Saturday, April 21, 2007

Posting Audio Files

I created an account at DivShare and uploaded an .mp3 file I created using Audacity, a free audio tool I downloaded from the internet. After I uploaded my file, DivShare generated a link to post on this blog. I can post the link just like I would an other web site address -- that is what I've done with this audio file. I can also get the code to embed the audio file, like this

A Spring Poppy


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Originally uploaded by jewel_lee27.

This photo was uploaded into flickr, an online photo sharing and organizing service. From flickr I was able to create a connection to my blog. I am entering this post from flickr. It will automatically attach my chosen photo. You probably noticed that some of the blogs we perused had flickr photos or flickr badges.

Flickr

This is a test post from flickr, a fancy photo sharing thing.

Friday, April 20, 2007

Polling on Your Blog

The poll at the bottom of my widgety things was created using Pollhost. It is one of several sites that will allow you to place polls on your blog and view results. It did require that I make an account, but that was simple.

The Learning Cone


Where would blogs, wikis and read/write technologies fit on the cone? What about educational games? Or virtual simulations?

Posting Video on Your Blog

I went to Teacher Tube and found a video I thought you might like to see. I copied the information next to the "embeddable" notation.



I then went to my blogger post and pasted the html language into the "edit html" tab. This brings a snapshot of the video into my blog. In addition it brings in the tools to control the video. In reality the actual file is not housed within your blog, rather the html language you pasted into your blog feeds the video from Teacher Tube. You can use this same process to post video on your wiki.

Ten Habits of Bloggers That Win

I'm simply using this blog post to direct you to a post on the Cool Cat Teacher Blog called Ten Habits of Bloggers That Win. Not only does your blog have a unique url, but each post within your blog has a static url so that if you want to refer people to a specific post, they will not have to dig thru your archive to find it.

Totally Off the Subject

If you want to create your own Jackson Pollock type painting (posted as an image on this blog) you can make one by going here http://jacksonpollock.org/ . To find detailed instructions about what you should do once you get there, follow this link.

Blogs - What are they good for?

Before we start our own blog it might be good idea to ponder the reasons we would want to use blogs in our classroom. However, this is a bit of a chicken/egg situation. Until you start one, and experience the capabilities you might not have the information you need to decide if this is useful for educational purposes. Let's do a bit of exploring to see how other teachers are using their blogs. As we explore lets use the comments feature in this post to collectively gather thoughts on the "anatomy of a blog".

Friday, January 12, 2007

Welcome!

Welcome to the Workshop!
We are glad you can be here today to learn more about these exciting read/write technologies, often refered to as Web 2.0 technologies. You can use blogs and wikis to share student work and build collaborative knowledge.