Week 4, Thing #10

This was very overwhelming. Way too much to look at. I don't think I will use this. I finally managed to look at people's comments and definitely see the value of it.

Week 3, Thing #9

I now have a twitter account, but yet again don't know where I will get the time to follow it. Every free minute I have at school I either plan or grade papers. When I get home I have to care for my 3 school going children. I just do not have time to sit in front of the computer reading what other people are thinking.

Week 3, Thing #8

http://http://teachingforthefuture.com/post/180824181/tftf117?dsq=16993333#comment-16993333

I commented on the story about Reading Rainbow going off the air. I watched it with my kids when I still stayed home. It wasn't really entertaining, but we still watched and enjoyed the stories told.

Week 3, Thing # 7

I added some feeds to Google Reader, but honestly don't know when I will have time to read it all.

Week Three, Thing # 7

I made an account on Bloglines, but couldn't add more than 2 feeds. Will try later on Google Reader

Week Two, Thing # 6

Yippee, I shared it from the glogster website!! I want to use this later when we read "Rikkitikkitavi".

Glogster

Week Two, Thing # 6

I made a glog and tried to embed it, but of course failed ;(

Week Two, Thing #5

Wow! This was fun. I made an inspirational poster with one of the FD's Toys. I am going to print it and put it in my classroom. My room has no windows and this poster will give me a way to pretend that I have one looking out over a lake with the Grand Tetons in the back. Now I just have to get my husband to make me fake window frames.
I am definitely going to make use of the magazine cover maker. It will most probably be used in a creative book report assignment. I'm sure the kids will enjoy every minute of it.

Still Week, Thing # 4

I am going to blog about the Table Mountain picture even though I haven't been able to provide a link or download the image.
This is a picture of a cable car going up Table Mountain. It is called Table Mountain because of its shape and the frequent occurence of a thin cloud that covers it like a table cloth. I have been up the mountain twice in the cable car. The first time was when I was about 10, visiting my aunt who lived in Cape Town. It was almost a whole day's trip; waiting in line, going up to the top, climbing about on the rocks, enjoying the view of the land to the north, ocean to the west and south, and Robbin Island where political prisoners like Nelson Mandela were kept. I was always very skittish as a child and was very frightened that the cable would break and we will all meet a terrible fate. As far as I know there has never been any kind of accident going up the mountain by cable car. There, however, have been several accidents and injuries climbing the mountain and people are quit often rescued by helicopter from the mountain.
The second time I went up was with my husband just before we got married. I was of course not as scared and so in love that I don't remember much about the trip.
Table mountain must be one of the most photographed mountains in the world. The more familiar pictures are the ones taken from Blouberg Beach. The beach is usually in the forefront, the ocean further off and in the distance a majestic Table Mountain.

Week Two, Thing #4

I found this lovely picture of Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa. I don't know how to provide a link and therefore am just putting it in my blog.

by DanieVDM (Creative Commons License: Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share-Alike)

Week One, Thing #3

I learned how to put a picture from the web on my blog. I found this picture on google. I may use the picture and even modify it if I want to.

Week 1, Thing #3, Discovery Exercises

I couldn't watch the video about Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video“ . Will try again later.

Week 1, Thing #2 Email URL

Oops,
Haven't been very focused on this class since our first meeting. Will catch up quickly before the next one. I thought I did email the url, but obviously didn't.

I took the copyright quizz and did fairly well. Good to review every now and then.