Exploration7: RSS Feeds

I had some trouble creating an account using Bloglines...it could have been my computer. The internet connection was very slow. After changing computers, I very easily created an account using Google Reader. Because I don't regularly read internet news or blogs, I'm not sure how useful this will be for me. I added a couple blogs and news sites so I'll have to see how much I use it. I do think it will be easier to access these sites through Google Reader than going to each one individually. Perhaps I'll find a couple great educational sites that I'd like to frequent...we'll see!

Online Image Generators

Here's a sample of an image that can be generated. It seems that the possibilities are endless. I'm thinking this application could be fun when creating invitations, flyers, or announcements.

Exploration 5 - Fun With FlickR

It's amazing how many different applications there are out there! I feel like I've just seen the tip of the iceberg. It was fun to play around with the FlickR mashups. I liked making a motivational poster and think this would personalize my classroom to use my own pictures. I'd need to be careful about privacy issues when using photos of students.

Check out the poster Rhonda and I made on Fenner's Blog at http://rfenner.blogspot.com/

Reading in the flowers

Reading in the flowers, originally uploaded by Norby.

Isn't this cute? I hope everyone is enjoying a great summer read. I just finished reading "Plain Truth" by Jodi Picault. I highly recommend it. Any good summer reading suggestions?

A Picture Paints a Thousand Words

This is a picture of my dog Sadie. Just about everyone loves their pets. Read a book this summer about your favorite animal or try an informational book about taking care of pets. By the way, have you been to the zoo this summer?

Blogs and Me

I'm thinking that I could use a blog to communicate with my students about what they are reading. This would be great especially in the summer. Other students could read the blog to get book recommendations. I do think that anytime kids post on the web they need to be very careful not to include identity information.

Exploration 3: Blog Introduction

Thank you Rhonda and Kristin for inviting me to explore Elementary 2.0. After much frustration trying to set up a blog with edublogs, I'm finally feeling successful. Using blogger was much easier to navigate.