Week 9 # 22

I prefer to have a good old book right there in my hands to read...to snuggle up with...to reflect on. I think the audio books could be good for time in the car AND I don't spend much time in traffic or on long trips. I used the Guttenberg Project for most of my downloads. The Music is scratchy and OLD. Sounds like I'm playing one of my mom's old 78's with numerous scratches. Also in terms of downloads sometimes there are 30 or so choices and you can't tell until you actually listen to them how they differ or who is the one reading. For example I downloaded "The Tiger" by William Blake which had 1) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21177/mp3/21177-01.mp3 A PRETTY WEAK VERSION and 2) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21177/mp3/21177-02.mp3 A MUCH BETTER VERSION (IN MY OPINION). No way to tell before you listen. I also tried the Velveteen Rabbit by Marjorie Williams and had many versions to choose from and here's the one I have selected for you 3) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/23980/mp3/23980-01.mp3

Week 9 # 21

I keep all my pod casts on itunes. Once Anne showed me how to get the pod casts from Podcastalley (which I prefered) to download on itunes it was a snap. You have to go to the RSS feed and the XML file where you will find the link to itunes. You should only save the link and let the rest of the podcasts stay on their server as they take up lots of room. My favorites were dansmathcast; bluegrassradio, video math tutors brainteasers and the Sunday Puzzle from NPR.

Week 8 # 18 (the real deal)

         Week 8 #18       So I'm now in google docs and I am going to try to publish this doc to my blog.  First I will create some content that might be interesting.  I don't want it too sophisticated as that may be more difficult to send. Since it's baseball season I wanted to include the funny Abbott and Costello "Who's on First?" I got help from anne and now I have it done correctly from Google docs. It's all about saving settings in the correct place. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfmvkO5x6Ng

Week 9 # 20

I love Youtube! What can I say. I follow some current and graduated students who produce videos. I can watch old spirit week videos and I can see my favorite music videos. I can bookmark favorites and I can find almost anything there. Here is a clip from a show I saw in Berkeley earlier this year. Ennio Marchetto is fabulous!


And here's one from Teacher Tube on Trig Functions:


And finally one of my favorites from Fantasia 1940 (Yahoo Videos)

Mickey Mouse In Fantasia 1940 @ Yahoo! Video

Week 8 # 19

Library Thing is a nice way to catalog my book collection. It will take time, however, maybe a summer job. It will keep track of what I have so that I don't have to guess. Maybe I could do lending tags so that I could keep track of where they go!

Week 8 # 18

Well I went to Google Docs and followed instructions, to the best of my ability. I tried many different ways of listing my blog but NO LUCK. I guess its back to the library to find out what I did wrong. I did go back to the Library and Anne and I searched the problems and it seems that it was about saving the settings correctly. By the way you can only publish URL's and not embed's, it seems! So here's my post and embed from YouTube. I wanted to share something funny from Baseball Season so I chose Abbott and Costello's classic: "Who's on First?" ">

Week 7 #17

I added a few sites to the math section of the MCHS Learning Wiki. After I got it in the correct place then it was easy. I hope others enjoy the sites! I needed Susan to give me the ability to add things to this Wiki.

Week 7 #16

I don't use Wiki's in Math. I suppose they could be useful in helping students share their concerns/solutions to homework problems and I haven't chosen to do so yet. Might be something for the future. The MCHS Learning Wiki has lots of useful information. I find it to be a place to get ideas from for links to many useful Web sites.

Week 6 #15

The 23 Things

Welcome to Moreau Catholic High School Learning 2.0!
On the following pages, you will encounter the tools of the new Internet; Web 2.0 tools that are bringing our kids in touch with the entire world through social networking, video, audio, and gaming sites. Moreau Catholic High School encourages you to take time to explore and enjoy all the tools of this new Internet. This tutorial is based on Classroom 2.0 which was developed by the California School Library Association (CSLA) 2.0 Team.

The above Copy is from the opening of the 23 things and attributes this tutorial to "Classroom 2.0" developed by the CSLA 2.0 Team.

I learned that copyrights not only protect the creator of the intellectual property but encourage the sharing of those thoughts with the community. I had a difficult time using Creative Commons. I was trying to find music and all I could find was data and couldn't get to the songs. I will stop by the Library for assistance.

Week 6 #14

Technorati is a cool sight. Again, it floors me how many different blogs there are about almost anything imaginable. Who has time to follow all these things. Maybe, when I'm really retired, I will have things to do with my spare time. Certainly makes it easier to find information from people "who think they know". Not sure I want mine, in it's current condition, to be accessable to the world. I think I'll keep it in the MCHS Community.

Week 6 #13

I finally added all my bookmarks from my bar to delicious and then a whole set of bookmarks from web pages that I had been saving on another list. Although it took a great deal of time to set them up (and I'm not done tagging yet) it will save me a great deal of time in the end. I signed up for Diigo too and I know I can add them all from delicious but it seems silly to have two different sets.

Photo Tribute to Degas

Beautiful tribute to Degas on Flickr

Peabody Video by Jordan Yuson, 2008

Thanks to Jordan Yuson for his time

and talent in making this video.