Thing 17!

Delicious!

I learned to get more comfortable with Delicious by exploring it. I think it is great for an easy access to bookmarking and keeping up with different sets of bookmarks. Teachers can share with other teachers on sites like Delicious or Diigo. I enjoyed using Diigo in the classroom and see what others found everyday. 

Thing Sweet Sixteen!

This is my iGoogle page. It is perfect for me. I am in spanish class right now, so I have google translate on there. The moon really interests me, so I found a moon phases widget. Then on my interests I check marked the box the with art, social, entertainment, and music.  I chose the night decoration, because it was pretty. 

I experimented and explored some of the calendar tools, but I use this one everyday. It is the iCalendar for Apple. It connects with my Macbook Pro, iPad, and iPhone. You can add as many events as you want and color coordinate them. You can connect them with google calendar and yahoo calendar. 

I really like the tool stickies, because when you are doing research, you can make visible notes and not have to switch back and forth between windows.  

Thing Fifteen!

I posted on our wiki!!

It took me a little bit to figure it out! I could not find the button to create an account. 

Then I kept trying to edit it and it would not let me. Then I figured that I had to join the workspace. Finally, I got to add my favorite post from my blog. I think Wiki's are great way to get information out. But, I worry about mean people coming along and changing information to false information just for fun. 

Thing 14, Go with the Flow!

This is my flow chart! 

I made a flow chart on Gliffy and it was really easy and simple to make! I loved it! I could use this in my classroom for instructions on how to make a color wheel. The students just follow the chart and the bubbles and it is very self-explantory.

The mind chart was also very easy and simple to make! It had bright colors and easy directions and instructions. I did like the flow chart the best because I personally think it is easier to read and follow for a completed color wheel. 

Thing 13!

I played around on Zoho and I created a presentation. 

I did not like Zoho, mainly because I have never used this website before. I tried playing around and exploring it but I was just not understanding it. A lot of the documents and items you can create on Zoho, can be created using Microsoft Office. I would understand people using it, if they did not have Microsoft Office. But, I would not want to pay monthly or yearly for a service when you can buy Microsoft Office once and it be on your computer forever. You can save everything you create with Microsoft Office on a hard drive or websites, such as Dropbox.

Now on the other hand, I have had experience with Google Docs. I really like it because I am in a sorority and we use it all the time. We can send out a document and sisters can add or change information all the time. We use it for t-shirt sign ups and formal date lists!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AmIXDr70ugQRdExCc1FJYjJOaHVjTFRZaURrZkNjOFE&single=true&gid=0&output=html

I made a fake Austin Peay State University t-shirt sign up sheet! You could send it around to every one for sizes and phone numbers. When the shirts come in, the person in charge could email the students and tell them to come to the UC, to get them!

I definitely like Google Docs better just because I have more experience. But, I have never made a Google Doc before until today and I figured it out pretty easily. Zoho, on the other hand, I did not like because it was just too much. I would rather stick to my Microsoft Office. Google Docs or any other online document system is great for students. They can work collaboratively on a group assignment and not have to be in the same room or building. It is great for communicated with people online and getting information in an easy and organized manner!

Thing 12!

I LOVE GOOGLE!!! I am very familiar with Google Calendar and Google Translate. I've been using Google calendar for about a year now. I have it synced with my phone, so I have all my tests, assignments, and important dates all logged and with different colors for work, school, and other. Google already puts national holidays. To the right, this is my calendar! When you create an event you can put the location, the duration, time, and you can choose what category it goes in and the color. This is such a useful tool for a busy student. Then when I become a teacher I can use it for organizing classes, assignments, and projects. 

 The second Google tool I use quite frequently is Google Translate! I am in Spanish class, and if I get really stumped on a word or phrase I can use Google Translate. This will be really helpful in the classroom, especially if get an ESL student or a student that does not speak English at all. Google Translate is not perfect, no online translation is. It gives you the basic meaning and sometimes it will mess up the verbs. I love how you can choose from all the different languages. This is great tool!

Thing 11!

Finding RSS Feeds!!

I think the easiest method was using the Google Blog search. I am using Google Reader, so I just searched within Google. I really like how Google has everything linked and everything organized and put together. I tried every tool, and I did not find any really confusing. All the websites were easy to navigate through and figure out. On Topix, I found local news feeds which is awesome because the Clarksville newspaper website, you now have to pay for it. I do not find this unusual but I noticed Topix has a lot of information about gay marriage and politics. I do not care much for those topics, so I did not use Topix that much.