Earth Quake hits!!

Alert....an earthquake has hit New England!! Here I sit at my computer table fixing up my Wiki(pretty shaky looking) and doesn't some really funny rumble go threw the floor. Both my husband and I jumped up and say what was that! Went and looked around....check the garage...nothing...oh well. Two minutes later my daughter enters saying everyone is tweeting about the earthquake. So of course I tweet to my one follower....wonder if they care. And now after feeling my first earthquake I need to blog about it. Never would I have tweeted or blogged about anything if not for this great class!!

Sorry no new chapter news!!

Chapter 7 Fun with Flickr

How to use flickr.......Enjoy

 

 

 

Well the title is a good one....I'm having fun with flickr. I have spent a little time practicing how to import pictures into Flickr and then add tags and comments. This could be a good place to store pictures to share with family and friend since I don't do facebook. Maybe I shouldn't admit to that since this is a technology class.  I have always been a picture buff, especially in my family. I'm the one to take them, share them and make video to show everyone when we get together. So will work with Flickr and see what it can do for me.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/betsyaucoin/

You can check out my day at Southwick Wild Animal Farm and some family photos.

     Well it is a week later from setting up a twitter account and my only follower deserted me! Maybe because I didn't tweet all week. I've been following Michelle Obama and Lady Gaga...I wonder if they tweet for themselves...they have multiple a day!! Who has time and who cares what I'm doing!! Teaching ball skills at Taylor!
     But I did move on in the chapter and got to Diigo and Delicious! I passed over Diigo and spent some time in Delicious and have taken a liking to that. I put in physical education and came upon a few great sites that professionals are sharing ideas and lesson plans. I think I like this!!
     On to the next chapter.....Flickr....to see what that is all about!!

My Tweet Friends!!

Missing you

Hey Keri , we all worked hard this afternoon and helped each other! What teamwork but we still miss your expertise! Hang in there and see you soon! Rest up!


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Chapter 6 The Social Web

Ahhh...the ability to share, connect and create with many others of like minds and interests.  Sounds to good to be true. As I read chapter 6 and gained knowledge of the social web I found it very interesting but again not sure it is for me. I like a good old telephone call or better yet a hand written note from an old friend. I opened a twitter account and my daughter told me I was crazy...who was I going to tweet with...she won't tweet me the twit!! So I found Michele Obama, Diane Roberts, Lady Gaga and a few others to follow.

Then I read that getting people to follow you is more difficult...just what I need "difficult". Then low and behold I have a follower...nobody I know!!

I'm not sure I care what people are doing at any time of the day, my day is so busy with family and work that I don't have time to sit and tweett what is going on. I'm sure there are some great uses for this tool but I haven't found one yet for me. I'll have to search out some family members and see if they are tweeting. It might be a better summer tool for teachers when we aren't working and have more time on our hands. I haven't had the time to look at Twitter for Teachers but will give that whirl soon.

Again at the elementary level it isn't for students but maybe their parents but I certainly don't want to tweet with them.

Chapter: Get Well Soon

Feel Better Soon



Hey Keri.....we are soooo missing you at school and class.  I have soooo many questions, ideas, problems, screw-ups and who knows what else that needs your attention. But your health comes first and you need to get better!! So rest up and my questions, ideas, problems, screw-ups and who knows what else that needs your attention will still be here when you are well!! Now multiply that by all the staff at FPS and your class!





 

Chapter 5

While you are reading my blog please play the you tube video above...have felt this on more than one occaision when dealing with computers!! Enjoy!

RSS.......Really Simple Syndication....sounds wonderful! With so much information on the web it does get overwhelming to somebody my age. I know I keep referring to my age but you do need to realize I didn't grow up in a world of technology like this generation of children do.

The idea of being able to subscribe to a content area and let the information come to me sounds great. So of course with out much knowledge about this I tried, didn't get much except for a bunch of books to buy. Therefore I either didn't do it correctly or I chose the wrong site to feed me information. I won't give up and will try again. And when all else fails I will check in the Keri...Miss Trainer...or is it now Mrs. Trainer...for some help to get a good RSS going in an area of interest. Oh I look forward to class on Wednesday. But then again we haven't worked on our wiki yet either. Way to much to do in such little time.

I used Google Reader for my RSS since I had a google account. Then I put in elementary physical education. After that I got lots of sites to pick from but ended up with a text book distribution site offering lots of books for teaching and assessing children in PE. Not sure what I was looking for but I really don't need anymore texts books.