tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18227123876760623912024-03-19T04:27:17.717-07:00Amanda CarrascoAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05056516331338744789noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822712387676062391.post-40048211148565670982016-02-25T08:24:00.001-08:002016-02-25T08:24:47.519-08:00A Day With My SonToday I took my son to school. I kissed him and hugged him. I let him know that I will be there to pick him up. I assured him that I work hard for him. He already knows all this. I tell him everyday.<br />
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Today I felt the void that my son feels in his life. Today I realized that I am just not enough. While I love him with all my heart, I am just that- one heart. He used to be loved by two hearts. No matter how much I love on him, I cannot kiss both cheeks at once, hug him with four arms, or cuddle with him on both sides.<br />
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Today I must be strong for him. My face must stay dry and my eyes must stay focused. I must listen when he talks and show that I understand. He tries to stay strong for me too. Who is there for us if we can't be strong? Who picks up Mommy at the end of the day?<br />
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Today, I cry, hard, on the inside. My mind wanders. My thoughts travel at light speed. My heart is heavy with stabbing pangs of guilt but I will wear a smile. If anyone asks, I will say that I'm fine. . . but no one will ask. No one has called in a while. If anyone were to ask what I accomplished today, I will list tasks of importance and never mention how hard they were to complete.<br />
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Today, just like every other day, I accept the fact that I am not a perfect parent. Normally, I just tell myself to learn from my mistakes and move on to better things. This time is different, however. This time I promised my son something without having the ability to deliver on that promise. He went from not wondering to ecstatically hoping. When I failed, my son's heartbreak and my nightmares won't let me forget. To move on, do I try to fix what happened? Do I just apologize? Do I, can I stop it from happening ever again? I've never claimed to have all the answers. No parent does. . . but this. . . I need the answer.<br />
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Today, I pray and ask for forgiveness. . . and wisdom. . . and strength I can't possibly hope to possess. Today I ask God to be my other half and give my son all he needs. I go through my internal dialogue, again, arguing about how he would be better with someone else. . . with me. . . with someone else. . . he needs me. . . right? Or do I need him more? Am I selfish? Am I selfless? God, I suck at this. . . but I'm the best shot he has at making it through this life.<br />
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Today, he will still love me, even though I have hurt him. Today, he will still smile and he will forgive me. Today, he will chose to hide his unhappiness and show me his best. He will show me the forgiveness and wisdom and strength I need. Today he will lead and I will follow. I have raised a man. . . at five years old.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05056516331338744789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822712387676062391.post-65114369192901662812016-02-04T17:06:00.000-08:002016-02-04T17:06:25.158-08:00I'm Pro-Choice. Here's why.<br />
I have been on birth control most of my
life. I have been given the pill, the shot, Nuva ring, and now I have
an implant. I have rarely if ever had my own health insurance. Medicaid
paid for 80% of my prescriptions. Now with mandated Obamacare, I have a
hard time imagining women not having access to birth control via a
provider. <br />
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<a href="http://www.christianpost.com/news/texas-defunds-planned-parenthood-148060/" target="_blank">Texas recently defunded Planned Parenthood</a>. Texas also, allegedly, experienced a spike in birth rates. People are blaming Texa<span class="text_exposed_show">n politicians and the "lack of access to birth control and/or abortions for low-income women." </span><br />
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Seriously?? If you can't afford babies, then don't make babies, i.e.
stop having unprotected sex! If you can't get your birth control from
Planned Parenthood, go see a OB/GYN! Medicaid will pay for it (see my
first paragraph)! Get a prescription! Medicaid will pay for it! Don't blame your lack of birth control on Planned Parenthood's lack of state tax money. <br />
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Still
can't afford birth control? ...can you afford condoms? Usually they are
free at a health department. Still no? Don't have sex! Birth
control is way cheaper than raising a kid or even getting an abortion.
Take responsibility for your sexual behaviors. Don't rely on men to
provide condoms. Buy your own or use something else. Not sure how to use
other non-condom barrier methods? GO READ A BOOK AND GET EDUCATED.<br />
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I'm pro-choice. I believe that I, a woman, have choices when it comes
to birth control. I choose when and how I have sex. I choose to look at
my bank account prior to popping out babies! I don't believe it's the
tax payer's choice to fund my abortion nor my child that I couldn't
afford in the first place! I choose to be educated about my reproductive
health and accept responsibility for my adult decisions.<br />
I don't
need Jesus to tell me children are miracles. I have met those people
waiting for children to adopt, fostering other people's children, and
fundraising to bring their adoptee home. If I did need Jesus'
instruction, He would tell me to read about Hannah, 1 Samuel Chapter 1.
If any woman will break your heart about children, Hannah is the one.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05056516331338744789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822712387676062391.post-6986595977696257462015-03-25T10:12:00.000-07:002016-02-04T17:08:08.816-08:00Changing the Fast-Growing Demographic<a href="http://www.opposingviews.com/i/politics/arkansas-republican-congressman-wants-low-income-women-have-fewer-children">http://www.opposingviews.com/i/politics/arkansas-republican-congressman-wants-low-income-women-have-fewer-children</a><br />
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During my studies as a graduate student, I came across this interesting <a href="http://www.childtrends.org/?indicators=births-to-unmarried-women" target="_blank">bit of information</a>: more children that are being born into single-parent households are born into households where Mom was <i>never</i> married. Let's stop and think about this. <i>Children in single-parent homes are generally the offspring of unwed mothers!</i> I can guarantee that all of us can think of a single woman raising her child without a history of divorce. Everyone has heard the most misconstrued statistic in the world "half of all marriages end in divorce." (I won't go into why this quote enrages me in this post.) If half of marriage partners really are getting divorced, then the single-parent homes should be, for the most part, accounted for. <br />
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I have also read that <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=130884" target="_blank">women are generally waiting</a> until they are older to get married and have children-from their late twenties to early thirties range. A growing number of women are starting to pursue education and careers before they settle down. How can women be getting married later at the same time as single parent households are increasing at an all-time high?<br />
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Although divorce is rampant, I don't believe it accurately explains the single-parent phenomena. Today, men and women are shamelessly having sexual intercourse outside of marriage. Mechanically, sex has two sonsequences: creating babies or spreading STD's. (Yes, people have sex for pleasure but I'm talking about producing a physical product- not a sensational feeling. Think about sex as a factory assembly line where two workers making a product.) If you know that you are not committed to the other person, then why would you risk creating a child? When you have sex without any form of pregnancy prevention, you increase the probability of having a child 75%. Let's be honest. Females carry a pregnancy for forty weeks before the fetus becomes a child that Dad can help. Forty weeks is a long time- long enough for someone to plan his or her escape from parenthood. According to the statistics, Dads are most likely to bail once they know or displace their responsibilities once they are notified. <br />
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Whether the relationship ended before she knew she was pregnant, he bailed, or someone got a divorce, the someone is now a single parent. When I think of every kid's childhood, I cannot imagine a little girl or boy saying, "I can't wait to be a single-parent and raise my child or children alone!" With the ideal of raising the child in a home with two loving parents and two incomes gone, life just got tougher. . . a lot tougher.<br />
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When one is living under less than ideal circumstances like those I just described, then one should focus on making the best of the situation. Sleeping with Private Joe Snuffy or G.I. Jane without a condom right before he or she deployed was a bad idea. Forgive yourself. Adjust fire and continue on with your new mission of single-parenthood. Don't be afraid to ask for help. If you need to get on welfare for a while, do it.<br />
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Let's talk about getting on welfare. State aid, welfare, or whatever you call it is a temporary solution to your long-term issue. Raising a child does NOT get cheaper with time. (Everytime I compare my total at Wal-mart to amount of items in my cart, I want to riot.) Providing for your child today will not be easier because you, the parent, will be faced with challenges everyday. Inflation, the price of daycare, available housing, your level of education, outrageous costs of tuition, and the depreciation of the American dollar are just a few the issues you'll encounter. While raising a child alone in this economy is difficult, it can be done. Welfare can help with that, if you qualify. If welfare does help you improve your circumstance, that is wonderful. Don't count on it to always be there though. Your state and federal governments are under some of the same pressures. Funneling money at the rate that they do now may not be possible in the future.<br />
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Representative Kim Hammer (R-AK) understands these facts. In order to encourage sustainable welfare programs and responsible behavior of welfare recipients, she is offering to reimburse the costs to IUD or Norplant implantation to females on welfare. <a href="http://www.paragard.com/What-it-costs.aspx" target="_blank">Paraguard</a> outlines the one-time fee to purchase their copper IUD on their website. Although $932 is a initial out-of-pocket cost, it would be worth it when compared to what state governments are spending on welfare. As a divorced parent, I was on welfare for 21 months and received $323 a month in foodstamps for my one child and myself. In that time frame, I cost my state government $6,783. *If the state government paid for a hypothetical IUD prior to my pregnancy, I theoretically could have saved taxpayers $5,851. (*In reality, I cannot receive an IUD. My child is five years old. I am a taxpayer myself and I don't plan on getting on welfare ever again.) I am one person. In Kentucky, <a href="http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/WKYT-Investigates-208393651.html" target="_blank">more than 900,000</a> people get government assistance, that's about 21% of the state. That does not include people on temporary state assistance, like K-TAP or TANF.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05056516331338744789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822712387676062391.post-7278448301588553222015-02-24T11:52:00.001-08:002015-03-23T06:06:45.286-07:00Homelessness and MeMy own encounter with homelessnes is mild compared the realities that the currently homeless share. I have recounted that unpleasant experience for you in a different blog post.* I want to discuss homelessness in the United States and my proposed solution to it. <br />
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While I hope everyone can glean something personally meaningful from this post, I want to reach out to the Universal Church- Christians. As with every good finger-pointing, I am a Christian and I am just as much to blame as any other Christian. Since I am indeed equally to blame, I feel as though the time has come to do something about it. Before we Christians can fully address homelessness, we need to reflect upon our financial preparedness to answer God's calling to care for the poor. Ultimately, God calls to be financially prepared to invest in His most precious and priceless asset- the souls of His creation.<br />
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We are called to serve God and live our lives as Christ lived His own. We cannot be wholly free to serve God if we are chained to debt. Figuratively, debt enslaves us and makes itself our master. Debt and unnecessary financial obligations hinder us from fully serving God. Matthew 6:24 NIV reminds us “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money<strong>.</strong>" Christ wants us to be free in every aspect of our lives. John 8:36 NIV tells us that "He who the Son sets free, is free indeed." Right now, examine your lives. Are to able to freely respond to God's financial calling on your life? Or are you slaving away to work off your debt which has made itself your master?<br />
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Eventually, I came to a point in my life where I was tired of serving Mammon. The fight to free myself from this spirit brought me face to face with homelessness. God was faithful even when my potential homelessness seemed inevitable. He put me in a rental house. This house had been for sale but had sat empty for six months. The owners know me and were aware of my struggle. God moved on my behalf and filled them with compassion. They offered me their house to live in and decided to take it off the market. I have lived in this same house since late 2012. <br />
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Three years in a neighborhood isn't a long time to live somewhere but I believe I see a trend. On my street alone, five houses are for sale. They have sat empty for the last two months. Then, three more empty houses sit without any signs of sale or potential occupation. When one house is purchased, another is vacated. This trend continues and my street continues to host multiple empty houses. Driving around my suburb further validates my suspicions- empty houses on almost every street. I can only speculate why these houses are empty. <br />
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Then I read this: "Homeless Man from Louisville Freezes to Death on the Steps of a Homeless Shelter." You can read the whole article yourself <a href="http://homeless%20man%20from%20louisville%20freezes%20to%20death%20on%20the%20steps%20of%20a%20homeless%20shelter/" target="_blank">here</a>. I see homeless people in my town, at my school, and in my church. How is this possible? I'm not so naive to think that every single homeless person wants to live in a house with expenses.** I will say that young Kenneth Winfield didn't want to freeze to death. How many more homeless people are going to die this way-exposed to the elements? How long will we, Christians, allow this to happen?<br />
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Faced with homelessness in my community and a crappy housing market, I have decided to juxtapose these two issues against each other. What if I were able to buy houses and give them to homeless people? What if other people in my community, or even in my state, were able to do the same thing? What if other people in other states found out and did the same thing?? We, the people of the United States, could collectively conquer both issues at once. <br />
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This is my solution. Is it lofy? A bit. Can I do it? I believe I can. I accept the possibility that my personal impact may be small. I may only give away one house and to only one person. If one soul is added to kindgom as a result of my efforts, I believe it's worth it. I'm hoping that one person will be like the leper that Jesus healed and asked him to tell no one (Mark 1:40-45 NKJV.) Verse 45 tells us "he went out and began to proclaim <i>it</i> freely, and to spread the matter. . .". This ministry has reflections of Christ's ministry all over it. I believe that God was faithful to me to show Himself through me. Exodus 9:16 NKJV "<span class="text Exod-9-16" id="en-NKJV-1759">But indeed for this <i>purpose</i> I have raised you up, that I may show My power <i>in</i> you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth." </span><br />
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*I haven't written that post yet. When I do, I will update this one.<br />
**I have met homeless people that would rather couch surf with friends or live out of their cars than be tied down to a house with rules or expenses.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05056516331338744789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822712387676062391.post-61830171315970568792013-04-21T13:15:00.000-07:002013-04-21T13:15:17.958-07:00Week 8 Security Issues<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This lesson should be the first lesson for this Educational Technology course. If students and staff are not operating in a safe virtual environment, then not much else is going to matter. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We have looked at several web tools that allow for users to edit someone's work, enable chat room applications, have whiteboard applications, offer free email, and permit uploading and downloading without bias. All of these tools allow users to interact with each other either in a synchronous or asynchronous manner. These interactions make us vulnerable. We need to keep our home computers safe, personal mobile devices safe, school networks safe, and students safe. This begs the question how do we keep ourselves safe in the rapidly evolving tech world. Let's try to answer that question. <span style="font-size: large;">Once we have ans<span style="font-size: large;">wered this <span style="font-size: large;">question<span style="font-size: large;">, I w<span style="font-size: large;">ant you to reflect on your own life. <span style="font-size: large;">Are you modeling safe internet conduct? We have t<span style="font-size: large;">o</span> practic<span style="font-size: large;">e</span> these guidelines <span style="font-size: large;">ourselves before we can prove the<span style="font-size: large;">ir</span> effectiveness <span style="font-size: large;">to our kids, students, and administ<span style="font-size: large;">rators.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">First, let's look at the threats we are face. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">MALICIOUS SOFTWARE </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This article explains malicious software in easy-to-understand terms. <a href="http://computer.howstuffworks.com/virus.htm" target="_blank">How Stuff Works- Viruses, Worms, Trojans.</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Basically, malicious software damages your files and programs. Depending on how the malware is written, it can send itself to your contacts in your email address book. It has the potential to infect the masses in mere minutes. The malware damage results in loss of functionality and may completely shut down your computer.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">HACKERS</span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">Hackers are people that deliberately breach security barriers and leak sensitive information contained therein. They <i>usually</i> aren't interested in deleting or modifying files as much as making them public.</span></span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">PHISHING</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This attack comes in two forms. The first form is the phishing website and/or ad banner (a.k.a. pop-up.) This website is actually a portal to a criminal's database. The criminal waits for you to enter your personal information and send it to them via typing in the fields provided and clicking "submit." The second form is a phishing email. This email seems like it is from a real person or company. The email asks for you to send some kind of sensitive information in a reply. Either way, </span><span style="font-size: large;">scam artists want your personal information and will stop at nothing trying
to get it. Some want a thrill; some want bragging rights. Others are
simply in it for the money. Why buy a gun and forcibly rob you when
they can create a simple website and <i>you hand them</i> your bank
account information willingly (albeit unknowingly)? The why is
irrelevant though. These guys are sneaky and growing in number.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">CYBERBULLYING</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This PBS link is actually a documentary that examines how people are constantly wired up, tuned in, and powered on. Cyberbullying is not specifically mentioned but other equally disturbing issues are.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/" target="_blank">PBS Reports on Our Digital Nation and the Detriment of Being Connected 24/7</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The days of "leaving work at work" are gone. Bullying used to be an evil person in your face when you walked into the school building or got on the bus. Those jerks would have to use their own the time and effort to physically seek you out. Now, students can slip in the side entrance, have their parents drive them everywhere, and change their schedules but bullies still find them. While students and parents may be putting physical effort into protecting students, bullies have changed the location of the battlefield. Brandishing their cowardice like a war medal, they hide in the shadows of the intangible, virtual world of social networking, phone messaging, and victim gullibility. With mobile devices increasing their presence in schools, it's easy to snap a picture of the "fat girl" changing in the locker room and post it on Facebook/Twitter for all the high school population to see. Facebook also allows people to privately message each other without permission from the recipient. What kids were saying in gym class is then PM'd to the "fat girl's" Facebook account. She makes the connection between the muffled laughter and her classmates' stares.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As I write this, I cannot stop thinking about one the most grotesque exercises of cyberbullying- The Rape of 15 Year Old Steubenville, Ohio Jane Doe in August 2012. She didn't die but her captors thought she had. . . </span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jane
started that evening at a school volleyball pizza party at 7 p.m. The high school volleyball team
was celebrating in the gym. Jane got text
messages from a girl she knew and trusted while attending the party.
The texting girl was dating a football player. The football player was
friends with Jane's ex-boyfriend, another football player. The
ex-boyfriend wanted revenge on Jane for dumping him. He convinced his
friend's girlfriend to text Jane and invite her to a "party with all the
cool kids." The girl promised to pick Jane up from school and no one
would know. Jane's girlfriend (and a posse) picked Jane up from school
and gave Jane a drugged glass of champagne. After the ruffies set in,
the male passengers in the SUV starting raping her... and snapping
pictures of her bent over the seat, unconscious, half-naked. She was heavily drugged and raped multiple times by multiple boys in multiple ways at multiple locations that night. Rape is the ultimate form of bullying- someone overpowering someone else just because he (or she) can. The rapists then posted pictures of Jane and <i>themselves</i> online via Twitter and Facebook. Jane is unconscious in all of them. Several followers of the graphic posts left nasty comments like "I have no respect for whores." Cyberbullying at its best... </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The girl was unceremoniously dropped onto her own front lawn at approximately 3 a.m. The story continues though. When her parents found her, they immediately took her to the hospital as she was unresponsive, bloody, and barely clothed. Her ex-boyfriend and his football friends started texting her, threatening her! More bullying from the shadows!! They realized that between social media snipits, the rape kit from the hospital, and Jane's text message logs that she was piecing together what happened. They didn't want her to go forward. Needless to say, all the records that I just mentioned were examined as damning evidence in the convictions of only two of the rapists. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I said all that to say this- we are fighting a unknown enemy in foreign territory. We must learn about our enemy and arm ourselves.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">WEAPONS AT OUR DISPOSAL</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">CONTACT A CREDIT BUREAU FOR A FREE 90 DAY IDENTITY WATCH</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You can contact any of the three credit bureaus and put a free 90 day alert on your credit report. If any new accounts or strange activity are detected within those 90 days, one of the bureaus will contact you to authenticate it. I have had to do this. After my last divorce, my crazy ex-husband and his even crazier girlfriend had all my personal information. Here is a link for more information</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.alerts.equifax.com/AutoFraud_Online/jsp/fraudAlert.jsp" target="_blank">Equifax 90 Credit Fraud Alert</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Having said that, you should read over your credit report at least once a year to check for accuracy. I have personally had to dispute items that were wrong- credit card lines I had open but was told I was initially declined for, addresses I haven't lived at, and strange inquiries from third party companies.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp" target="_blank">ONLY free annual credit report site</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">OPERATING SYSTEMS</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The operating site you choose for your PC and mobile device can lower your chances of intercepting malware. As Marshall Brain and Wesley Fenlon explain in "How Stuff Works- Viruses, Trojans, and Worms", </span><span style="font-size: large;">if you're truly worried about traditional (as opposed to e-mail)
viruses, you should be running a more secure operating system like <a href="http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question246.htm">Linux</a>
and, to a lesser extent, Apple's Mac OS X. You never hear about viruses
on these operating systems because they represent such a small part of
the market they're <b>targeted</b> by far fewer viruses than the Windows
operating system. Apple's OS X has seen its share, but viruses are still
predominately a Windows problem.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone-virus.htm" target="_blank">Cell Phone Viruses</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Julie Layton recommends these ways to protect your cell phone in her article "How Stuff Works- How Cell-phone Viruses Work"</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Turn off Bluetooth discoverable mode.</strong> Set your
phone to "hidden" so other phones can't detect it and send it the virus.
You can do this on the Bluetooth options screen.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Check security updates to learn about filenames you should keep an eye out for.</strong>
It's not fool-proof -- the Commwarrior program generates random names
for the infected files it sends out, so users can't be warned not to
open specific filenames -- but many viruses can be easily identified by
the filenames they carry. Security sites with detailed virus information
include: <a href="http://www.f-secure.com/">F-Secure</a>, <a href="http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp">McAfee</a> and <a href="http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/">Symantec</a>.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some of these sites will send you e-mail updates with new virus information as it gets posted.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Install some type of security software on your phone.</strong>
Numerous companies are developing security software for cell phones,
some for free download, some for user purchase and some intended for
cell-phone service providers. The software may simply detect and then
remove the virus once it's received and installed, or it may protect
your phone from getting certain viruses in the first place. Symbian has
developed an anti-virus version of its operating system that only allows
the phone's Bluetooth connection to accept secure files.</span></span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Options: Free or Commercial</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Whether it's your home computer or a school network, everyone needs anti-virus software. There anti-virus programs for free and for a fee. PC Magazine voted BitFender AV as the best commercial anti-virus program. They also voted AVG Free Anti-virus program the best free AV program.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2372364,00.asp" target="_blank">PC Magazine Reviews Best AV programs</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Scan everything!</b> You should be running anti-virus scans on your computer at regular intervals (at least once a week) to detect and address problems as soon as they arise.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Updates! </b>Enable automatic updating and actually download the updates.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">REMOTE ACCESS</span> </span></span> <br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">LogMeIn.com </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Most schools have remote access programs in place. Parents can also do this for their children's computers. LogMeIn is an application designed for business people who work out of multiple locations. This programs allows you to remotely log into a specific computer and access its files. If you are trying to be covert, be advised. When the overseer moves the mouse, the mouse moves on the remote computer screen as well. <span style="font-size: large;">Follow this hypothetical example. </span>I am on PC#1 and remotely logged into my son's PC #2. If he is playing <span style="font-size: large;">a game<span style="font-size: large;"> and I move his mo<span style="font-size: large;">use to the exit button, <span style="font-size: large;">he will see the mouse on his sc<span style="font-size: large;">reen move<span style="font-size: large;"> to the <span style="font-size: large;">exit button. If I click exit, he will see the mouse click and the window closing.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">AD/POP-UP BLOCKERS, INTERNET CONTROLS</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Internet settings can also be used to aid in security. You can block cookies or allow cookies from certain sites. You can also make cookies downloadable with your permission only. This last setting is taxing time wise but can be worth it. Along with cookies, block pop-up windows. Often, they are ads. Sometimes applications that launch in a separate window are filtered and blocked as a pop-up. Be sure to allow yourself the permission to see both instances. Of course parents can use safe search and password controls as well. School generally have website genre restrictions in place. Most of these options are located in the "Tool" tab in the Menu bar of your browser.</span><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">
<span style="color: blue;"></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">ACCEPTABLE USE POLICIES</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Most schools and businesses have an acceptable use policy in place. Examples of such policies would be no email unless it's school server email and you can't open attachments. In the Army, we had to take classes on information awareness. We had to be aware of the risks of everyday computer use while on a government network. The Army didn't allow external storage devices to be used on government computers. We had plastic ID cards with magnetic strips. The strips carried our credentials. Without an ID card, you couldn't log in. Without the right credntials, you couldn't go onto certain sites. Sensitive information had to be labeled, sent on a secured network, and opened by someone with an appropriate security clearance. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">HACKERS AS EMPLOYEES</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Have you ever seen the Discovery Channel series "It Takes a Thief"? The show has two former felons as the hosts. They used to be professional robbers. Now, they use their expertise to educate homeowners about faulty home security. Discovery would put surveillance cameras in a home one the hosts had decided to rob. Said host would conduct a robbery. The second host would watch the live action camera footage with the homeowners. After the robbery, the hosts would score the homeowners based on the following criteria: did anyone in the neighborhood react to the robbery, did the police respond, how long did it take for the police to arrive, the total the value of the merchandise stolen, and damage to the property. The second host would then give suggestions on how to fix the home's security issues. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This link has an interview with the anonymous hacking group SpexSec. Spexsec hacked the Clarksville Montgomery County School System and leaked 14,500 names, SSN, and email passwords to the internet. The group pointed to CMCSS complacency as main reason for the hacking. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/184442/spexsec-hack-was-retaliation-for-ignoring-security-warnings-targeted-fbi-agent/" target="_blank">SpexSec says why they hacked CMCSS</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If people want to make a living doing this type of work, organizations need to hire the hackers. Businesses shouldn't be investing in security measures with the promise that they will work. These security measures should be tested regularly. Last year's efforts won't stop this year's hackers.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> We need to pay these guys to do their jobs and see how we fare.</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05056516331338744789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822712387676062391.post-68635987883362672742013-04-14T23:22:00.001-07:002013-04-14T23:22:33.802-07:00Week 7 Tech Explorations<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Questions to answer</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span>1.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Pick one piece of software or Web 2.0 tool to use
in the classroom.<span> </span>Identify the software
or tool and the instructional objectives and goals you will meet.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">I will definitely use Prezi.com to present my
own lessons.<span> </span>I will also take time to
show Prezi to my students.<span> </span>They will be
able to do assignments with it.<span> </span>I
already featured this application in my webquest from last week.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span>2.<span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">After using the software or tool with your
students, discuss what went well and what challenges you faced.<span> </span>What would you do differently if you were to
use the software again?<span> </span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">I currently do
not teach.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Websites I visited:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Keeping Track of your "stuff"<span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.delicious.com/"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">http://www.delicious.com/</span></a><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>This website
allows you to “pin” or save bookmarks of websites in a personal profile.<span> </span>The profile is more or less just a blank page
for the bookmarks.<span> </span>You can post a small
bio and picture of yourself to personalize it.<span>
</span>After you post a bookmark, you can add a comment and/or tags at any
time.<span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">The site offers a bookmark
toolbar button so you can add a webpage to your Delicious profile at any
time.<span> </span>I tried to use the button but I
couldn’t get it to work.<span> </span>You can open a
Delicious account with your Twitter or Facebook log in or a regular email
account.<span> </span>When you use the FB or Twitter
option, you need to decide if you want your Delicious links to appear on your
newsfeed.<span> </span>Delicious says that you can
import links that you have previously posted to your FB or Twitter and any you
post in the future.<span> </span>I did the Facebook
log in option.<span> </span>I regularly post links on
my FB profile.<span> </span>None of my links were
imported to Delicious.<span> </span>I’m working on
remedying that.<span> </span>I follow news trends and
I hate searching FB activity logs to find articles that I posted weeks or
months ago.<span> </span>Delicious also says that you
can import your browser’s bookmarks to your profile as well.<span> </span>I didn’t do it because (I gathered that) you
have to do it one link at a time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">I can see a few uses for my
students and myself.<span> </span>First, I see a
place to keep your new trends organized.<span>
</span>Who doesn’t like to stay organized?<span>
</span>Now, we have a good starting place for a blog or a webquest or a wiki.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">I recommend this website.<span> </span>I think that Delicious.com is a better place
to organize your posted webpages than FB.<span>
</span>It’s free and personal.<span> </span>Now you
have a reference point the next time you want to do a web-based activity.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">http://www.historypin.com/ (starting up slowly) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Historypin is a way for millions of people to come together,
from across different generations, cultures and places, to share small glimpses
of the past and to build up the huge story of human history.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Everyone has history to share:
whether it’s sitting in yellowed albums in the attic, collected in piles of
crackly tapes, conserved in the 1000s of archives all over the world or passed
down in memories and old stories.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Each of these pieces of history
finds a home on Historypin, where everyone has the chance to see it, add to it,
learn from it, debate it and use it to build up a more complete understanding
of the world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Currently, Historypin is made up
of photographic images, videos, audio clips and descriptive and narrative text.<span> </span>Photographic images can be pinned directly to
the Historypin map by users. These images can be of any location - outdoors or
indoors - at any time in the past.<span> </span>Some
of these images, if they are taken outdoors, at street level and at certain
angles, will be able to be layered onto Street View (this is a bonus, not a
requirement).<span> </span>Audio and video content
can be pinned to the map by users. These should be pinned to the location and
date where they were recorded.<span> </span>Any kind
of descriptive or narrative text can be added to images, audio or video.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">I could incorporate this site into
my class with some serious thought.<span> </span>If
we are learning about any technological innovations, this site would be a great
addition.<span> </span>There are so many interesting
things on this site.<span> </span>I could use it as a
conversation starter at the beginning of class just to get people thinking.<span> </span>I would collaborate with other teachers to find
a common thread.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Do I recommend it?<span> </span>Yes.<span>
</span>This site is very cool.<span> </span>History
comes to life and is more personal.<span> </span>I
have some photos that I need to add to the Olympics photos project.<span> </span>I have pictures of the Olympic torch passing
from one runner to another in Canton, Missouri.<span style="color: #0070c0;"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Diigo </span><a href="http://www.diigo.com/"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">http://www.diigo.com/</span></a><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">This
website calls itself “a transition from Delicious.”<span> </span>Diigo is an online cloud program.<span> </span>You can access your content from anywhere and
on any device with an internet connection.<span>
</span>You can still perform the same features as Delicious, such as tagging,
private/public bookmarks, follow bookmarks from a network of people, see
popular bookmarks by tags, import and export bookmarks, and automatically post
your bookmarks to your blog daily or weekly.<span>
</span>Diigo takes it one step further.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Bookmarking</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">- save bookmarks as
private by default (optional)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span> </span>-
organize your bookmarks as a list and shown as a slide</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span> </span>- set up
groups to pool resources and curate content</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span> </span>-
automatically bookmark your twitter favorites</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span> </span>- keep a
full-text copy of your bookmarks (Premium features)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span> </span>-
full-text search of your bookmarks (Premium features)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span> </span>- save
notes and images, in addition to bookmarks</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Annotation</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span> </span>- use
highlights and sticky notes as you read - do not just bookmark</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span> </span>-
capture a portion of the screen and annotate on the screenshot (this preserves
your site and makes note taking more meaningful)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Diigo does not support tag bundles. <span> </span>(Delicious does.)<span> </span>You can import bookmarks from one site to the
other.<span> </span>When using the mobile app for
Android or iPhone, you have a “photographic memory available at all
times.”<span> </span>You can also download entire
webpages to read offline at your convenience.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">I can see a few uses for my
students and myself.<span> </span>First, I see a
place to keep your news trends organized.<span>
</span>Who doesn’t like to stay organized when following a good story?<span> </span>Now, we have a starting place for a blog or a
webquest or a wiki.<span> </span>Second, I see note
taking and sharing taken to the next level.<span>
</span>Now you can annotate and literally connect your points.<span> </span>My blog could get really sophisticated.<span> </span>My students would definitely find this
helpful.<span> </span>They can take their readings
with them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">This sites helps students and
teachers grasp the NETS Standards of <i>Model
Digital Age Work and Learning</i> and <i>Design
and Develop Digital Age Experiences and Assessments.</i><span> </span>Designing a profile of bookmarks is causing
students to re-think note taking and make real world connections.<span> </span>Whether you are a student or a teacher, this
site creates a relevant learning experience that incorporates digital tools and
resources to promote learning and creativity.<span>
</span>When your bookmarks are public, you can see who else is following the
same line of thought.<span> </span>Now, you are</span>
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">collaborating
with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and
resources to support student success and innovation. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">I recommend this website.<span> </span>I think that Diigo.com is a better place to
organize your bookmarks than Delicious.<span>
</span>It’s free and personal.<span> </span>Now you
have a reference point the next time you want to do a web-based activity.<span> </span>It claims to be designed for the person that
digests a lot of webpages.<span> </span>That claims
proves to be true.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Calculator<span>
</span>http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/calculator/ </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">This site
has a virtual standard calculator.<span> </span>If
you click on a button, the website reads your selection out loud.<span> </span>There are links to children’s shows and math
games on the page as well.<span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">I did not like this site and I
don’t recommend it.<span> </span>Looking at the
bottom of the page, I found no contact information for site maintenance.<span> </span>This site is suffering some technical
issues.<span> </span>The calculator loaded fine.<span> </span>I did one simple calculation and got the
right answer.<span> </span>When I attempted to click
another button, I noticed something was wrong.<span>
</span>The graphic display of the buttons was not lining up with the virtual
buttons.<span> </span>For example, I kept trying to
click the “5.”<span> </span>My mouse was centered on
the “5.”<span> </span>I kept hearing and seeing the
number “2.”<span> </span>I moved my mouse up and
hovered over the “8.”<span> </span>Then I clicked my
mouse and got a “5.”<span> </span>After reloading the
webpage, I got the same issue.<span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Talking calculator<span> </span><a href="http://www.softpedia.com/get/Science-CAD/Big-Simple-Talking-Calculator.shtml">http://www.softpedia.com/get/Science-CAD/Big-Simple-Talking-Calculator.shtml</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>This site gives
you a virtual standard calculator that you can download for free.<span> </span>The creator is cited directly on the
page.<span> </span>He has a comment section where you
can rate his calculator application.<span> </span>If
you need assistance, you can contact the creator via his link “Tell Us about an
Update.”<span> </span>Here is the description of the
app straight from the site.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">When you get your answer, it is
spoken verbosely: i.e. 1,234 = "one thousand, two hundred and
thirty-four" and not "one-two-three-four." <span> </span>You may turn the voice on or off. <span> </span>You may select what color you would like for
the display window.<span> </span>All options you
select are saved to disk, so they are not lost when you exit the program. <span> </span>This includes the number you store in memory.<span> </span>Separators are provided, and they are
optional, (example: 1,000 or 1000). <span> </span>The
voice feature is provided only in English, but you can have all of the screen
text appear in any of the following additional languages: Spanish, Portuguese,
Italian, French, German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Afrikaans, Dutch, Finnish,
Icelandic, Welsh and Zulu. The help files are available in all of the above
languages except Afrikaans, Icelandic, Welsh and Zulu.) <span> </span>Commas and periods are interchanged as
separators and decimal points, depending on the language selected.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>I am not sure
if I recommend this site.<span> </span>The app has
had almost 8,000 downloads.<span> </span>The average
rating is 3 out of 5 stars.<span> </span>The site
says it has 11 user reviews, which must have consisted of only rating the app.<span> </span>The one review that someone wrote explained
that the app wasn’t compatible with his version of Vista.<span> </span>There was no response from the creator.<span> </span>The site still claims that the app is
compatible with Windows 7, Vista, and Macs.<span>
</span>I read that you can only use it in full screen mode.<span> </span>I’m definitely not a fan of that.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>There was no
tutorial video or even a graphic of the calculator.<span> </span>I don’t think that I would find a use for
this in my classroom.<span> </span>I did not download
it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Math wiki example:
http://2write4math.pbwiki.com/ </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">This wiki
highlights various ways to introduce writing in mathematics.<span> </span>Math does have its own style of writing.<span> </span>Keeping a log of results and writing out math
problems step-by-step were mentioned.<span> </span>We
see these two forms most often in math class.<span>
</span>The wiki also introduces us to the idea of writing math poems and
bio-graphing life events.<span> </span>There are
lesson plans to view for inspiration.<span> </span>The
wiki is read-only to non-members.<span> </span>If you
sign up for an account, you can add content to the wiki as well.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>Keeping a
journal or log is applicable in high school biology.<span> </span>I really liked the idea of rating life events
and graphing them.<span> </span>I could use this tool
as an ice breaker/first homework assignment.<span>
</span>They would have an easy, yet creative assignment.<span> </span>I would learn about my students as
individuals.<span> </span>I could focus the
assignment on what they have learned in prior science classes.<span> </span>I could ask them to rate and graph science
concepts that they learned based on how well they feel they learned the
concept.<span> </span>For example, I could make a
graph of myself.<span> </span>I could say at seven, I
learned physics.<span> </span>I learned how to ride a
bike without training wheels, give it a rating of 10.<span> </span>I learned balance, left and right brain
coordination, and Newton’s Second Law of physics (an object in motion stays in
motion unless a net force acts on it.)<span>
</span>When I was seven, I also learned about gravity.<span> </span>I give this experience a five out of ten.<span> </span>After crashing my bike, I learned that
objects fall at a terminal velocity of 9.8m/s².<span>
</span>The asphalt of the road was my inertia.<span>
</span>It absorbed my kinetic energy and transformed it into potential
energy.<span> </span>Thus, Newton’s First Law of
Physics was also learned that day.<span>
</span>(Energy is neither created nor destroyed.<span> </span>It just changes form.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>I do recommend this
site.<span> </span>Some of the ideas would be great
just to change things up a bit in math class.<span>
</span>The ideas are also helpful when you need to incorporate math into a
different subject area.<span> </span>Introducing math
as something else, e.g. a journal, poem, or graph, encourages students to use
it without feeling like they are back in math class.<span> </span>As educators, we are engaging students in
higher order thinking.<span> </span>Now students are
pulling skills from math, English, and science to complete their
assignment.<span> </span>We are teaching them to
write in new ways and fostering creativity.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">PicLits <a href="http://www.piclits.com/">http://www.piclits.com</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">PicLits is a site that allows you to caption photos.<span> </span>The photos are pre-selected.<span> </span>You are given two options to caption a photo.<span> </span>You can choose words from a list or simply “freestyle”
and type what you want.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span>The creator of
the website, Terry Friedlander, monitors the site closely.<span> </span>There are ads because that is the site’s only
form of revenue.<span> </span>He filters the ads and
also asks that users report inappropriate ads if they do pop up.<span> </span>He describes his site as “edutainment” for
all ages.<span> </span>He makes sure that all the
images are appropriate as well.<span> </span>Although
his site has advertising, he promises not to sell your email address.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Currently, the site is very
basic.<span> </span>Mr. Friedlander wants to upgrade
this site to include features such as Search, Tagging, Spanish Keywords, and
more, along with a Premium version that will provide teacher accounts, private
groups, photo uploading, editing tools, multiple languages, and other great
tools.<span> </span>All you need is a working email
address for a free account.<span> </span>I believe
the work that you create is public.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">You can always find use for this
in a class, any class.<span> </span>I created a
serious picture.<span> </span>You can also be funny.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Even though it is basic, I still
recommend this site.<span> </span>It is free, safe,
and has adequate support.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Here is my picture.<span> </span>When looking at my PicLit, you will notice
that the two clocks have the same time on them.<span>
</span>Dogs have shorter life spans than humans.<span> </span>Humans are always busy and never seem to have
enough time.<span> </span>Regardless of those facts,
both the human and dog in the picture have the same amount of time left on
earth- today.<span> </span>We are not promised
tomorrow.<span> </span>The time to love your dog is
now.<span> </span>Carpe diem.<span> </span>While you have your friends, hobbies, and
work, your dog just has you.<span> </span>Your dog
will make the choice to be with you each and every day.<span> </span>What is your choice? </span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05056516331338744789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822712387676062391.post-79499213741966668682013-04-03T07:35:00.001-07:002013-04-08T08:24:34.244-07:00Week 6 Webquests<span style="font-size: large;">Here is a webquest that I found for my potential students <a href="http://www.questgarden.com/100/06/2/130325113837/credits.htm" target="_blank">Composting Saves</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>About</b> "Composting Saves": In this webquest students have to research various methods of composting. Then, they have to choose a method that they like. For their assignments, they have to make a poster board that describes the process that they chose. They have to include step by step instructions and pictures. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Weakness</b>: The teacher gives her students 11 websites to visit. I think that is a little overkill. Too many websites on the same topic is a weakness to me. I would have listed six and then had the students look up their own. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Strength</b>: The teacher states that the best posters will be laminated and publicly displayed in the school. I like that idea. She is motivating her students to do their best work. This is a strength. I would have made a different project though. I found an article in a magazine about composting. It suggested making a "micro-compost pile" using half a two-liter bottle. I would have had the students use their composting methods to create a small scale compost pile and put these somewhere for other students to view.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">MY WEBQUEST URL <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://questgarden.com/157/21/0/130403210220/" target="_blank">Where have all the honeybees gone?</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitiiXPFA6-oTFSq_bGZfdgjYIJHrimbE2xRqvu5rpr9dHm8JgVJPf9s1MDr0ZhgfzC2rdKCNfXvuBjtEeRpRAFJGKIrevkjjrGQnG-tgAdHzwNOn6X3BnsbrKY0sSMmMICFASM9OvTTCjS/s1600/Honeybee_webquest.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitiiXPFA6-oTFSq_bGZfdgjYIJHrimbE2xRqvu5rpr9dHm8JgVJPf9s1MDr0ZhgfzC2rdKCNfXvuBjtEeRpRAFJGKIrevkjjrGQnG-tgAdHzwNOn6X3BnsbrKY0sSMmMICFASM9OvTTCjS/s640/Honeybee_webquest.png" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">I designed a webquest for a classroom of mainstream high school biology students. The students are divided into four groups. I presented the groups with the issue of disappearing honey bee populations. Then I purposed four major theories that scientists are currently debating. I asked the students to decide which theory they agree with, to decide which theory they want to disprove, and to offer a solution. I required that they use a minimum of three sources for their research. The groups would present their information as a slide show and give a speech. I incorporated multiple web tools that my students could use for free.</span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"> I didn't pay attention to the "Advice" tab. I typed up an entire student page including web links and multiple paragraph formats in the teacher section. This sounds like an easy fix, right? Wrong. I couldn't cut, copy, or paste. I had to re-type the entire page. The second page looked better. Note to self: once you create a page, you cannot copy and paste from it.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">In the age of Autosave, Questgarden is way behind. You MUST click "Save" at the bottom of each section before you leave that section. I had to re-type several things before I realized what was happening. Always hit SAVE.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">The Evaluation page sucked. I hated it. I should have kept the original formatting. I deleted some of it. When I wanted to add those features back in, I couldn't get it to look the same. I checked out the "Help" section several times to no avail. I had a hard time writing what was in head out in those little boxes. </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">I totally did not understand the resource section. I clearly labeled all pictures and cited my information. I didn't want to make a page listing every single website that I had already listed within the webquest. It seemed redundant. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">Pictures have to be a 500 pixels x 500 pixels or less. I couldn't upload several of my own pictures. I had to use the internet for most of the graphics. The Jing app has been really helpful. Most of the screenshots that I take save as small sized images in terms of kilobytes. I'm still learning how to focus my screen shot to capture the important details of an image. Some of my pictures are not as close up as I would like but you get the main idea.</span></span> </li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05056516331338744789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822712387676062391.post-11457664878784825232013-04-02T08:36:00.001-07:002013-04-02T08:36:08.743-07:00Why I had to Leave The DoorI have to get the truth out or I may explode. I do not want you to hear the church gossip and be left with more questions than answers. Yes, I have caught them gossiping. I'm not the type of person that walks in and can silence a room of women. Normally they ignore me, actually. Their story is full of holes where they have filled in the details of their own makings.<br /><br />This is what happened. Austin and Emilio had been fighting over toys most of the day. Emilio is a "one upper." He's not content to take his toy and run. He wants to fight- not about the toy but to establish dominance. While Austin and Emilio were stupidly fighting over one toy in a room of toys, Emilio punched Austin in the mouth and busted his lip. Now my kid is bleeding and a little confused. I cleaned him up and said nothing. That was my first mistake. I should have left right then. Crying over a toy and saying "no it's mine" is one thing. Punching a kid in the face is taking up to the next level and that's wrong. Emilio should have been corrected but Ally said nothing.<br /><br />The second incident that happened was this. Austin came up to me crying saying that Emilio bit him. I asked Kilani and Selina's little girl if that was what really happened. They said yes. Austin didn't have any marks so I didn't say anything. This was my second mistake. I should have left at this point too.<br /><br />The third and final straw was this. Austin comes to me screaming and crying. He can barely talk. I see that Emilio has bitten Austin on Austin's Left butt cheek. This mark is already bruising and swollen and a blood blister is forming. I promise you that if Austin had bitten Emilio like that, even after all the BS he had taken that day, I would have back handed Austin across the room. Now, I yell at Emilio to come out of the room and tell his mom what he did. (I don't know if he actually has the words to talk that well but I was going to make him try.) Ally comes up and says, "Oh, Amanda," like "oh calm down Silly." I show her what Emilio did. It's obvious that he is not going to admit it. Ally says, "Yeah he does it me too, " in that same indifferent tone. I snatch up Austin, gather his things, and we leave. (Thank you Tavonya for allowing me to make a graceful exit as she helped me find all of Austin's things.) On my way out the door I said, "And you [to Ally] can talk to Pastor about your kid biting." She says, "Okay, " like someone would say, "yeah right, I'm not scared."<br /><br />Oh it's not over. There's more. I am a angry person naturally. I can get violent when pushed. (Ask my ex-husband David.) So at this point, I am BEYOND LIVID. I just want to go. My mind is running through several million thoughts a minute. So I am walking down her driveway to my car when her husband, Armando, pulls up. (He had been at work up to this point.) He sees Austin STILL crying and asks, "Why you crying?"<br />While continuing to walk toward my car, I said, "Because your kid bit him."<br />He says, "My kid bit him?"<br />I am still walking to the car. I haven't bothered to stop and look at him at all. I said, "Yes, you're kid is a biter."<br />He feels the need to get defensive!? He said, "You're kid is a fighter. What about when he scratched my kid?" I just ignored him. He wanted a fight. I wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of goading me into a fight that he wanted. I was not afraid of him. I was in control of the situation. I wanted to leave and I wasn't stopping what I was doing to have a pointless argument. <br /><br />However, this whole exchange pissed me off even more. So Ally doesn't feel the need to correct Emilio. Armando thinks that Emilio's behavior is justified... because of something Austin did weeks or even months ago!? Austin has been getting 95% good reports from nursery workers recently. Yes, Austin went through a violent period but we have moved past that. I worked with him and prayed over him and have put some stability in his daily life. That is what he needed. <br /><br />I am doing the work that I need to as a parent of Austin. If Emilio is aggressive against Austin, he can UNDO all the work that I have done. Emilio has taught Austin some bad habits too. Now I have to continue with Austin's training for his own personal issues AND I am working on breaking the bad behavior that Emilio is teaching him as well! Double Duty! That's totally not fair.<br /><br />The story just keeps going. I sit down with Pastor and Colleen and things get weird. Austin did not want to sit down in the small room. He did everything he could to distract me from talking. That looked bad. Of course Pastor commented on it saying that Austin doesn't take me seriously and doesn't respect me. Austin was committing attention-seeking behavior like he does whenever I am distracted. Paying attention to him, whether I'm talking to him or spanking him, is my giving him what he wants. Therefore, his distracting behavior continued (because he got my attention a few times), at the criticism of Pastor. <br /><br />Moving on from that, I did give Ally props. I recognized, out loud, that she tries to discipline Emilio sometimes. I acknowledged that Armando doesn't let her discipline Emilio, which is a fact. (Armando threatens Ally with violence if she disciplines Emilio. We will get back to that in a minute.) So I said that I am not a perfect parent but I try to time my correction of Austin better than Ally does with Emilio. I told him that on Sunday Emilio's behavior was met with indifference and justification. I explained that Austin hitting Emilio or any kid is NOT okay. I said that, "As soon as I knew Austin was starting to bite people, like he did in nursery, I got on top it." (Prior to Austin biting Megan in nursery, he had only bitten me once and for no reason. I didn't know if he would do it again so I didn't freak out about it.) So Austin hitting is NOT okay. Emilio hitting his mom or any other kid is NOT okay either.<br /><br />I continued to explained that if Austin gets picked on anymore, he will get defensive. When Austin goes on the defense, he WILL beat up EVERYONE in the nursery. I told Pastor about how these older kids were picking on Austin at an FCC home when Austin was one year old. Austin went on the defense and started fighting back, against everyone, especially me. He didn't want to go to the place where the older kids beat up on him everyday. He was angry at me for taking him there. He was angry at the 4 month old baby who didn't do anything but she was there all the same. Austin got kicked out of daycare, for defending himself. I told Pastor that I didn't want to repeat that time of Austin's life again. This experience was very traumatic for him and is burned into his memory. Now, this defensive response comes out automatically when even one kid picks on Austin. So what do we do now?<br /><br />Pastor tells me about how Ally tries to discipline Emilio but Armando fights her every step of the way. He explains that Armando is violent and makes threats and is unsaved. I relay the exchange between Armando and me to Pastor. Pastor says, "Yeah and you shouldn't have involved him. He won't come to church now because of... this. Now we can't get him saved." The ellipsis marks [...] here do NOT indicate words left out of his quote. Here, I want to amplify the PAUSE that Pastor made. He paused to choose his words, although it was obvious to everyone in the room that "this" was not what he wanted to say. He wanted to say, "<i>You</i>." -This is ridiculous. I didn't directly involve Armando, first of all. Armando spoke to me first. I didn't argue, even though Armando tried to argue with me. I didn't name call. I stated the facts and walked away. Everything in me was screaming to punch Armando in the face. I didn't do it though. <br />
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Pastor also told me to "make things right with Ally." I asked, "And what do I say? She doesn't care and her husband thinks it's okay. I didn't do anything wrong this time." I don't mean to sound like I'm claiming to be always innocent. I'm not. However, in this instance, I don't see where I wrong toward Ally. If I should apologize to anyone, it's Austin. He was tortured and I let it happen. If Emilio was set to have an attitude that day, my best option would have been to leave before anything happened. I was wrong to stay.<br /><br />Armando IS the problem here. He IS involved by his own implication. He and Ally cannot parent together. Armando doesn't want to discipline his kid. He is teaching Emilio that it is okay to dominate his mother. Ally, poor thing, is fighting a losing a battle on all fronts. She can't convince her husband to get saved. She can't convince her husband to correct Emilio's behavior. She can't seem to correct his behavior because she can't do it consistently. She can only do it when Armando isn't looking. Emilio is confused, looks to dad as an example, and isn't able to speak as much as he wants to. Emilio has got to be so frustrated right now. I feel bad for him.<br /><br />That being said- I am NOT the reason Armando won't come to church. Coming to church, submitting his will to Christ- those are not decisions I can make for him. Austin and I are not the reasons Emilio has to be the "one upper" and has to dominate every situation. I did not involve Armando. His toxic parenting and marital relationship skills are poisoning the church. His problems are affecting me, at the moment. It is only a matter of time before Emilio implicates another kid and that kid's family in this mess. If Pastor wants to blame me, then I will take it. However, I am leaving the church. When I am gone, I want Pastor to see that Armando is not going to get saved any more than a rock holding open the glass door at church would be saved. Ally is trying to do right by Emilio but I don't think she can fight against Armando's influence.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05056516331338744789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822712387676062391.post-17722743436662303692013-03-30T17:32:00.000-07:002018-04-18T08:06:15.222-07:00Week 5 All Things Video: Creating, Watching, and Sharing<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Video Resources</span></span><br />
<a href="https://blog.bufferapp.com/video-tools" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">The 6 Easiest Video-Making Tools for Marketers (article)</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;">Nutshell</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;">Magisto</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;">Animoto</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;">Videoshop</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;">iMovie App</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: blue;">iMovie for Macs</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Powtoons</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">AniMaker</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;">Edmodo - http://www.edmodo.com/ </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;">Edmodo
reminded me of </span><a href="http://www.4teachers.org/"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;">www.4teachers.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;"> and
iLearn. Edmodo is free (no tuition
required ;) ) It does for any kind of
teacher what iLearn does for our online professors. The teacher in the testimonial video stated
that she appreciated having all her web tools in one place, e.g. calendar apps
and homework drop boxes. She said that
her students like the social network interface.
She made a point that students are going to jobs that require
familiarity with this type of networking.
I never had online classes before grad school. Through this class, I see where physically
sitting in a traditional classroom is becoming (if not already) passé. Also, I see where collaborating web tools are
“where it’s at.” A growing trend in high
school seems to be to figure out just how much you can squeeze into 24
hours. Can you go to class; do your
homework, play a sport or instrument, work your part-time job, chat with your
friends, do your chores, and remember to eat dinner all in a day? It’s more like meeting the bookclub at a
wi-fi café while clicking “submit assignment” on your laptop, hitting “reply”
on your Blackberry, while listening to your text to speech app read you the
events for tomorrow off your calendar app on your iPad. Edmodo is enabling students and teachers to
do things easier. We, by our very
nature, want to consume that saved time with other activities.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;"> I love Edmodo
though, truthfully. It’s free and
versatile. If students are enjoying
their assignments, they won’t “work” a day that they are in school. I always recommend having an electronic form
of anything you want to do somewhere. If
you plan to bring your assignment on a flash drive, you should email it to the
teacher the night before. That way, no
matter what happens the next morning, you have your assignment with you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;">Math dictionary
http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/dictionary.html</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;"> This site has a
graphical dictionary of math terms. The
design is simple and colorful. Students
of any age could navigate the site easily.
This site is free and has a copyright date of 2013. The webmaster is maintaining it. If you encountered a problem, you could email
the webmaster using the “feedback” link at the bottom of the page. The terms are organized in alphabetical
order. Have patience when clicking a
term and waiting for the definition to appear.
It takes a few seconds.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;"> I can see this
being useful for studying math. It would
really be helpful for ESL students trying to take math in their second
language. I could reference it in a
lesson for any equations I might do but I don’t its usefulness in my science
class.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;"> I do recommend
it. I have a friend that is teaching
seventh grade math. She and her students
would like this site. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;">Glogster - http://www.glogster.com/ </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;">“Glogster EDU is the leading
global education platform for the creative expression of knowledge and skills
in the classroom and beyond. We empower
educators and students with the technology to create GLOGS - online multimedia
posters - with text, photos, videos, graphics, sounds, drawings, data
attachments and more. I thought that
they explained themselves pretty well.
Let’s break down the key features. The creation interface that allows you to make
a Glog uses simple drag and drop commands.
For collaborative projects, the teacher can work with students in a
classroom or through remote instruction using this multimedia platform – a
community system for sharing is prepared where student‘s work is stored and
available at any time. The teacher
creates projects with templates and instructional guidelines, assigns them to
the students, provides feedback throughout the assignment, and assesses their
finished work. You get social aspects
like instant messaging, comments, and profile customization. You also get a search engine, RSS, privacy control,
educator resource library to help put your Glog together, Glog recommendations,
and a Glog rating system.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;">Glogster EDU creates a digital
learning environment, where teachers and students learn technology in an easy
to use and scalable format that simplifies the educational process and produces
assessable multi-modal results across the curriculum spectrum. Glogster EDU enables public or private
schools, districts, states, and education institutions of all kinds, to meet
and exceed educational technology and content area standards for creativity and
innovation, communication and collaboration, research and information fluency,
critical thinking, problem solving and decision making, and digital
citizenship. Glogster EDU creates an adaptable
and innovative learning environment for all learners, regardless of age,
gender, culture or learning style. Students are encouraged to be independent,
inventive problem solvers and lifelong learners.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;">An EDUcator Free account allows
you to manage up to 10 student accounts, and have access to the Next Gen Glog.
Additional students can be registered using the teacher code. EDUcators do not, however, have access to our
student management tool, the “reGlog” (share) option or full access to our rich
Glogpedia resource library of content Glogs.</span> <span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;">You may view your student’s work directly by
clicking on the “student” tab on the Dashboard, scrolling to the student you
would like to view, clicking on their avatar, and visiting their account page. Students who are in your account but not
managed will have to send you the URL to their Glog.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;">This site is iLearn, Twitter, and
Edmodo rolled into one! The creators
want to be paid though. I can appreciate
that. It seems that the site’s
functionality and user-friendliness is moderated via price tag. I would not recommend this site and I lean
towards Edmodo.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;">Jing http://www.techsmith.com/jing/</span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ciframe%20src=%22https://skydrive.live.com/embed?cid=BE0BB107F3CE5BD4&resid=BE0BB107F3CE5BD4%21110&authkey=AGLX1vzm6xBR2uQ%22%20width=%2298%22%20height=%22120%22%20frameborder=%220%22%20scrolling=%22no%22%3E%3C/iframe%3E">Jing Tutorial</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;">Short Jing tutorial that I created<span style="font-size: large;">, follow the link above</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;">When people wanted to take a
screen shot, they usually just hit the “print screen” button. They couldn’t save or share that image. Jing
is a ready-to-go app that you download that allows you to take that screen
shot, email it, embed it in your blog, or attach a hyperlink of it to a social
media page. Jing will also save your
images, as opposed to saving them to your hard drive. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;"> This site is
where tutorial videos happen. I
definitely would use this in class. I
could make videos for students and for substitutes of lessons and navigation of
websites. I could let students use this
feature to help each other and their parents!
A must-have! I’m excited about
this app.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;">You Tube for Education - http://www.youtube.com/education?b=400
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; line-height: 115%;">YouTube
EDU brings learners and educators together in a global video classroom. On
YouTube EDU, you have access to a broad set of educational videos that range
from academic lectures to inspirational speeches and everything in
between. Come here for quick lessons
from top teachers around the world, course lectures from top-tier universities,
or inspiring videos to spark your imagination.
You can also create videos.
Youtube for Schools is a Youtube channel that boosts that it can be
viewed while at school. They don’t allow
comments, nor do they showcase the annoying margin of “related videos.” Videos on Youtube for Education are from Stanford,
PBS and TED as well as from future YouTube partners with millions of views,
like Khan Academy, Steve Spangler Science, and Numberphile.</span></span></div>
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need youtube to do in school. Videos are
relevant to today’s teaching, almost synonymous. I loved TED but now I don’t have to stop
there. I have already used this
application to observe high school science being taught. It’s always good to see how someone else executed
a lesson plan, especially if you are stumped while creating your own. Videos are really great when someone says
something just right. Students can also
use this as a resource for demos, information, and to enrich their own
projects. I made a joke the other
day. I said that I don’t need a husband;
I just need Youtube. Is there anything about
which youtube is missing a tutorial video?
*cricket cricket* I didn’t think
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is a collective of student-made and teacher made videos. It’s a lot like Youtube. In the “About” section, you read that the
creators wanted a safe, moderated place for students and teachers to watch
and/or upload videos. You can watch
Schooltube videos on most school networks.
There are no adverisements or comments.
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has all kinds of multimedia. You can
view videos, documents, photos, and listen to audio clips. There are appropriate ads but no comments. You can share the various multimedia items
through social networking sites, embedding into blogs, or attach the media to
an email right from the Teachertube page.
This site is a little more organized and user friendly than Schooltube. For the most part, still like Youtube. Your account is free and so is uploading.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">W</span>atching these
videos would be a great way to begin class and/or start conversations. T<span style="font-size: large;">ED is a collection of speeches from SME. These speec<span style="font-size: large;">hes are all designed to <span style="font-size: large;">inspire others.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">The site sells software to allow
you to create comic book pages. It’s
about $20 for the base model software. A
teacher can get a license for the software and return to the site for regular
updates. It’s available for Macs and
PCs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">I looked at this site and
thought, “This is cool. How is it
helpful?” The site answers that as
well. The authors hope to engage the
uninterested reader, the beginning reader, the ESL student, and the struggling
writer. The uninterested reader is
someone who does not like reading. Creating
comics appeals to them. The text is as
complex as they want it to be. The
student has to create a story line, understand plot, and relay setting. They are able to tell their stories without
writing a novel. Comic Life hopes to
help young students and struggling students learn to read. Comic Life also wants to reach the
English-as-a-second-language student. Comics
can teach a small English lesson with each page.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">I would love to use this in my
classroom. Science jokes are hilarious
but often the humor goes unappreciated.
It’s also a form of desktop publishing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">I do recommend this software even at $20<span style="font-size: large;"> for bas<span style="font-size: large;">ic software.</span></span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">iSpeech </span><a href="http://www.ispeech.org/"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">http://www.ispeech.org</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">You can use iSpeech to convert
text to speech, convert documents to speech, convert web content to speech, or
convert blogs to speech. For personal
use, iSpeech's simple online text to speech software tool supports over 20
languages. Developers can take advantage
of iSpeech's free text to speech (TTS) SDKs for major mobile platforms. Human quality TTS is available for iPhone,
Android, and BlackBerry. iSpeech SDKs
are tested for rock-solid results with our iSpeech Cloud. With the free membership you can create
one-minute long files using non-commercial voices. You can create as many as you want. If you pay to upgrade, you can create an
unlimited number of 30 minute files. If
you upgrade to the max, then you can create an unlimited number of files up to
12 hours long (per file.) I tried to add
a podcast of my blog to my blog and I couldn’t get it to work. If you can get this to work, then it could be
a useful tool. You can create
mini-lessons for students. They could
access them from anywhere. You can create
a to-do list and listen to it. This is
helpful for me. I am notorious for
forgetting a stop when I’m running errands.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">I recommend it <span style="font-size: large;">if you can get it to work<span style="font-size: large;">. I definitely recommen<span style="font-size: large;">d something of this <span style="font-size: large;">nature to accommodate an<span style="font-size: large;">y learning <span style="font-size: large;">or physical disabilities.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </div>
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and </span><a href="http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">With VoiceThread, group
conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world.
All with no software to install. A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide
show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate
slides and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice through a Facebook Fan Page
(with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). <span style="font-size: large;">S</span>hare a
VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments
too. Users can doodle while commenting, use multiple identities, and pick which
comments are shown through moderation. VoiceThreads can even be embedded to
show and receive comments on other websites and exported to MP3 players or DVDs
to play as archival movies.VoiceThread.com software costs <span style="font-size: large;">one educator $8<span style="font-size: large;">0/year or $15/monthly. If more than one educat<span style="font-size: large;">or wants <span style="font-size: large;">a license<span style="font-size: large;">, then you will need a school license start<span style="font-size: large;">ing at $450.00<span style="font-size: large;"> for a year.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">The VoiceThread Wiki page gave
several educational examples.
I will share the few that I liked.
The first was uploading a picture to start a discussion. You post the picture and have the class leave
comments about how they think that object came to be. The second example that I liked was posting a
review forum. You would dedicate a page
to the discussion of what students enjoyed and/or disliked during a
lesson/unit. Kids are usually brutally
honest. The third idea that I liked was
uploading examples of student work. I
really liked the idea of contrasting great pieces with mediocre pieces using
teacher comments.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Do I recommend it? From what I un<span style="font-size: large;">derstand</span>, yes. I liked Voice Thread because it is user
friendly. You only need an updated Adobe
Flash player to use it. It is
versatile. VT allows you to upload
multiple forms of multimedia and allows users to interact with the content and
each other. This type of software is
accessible from any computer and from Apple devices. Anything that encourages parents to look at
and talk about their students’ work gets my approval. I am not a fan of paying for anything,
however. If you still want these types
of features for free, I recommend using wikispaces.com or webquest.org.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"> Storybird- I
love it. Storybird collects pictures and
illustrations from artists all around the world. Then users piece together those pictures and
write a story. It is free. The site has stories for all age groups.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"> The whole
concept makes me think of Tyler DeWitt’s video from TED called “Hey Science
Teachers! Make it fun!” He says that he uses storytelling and
analogies to explain science concepts.
He gets positive feedback from his student audience. In his video, he draws and narrates a story
of a “happy bacterium” that is sacrificed in the name of viral replication. I could definitely do the same thing! My students could use this same concept for a
presentation.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"> I recommend
this site for its creative uses and user friendliness. It is also free. Storytelling has always been a powerful way
to convey knowledge. This site empowers
people who may not know that they are capable of writing a book. You don’t need a contract with a publishing
company to become a famous author.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Scribblar </span><a href="http://www.scribblar.com/"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">http://www.scribblar.com</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none;"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: large;">A<span style="font-size: large;"> free interacti<span style="font-size: large;">ve onl<span style="font-size: large;">ine whiteboard. Essentially, it's a public version of <span style="font-size: large;">Elluminate.</span> <span style="font-size: large;">I read the <span style="font-size: large;">testimonials</span>. <span style="font-size: large;">I conc<span style="font-size: large;">luded that <span style="font-size: large;">there were other sites that could do the same th<span style="font-size: large;">ing. Apparently, Scribblar is the most<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>user-friendly and free. I read comments from teachers around the world from grade school to college, business managers, book club members, and playwri<span style="font-size: large;">ghts. Obviously, the uses are limitless<span style="font-size: large;">. While <span style="font-size: large;">going through the tutorial, I saw that you could type on the whiteboard and in the chatroom in <span style="font-size: large;">several diff<span style="font-size: large;">erent languages.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So how can I use this? I can use Scribblar to meet with students to help with homework, to study for a test, or to follow up with student that missed class.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> I could also use this medium to work with parents and students if the parents are concerned about their students' performance<span style="font-size: large;"> and visa versa. I could set up assignment drop boxes, like another <span style="font-size: large;">user</span> mentioned. I <span style="font-size: large;">c<span style="font-size: large;">an facilitate collaboration<span style="font-size: large;"> among my classes. I can set up quizzes<span style="font-size: large;"> on here</span></span></span></span></span>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I really liked the positive reviews.<span style="font-size: large;"> I would definitely recommend this to others and <span style="font-size: large;">for my own use. I like the versatility and secu<span style="font-size: large;">rity. The other users really inspired me with t<span style="font-size: large;">heir creative employment of th<span style="font-size: large;">is tool.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Here is a movie that I saw using the
Xtranormal site. It is very well
done. I tried to replicate it as much as
I could. The Xtranormal site allows you
to make what I call Lego man animated movies.
You are able to pick settings, characters, and voices. Then you use text to speech software to give
the characters dialogue. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">I can see multiple uses for this
in my classroom. Essentially, every
movie is a moving book. With Storybird, you
have still shots. With Xtranormal, you
have an animated story. I can use this
to convey science in a humorous way.
Students can use this for presentations.
I can create, view, and grade assignments. Instead of quizzes, students can create
videos about what they have learned.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">The basic membership is free. You can pay more to do more. The educator accounts are $10/month and are
automatically re-charged each month.
Once you have an educator account, you can set up student accounts for
50¢/account. I don’t recommend buying an
account simply because the costs can get out of hand. I suggest having students make their own
basic accounts. Then, you can have the
student publish their videos and send you the URL.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">VirtualManipulatives: <a href="http://nlvm.usu.edu/">http://nlvm.usu.edu</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"> “The National
Library of Virtual Manipulatives (NLVM) is an NSF supported project that began
in 1999 to develop a library of uniquely interactive, web-based virtual
manipulatives or concept tutorials, mostly in the form of Java applets, for
mathematics instruction (K-12 emphasis).”
That was a direct quote from the site.
Simply, it is a place where you can play math games. The games are interactive and reinforce math
concepts. The user sees instant results
from their input.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"> I can use this
to help students’ math skills. There are
some math skills in science. I would
just have to figure out how to make my needs fit. It’s free and fun and geared for all age
groups. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This map above was created at bubbl.us </span></div>
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<a href="http://app.wisemapping.com/c/maps/107327/public">Wisemapping.com </a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Questions to answer: why are visuals and pictures
important?<span> </span>How have you used visuals
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Pictures and visuals are so important!<span> </span>They keep people interested and reinforce
ideas.<span> </span>Most people know how to
read.<span> </span>Reading to people or showing
multiple slides of text will bore your audience to death!<span> </span>I used to teach basic life saving skills to
non-medical personnel in the Army.<span> </span>We
always used a slide show with lots of pictures.<span>
</span>For example, most people have never given their skin much thought.<span> </span>When I would discuss the different types of
burns, I had to show diagrams of human skin so my soldiers would understand the
damage from a burn.<span> </span>After the lecture,
we would hand out actual medical supplies so that people could practice what
they learned.<span> </span>People can learn by
hearing but they remember by doing.<span> </span>I
showed and explained to several people what a Combat Application Tourniquet
was.<span> </span>Amazingly, few soldiers
demonstrated proper use only after listening.<span>
</span>Most soldiers have to practice several times to get it right.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.zoho.com/">www.zoho.com</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Zoho describes itself as “With Zoho, you focus on your
business while we take care of the rest with apps that help you get more sales,
get paid, support your customers and make your business more productive.”<span> </span>It is geared toward businesses.<span> </span>It is privately owned and for profit.<span> </span>Where’s the free stuff?<span> </span>You have to create an account to do
anything.<span> </span>Here is a list of applications
members can use for free: email, workspace to upload documents, create documents,
spreadsheets, and presentations, create a group with other Zoho members, chat
online, and web conferencing.</span> <span> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">The Zoho
notebook application is</span> <span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Intuitive user interface to create, aggregate and
share multiple types of content</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">- Drawing tools to draw & add shapes along with the
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Sheet, Show and Chat</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">- Sharing Notebooks, Pages and even objects (pieces of
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">- Skype integration for instant chat and IP telephony.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">This could be used for communication and classwork between students
and teachers.<span> </span>Students are able to
collaborate with each other as well.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">I don’t recommend this site because it’s very advanced. <span> </span>There are so many tech features. <span> </span>It would take one class period to teach the
students to use one application.<span> </span>This
site does too much.<span> </span>I don’t like the
idea of teaching students Microsoft programs, Apple programs, and then Zoho’s
programs.<span> </span>It’s redundant.<span> </span>If you need a high-tech all-in-one website,
then Zoho is it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.4teachers.org/tools">www.4teachers.org/tools</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">This website is geared toward strengthening English and Math
skills.<span> </span>Members can use this site for
free to construct quizzes with multimedia elements, create rubrics, play
educational games, provide tools for argument papers, design a floor plan for
your classroom, view lessons or create your own, post a class calendar, post
notes for the students, post project requirements/checklists, create a class
webpage, assist students with collecting group notes and citations for papers,
create videos, and help students create videos.<span>
</span>All these applications are available in Spanish.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">There are different types of writing and math.<span> </span>I could still use this for my science
classes.<span> </span>I definitely love posting
calendars so I would use the Assign-A-Day app for sure.<span> </span>Students often write persuasive papers using
scientific research to support their views.<span>
</span>My students could use the Persuade Star app.<span> </span>For help citing their research, we could use
the Note Star app.<span> </span>The Quiz Star app
allows you to create, administer, and grade quizzes online.<span> </span>My only question is where are students going
to be when they access their quizzes.<span>
</span>You can do take home quizzes.<span>
</span>Send sick students the link for a quiz.<span>
</span>If you wanted to create a quiz for class, then you could reserve a
computer lab.<span> </span>You could also project the
electronic version on a screen and the students could answer on paper.<span> </span>The PBL Checklists app develops a schedule to
help keep students on track when working on projects.<span> </span>I would definitely use that to help my
students.<span> </span>Time management is a skill
that students have to continuously refine because of the various course load
demands.<span> </span>The rubric app is a given.<span> </span>Students always want to know how they are
graded.<span> </span>I recommend this website based
on its ease of use and versatility.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">dimio.altervista.org/eng/</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">This website offers free software for many purposes, including
assistive technology.<span> </span>All programs are
available in different languages and nothing is written into the registry of
the computer.<span> </span>The first download you see
on the page is for voice recognition software called DSpeech.<span> </span>The second program, DShutdown, is for safe
shut down of one or multiple computers on a network.<span> </span>The third program, DSynchronization, is for synchronization
of files across Hard Disk, Floppy Disk, LAN, USB Key, CD-DVD (with packet
writing software) and FTP server.<span> </span>The
fourth download is DTaskManager- a task manager program that allows you to
execute different kinds of shut downs.<span> </span>I
don’t really understand this.<span> </span>The fifth
program allows someone to restore information on a computer that has been
deleted to due a system upgrade or glitch- if I understand it correctly.<span> </span>This program is called HDHacker.<span> </span>The sixth download is DClearsystem which
defragments the hard drive to open up disk space.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">The webmaster, Dimio, does provide his email address.<span> </span>I am skeptical of anything that is free like
this.<span> </span>He might provide tech support
should you have any issues.<span> </span>I agree that
software should be free and shared.<span> </span>I
don’t recommend this site unless you have a thorough knowledge of software and
programming. <span> </span>Then you use it with
discretion and caution.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.gpat.org/">www.gpat.org</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">The Georgia Project for Assistive Technology (GPAT), a unit of
the Georgia Department of Education, supports local school systems in their
efforts to provide assistive technology devices and services to students with
disabilities.<span> </span>This site has a wealth of
information on the process of determining your student’s need, asking for
assistive devices, and evaluating the effectiveness of said devices.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">I would love to use these kinds of devices in my
classroom.<span> </span>I believe in challenging
every student to learn to the best of his or her ability.<span> </span>My aunt suffered a complicated birth.<span> </span>The doctor that delivered her used
instruments to force her into cephalic presentation.<span> </span>The doctor pressed her soft skull so much
that he bruised her brain.<span> </span>She ended up
with brain damage to her motor cortex.<span>
</span>She grew up without motor function.<span>
</span>The rest of her brain was fine.<span> </span>My
aunt learned to read.<span> </span>She liked watching
cable and movies.<span> </span>She liked “talking” to
my grandma even though she had to spell out her words one letter at time.<span> </span>A lot of people thought my aunt had mental
retardation.<span> </span>She didn’t.<span> </span>My aunt showed me that people are often
labeled “unable to learn” when they really can learn.<span> </span>Maybe they can’t or don’t articulate their
learning but they still want to learn.<span>
</span>Often, tools are needed to aid those with disabilities. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">If you are in Georgia, I recommend you use this site as a
guide.<span> </span>If not, then the site is still a
useful reference if you need to implement assistive devices in your classroom.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">readthewords.com</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">This website uses text to speech technology.<span> </span>Readthewords.com allows members to create
audio files up to 30 seconds in length, select from 15 voices, use three different
languages, has 2 customizable Avatars, unlimited emailing of speaking Avatars, 8
podcasts, 8 embedded readings, and 8 saved readings for free.<span> </span>You can upgrade your membership for a fee and
receive more Avatars and larger files.<span> </span>You
do this by typing text or copying text from another file and pasting it into
the site’s text box. They also have a file upload section, where you can upload
any Microsoft office document, Adobe PDF, txt, and HTML document. You can also paste
a website address or RSS feed URL, and the TTS program can read that as well.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">I am not sure how I could use this technology for myself.<span> </span>I could definitely use it for a student that
has a visual impairment.<span> </span>I have gone to
class with a female that had Glaucoma and another female was completely
blind.<span> </span>The Glaucoma student had really
thick glasses but I’m not sure how much they helped.<span> </span>The blind student had an aide that typed
everything for the day in Braille.<span> </span>Both
students would benefit from text to speech technologies.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">I recommend this free, assistive technology.<span> </span>It also comes with tech support.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">fullmeasure.co.uk/powertalk/</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">I like this website much better than Dimio’s.<span> </span>PowerTalk, a talk to text program, was
created in response to an open letter calling for help from a person with
Asphasia. This appeared in Ability magazine, 'Campaigning for Accessible IT'
published by John Lamb Media for the British Computer Society Disability Group
in association with AbilityNet.<span> </span>The
OATSoft website is home to PowerTalk and many other Open Source Assistive
Technology Software (OATS) projects. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">I could use this in my classroom.<span> </span>I see the obvious purpose- use as an
assistive technology.<span> </span>I’m thinking about
days that teachers can’t be in the class.<span>
</span>Essentially, you could set up a lesson using this software and a power
point presentation.<span> </span>Then the substitute
could just hit play.<span> </span>Then maybe set up a
quiz on 4Teachers.org.<span> </span>The students
could do this too.<span> </span>If a student knows he
or she will be absent, they could use the same software for a
speech/presentation.<span> </span>The teacher could
play “Bobby’s” presentation while Bobby is competing in another town.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">I recommend this software.<span>
</span>It’s free and helpful.<span> </span>The
website does offer tech support.<span> </span>It’s a
win-win.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most
or all the information that learners work with comes from the web.<span> </span>EDOL 533 is a series of webquests.<span> </span>Here is how a webquest is set up.<span> </span>Learners are given a topic.<span> </span>They have to research that topic entirely
online.<span> </span>Then the learners have to come
back together and discuss what they learned. <span> </span>Here is one example Webquest.org gives:
student teachers examine a list of websites for schools.<span> </span>The class then discusses what they liked or
didn’t about the websites.<span> </span>From this
exercise, students grasped what a school website needs to function and be
effective.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">Webquest.org also contains a database of webquests.<span> </span>These webquests are written as lessons.<span> </span>For example, I searched for webquests about
animal cells.<span> </span>I clicked on the first
link from my results.<span> </span>I was directed to
a website that was constructed by a science teacher for her class.<span> </span>The site had instructions about the student
project, a rubric for the project, and required students to use the internet
for all their research.<span> </span>The project was
to make a 3-D cell model using edible materials.<span> </span>Users can also add webquests to this
database.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">I definitely could use this to plan lessons.<span> </span>My students could use this database for
research.<span> </span>They could design their own
webquests.<span> </span>I liked all the creative
ideas I saw.<span> </span>This is a great resource to
make classes interesting.<span> </span>We can all use
inspiration to teach the same concept to different classes and different
generations of students</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; line-height: 115%;">I totally recommend it.<span>
</span>It’s free, creative, and easy to use.</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05056516331338744789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822712387676062391.post-10814067634116070302013-03-12T16:08:00.000-07:002013-03-12T16:08:20.101-07:00Week 2 Databases, Spreadsheets, Mind Maps, and Videos<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wow! There was a lot to learn this week! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The first items on the list are databases and spreadsheets. Database programs like Access and spreadsheet programs like Excel have been around for a while. Though we are mostly unaware, we encounter databases everyday. It's interesting to see how educators are using these programs in the classroom to enhance learning and encourage high order thinking.<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">Beside teaching computer skills, using databases in the <span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap" id="itxthook1p"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan" id="itxthook1w" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: transparent transparent rgb(0, 204, 0); border-style: none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-weight: normal; padding: 0px 0px 1px ! important;">classroom</span></span>
requires students to discriminate and choose useful data. It requires
analytical, critical thought to decide what kinds of data are
quantifiable in any given set and what information will be relevant and
useful.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This first website gives examples of how to integrate databases into the classroom, where to get free software, and how to find tutorials to use databases if you need help.</span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/databases/"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/databases/</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This second website explains in more detail how databases are used in class. </span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.ehow.com/info_7994591_use-databases-classroom.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">http://www.ehow.com/info_7994591_use-databases-classroom.html</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The best example I have derived for students to use databases is to track their grades. Using a database is more than just listing their grades. Students can catalog what they are doing in each course. Now they can see where they are falling behind or project the impact their next grade will have in a certain course. Teachers get a little overwhelmed when students ask "why am I not passing?" or "what grade do I need on this next test?" Databases will help students answer their own questions. Creating one may also creat<span style="font-size: large;">e open di<span style="font-size: large;">alogue</span></span> between parents and students about what is really going with school. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Spreadsheets! One of the handiest things since the indoor toilet! Students in math classes have the most flexibility with Excel. Graphing calculators are still cool<span style="font-size: large;">. W</span>ith Excel, howe<span style="font-size: large;">ver, </span>you can create worksheets that you can publish! You can make graphs with color and change the values without re-typing the equation. You can put multiple graphs or various types of graphs within the same spreadsheet. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I use spreadsheets for my own budgeting. Before I could creat<span style="font-size: large;">e</span> the budget, I <span style="font-size: large;">had</span> to see where my money was going. I kept all my receipts for one month. The next month I organized them into categories and input my data into a spreadsheet. Then, I created a pie chart. The results were a little shocking but I now had a idea of how to draft my budget.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My students could use <span style="font-size: large;">spreadsheets to <span style="font-size: large;">document data<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">and/or</span></span> track trends.</span></span> The possibilit<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">ies</span> are endless. </span></span>Here is website that lists a myriad of ideas for spreadsheets applicable to all grade levels.</span></span><br />
<a href="http://learntech.ties.k12.mn.us/Excel_Classroom_Projects"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">http://learntech.ties.k12.mn.us/Excel_Classroom_Projects</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mind maps! I had never even heard of this before now. This is one of the coolest concepts I have seen. I looked at Wisemapping.com and Bubbl.us. You might remember brainstorming in grade school where you created this spider-like notebook drawing for your compositions. The main idea was a big body in the center. Sub-topics would look like legs with details looking like hair on the legs. Now there is software that you can use to do this. I used both to plot a simple family tree using myself as the central point and relatives were offshoots. I'm saving the actual images for Week 3!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let's look at Wisemapping.com. This site is free and very user friendly. Objects are easily moved, constructed, and deconstructed. You have freedom to enhance your brainstorm with details. For example, I outline all the females in my family with a box and the males with a circle. I added icons to the family members that were deceased. You can add notes to individual ideas. This site allows you to save and share your work. Students could use this to take notes for just about any class. For my potential students, I first thought of making a map of animal cells. The main idea would be animal cells. The offshoots would be the organelles of cells. <span style="font-size: large;">Sub-t<span style="font-size: large;">opics</span></span> of that <span style="font-size: large;">w</span>ould be functions of the organelles. More detail could include minerals vital to those functions. Hierarchy is the infrastructure for science. Mind mapping fits really well with science concepts.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Next is Bubbl.us. This site is free and moderately user friendly. There were no tutorials because your functions are visible on pop-up menus. The menus appear when your mouse hovers over an object. This site functions best if you create all the bubbles you may need first. Then you connect them second. Once I started connecting idea bubbles, I couldn't create any more independent bubbles. With this site, you must know your hierarchy of organization because you don't have much flexibility to change it later. This site is free. You can save your work and share it as well. I do recommend this site for simple brainstorming. If you need more detail or flexibility, go with wisemapping.com.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So now that I'm getting my mind mapped out and thoughts organized, I had to make a slide show! I looked at two sites that enable you to make your own videos for free.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">1st video site- Animoto.com. This site allows you to use pre-fab backgrounds, selected music, and your own pictures. You can make 30 second videos for free. I made a short video using pictures of my son from 0-3 months old. The site allows you to publish it to any social network. I used Facebook but you can also use Twitter or email your video or embed it in a blog as well. Here is the video.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://animoto.com/play/L9ZbO0Ym5qzYRbq1yw3Fxw">http://animoto.com/play/L9ZbO0Ym5qzYRbq1yw3Fxw</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">2nd site- Photopeach.com. This site allows you make a slide show the length of an entire song. Th<span style="font-size: large;">ere are no backgrou<span style="font-size: large;">nds. </span></span>The song is selected from a set list. You can publish your video to any social networking site and e<span style="font-size: large;">mbed it </span>into a blog. You can also leave comments on videos.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><a class="BLOGGER-object-element tr_noresize tr_placeholder" data-original-id="BLOGGER_object_33" href="http://www.blogger.com/Austin%20Year%201%20on%20PhotoPeach%20%20%3Cimg%20src=" id="BLOGGER_object_33" img2.blogblog.com="" img="" style="background-color: #b2b2b2; height: "296"px; width: "445"px;" target="_blank" video_object.png="">">Austin Year 1 on PhotoPeach </a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I recommend both sites depending on <span style="font-size: large;">how big you<span style="font-size: large;"> are trying to go</span></span>. Both sites allow you to do more, especially with music, if you sign up for a paid subscription. I'm just glad that there is alternative to trying to do the same thing with Powerpoint. This is much simpler and looks great.</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05056516331338744789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822712387676062391.post-5912340331723394672013-03-09T12:42:00.000-08:002013-03-25T12:41:05.422-07:00Week 1 of Technology in the Classroom<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Website 1: www.pbworks.com/education</span></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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organized collection of student work to create a portfolio like PBWorks does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a great resource to communicate with
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<![endif]--><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Yes, it's free people! Some
people do not enjoy reading.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(My mother
hated it.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having books online, for
free, may encourage parents and students to read together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students might be more apt to read a book on
their phone b/c it’s convenient.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love
paper books but that’s my personal preference.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Website 3: http://www.liberty.k12.mo.us/~elanghorst/</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">What did I learn?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">This junior high history teacher used the schools website to post a webpage for his class. He stated that he hopes the webpage will "</span><span style="font-size: large;">help you succeed in my class. I believe that learning
takes place anywhere and at anytime. If you miss our class I hope these
resources help you catch up." He has put a folder on there that students can use to turn in assignments. He has a sections for parents with all his contact information and what the class is doing. He adds a personal touch by posting pictures and videos of his students.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">How I use this in my classes?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is an actual webpage as opposed to a blog or discussion board but serves the same purpose as the PBworks idea. This is a good idea to represent a sole instructor.</span></span> <br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do I recommend it?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's free to use but I imagine it's moderated by the school. The page itself is large with its multiple links, graphics</span><span style="font-size: large;">, videos and ability to upload. If it is free and comes with its own tech support, absolutely I like it! If you want to be the sole operator/webmaster, then I don't recommend it for you. It's also possible that the school website may have restrictions on what you can post. It's also relying on the school's server. We are still serving the idea of communication between parents, educators, and students.</span></span> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05056516331338744789noreply@blogger.com0