Week 5 Thing#11

Spent time exploring the items on the award list. Tried not to look at things that looked interesting but were in the list of things we were exploring later (LibraryThing). Looked at Craigs List that has little to do with school but Iwanted to explore. I'd read about it in Shoe Addict Anonymous and other places. It was interesting but didn't find anything I could use.

I joined the PSLA ning. It would be great to have a lot of people join and really start using it. Of course it all takes time ....

There are so many things coming about on the web I wonder how people have time to find and use them all. This is why Ilike courses like this that force me to explore.

Week 5 Thing#10

My name in Chinese.

The image generators were fun to play with.

This site would be fun to incorporate with classes studying Chinese New Year or China. Students would see and learn to say their name in Chinese.

I had to Warholize a picture. It is of my library bookshelves. Art classes could use this as they study Andy Warhol and his art (Kind of obvious).

The image generators were addictive. I just wanted to play with them all. I think if I had a project or topic in mind it would be easier to come up with a use. Playing, I did just that, I played and thought "this is fun" but beyond the obvious uses it was just fun. Now I am going to have to stretch my brain and visit this site again when I am looking for something specific.

Week 4: Thing # 8 and 9

Spent lots of time exploring the blogs and have a nice list that I am enjoying reading. There is so much to learn - I find myself following links to all of the amazing things going on and coming up with lots of ideas. I also have some from my favorite magazines that I have added for pure pleasure - they make me smile and think about things other than professional learning.

Technorati was the easiest for me to use - I was able to use it the most effectively. I settled on the google reader and it is working. I also have added some of the blogs to the reader on my home computer homepage which is nice - I don't have to log into anything else and I can check my favorite blogs.

The nice thing about the reader is you can scan and pick and choose what to read to maximize the use of your time.