Week 5: Thing #10 Image Generators

I found this banner creator on ImageChef.com. It was pretty easy to work with...once I figured out that it had to be copied/pasted into a post, and not just into an added "element".

Week Four: Thing 9

Posting Newsfeeds and RSS items to blog.
I added a Google Newsreel (at the bottom), Webster's Dictionary Word of the Day, The Weather Channel and FoxNews ..
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RSS Calendar

Okay--I'm excited now. The copying/pasting of the code for the RSS Calendar worked, and now I'm bragging...yeah! I probably strayed from the assignments, but I wanted to see if I could get it to show up on my blog...NEAT! It worked!!

:)I'm so proud that I figured it out.

hee hee

Feeds added to Blog

Yeah! I figured it out!! I actually figured out how to add Feeds to
this blog...Amazing what a little reading/studying/researching will do.
haha!

--later

Week Four: Thing #8

Set up Google Reader account...

Subscribed to five and have been enjoying reading
all the news....just having trouble figuring out how
to put the feed on my blog...
guess I have to read/learn more about that...

Week Three: Thing #7

Anything Technology related...well, I have a classroom website through Teacherweb.com. I've enjoyed putting it together, but lately, I've only had time to update the Spelling and Reading pages (just to make sure the site has the spelling words and the vocabulary words each week) Here's the link in case you'd like to see it:
www.teacherweb.com/TX/Frontier/Buck
I just wish more parents were able to take advantage of the site. Who knows, maybe there are more parents viewing it than I think. :)

The other thing I really like doing is sharing photos with friends and family. I try to take pics each month...especially of important things going on, but of course, I don't post pictures often enough.

With Spring and Summer coming on, maybe I'll have more time.

Week Three: Thing #6

Cool Stuff! There's so much to do on Flickr.com

I liked the mosiacs and the posters!!

The mosiac that I posted here--to the right is mainly of photos
that I took from old slides that our family had. My sibling would
probably cringe if they knew I'd posted them here...hahah...some
are pretty funny. (and yes, the one with the SHORT brown hair, yellow
outfit is ME..hahah)

--later

Week Three: Add Photo to blog entry

Oh cool! It worked. This is Pinehurst Golfcourse: One place where we'd love to be right now.

Week Three: Exploring Flickr

I already have a Flickr account since I was using Yahoo Photos a few months back. I haven't used the online photo service in quite a while, and I'm surprised by all the free photos that are available for use.

Fun looking at all the shots! I'm already getting the "you've been on the computer a LONG time, MOM" comments... hee hee

--b

Week Two: Avatars

Hmmmm...that was fun. I spent WAY-YONDER too much time exploring all those
"options" on the avatars. I was pleasantly surprised to see that they actually have a "classroom background"..

Searching through all the elements/options was fun....

Pasting the code was easy-cheesy, too!

Loved it!

I'm sure I'll spend a LOT of time on Flicker, too...that's next!

--bess

Week Two: Thing 3 & 4

Set up the blog. I already had one that I used from this summer, but I'd only posted a couple of things on it. My sisters keep after me to start one. They LOVE theirs, but I haven't taken much time to see about them. I guess now is my opportunity to do so.

I hope registering the blog is just copying/pasting the link into an email (?)

I guess I'll find out soon enough...

Off to learn more.

--bess

Life-long Learning Thing #2

The tutorial put the "lifelong learning" goals into such simple, easy-to-do
steps. I just hope it's as easy as I think it will be.

Better Late than Never

Okay...I'm finally here. With TAKS behind me and Spring Break in front of me, seems like a good time to get this thing together. I'm a little behind, but this looks like it'll be easy enough to catch up to everyone else.
In the few minutes that I've been reading about the "things" to do, I realize, I don't know as much about what's out there on the web as I thought. Of course, that's one of the reasons I'm doing this..

Off to read more about the "things/assignments".

I'm looking forward to it!