I decided to try out the Monkey on Your Back for my third emerging technology. I was not sure how this was going to work for me or whether or not I would like it; however the more I used it, the more I realized it would actually help. Monkey on Your Back is a website that allows you to create an account. Within your account you can send reminders to friends or family through email about things you want them to do or even upcoming events. I thought that this was really neat because as you approach the deadline for the event or task, this website will send a reminder to that person. With school, work, family and friends, I have a hard time trying to remember what to do and when. It is bad enough keeping track of my own life let alone reminding others of what I need them to do. This website is going to make it easier for me to communicate to family members and friends as well as keep track of my hectic life. I am really excited that I was introduced to this website because as a teacher I am going to constantly have things going on. With Monkey on Your Back, I can send reminders to my students' parents about upcoming events! Plus, it will save on paper. The only thing I do not like about Monkey on Your Back is that due to the fact that I simply signed up for the free trial, I was only able to set up 5 tasks. If I was going to use this in the future, I would have to purchase an account so that I could email more than just 5 of my classroom parents.
Here is the link to my accont. As you can see there are seperate tabs across the top of the webpage. The first one allows you to send a new task, the second shows you the tasks you have sent and the third shows you the tasks you are in charge of. Take a look, it's easy and I think you will all really enjoy the help!
http://monkeyon.com/monkeys/sent
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
PhotoShare
For this assignment I used a website called PictureTrail. With PictureTrail, you can upload pictures into a slideshow from your computer. I have heard from a lot of my friends who use this source that it is simple and can be so much fun! I tend to be one of those people who takes my camera with me everywhere I go. I just got my computer for graduation last year and I cannot tell you how many pictures I have saved on it! With PictureTrail, I was able to post some of my favorite pictures into a slideshow. I loved this site because you could edit the background, add special effects, and change the font from a list of choices. Although I was limited on what backgrounds, special effects and fonts I could use, I think that there is at least something that everyone could find that works for them. My favorite part about this site is that I could upload all of my pictures at once! It saved me so much time! If you are going to try out PictureTrail, I would reccomend giving yourself time. It is not something that takes a lot of time to upload or anything like that, but there are a lot of different things to look at. When you are deciding on backgrounds, font, etc. the website will automatically update your slideshow and give you a preview. You can change all of these things at any time and they are all in the same place which makes it easy. There are a lot, however, so make sure you have time to look through them in order to decide what you truely like best!
I have not used this website before, but I do think that now that I know about it and have tried it on my own, that I would use it again. I reccomend it to anyone who wants a fun and exciting way to show off all of their pictures!
I have not used this website before, but I do think that now that I know about it and have tried it on my own, that I would use it again. I reccomend it to anyone who wants a fun and exciting way to show off all of their pictures!
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Using RSS
I loved using this resource! I had so much fun browsing for RSS feeds that interested me. I thought it was really cool that you could have anything from educational sites, to news sites, to games, to even quotes and statistics of the day! In all honesty, I think that this will be something that I use often. I thought about making it my home page, but I decided that nothing could take facebook's place as my home page. :) Anyways, like I said, I thought it was really cool how you can add anything to this page. It is an easy way to keep track of so many things that are going on. For example, I even added a feed for the 2010 Olympics. Now, I can simply log on to igoogle and view the results to see how the USA is doing.
Overall, I was extremely impressed with this site. I have seen some of family members use it, which made it everything I expected, but at the same time I did not realize how much you could make out of it. I thought it was the same for everyone, but now that I learned how to personalize it, I really enjoy it. I had a hard time finding sites that included a link to add their website as a RSS feed, but then I saw that in the top right corner of the main igoogle page, it says something about adding feeds. I clicked on this and it opened up a wide range of sites to add to my page. You can even do it all at once and then edit your layout when you are done! Anyways, I hope you all find this resource as useful as I did!
Overall, I was extremely impressed with this site. I have seen some of family members use it, which made it everything I expected, but at the same time I did not realize how much you could make out of it. I thought it was the same for everyone, but now that I learned how to personalize it, I really enjoy it. I had a hard time finding sites that included a link to add their website as a RSS feed, but then I saw that in the top right corner of the main igoogle page, it says something about adding feeds. I clicked on this and it opened up a wide range of sites to add to my page. You can even do it all at once and then edit your layout when you are done! Anyways, I hope you all find this resource as useful as I did!
Friday, February 19, 2010
Del.icio.us
http://delicious.com/cmcooper <-- Here is the link to my Delicious page!
I really enjoyed creating this because it is something that I am going to find useful throughout not only my educational career, but also my teaching career as well. I am excited that I found a way to keep track of all of my sources! My favorite part about Delicious is that you can log on to it from any computer. This means, that if I am at school researching and I find a resource I would like to use, then I can log on to Delicious and save it. Then, when I am at home I will remember what I found and be able to access it as well. I found it helpful that I could "tag" the resources so that it was not simply a list of a million websites, but rather a list with structure to it making it easier to access exactly what I need.
I really enjoyed creating this because it is something that I am going to find useful throughout not only my educational career, but also my teaching career as well. I am excited that I found a way to keep track of all of my sources! My favorite part about Delicious is that you can log on to it from any computer. This means, that if I am at school researching and I find a resource I would like to use, then I can log on to Delicious and save it. Then, when I am at home I will remember what I found and be able to access it as well. I found it helpful that I could "tag" the resources so that it was not simply a list of a million websites, but rather a list with structure to it making it easier to access exactly what I need.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Podcast
http://www.box.net/shared/dp063udv70 Here is the link to my podcast. Please comment and let me know if you have any problems opening it. I had a really hard time trying to figure out how to post it onto my blog.
First of all, a podcast is a sort of tool that allows you to share or demonstrate ideas with other people through the use of technology. In order to create this podcast, I used a program called Audacity. Audacity is fairly simple. You can do simple things such as; import songs and record your voice. Then, if needed you can copy, paste and record it again in order to pull it all together. Finally, Audacity makes it easy for you to go through your podcast at any time and make changes to it. Just remember to save often!
Overall, I would have to say that I am glad that I did not wait until the last minute to complete this assignment! Making a podcast seems simple, but when you are not familiar with the programs you are using, it can become time consuming and frustrating. Luckily, however, in the end you can look back and see that it is not necessarily hard. In order to complete this podcast, I had to have patients. I honestly cannot tell you how many times I had to start over or edit and undo things that as I prepared this product. I truly felt a little click happy when it came to using Audacity because I was new to everything. The only way to learn something is to try it out and that is what you almost HAVE to do when using this program. You have to continuously click on different things and try them out and eventually, after much frustration, it will all work out how you want it to. Although this assignment was difficult, I feel as though I am more familiar with the program and I think that my next podcast might come a little easier! (At least I hope so). Just remember to save often! If you get frustrated, as I am sure you will, walk away from the computer for a little while and then come back. The best advice I can give to you on this one would be to not wait until the last minute! :)
First of all, a podcast is a sort of tool that allows you to share or demonstrate ideas with other people through the use of technology. In order to create this podcast, I used a program called Audacity. Audacity is fairly simple. You can do simple things such as; import songs and record your voice. Then, if needed you can copy, paste and record it again in order to pull it all together. Finally, Audacity makes it easy for you to go through your podcast at any time and make changes to it. Just remember to save often!
Overall, I would have to say that I am glad that I did not wait until the last minute to complete this assignment! Making a podcast seems simple, but when you are not familiar with the programs you are using, it can become time consuming and frustrating. Luckily, however, in the end you can look back and see that it is not necessarily hard. In order to complete this podcast, I had to have patients. I honestly cannot tell you how many times I had to start over or edit and undo things that as I prepared this product. I truly felt a little click happy when it came to using Audacity because I was new to everything. The only way to learn something is to try it out and that is what you almost HAVE to do when using this program. You have to continuously click on different things and try them out and eventually, after much frustration, it will all work out how you want it to. Although this assignment was difficult, I feel as though I am more familiar with the program and I think that my next podcast might come a little easier! (At least I hope so). Just remember to save often! If you get frustrated, as I am sure you will, walk away from the computer for a little while and then come back. The best advice I can give to you on this one would be to not wait until the last minute! :)
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Study Tips for Elementary Students
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Getting to Know Me
Hi, my name is Courtney Cooper. I am 19 years old. Currently, I am a freshman at IUPUI. I graduated from Hamilton Southeastern High School in 2009. Since third grade, I have lived in the Fishers area and attended school in the Southeastern School District. Ever since I was a little girl I have wanted to be an elementary school teacher. That is why I am currently studying Elementary Education at IUPUI. I hope to one day become a first or second grade teacher in the Hamilton Southeastern School District. Outside of school I spend a lot of my time babysitting. Due to the career path that I am currently on, I think that not only is this a job that I enjoy, but also it is good practice for what I will hopefully be spending the rest of my life doing. I also love hanging out with my friends. We spend a lot of time shopping, going out to eat and catching the latest movies and shows on television. Finally, I enjoy reading, working out and listening to music. Whenever I am having a hard time with anything, I have found that these three things help me get through it. Overall, I like to stay positive, smile and enjoy life. I like to live, laugh and love.
Although this is not the first blog I have created, I did find that I enjoy going through this website more! This site, unlike the one I used previously, allows you to adapt your profile to your personality. You can create your own sort of style by choosing the color font you would like as well as incorporating a picture of yourself. When creating this profile, I felt at first like I was limited; however just remember, that the more you look around and the more you mess with different buttons, the more you will realize just how much you can do with your blog. As I said before, I have never used this site, so I am still learning. If you have any questions, feel free to let me know and I can at least try and help you figure it out. Who knows, maybe it will help all of us!
Although this is not the first blog I have created, I did find that I enjoy going through this website more! This site, unlike the one I used previously, allows you to adapt your profile to your personality. You can create your own sort of style by choosing the color font you would like as well as incorporating a picture of yourself. When creating this profile, I felt at first like I was limited; however just remember, that the more you look around and the more you mess with different buttons, the more you will realize just how much you can do with your blog. As I said before, I have never used this site, so I am still learning. If you have any questions, feel free to let me know and I can at least try and help you figure it out. Who knows, maybe it will help all of us!
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