Friday, April 29, 2011
W200 Happy Ending
Well I just completed my last assignment for W200 Using Computers in Education. I have really enjoyed this class. I'll continue to update my blog from time to time as I learn new cool technology goodies. Until my next post~Have a great Summer!
Saturday, April 23, 2011
W200 Critical Thinking
This is our last module of work for my W200 Using Computers in Education course. We were assigned two articles to read, had to write 6-8 paragraphs on the topic ourselves, then had to create a wiki to share the information on. Next week we'll combine our thoughts into a single document using Google docs.
A wiki is a shared workspace where a group of people can upload files, create agendas, lists, assignments, etc. These documents can then be read, edited, and added to by all individuals belonging to the group. If you're interrested, my group's research topic was Questioning Technology Use. Please feel free to visit my wiki at:
http://visualartsgirl.pbworks.com/
A wiki is a shared workspace where a group of people can upload files, create agendas, lists, assignments, etc. These documents can then be read, edited, and added to by all individuals belonging to the group. If you're interrested, my group's research topic was Questioning Technology Use. Please feel free to visit my wiki at:
http://visualartsgirl.pbworks.com/
Thursday, April 7, 2011
W200 RSS Feeds
Ok. Back when we were creating our blogs for this class I somehow figured out how to add the RSS feed option to my blog. I knew it had something to do with subscribing to my blog but didn't fully understand what that meant. This week's assignment cleared all of that up for me. I decided to attach the YouTube video our instructor provided us so that my non-W200 classmate followers may learn as we did:
Our assignment was to create a reader using iGoogle, Yahoo!, or our blog and subscribe to five posts. I used iGoogle for the assignment because I'm obsessively picky about keeping my online accounts as organized as possible. Since our instructor mentioned we would use iGoogle for a future assignment I thought it would be a good site to "contain" this material. I did, however apply what I learned to my Yahoo! homepage, it now comes up with the latest news from defleppard.com. (smile)
I was surprised how many of the websites I bookmarked last week did not have RSS feeds! I thought, oh this assignment will be easy! Just pull up some bookmarks from last week's assignment and subscribe? Wrong. I had to search for new sites and blogs because most of what I bookmarked did not have feeds. I even bookmarked a site called Art Education 2.0 which is supposed to be all about how Web 2.0 propels Art Education......no feed. Bummer. Anyhow, my new RSS feed websites and blogs have been added to my delicious site. They'll be the ones tagged "rss."
I think using feeds will definitely be something I continue. The sites added for this assignment to the iGoogle account are still new to me, but in time I'll decide if they are sites I need to have constant update on. While "playing around" on my Yahoo! site looking for how to add feeds I did discover how to edit the content on my homepage. I can now read my facebook and Twitter updates on my homepage when I sign in. Like the feeds, its another time-saving application. That was not the first time an assignment in this class has lead to the discovery of other useful things!
Our assignment was to create a reader using iGoogle, Yahoo!, or our blog and subscribe to five posts. I used iGoogle for the assignment because I'm obsessively picky about keeping my online accounts as organized as possible. Since our instructor mentioned we would use iGoogle for a future assignment I thought it would be a good site to "contain" this material. I did, however apply what I learned to my Yahoo! homepage, it now comes up with the latest news from defleppard.com. (smile)
I was surprised how many of the websites I bookmarked last week did not have RSS feeds! I thought, oh this assignment will be easy! Just pull up some bookmarks from last week's assignment and subscribe? Wrong. I had to search for new sites and blogs because most of what I bookmarked did not have feeds. I even bookmarked a site called Art Education 2.0 which is supposed to be all about how Web 2.0 propels Art Education......no feed. Bummer. Anyhow, my new RSS feed websites and blogs have been added to my delicious site. They'll be the ones tagged "rss."
I think using feeds will definitely be something I continue. The sites added for this assignment to the iGoogle account are still new to me, but in time I'll decide if they are sites I need to have constant update on. While "playing around" on my Yahoo! site looking for how to add feeds I did discover how to edit the content on my homepage. I can now read my facebook and Twitter updates on my homepage when I sign in. Like the feeds, its another time-saving application. That was not the first time an assignment in this class has lead to the discovery of other useful things!
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