Wednesday afternoon - Table #2
I was able to work with the laptop microphone and record using the laptop mic.
Start -- Programs--Accessories--Entertainment. Others may need to Edit their Sound Properties in the Volume. Check to make sure that the volume is not muted, and that you have selected the Internal Mic. Once that's set up, you can record on the laptop and then save the file.
I found some music to download at Incompetech.com One of the songs I found was Luminous Rain - Rather appropriate for our very rainy day!
I'm trying to upload this file to Dr. Bishop's wiki. I've left it for about 5 minutes, but it hasn't finished. I'll give it a little longer, but then I need to move on.
Will do the Itunes download annd upload later!
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Librarian Professional Development
Wednesday Morning -
Doing different things for staff development.
I am working on Table 1 - Image manipulation projects at this moment.
Most of these things: finding and saving images from Discovery and Flickr, editing the size of pictures and words to pictures in Powerpoint and creating products in an image generator are things that I have already done.
However, using the IrfanView picture editor was something that I hadn't worked with previously. IrfanView is in Programs -- Applications on the laptop.
Doing different things for staff development.
I am working on Table 1 - Image manipulation projects at this moment.
Most of these things: finding and saving images from Discovery and Flickr, editing the size of pictures and words to pictures in Powerpoint and creating products in an image generator are things that I have already done.
However, using the IrfanView picture editor was something that I hadn't worked with previously. IrfanView is in Programs -- Applications on the laptop.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Thing #21: Podcasts and Audio Books
I've created a book review in PhotoStory for Gary Paulsen's book, Lawn Boy. I thoroughly enjoyed reading his wildly funny story about the kid who starts his lawn business and ends up a tycoon.
My son has enjoyed several of Paulsen's books, and my father-in-law who until a year or so ago rarely read books, also discovered that he LOVED Gary Paulsen's humor and style of writing.
My son has enjoyed several of Paulsen's books, and my father-in-law who until a year or so ago rarely read books, also discovered that he LOVED Gary Paulsen's humor and style of writing.
This was a lot of fun to be able to create this. It was a time consuming, but it is something that I think that teachers and students could master. And, the feeling of knowing that "you did it" it a great feeling.
A special thank you to my husband for going "out in the storm" to borrow headphones for this project.
Thing #10 Online Image Generators - Update
I've finally gotten back around to Thing #10. I had seen a cartoon recently about the "hear no evil, speak.., see" and someone had mentioned "blog no evil." So, I decided to create a cartoon that would depict that. I found pictures in Photobucket, then used their Remix and added captions. However, the remix put it into a video format - something that wasn't quite what I thought that the Kickball Captains had in mind for this section. So, I paused the video as it was playing, did a print screen, pasted that image into MS Publisher, then cropped the picture, did the same for the second Monkey picture, grouped them together, and saved them as a .jpg and will hopefully upload it here:
Just a little reminder for us to "play nice!"
Thing #23 - Summary
1. I really enjoyed learning about Google docs, Nings, Delicious, LibraryThing, and Flickr. I think that these tools can be quite useful many, and especially for educators and students.
2. I think that I am more motivated now having worked through the 23 Things to be more dedicated to learning about what's new and is part of the new trends in learning, education and libraries.
3. Unexpected outcomes? I was surprised at how much I "piddled" at some of these websites. I knew that it would take a while to complete each thing, but I didn't expect that I would get so sidetracked on the many tangents available for exploration.
4. In some ways it seems that some of the things could have been condensed somewhat, (ex: #7 and #18 - the Google things) However, it was nice in some ways because we had been partially exposed to what was there, and so it didn't take quite as long.
5. I would be very likely participate in another training. However, if I didn't feel like I could do it adequately because of my sometimes insane schedule, I might opt out. (Hopefully, the next course won't be quite as long!)
6. How would I describe this experience? I did it! This is especially true after I completed my PhotoStory book review.
I have learned much about the new technologies that are available and am looking forward to using them with friends, teachers, and students in a variety of settings, and not just my workplace.
2. I think that I am more motivated now having worked through the 23 Things to be more dedicated to learning about what's new and is part of the new trends in learning, education and libraries.
3. Unexpected outcomes? I was surprised at how much I "piddled" at some of these websites. I knew that it would take a while to complete each thing, but I didn't expect that I would get so sidetracked on the many tangents available for exploration.
4. In some ways it seems that some of the things could have been condensed somewhat, (ex: #7 and #18 - the Google things) However, it was nice in some ways because we had been partially exposed to what was there, and so it didn't take quite as long.
5. I would be very likely participate in another training. However, if I didn't feel like I could do it adequately because of my sometimes insane schedule, I might opt out. (Hopefully, the next course won't be quite as long!)
6. How would I describe this experience? I did it! This is especially true after I completed my PhotoStory book review.
I have learned much about the new technologies that are available and am looking forward to using them with friends, teachers, and students in a variety of settings, and not just my workplace.
Thing #22: Nings
I really wasn't aware of what a Ning was until now. This is really cool!
I've glanced at the Texas School Librarian's Ning, and the Teacher Librarian Ning. I will definitely join the TSL Ning, and probably the Teacher Librarian Ning as well. I can see great benefits of being able to benefit from the collective knowledge that is available with these groups! I'm looking forward to exploring the Nings and learning from the masters that are sharing their knowledge, tools, and ideas with the rest of us.
I've glanced at the Texas School Librarian's Ning, and the Teacher Librarian Ning. I will definitely join the TSL Ning, and probably the Teacher Librarian Ning as well. I can see great benefits of being able to benefit from the collective knowledge that is available with these groups! I'm looking forward to exploring the Nings and learning from the masters that are sharing their knowledge, tools, and ideas with the rest of us.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Thing # 20 - TeacherTube & YouTube
Whooo Hooo! I'm making progress in completing 23 Things! Although I've GOT to get this finished pretty soon, because I'm concerned that Tropical Storm Eduardo is going to come ashore Tuesday morning sometime and we might lose power, and then, oh DREAD, I would have no computer & no INTERNET!! So, onward ho!
The Evaluating Websites Tutorial ... using the CARS method to evaluate sites was good. I like the words associated with that mnemonic device: Credibility, Accuracy, Reasonableness, and Support. I wish that the author would have reminded us of what CARS stood for at the end, but that's a personal preference.
Three Steps: WOW! What a great video to motivate teachers to use technology in their classrooms! I want to show this to my principal, and encourage her to show this to the faculty. I think it would be cool to have teachers do the 23 things over the course of the school year.
Portal to Texas History... What a great way to showcase what an awesome collection! The PORTAL to TEXAS HISTORY hosted by the University of North Texas Libraries is a great resource! I will be sure to show this to teachers!
The Evaluating Websites Tutorial ... using the CARS method to evaluate sites was good. I like the words associated with that mnemonic device: Credibility, Accuracy, Reasonableness, and Support. I wish that the author would have reminded us of what CARS stood for at the end, but that's a personal preference.
Three Steps: WOW! What a great video to motivate teachers to use technology in their classrooms! I want to show this to my principal, and encourage her to show this to the faculty. I think it would be cool to have teachers do the 23 things over the course of the school year.
Portal to Texas History... What a great way to showcase what an awesome collection! The PORTAL to TEXAS HISTORY hosted by the University of North Texas Libraries is a great resource! I will be sure to show this to teachers!
I spent quite a bit of time looking for a video that I really liked. I ended up using Zamzar to convert the file to an .avi format. (Thankfully I didn't have to wait long for them to convert it, as my husband is an avid user of Zamzar and has a paid account.)
Finally I found one called "Librarian 2.0 Manifesto" on TeacherTube. It is a series of "I Will .... " statements about being proactive in providing library services. I am comfortable with nearly all of the statements, but towards the end, a few are a little uncomfortable for me. Something to work on!
It took quite a while to get this video re-formatted and then loaded, but Yippee! It loaded!!
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