Thing 10

Here is a short clip about never giving up when we are teaching. It really gets to the point. Sometimes we need to be reminded how much we mean to the kids.




I wasn't able to download a video from YouTube yet. I tried Keepvid and pwn and had problems with both. I plan to try Zamzar next although it takes longer.

Thing 9

I have to admit this was my first time on YouTube. I guess I never had the desire to check it out or the time. It was very interesting how much was on there. I enjoyed looking for various videos. I was looking of different children's programs that my kids like and found a lot of clips. I could see using this by showing clips of videos to kids of how to do certain things or an area that we were studying. I beleive it would be necessary though to view it defintely before showing it.

Thing 8

I loved this one! I spent a lot of time playing with the 2 websites and seeing what I could create with photos. I could totally have fun with pictures of my girls and creating borders and special effects. I loved the scrapbooking one too! As a class it could be fun creating a scrapbooking from field trips, class parties, assemblies, etc. throughout the year. The only thing that scares me at times is that you have to be careful what you put out there online. It seems through all the websites your pictures could "float" around in cyber space!

Thing 7

Uploading photos wasn't a problem at all. It is just like uploading to any site for photos and the video was very good once again. I think using this would be great for storing photos in the classroom especially if you are not using the same computer all the time. You then have a place to store them and you can access them any time or any place.

Thing 6

Flickr was very fun to explore with. I loved many of the photos and could easily spend a long time going through it. I chose this picture of a koala because koalas are one of my favorite animals and there was something about this koala's eyes that brought me to upload it. Many of the photos I saw of koalas were just beautiful as was this one.

Thing 5

RSS wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be after talking to some of you. I actually had a links folder, I don't know how but I did and it was easy to add blogs using that way. I thought all 3 ways were quite easy actually considering the videos were so self explanatory. I could using this in many ways. I like how you could add any kind of blogs, for example if there was something on the news you wanted to follow or if you were following a famous person's story. I think many people would could use it to keep on top of what is happening around them.

Thing 4

Well I just finished adding my folders to my new Bloglines account and it was pretty easy to do with the great tutorial videos. I have to admit I never even heard of RSS until now and I am sure I will learn even more in the next thing or two. I do like the idea of something to help manage all there is with blogging. I now understand what the subscribe button on some blogs means. When I was looking at different blogs I saw some had that button and had no clue what it meant or why I couldn't subscribe to it. I am sure in Thing 5 I will become much more familiar with it. As everyone I am always looking for ways to make things much easier to manage, as I am quite on the run with 2 little muchkins at home too! In fact nap time is over so I must be off now....