Zoomerang Survey

Today we created a survey through . It is a site that makes creating any type of survey very easy. I feel that this will be helpful throughout my time as an educator because I will use surveys as one of my methods to track the progress of how my students are doing in their studies.

I chose to do my survey on buying books at the Fairmont State bookstore because I feel that a lot of students choose different options when buying and selling back books.

Poll

I added a poll to my blog. I decided to add a poll and ask my viewers who they thought should have won the reality show, American Idol. It is one of the most popular shows on television and a favorite of mine therefore I added something a little fun to the page -------------------->

VOTE :)

Jing Image and Screen Cast

http://screencast.com/t/3TWzl6o6h8Zl

Jing is a very useful tool that is used to capture video and images as well as other things. I had much difficulty with Jing due to my computer not having the proper updates therefore I have fell a little behind. Jing is not a hard tool to use but it does require proper software on your computer such as a microphone if audio is preferred. I can definitely see myself using Jing in the classroom because it will be useful for many educational purposes.

I chose to do my screen cast on how to use Google Maps. Google Maps has helped me with directions many of times therefore I think it is a tool that I would share with others.

I have chose an instructional guide to how to use Blackboard for my Jing image. Uses images through Jing will also be an educational tool that will help throughout my time as an educator.

Word Cloud 6/16

I chose to use the definition of history for my word cloud because history is my specialization in the educational field and I feel that the importance and interpretation of history is easily mistaken. I enjoyed using Wordle to make word clouds and I feel that this will be able to help me in the classroom point out the highlights of specific things that I want to point out on various topics.

Picassohead

http://www.picassohead.com/

I actually had a little bit of difficulty working on my Picassohead. Although it was a little hard to navigate through, it was fun. At first, I couldn't figure out how to delete an item that I didn't want, but all I had to do was scroll down and an informational task bar was provided with the site. I think that Picassohead should have a direct link rather than using an attachment key because I felt that it was a little difficult in order to make this post. Overall, this was a fun project and it has given me several ideas on how to use this in the future in my history classes.

Snipping Tool

I did not have a clue that the Snipping Tool even existed. This tool will be so beneficial for me. It will be great to copy verification letters, receipts, etc. I chose to "snip" a copy of a website that I will use to help my history students learn about the presidents of the United States. Love the snipping tool!!

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/pres/list.shtml

Voki/Microsoft

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LgKFzWrY_59bTleAc7bMIKcfsG2PThsA0hwVQLaEAU0/edit?hl=en_US


Today I learned more about Microsoft Word and how to publish more details to Google Documents. I also learned about creating an avatar on http://www.voki.com/ and I put my text into words through the avatar that I created. I made my avatar speak about my teaching philosophy.

6/7 Diigo

A web browser add on is a program that is integrated into the browser that provides additional functions into your preferred browser. I discovered that I can not install add ons into my Google Chrome browser because it is a simplified browser compared to Internet Explorer or my favorite, Mozilla Firefox.  I have used several basic add ons before mostly for social networking sites such as Facebook or search engines like Google and they are very convenient for everyday use navigating through the internet.

I am currently using a Google add on which has easy access to a search engine which helps a lot being a college student. There are always words that I need to look up or information that I need to learn about in order to do my assignments and having a Google add on really helps my use of the internet. I think that Standard 2, Digital Age Learning Culture fits the use of Diigo the best because it involves educators using digital learning in order to educate students.