
The first important point that I read was involving meaningful comments. I believe some of the most useless things to read are comments like "that's awesome" or "that's stupid" with nothing else supporting why they believe that. Commenting should have some feeling behind it along with words to support that feeling.
The second important point that I read said to remember the power of words. So many people fail to think before they speak, or in this case, post. Sometimes people may post feelings they have, but never truly think about a way to say it without getting negative attention. It's ok to post your opinions when you have facts to back it up. Sadly, however, some people will just go off on a person's blog or comment and say things that may truly hurt someone. For example, politics today is becoming more and more a topic of discussion. A person may post that they do not agree with the lack of morals that are developing in this country and in politics. A person who disagrees with this may overreact and put the person down for simply wanting morals and religion to be more involved and may use examples of hateful things that are irrelevant to the persons initial post. Then, all this person has done is hurt or anger the writer as well as possibly creating anger from others who may read that post. Comments should be meant to make people think about things in a new perspective, not to enrage everyone and cause a fight.
The seven blogs I selected
Commenting is extremely important in order to create communication. If millions of people were to post blogs, but no one was commenting on any of them, what would be the point of writing the blog. Even people who say they are only posting for themselves and not others still have something they want others to see. As each person blogs, commenters are responsible for showing the writer that their thoughts have been seen or heard. You don't have to agree with those thoughts, but when you don't, at least voice why you don't. Once you create a conversation, a sense of community can begin to develop.
Two other points from the reading...
The first important point that I read was involving meaningful comments. I believe some of the most useless things to read are comments like "that's awesome" or "that's stupid" with nothing else supporting why they believe that. Commenting should have some feeling behind it along with words to support that feeling.
The second important point that I read said to remember the power of words. So many people fail to think before they speak, or in this case, post. Sometimes people may post feelings they have, but never truly think about a way to say it without getting negative attention. It's ok to post your opinions when you have facts to back it up. Sadly, however, some people will just go off on a person's blog or comment and say things that may truly hurt someone. For example, politics today is becoming more and more a topic of discussion. A person may post that they do not agree with the lack of morals that are developing in this country and in politics. A person who disagrees with this may overreact and put the person down for simply wanting morals and religion to be more involved and may use examples of hateful things that are irrelevant to the persons initial post. Then, all this person has done is hurt or anger the writer as well as possibly creating anger from others who may read that post. Comments should be meant to make people think about things in a new perspective, not to enrage everyone and cause a fight.
The seven blogs I selected
Kristina McBride's post Thing #6
I chose her post because it was about a tool that I have never heard of before. It is something that every college student and teacher should know exists. I chose to comment on why I thought this application was so amazing because in one of the commenting blogs, it said you should never post a comment by simply saying that's amazing, or that's cool. In turn, I posted how I thought it would have been useful in my own experiences as well as others.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Thing #3
In my classroom, I would use my blog to talk about my teaching experiences. It's important to remember that there are many other teachers out there who have probably experienced many of the same things you have. Some of them might comment and give me advice on ways I can improve my teaching.
I would also use it as a way to simply remind myself of methods I have used, so if I experiment with different methods of teaching, I can keep up with all of my results. In the future, if I ever have a class similar to a previous one, I can see what seemed to have worked the best and the worst that year.
Thing #1
The easiest out of the 7 1/2 things for me to do will definitely be beginning with the end in mind. I'm the type of person who likes to have things well planned. I always like to make sure that things will go smoothly. When teaching children, I think it is important to have your final goal in mind because although you need to be flexible enough to alter it for any glitches, trying to teach children with no plan at all can often lead to failure of teaching.
The most difficult thing for me will to simply view problems as challenges. I am a very optimistic
person, but sometimes it can be difficult to see the silver lining, which is what I believe is necessary in order to change a problem into a challenge. I'm going to try to make sure to overcome this difficulty by using every resource I possibly can in order to thoroughly think about my problem and find multiple solutions to fix it.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Thing #2
How did you decide on your posting name and the name of your blog?
How does your avatar reflect your personality? Did you create an avatar that looks like your real self or someone totally different? Why?
My avatar seems to sum me up pretty well. It looks somewhat like me, but I put things in there to describe my likes. First of all, I absolutely love the snow and winter. Although the background is for the purpose of skiers, I loved that it had snow; therefore, I chose it. The clothes represent what I typically wear, to an extent. Honestly, I tend to wear blue jeans more than anything, but I often like to wear black dress pants to appear more professional. As for the shirt, I chose it because it was one of the classier ones, and I love blue. Finally, the hat isn't something I would typically wear, but I used it to show my desire to travel. Berets often make me think of France, which is one of MANY places on my list to travel.
I chose the name of my blog based on the specifications given from our instructor in Education 3040.
What was your experience in creating the blog? Was it hard for you or easy? Why?
I love posting blogs! It came relatively easy to me. It seemed pretty easy for two main reasons. One, I have previously posted a blog to discuss topics that I felt were important discussions. Two, there were a lot of helpful hints in class and on the webpage. The only thing was problematic for me was designing the background more in detail. With a few clicks, however, I eventually figured out the answer.
How does your avatar reflect your personality? Did you create an avatar that looks like your real self or someone totally different? Why?
My avatar seems to sum me up pretty well. It looks somewhat like me, but I put things in there to describe my likes. First of all, I absolutely love the snow and winter. Although the background is for the purpose of skiers, I loved that it had snow; therefore, I chose it. The clothes represent what I typically wear, to an extent. Honestly, I tend to wear blue jeans more than anything, but I often like to wear black dress pants to appear more professional. As for the shirt, I chose it because it was one of the classier ones, and I love blue. Finally, the hat isn't something I would typically wear, but I used it to show my desire to travel. Berets often make me think of France, which is one of MANY places on my list to travel.
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