- Vote for your favorite Doodle!!!
- Animoto - create a 30 second video with pictures and text
- StoryJumper - create a story book
Welcome to my blog! In this course, students will explore the Internet and take advantage of all that it has to offer. Students will discover various web applications that will help make their time on the Internet more effective and efficient. Students will explore applications of which they can utilize to enhance both their learning and social experiences. Internet TIPS AND TRICKS! will be shared!
This class focuses on exploring, evaluating and learning how to use the latest tools and applications on the Internet. Students will explore their interests and build an online portfolio (blog) to demonstrate what they can do using innovative web based tools. Some of the tools and applications may include: Marketing and Business, Professional Networking, Virtual Environments, Bookmarking, Social Networks, Multimedia, Photos and Digital Images, Employment and Jobs, Collaboration, Video-Sharing Sites, Podcasts, Wikis, Blogs, Content Aggregation and Management, Organization, Games and Entertainment and more. This course is for anyone who wants to increase their internet skills and knowledge and understand current web tools.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Wednesday, April 30
Young artists coast to coast doodled their inventions to make the world a better place. Doodle 4 Google guest judges have chosen the 50 state winners. Now it's your turn to vote!
The winner's doodle will appear on the Google.com homepage and he or she will receive a $30,000 scholarship and a $50,000 Google for Education technology grant for his or her school.
Help Google choose the winner - cast your votes for each grade group now.
Click here to vote for your favorite Doodle
Animoto
Create a free 30 second video at Animoto. Use pictures from your computer or other Social Media websites. Summarize Animoto in a blog post. Include your finished video as well.
http://animoto.com
FBLA 2013 - NFLC
StoryJumper
Practice Book
http://www.storyjumper.com/book/index/14987852/5360f40fc97bf |
Monday, April 28, 2014
Monday, April 28
Within your blog post, what tools did you find. Explain atleast two webtools/sites you enjoyed.
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Thurday, April 24
Go2Web20
Go2web20 includes over 3,000 services and more are uploaded everyday. They also disable services that are no longer working and by doing this they ensure a more useful and enjoyable experience when performing a search.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Tuesday, April 22
1. Personas - take a screen shot of your persona - theme. Create a blog post about Firefox Personas
2. Extensions - explore - have fun, what extensions did you find? What did you add? Summarize in a blog post the extensions that you explored and the discuss the ones that you added.
HAVE FUN!!!!!
Create two posts:
- What Firefox Extensions are available, which ones did you add - where does one go to find these add-ons/extensions.
- Firefox Personas - take a snap shot of your persona - what is a persona, how does someone find a persona for their browser.
Firefox Add-Ons
I will introduce you to Firefox Add-ons and personas! Then you will explore on your own.
A Firefox add-on that I have installed is Google Shortcuts. You can see to the right how quickly I can get to the Google products.
Choose from thousands of extra features and styles for Firefox.
There are several Firefox extension categories - see photo on right.
Have fun! There are so many neat add on's to make your web experience more enjoyable and easier!!!
Firefox Personas
Firefox personas is a way to personalize your firefox browser. It also makes your browser look more visually appealing versus just the plain default gray. There are many "skins" available to choose from. There is a search bar in the top right of the main screen to find specific designs you like. There is also many categories to choose from if you don't know something to specifically search. Your firefox needs to be updated with the correct software, but on the main screen of the website they provide a link to download it if you don't already have it.
You can choose a holiday theme! To personalize your Firefox browser window click here!
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Terrific Tuesday!
2B - ONLY TOPIC - STUDYSTACK
3B - ONLY TOPICS: STUDYSTACK AND GICKER
You will stay with Mrs. James on each topic. If you finish the topic, you may explore other tools that we have gone over until it is time to move to the next topic. DO NOT WORK AHEAD.
- StudyStack
- Gickr
- StudyStack - explore - what types of flashcard/study tools did you find? - Create a post.
- Create an account
- You will have to verify your account - CHECK SPAM FOLDER
- Create a set of flashcards for one of your classes
- 10 questions
- Embed the code/study tool into a blog post.
- Glickr - create a slide show of pictures atleast 5 pictures and add it into a post - discuss website.
Monday, April 14, 2014
Study Stack
Create flashcards or study tools! Studystack.com
You can enter various questions - and generate different study tools!!! Once you have your study tool created, you can embed the code into a blog post!
Zamzar
Zamzar Have you ever wanted to convert a file? Have you ever wanted to save a document as a .pdf or make changes on .pdf documents? This online tool allows you to convert files to different formats, including conversion of .pdf files to Word documents and Word to .pdfs. You can also convert music, video, and photo files to different formats of your choice. This is a VERY useful tool. Select the file to import, the change to be made, and receive a file in the new format at your email address after registration. The documents are editable after conversion. Images will not be as "editable" as text. The text comes in within a text box, but can be edited. |
Gickr
Gickr.com lets you instantly create animated GIF online slide shows. Just upload pictures or get them from your Flickr account. Create funny flashy slideshows with you and your friends, cartoons, previews, banners, etc. Post them anywhere you can post picures: Facebook or your blog/website.
Show them to people in Gickr's gallery.
Make your own animation
Friday, April 11, 2014
Funday Friday!!!!!
Please stay on my blog and be ready!!!!!
Random Name Picker
Let the computer randomly choose a student's name!
Basic Instructions:
1. Go to http://classtools.net/education-games-php/fruit_machine/
2. Enter your names.
3. Click the embed button in the bottom right corner. (Looks like a wheel.)
4. Copy the provided code and paste it into your blog post.
Example:
Click the Fruit Machine or the Typewriter button to randomly choose a student name:
PhotoShow
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Flowers2mail
Send that special someone a bouquet of flowers for a special holiday - or for some other special occasion.
Create a bouquet of flowers! Click here! and send it to someone special.
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Happy Monday to YOU!!!!!! APRIL 7
piZap
Bloggif
PhotoFunia
FotoFlexer
As you explored and had fun on these sites, you were suppose to compile examples of what you created from each of these sites! Now its time to SHARE!!!
You need to create different blog posts. OR you may put them in one as long as it is nicely organized.
1. Summarize the tool/website in detail - what can a person create on this site?
2. Website
3. 2-3 examples of items you created
4. Explain the pictures you created, what did you do to it? It may be neat if you share the original pictures as well.
You may have to go reexplore these sites to refresh your memory.
Next!
Explore : http://teachweb2.wikispaces.com
When you get to the website, there are a list of web tools in ABC order along the left hand side (in the blue box). EXPLORE! On Wednesday you will share what you found! DO NOT JUST STAY ON ONE! -
IF THE WEBSITE IS BLOCKED EXPLORE My other blogs - listed above. Explore tools we have not gone over - create a blog post of what you found.
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Thursday, April 3
PhotoFunia
FotoFlexer
We will first look at PhotoFunia!
Remember to create a Post about each photo tool - evaluating - explaining what each does. Examples of what you created on that site, link to site.
These will be due Next Wednesday.
PhotoFunia
Tools
PhotoFunia is an online photo editing tool that gives you a fun-filled experience. You upload any photo and just wait to see the magic. The technology automatically identifies the face in the photo and let's you add cool photo effects and create funny face photo montages.
PhotoFunia is free and very easy to use. Just select an effect you like from over 100 different effects, upload your photo, and PhotoFunia will handle the rest for you. PhotoFunia was officially launched in August of 2007.
Activity #1: Select 2-3 photos and experiment with the different effects that PhotoFunia offers. Save each of your pictures to be posted on your blog!
FotoFlexer
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Tuesday, April 1
Include - example, link and description for each. You can have one or more example if you would like.
WORDLE
TAGUL
Today you will explore:
Bloggif and piZap. See posts below.
Our focus today will be exploring these to websites. You need to download or paste the HTML into a blog post - on Thursday - you will summarize each tool in two separate blog posts. Make as many creations as you would like.