Westwood 23 Things

Thing 7 Communication

2008-08-22T11:50:00.002-05:00

HMMM, I definitely use email to communicate with my co-workers. It has made communication easier and quicker. I have Group Chatted with classmates I was doing a project with. It was a nice way for us to work together from at a distance. However, in my daily work life I am not sure if I will instant message. However, I set up a Google Talk account and invited two co-workers to join. I am excited to try it :) I can definitely see using web conferences to learn at a distance. I completed most of my coursework at St. Cloud State through distance technologies.

Thing 6 Image Generator

2008-08-20T15:20:00.002-05:00

These image generators are great!! Very easy to use and allow you to do many cool things. In my last post I created a trading card, so for this post I decided to create a different image by using Image Chef. Image Chef is also getting bookmarked on my computer. Thanks for another great tool!

Thing 5 Flickr Mashups

2008-08-20T15:10:00.001-05:00

My creation
Originally uploaded by moredthanu

Here is a trading card I made of my son using the mashups. I added Big Huge Labs to my favorites on my computer. I am definitely going to use the tools from this site to create posters, trading cards... for I Love to Read month and more. Very Cool and easy to use.

Thing 4 Flickr-CateDiCamilo 031

2008-08-20T14:40:00.002-05:00

CateDiCamilo 031
Originally uploaded by moredthanu

O.k. This Flickr tool is great. I tried to post this picture on my blog in two ways. First I added the picture from the Blogger site- using the tool bar. I did not like how you had to click the box to see the picture of Kate and my daughter. I get the feeling that maybe I did it wrong that way. Then I tried the second way to get the picture on my blog. I added Flickr to my blog. Then all I had to do was click "Add to a Blog" above the picture at the Flickr site. Very easy!! I am going to go to Flickr to find images for presentations I use in the media center. I have been using Google Images, but I think I will find better pictures at Flickr!

Thing 4-Flickr

2008-08-20T14:26:00.003-05:00

Here is a picture I uploaded to Flickr of my daughter and Kate DiCamillo. Kate was at the Red Balloon Bookstore in St. Paul. Kate was a wonderful speaker! I wish I could get her to come to my school for a visit. I edited my photo with software provided by Flickr. I took out the red eye very easily! I think Flickr is great. I am going to use the shared photos in presentations I do in the media center. Wonderful resource.

2008-08-20T14:12:00.003-05:00

Thing 4 RSS Feeds

2008-08-20T13:45:00.002-05:00

I created my account and added some feeds. I can see why people would like these "news flashes" especially if they were interested in some else's blogs. It would be nice to know when people add new comments to their blogs. I'm not sure I will check my feeds very often however... We'll see.

By the way, I had a heck of a time accessing my blog in order to add a new post!! I think it is because my school changed our email addresses. I had to use my home computer to edit this blog. Hopefully I will be able to continue!!!

Thing 2 Web 2.0

2008-05-21T12:08:00.003-05:00

I found the blog very wordy and hard to understand- not sure I took in what the blogger was saying. I was motivated to learn more about Web 2.0 from the video. I think Stephen A. (man in the video) made a great point about only understanding what you have experience with yourself. If I want to be able to find ways to incorporate Web 2.0 technologies into our media center, I have to be knowledgeable about them. If Web 2.0 really is a revolution- I want to understand what it is about and know how to use Web 2.0 tools- thus the reason for doing this whole 23 things on a stick deal. The article "The Ongoing Web Revolution" was o.k. But honestly, web 2.0 could be summed up more quickly as a community of learners using online tools, and helping each other learn the tools by sharing ideas.

First Thing

2008-05-02T16:16:00.002-05:00

My eyes are burning and I need some eyedrops! I finally figured out how to create a blog and create an AVATAR! The exporting or importing the avatar was tricky! Before I read the directions I tried to upload the Avatar as a picture, but then AFTER I read the directions posted on 23 Things on a stick I realized I needed to upload it as an HTML file. I figured out you can also save the AVATAR onto your desktop and then upload it as a picture. Now I am just waiting to register my blog on the 15th of May