#13

I decided that the way I would post this blog post for thing # 13 would be through typing it up in Zoho. It looks to me that it is just as easy to use a word and that it might be an alternative option for people who do not have a computer at home. They would be able to use the writer and other aspects of Zoho to do their assignments.

I can change fonts. make them Bold or in Italics or even Underline them. I can strike through words.

I can also change colors such as green or go back to black i can also change background colors and thus make the whole document more interesting.

I can even insert images and tables



and many other things.

#12

The two Google things that I used were the Google Scholar and the Google per cell phone. I like to use Google scholar because it helps finding specific sites related to topics that are relevant to what I am studying. I have actually used it in search of sources for my Research paper. I like the Google Mobile because one can just send a text to 466453 and depending on what one enters one can receive information. One can also have Google on cellphones if one has web capabilities and the items are free.

#11

Which method of finding feeds did you find easiest to use? The method that I thought easiest was just to use the search/browse tool that is offered by Google reader. I typed in the titles of the blogs I wanted and was able to easily subscribe to them.
Which Search tool was the easiest for you? Google's search and browse tool was the easiest for me.
Which was more confusing? Syndic8.com was confusing because I just wasn't able to find anything.
What kind of useful feeds did you find in your travels? I found various feeds relating to either German or teaching or even raising children multilingual but I didn't really fin anything that would be helpful for teaching German. But I might just need to wander. I also searched fro croceht blogs since I am always looking for new patterns.
Or what kind of unusual ones did you find? The funniest blog I found is monster crochet and here the author creates some pretty gruesome and cute patterns. The other one that was pretty funny or unusual is about a woman who is American but wishes to be fluent in German.
What other tools or ways did you find to locate newsfeeds? other ways to subscribe to blogs is to just subscribe on the blog itself or using the follow button in blogger.

#10

• What do you like about RSS and newsreaders? I like that I can put all the blogs that I check everyday in one place and then I can just read through the newest posts instead of having to go back and surf around until I have found the site that I want to check.
  
• How do you think you might be able to use this technology in your school or personal life? I could make a public reader for my students with blogs that are interesting to them and relevant to the topic that they are studying. In my personal life this will just help me keep my blogs in order so that I can enjoy reading them easily rather than hunting for them.
  
• How can teachers use RSS or take advantage of this new technology? Teachers could set up a public blog reader for their students. Depending on the class or the subject they could have the students create their own blog reader and have them follow blogs that are content related to class.
  

#9

i thought this was fun and it made me smile.
The reason I decided only did one is because after looking around a lot of these sites require uploads, or instant access to the webcam and that is something i will not do. The image chef is ok though because one makes signs and they would make great greetings to put on the screen in class and have the children have a nice greeting when they walk in.

#8

The site that I played with was the big huge labs. I made a poster of my dog in a mosaic style.



Flickr mash up can be used in the school as an activity for example pick pictures related to the current vocabulary and have the students use it to create puzzles with vocab or a mosaic. The mosaic would work to create a wordfield.
I have no issues with posting pictures online because I can control which pictures I post and thus I am not worried.

#7

This is one of the images I sent to the Flickr group and it is a picture of my dog and here mini me that I crocheted of her. I have been using Flickr for a while now so this was not really a new experience to me however I love using flickr, because i can use html codes of my pictures and post them on one of the sites that I am a member of. Will you use Flickr for classroom, library or personal photos, or in some other way? most likely yes. How? I will use it to show pictures of Germany, maybe even create a group for my students where they can find pictures that will be usefull for assignment. Have you ever used another photo hosting service besides Flickr?no How do you feel about having your photos in a public place (note that you can mark your photos private too) -- any concerns? I am not too worried about it since I can control which pictures I upload to the internet and if I am making the public or private.

#6

The site that I choose was the comic one and I promptly went and made a comic about my chihuahua. I thought it is rather entertaining and can be used as a good site for the children to make projects with in class.

#5

• What does "School 2.0" mean to you?
  
• What does it mean for schools of the future?

School 2.0in my opinion refers to the fact that more and more children have become computer literate, but not only on the computer as a machine itself. Children have started to be able to surf the internet at faster speeds than the majority of adults. They use sites such as myspace, facebook, and Google to communicate, network and search. Children are able to use applications on the internet to make their blogs and social networking sites more stlish more "them." I am still relatively young, however when one compares my online skills to those of today's teenagers I am slow. I am slowly learning how to use web 2.0s and I do know my fair share. However, I am not as up to date as I wish I was.

School 2.0 is vitally important to the future of education because children today are so linked to the web. Instead of discouragin the use of internet and computers in school it should be incorporated such as learning how to use the 2.0 tools to study, research, and make projects. How about a blog where students turn in their homework, or site where students can check in with their classmates and still be safe.

#4

Commenting creates a sense of community because people are interacting with each other and are leaving feedback on what one another has said. It also creates a sense of community because the person that has received the comment can return -- and most do -- the favor to the initial commenter, through either commenting a reply under their own blog or on the commenter's blog.

One of the websites that was helpful to me was the 10 Commandments of blog commenting and how it emphasizes that one should be polite and basically follow the Golden rule -- treat as you would like to be treated. Another site that was helpful to me was the 10 ways of having people comment site. It taught me how to change my writing style and how to invite comments on my blog, such as "inviting comments by asking for them."

I commented on several blogs and the first one I commented on was Terri's because I remembered her showing me some of the Things she had done and how excited she was. I decided to comment specifically on one of the images because I was curious how she had done it and because I like it a lot. The second blog of interest to me was Amelia's blog because she incorporated her personal life and I was able to relate to things that she had to say. I also decided to comment on Lisa Jordan's space because I decided I would see what she had to say. The specific post I commented on was related to foreign languages and it relates to my plans of wanting to be a language teacher. I also commented on skybluesue's blog just because I thought her change of process of uploading the avatar was kind of interesting and something that I should've thought of since I am always online. I also commented on Jeanies blog because her experience with flickr and snapfish were interesting and I can say that I have played with both of them. Plus I just wanted to tell her that her pictures were too adorable.

The two blogs I commented on that were not related to the class were Dishcloth Diaries and Planet June.