Of course YouTube was blocked.
Teacher Tube has an excellent video on Evaluating Websites tutorial using the CARS criteria.
Student created information on China is very interesting.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Thing #19
What a great website. I'm so glad to know about it.
I scrolled through all the options and began with TRAVEL. Looking at Farecast and Kayak they look pretty much the same to me, especially compared to Expedia. I did like Farecast's feature of good travel deals; however, when I looked at them they had no flights leaving from Houston in the near future, so that wasn't helpful.
Under SOCIAL I looked at sphinn and searched for images of celebrities. The photos are pretty much taken and posted by amateurs, so it was interesting for me to see real, everyday people who were accommodated by movie stars (and celebrities who were not accommodating).
Under PHOTOS flickr was quite good, including 924 beautiful photos of Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, KY. (If you read Sue Grafton's Alphabet Murders she talks of Cave Hill, as she lives in Louisville.)
Under PHILANTHROPY I was surprised that Care2 is blocked by SBISD.
Under HEALTH Revolution Health, I looked up information on amaranth which is a healthy, protein-laden grain that my son in law is researching for his PhD in Tropical Agriculture, and they had good info.
Under FOOD I watched an informative video in imcooked of B. Smith making a healthy, Italian meal, and I got hungry and had to eat my lunch.
I was so glad to find urbanspoon houston which is special, because it gives current reviews of local restaurants, most from the Houston Chronicle, including Thyme Table Cafe which is a new favorite of mine.
I finally got to BOOKS and Biblio allows the user to search by ISBN which can be very useful when looking for a specific book. It has a clean format, but not any reviews on several of this year's Bluebonnet Books which was disappointing. I think I'll stick with Amazon for the majority of my searches.
I scrolled through all the options and began with TRAVEL. Looking at Farecast and Kayak they look pretty much the same to me, especially compared to Expedia. I did like Farecast's feature of good travel deals; however, when I looked at them they had no flights leaving from Houston in the near future, so that wasn't helpful.
Under SOCIAL I looked at sphinn and searched for images of celebrities. The photos are pretty much taken and posted by amateurs, so it was interesting for me to see real, everyday people who were accommodated by movie stars (and celebrities who were not accommodating).
Under PHOTOS flickr was quite good, including 924 beautiful photos of Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, KY. (If you read Sue Grafton's Alphabet Murders she talks of Cave Hill, as she lives in Louisville.)
Under PHILANTHROPY I was surprised that Care2 is blocked by SBISD.
Under HEALTH Revolution Health, I looked up information on amaranth which is a healthy, protein-laden grain that my son in law is researching for his PhD in Tropical Agriculture, and they had good info.
Under FOOD I watched an informative video in imcooked of B. Smith making a healthy, Italian meal, and I got hungry and had to eat my lunch.
I was so glad to find urbanspoon houston which is special, because it gives current reviews of local restaurants, most from the Houston Chronicle, including Thyme Table Cafe which is a new favorite of mine.
I finally got to BOOKS and Biblio allows the user to search by ISBN which can be very useful when looking for a specific book. It has a clean format, but not any reviews on several of this year's Bluebonnet Books which was disappointing. I think I'll stick with Amazon for the majority of my searches.
Thing #18
I'm sure I'm biased towards Microsoft Office, because I'm familiar with it and have been using it for so long; however, I'm glad to know about free options.
As an amateur scrapbooker and a love of sharing photos of my grandsons and my travels Google Template Gallery has some great options for me.
As an amateur scrapbooker and a love of sharing photos of my grandsons and my travels Google Template Gallery has some great options for me.
Thing #17
I have enjoyed studying Rollyo. I was especially impressed by the video created by a fellow SBISD teacher, but it did seem to roll a bit slowly, probably my fault.
I have always been interested in Jamestown since I went as a sixth grader. They are making some exciting new discoveries as can be seen in this PBS show.
I have always been interested in Jamestown since I went as a sixth grader. They are making some exciting new discoveries as can be seen in this PBS show.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Thing #16
I have wondered how wikis work--especially Wikipedia. Thanks for making this part of the 23 Things.
I can see that I could use a wiki to make a library and school calendar for parents, students, teachers and mentors to view from our web page.
I can see that I could use a wiki to make a library and school calendar for parents, students, teachers and mentors to view from our web page.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Thing #15
Reading more about Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 has been very interesting. I preach to my students about plagarism (and that it is illegal not to cite works by another). I hope that I am finally getting through to them the importance of citing sources for validity and scholarly experience of the author(s). To paraphrase Michael Stephens "(The) librarian understands that the future of libraries will be guided by how users access, consume and create content."
Thing #14
Technorati showed me the incredible amount of information that is "out there" and how important it is to be able to organize it ub useable amounts. Now I see how so many young people get movie reviews as we talk on the phone or search for the best air fares in such a short amount of time. I am SO glad to have become acquainted with Technorati.
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