Activity 35 On Line Productivity Tools

In class on the 5 th of March, class was composed of a small group of individuals who explored tools to assist us in teaching. I enjoyed the small group atmosphere as for some reason the internet, computer and I didn't make "good bed fellows". I sure did have to call for help a lot. We covered three major items, Social Bookmarking where we created our delicious bookmarks, igoogle where we had the opportunity to customize a home page, see earlier blog, and just briefly touched on online documents. This is where I seemed to have a lot of difficulty setting up the account and getting it to work. Whoa.. They just called a pep fest. Will log on and edit this entry later.

4/7 As you can see I didn't get a chance to log on and finish this blog before spring break. Which was very relaxing I might say. Boy to think back to what I wanted to say. Hum..... I could see how this google productivity tool would be helpful for students who do not own a copy of Microsoft Office or Appleworks. As long as they have access to the internet there are several tools available. The only problem is when students use a program that is not compatible with our programs and they come in a rush to print work from home and it can not print. I doubt that I personally would use google documents as I find office and appleworks easier to use. Plus I do not need to rely on a network connection.

Activity 27 Customize Your Home Page

In class on the 5th we had the opportunity to explore igoogle and create a home page that contained a lot of fun info. I found a food website that changes pictures each time I log on with a different food item. I was able to customize to our local weather and to add my delicious bookmarks. I worked on the page last week and switched items around.

Activity 23 Del.icio.us

I really enjoyed class on Wednesday learning about a way to quickly go to my saved bookmarks without having to recreate them on every computer. It does appear that the first time on the computer I have to set up buttons. I did set them up on my home computer, and thought because it was a mpls account that they would (the buttons that is) follow along. This morning I logged on to the school computer and found that the post to and my del.icio.us buttons were not there. So now I have put them on to the mac on my desk and we will see what happens when I log on to another computer in the media center. However the bookmarks that I did post to delicious were there which was nice. I think that I will set up a file just of personal bookmarks like my ornament sites, travel sites especially the ones I am hunting on Pennsylvania for our trip this summer. It has been a challenge to keep googling Gettysburg, and Lancaster.

I will blog on the other sites we visited as I get an opportunity this month to explore them.