Do I recommend Flickr or Photobucket:
My n2teaching answer to Injenuity who asked in her gathering data stage for the development of a recommendation for the teachers she works with now.
One of my programming friends recommended smugmug over flickr, and his photographs are very professional looking. The smugmug website is highly recommended and aesthetically pleasing.
Currently, I use Flickr because other teachers were using it when I needed to put pictures online. I think that Flickr gained a presence early on and became officially recognized by many applications, especially when Yahoo purchased Flickr. Some Google applications, such as Blogger and Jaiku also recognize Flickr.
Since I first began to use Flickr, I have learned more about Photobucket because my tech-ed mentor uses it, as does my daughter and her friends. Photobucket has an immediate use function that is great when texting or in a webinar meeting and speed is necessary.
I don’t believe that you should limit yourself to one online photo application, especially since there are many differences in the uses of these applications.
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
n2teaching Recommendations for Photo Sharing
Scratch and Squeak are programming languages based on Smalltalk. Many programmers use these languages, and they are recommended for use when teaching students to program. http://www.squeakland.org/ AND http://scratch.mit.edu/
Mobile post sent by n2teaching using Utterz.
Replies. mp3Frozen Pea Players
Bessie and the Herd want to join Susan Reynolds in her fight against cancer. The cowpokes have even made a pea-themed Utterz player that will play all the Utterz posted by the PEAple.
Maybe you've noticed the Peavatars (pea-themed avatars) or various Pea Posts in the last few weeks. Well, these are all made in support of the <a href="">Frozen Pea Fund</a>, a special cause dedicated to breast cancer awareness. Susan Reynolds, a regular contributor, at Twitter found herself diagnosed with cancer, and set about raising awareness for the cause. Soon other Tweeters had joined in, and before you know, one big green snowball was turning into an avalanche of support.
If you want to join in, via Utterz, we've made you two pea-themed players.
Here is the code for the green player:
<object width="400" height="160"><param name="movie"
value="http://www.utterz.com/…60-fpf.swf" /><param
name="flashvars"
value="url=http://www.utterz.com/…hp&aut
oplay=0&wu=NDk1NjI2OQ" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"
/><embed src="http://www.utterz.com/…60-fpf.swf"
flashvars="url=http://www.utterz.com/…ml.php&
;autoplay=0&wu=NDk1NjI2OQ" width="160" height="400" wmode="transparent"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /></object>
And the code for the white/grey/green player:
<object width="400" height="160"><param name="movie"
value="http://www.utterz.com/…0-fpf2.swf" /><param
name="flashvars"
value="url=http://www.utterz.com/…hp&aut
oplay=0&wu=NDk1NjI2OQ" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"
/><embed src="http://www.utterz.com/…0-fpf2.swf"
flashvars="url=http://www.utterz.com/…ml.php&
;autoplay=0&wu=NDk1NjI2OQ" width="160" height="400" wmode="transparent"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" /></object>
Cowlisto's Mobile post sent by n2teaching using Utterz.
Replies.Sunday, December 23, 2007
Go Elfster!
Trying out new interactive websites is what it's about, and I have tried out many (> 150) since August, 2007. Some of these WEB2.0 applications have been duds and duplicates of other applications that work better, but other new applications are excellent. These more effective new applications are easy to use, free to use, well-organized, helpful and fun.
I use these criteria to determine a web application's COOL factor, and Elfster has a very high COOL factor. This is a web application that Steve Dembo, a Classroom 2.0 and Twitter networks colleague, introduced to our network.
Using Elfster, Steve set up a EduTwitterverse Secret Santa group for those in the group who wanted to participate. I was curious, so I signed up. Steve set a spending limit and gave basic instructions. All throughout the gift exchange, Elfster helped Steve manage the entire program through excellent, well timed, information and reminder letters. Plus, he was available on Twitter. Thanks, Steve! Elfster was a great find!
When you join an Elfster group, you fill out a profile page. It includes information about gift preferences with available URLs that fit the spending limit.
Each EduTwitterverse Elfster received the name and profile URL of their Secret Santa recipient, so I read the profile information about mine.
To make it even easier, I found my secret friend and followed her on Twitter. She reciprocated. The Twitter colleague who received my name started following me, so I followed her. We add new followers on this EduTwitterverse group all the time, so I didn't figure out that one of my new Twitter colleagues was also my Elfster until she sent me a notice about my gift to Heifer International. Cool!
My secret pal made no specific gift requests on her profile, she just said, "Be creative!" That was scary! LOL! Then I remembered COFFEE! It was very interesting that my secret EduTwitterverse pal had posted a tweet about coffee a few days before we knew who are secret friends were.
It seems to me, this gift exchange became an excellent way to share cultural experiences with someone in another part of the world.
There is no more creative coffee selection than French Market Coffee. Based in New Orleans, French Market Coffee is the brand served almost everywhere in the area, including Commander's Palace, Gallatoire's Restaurant and other famous New Orleans area restaurants.
I like to buy from New Orleans merchants whenever I can, so that was another plus for French Market Coffee. Lastly, is their fantastic website. It is easy to use and they have excellent information at the French Market University. I ordered a gift set that included French Market coffee and chicory, mug and beignet mix, so my secret Twitter pal could really experience the New Orleans effect. Another plus: it only took 2 days from the moment of my order to my secret pal's receipt of the gift....that was awesome! Thanks, French Market Coffee staff!
For myself, I had requested that a donation be made in my name to Creative Commons or Heifer International. My secret Elfster agreed that Heifer International was a cool opportunity to give a gift that keeps on giving. She bought a share of chicks to be sent to a family who will raise them and send their offspring to another family. It was a very wonderful experience for me to know that my secret Elfster saw value in my choice of gifts, and I thank her very much.
While my Twitter colleagues and I really enjoyed this secret Santa exchange, Elfster has greater potential for social networking. I can imagine endless possibilities to use this for social networking with friends, family and school.
The Elfster exchanges don't even have to be about monetary gifts. For instance, teachers or students could send invitations or URLs for their favorite website, online game or web application. Each person could list their area of interest in their profile, say science, and their Elfster could send them a valuable URL.
What are some of your ideas of ways we could use Elfster for educational purposes?
Check out Elfster, and see what you think.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Mac or PC: Can't Decide
 clipped from www.pbs.org
At the day job I use an archaic hand-me-down Dell. Occasionally,
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