http://newblogger1.edublogs.org Another excellent Edublogs.org weblog Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:07:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At the beginning of this course I wondered if i would ever make it through. My head was spinning with Computer lingo, and trying to muttle my way through all the " things". I found myself beginning to enjoy the time I spent on the lessons and passing the info ... http://newblogger1.edublogs.org/2008/12/15/final-post/ In exploring Ning. I found it boring. Just being honest. I am not a big social networker. I do not allow my daughter to have a face book or My Space. Maybe a little nieve in the social computer technology - but have had a numerous amount of parents  discuss ... http://newblogger1.edublogs.org/2008/12/14/thing-22/ I checked my google reader and found some great news that Math and Science scores have increased in the United States. We are still so far behind Asain countries but we are gaining. Which is always a great sign. I know teachers are excitied to know their hard work and ... http://newblogger1.edublogs.org/2008/12/14/thing-7c/ I liked Pageflakes and thought it could be helpful for the classroom and parents. You can post great podcast and information on it for parents to use at work and children to log into to get help with homwork and subject matter in the classroom. I could have spent days ... http://newblogger1.edublogs.org/2008/12/14/thing-21/ This is such an awesome tools. As many docs I send via email to clients, Insurance agencies, Contractors and so on, I could really use this in my day to day workings. I also love the idea of creatinga Presentation on this, the only thing I couldn't do was upload ... http://newblogger1.edublogs.org/2008/12/11/thing-20/ Dancing Robot was great entertainment. I really enjoyed researching and viewing Videos in You tube. I could see some very useful ways to post and use You Tube in the Classroom. The thing I do not like ,even after using the advanced tool to modify, is what is being ... http://newblogger1.edublogs.org/2008/11/30/thing-19/ Which podcasts did you preview? I reviewed the Educational Podcast Network What did you think? I Thought it was wonderful. Were you able to find pod casts of value? Yes, I could see me using these with my children at home to help with Math. Do you have ... http://newblogger1.edublogs.org/2008/11/25/thing-17/ The Library Thing is a neat resource. I am not an advid reader, just because I can never put a book down until it is read. I do love to read, but do not do a lot of it due to time. Yet, this site would be a great site ... http://newblogger1.edublogs.org/2008/11/25/thing-16/ I did really enjoy visiting and tagging in the Delicious web site. This could be a very helpful tool in teaching. Trying to remember all the sites you have visited and why is quite a task. This site would be wonderful to pull every time you needed a quick reference ... http://newblogger1.edublogs.org/2008/11/25/thing-15/ I took a t look at the Weebly Web page. I thought this was a easy web page to manipulate around. I am going to use it for our ball team if the manager agrees. I have already began to include some things into it, but of course need ... http://newblogger1.edublogs.org/2008/11/23/thing-14/