Week 5 # 12

Created my Rollyo account.  It was easy.  I wish I could add more than 25 sites and I guess I will just have to be more selective and catagorize my sites differently.  It will definitely be good for students to be able to access a group of sites.  I now have to search for all those sites I bookmarked years ago and saved when I did extensive searches on the web.

Picture of Princess Colorful

I stole this idea from Jerry Sheets when I viewed his Blog.  It's great to check out others people's ideas.  The place is www.dumpr.net

Thanks, Jerry!

Week 5 # 11

Travel Ipod Geography quiz was harder than it looked.  I think the time element made it most difficult and the smallness of the map didn't help either.  My IQ  was not what I expected.

I did sign up for travelpod and hope to share my next vacation.

Week 5 # 11

Added Delicious Bookmarks account.  Seems handy although I like my bookmarks bar just as much.

One more from Classroom 2.0

                                       Looks like a "mini" Parthenon 

                (Actually the Paestum in Italy-thanks to Anthony Lugo)

another from 2.0

Find more photos like this on Classroom 2.0

Week 5 # 11

                                                            FROM CLASSROOM 2.0

WEEK 5 # 10

I could play with ImageChef forever...it has lot's of cool options.  I love to play with photographs and this will give some creative outlets.

Puzzling child

Go Mariners!

CHANGE

Did you Know?

Certainly gives us pause to reflect on what we do each day with our students.

No Child Left Behind in Football Terms

FOOTBALL VERSION OF NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND

1. All teams must make the state playoffs and all must win the championship.  If a team does not win the championship, they will be on probation until they are the champions, and coaches will be held accountable.  If after two years they have not won the championship, their footballs and equipment will be taken away until they do will the championship.
2. All kids will be expected to have the same football skills at the same time even if they do not have the same conditions or opportunities to practice on their own. NO exceptions will be made for lack of interest in football, a desire to perform athletically, or genetic abilities or disabilities of themselves or their parents.  All kids will play football at a proficient level.
3. Talented players will be asked to work out on their own, without instruction.  This is necessary because the coaches will be using all their instructional time with the athletes who aren't interested in football, have limited athletic abilities, or whose parents don't like football.
4. Games will be played year round, but statistics will only be kept on the 4th, 8th, and 11th games.  It will create a New Age of Sports where every school is expected to have the same level of talent and all teams will reach the same minimum goals.  If no child gets ahead, then no child is left behind.  If parents do not like this new law, they are encouraged to vote for vouchers and support private schools that can screen out the non-athletes and prevent their children from having to go to school with bad football players.

And the question is-How far off is this really?  Not much!

Experimenting with Nikon S60

See the Slide Show "Spring has Sprung" that I added using Picasa Web tools and the Slide show gadget on Blogger.  

Week 4 # 8

Actually I needed Nico's help to be able to add a RSS feed directly to my blog.  I now have 2.  They are ABC News and ESPN.  I may add more at a later time.

Week 4 # 9

I added a few more blogs to follow.  I found it very time consuming to scroll through the blogs and find things that were actually useful.  I became aware that there are literally millions of blogs about almost anything you can imagine.  I wouldn't have time or desire to keep up with most of them.  Many of the educational blogs simply seemed to be homework and assignment related.  They were relatively boring.  However they seen to be able to post solutions with a camera type function.  This could be useful for kids that don't have Math Type to do it properly.  It must also be much quicker to just jot down your answers and then take a picture.  If I had lots more time and interest I am sure I could find some good blogs.

Dancing Tree

                                            All nature rejoices in Dance!

More Math Videos (with squint)

For more math videos go to: http://www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/mathmovies/swf/madmadworld.html

Math videos (thanks Susan and Nico)

Alitta Signs LOI to USC

See more Pics at my Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ptrbdy/

#7 Week 3

Technology...You've got to love it...You've got to hate it. I like many of the things I can do because of technology. I love digital cameras although I wish they weren't so expensive (The ones I need to shoot ballet from the back of the theatre without a flash). I love not having to develop my pictures. I like that I can delete them instantly. I love that I can take as many as I want and never worry about the cost. I wish the speed between pressing the button and taking the picture were a bit faster ( they are improving daily; especially in the high end cameras). I miss the prints and I know that I can print them at home or at Longs for a few cents.

I love Word processing. I remember having to re-type papers in college because the Professor wouldn't accept even a whiteout correction on the finished paper...it had to be pristine. It's much easier to compose and edit on a computer word processor. I like being able to stay in touch with e-mail. It's instant and the feedback is usually quick, even from my friends in Japan. Much cheaper as well.


I love using Geometer's Sketchpad http://www.dynamicgeometry.com/ in the classroom. It makes the subject so much more flexible and visual. Nothing can replace that ability to really "see" the relationships and how they change when I chose different parameters.

What I hate is WHEN IT DOESN'T WORK! When I have something planned for class and the interface doesn't work or the speed is too slow or too many people are on the server or the printer is jammed. When I become dependent on it's services and the services are not available I get frustrated. Like the photo that is supposed to be at the top of this Blog.

SO AFTER CAREFUL EXAMINATION THE CODE (IN THE TEXT PREVIEW) ACTUALLY TURNED INTO THE PICTURE I WANTED SO...MY FRUSTRATION WAS UNJUSTIFIED. HOWEVER I STILL CAN'T IMPORT A SKETCHPAD SKETCH INTO THE BLOG OR EVEN MAKE MY URL A HOT LINK.

Michael Phelps on SNL, Weekend update

#6 Week 3

My creation, originally uploaded by peabodypeter.

Alli, Lil & Marie Louise at Tivoli Garden, Copnhagen, Denmark

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

White Rabbit Graffiti

White Rabbit Graffiti
Originally uploaded by peabodypeter

Week 3 #5

This is one of the beautiful graffiti posts in Christiania, Copenhagen, Denmark taken in July, 2008

avatars Week 2 # 3

#1 (Week1) and #2 (Week 1)

 # 1.  I am interested in finding out about sharing information other ways than e-mail or facebook.  I hope that it will not be as frustrating as the opening session.  I wish I was on edublog rather blogger because I think most participants will be on that.  It should be easier to share that way.  Maybe we can learn how to connect the 2 blogs so I will stay on this one for now.

#2.  The easiest for me is #4 Have confidence in yourself as a competent effective learner...I have many past experiences to verify this habit.  The most difficult for me is #3 View problems as challenges...I always want to solve the problems as quickly as possible or avoid it altogether if it will bring stress.

Following Directions

I wonder often if the tech-challenged can really follow the directions of the technically astute?  It is difficult to find out what I am really supposed to be doing.  I am kind of muddling along and I suppose that someone from the library staff will contact me if I am somehow not on track.