Thursday, December 2

Try tinychat on Mrs. James website:  http://tinychat.com/dawnjames
---Take a screen shot

Try Google Talk (Video) - make sure you are on Safari, or it will not work.
--To do this, log on to your gmail account.  On the left hand corner--you will go into the middle room.
--Take a screen shot to verify that you and your partner did this.  --you will go into the middle room.
--You will have to invite that person to chat.



Create a post on on your blog about Tinychat and Google Talk - post your screen shots - discuss your thoughts on video chat - what is the difference between the two - or how you or someone could utilize these two video chatting features..

Try and record on your gabcast account
--you will first need to create a channel to get the channel number and create password to enter when you record your message --you can utilize the laptop.

Create a voxopop account.
 --Mrs. James created a Talkgroup account

Tuesday, November 30

Today you will:
  • Create a voice message utilizing several podcasting websites!
Assignments/Tasks! 
Create a Vocaroo message and embed it onto your blog - in a post or as a gadget!

While there is down town - change your meez, blog background, visit  http://www.go2web20.net/ and explore websites!!!! - HAVE FUN!!! Share what you find by adding a post to our web tools blog!

Add a message utilizing Vocaroo to your blog as a gadget!

Create a gabcast account
--Create a message using your phone. --this can be done in the classroom.

Wednesday, November 24

Google Tools Presenters:
 
Bailey - Reader and Jennifer - Sites
Ryan - Chrome, Shayna - Docs

Visit Newseum 

Go2Web20 Tools 

Assignment:  
Go to 3b's blogs and take atleast 4 surveys! 


Thanksgiving Fun - on Mrs. James Web Tools - CLICK HERE!!!

Monday, November 22

Google Tools Presentation Dates: 

Monday - November 22:  Jessica - Picasa and Emily Riley - Maps

Wednesday - November 24:  Bailey - Reader and Jennifer - Sites

Tuesday, November 30:  Ryan - Chrome, Shayna - Docs, and Cameron - Realtime (you may be going on Wednesday, so be ready)

Assignment
  • Create a survey on your blog.
  • 5 Questions - we will review how to make a survey.
  • --questions must deal with technology/web tools/social networking, etc. 
  • Go to 10 of your classmates blogs and take their survey.
 
NEW TOOL TINY CHAT 




     

    Thursday, November 18

    GOOGLE PRESENTATIONS: Jeremy - Trends and Tom - Sketchup and Sam - Knol
     

    Today we will explore Google Docs!

    To get started with Google Docs - Click here!

    Our focus will be on:
    • Word Processing and Spreadsheets
    • Collaboration
    • Sharing
    • Forms
    • Embedding a Survey onto your Blog

    Assignment:
    Class Participation
    Practice Survey on Blog

    Tuesday, November 16

    Today you will explore Yoowalk and Firefox Addon's.  You do not have to spend very much time on Yoowalk.  I do want you to really search through the Firefox add on's - there are thousands of them.  I am sure you will find something you like. 

    What is Yoowalk?

    Click here to explore Yoowalk!



    To start - click  - Click Here to Chat - then key in a username and choose avatar.  Click Save and chat. This chat room is not too exciting, but you can try it out.  Something different to look at.



    Yoowalk vitural world - chat room - enter various stores, etc.

    YOOWALK is a representation of the worldwide web a 3D world where you can :

    • Browse the web in 3D with your avatar
    • Build a 3D version of your website
    • Have your personal room in 3D
    • Meet people and hang around with them
    YOOWALK is organized by villages, grouping websites and brands by areas of interest. When you walk down the streets in one of these villages, you thus see schematic buildings that represent the major websites on a particular subject. You walk around the web!
    _________________________________________________________________________________
    Firefox Addon's/Extensions - click here
    There are numerous Firefox addon's to make your life easier, to play games, etc.  Browse through the different categories and add some addon's.  You do have to restrat Firefox for them to appear.  They should appear next to the url window, or you may have to click Tools on the menu bar to see the addon's.

    There is a neat one under games called Destroy the Website.  Kind of cool.  Try it!

    Have FUN EXPLORING!!!!!!

    Under each category that you choose, you will see Top Rated, Most Downloaded, and Recently added.


    ASSIGNMENT:
    • Add Firefox Add on's to your browser.
    • Create a post discussing the add on's you read about and added to your browser.

    Friday, November 12

    Google tools presentations.

    Move links gadget to top instead of on side.  We will discuss this before you do it.


    TODAY's TOPICS:  Favicons and Google Tools 


    Today we will explore Favicons!!!

    What are Favicons?

    Google Tools Presenters: Duncan - Google Books -- Jacob - Calendar,  CJ - Toolbar and Brooke - Notifier and Alerts


    Tuesday, November 16 - Substitute 

    Thursday - November 18:  Jeremy - Trends and Tom - Sketchup and Sam - Knol

    Monday - November 22:  Jessica - Picasa and Emily Riley - Maps

    Wednesday - November 24:  Bailey - Reader and Jenny - Sites

    Tuesday, November 30:  Ryan - Chrome, Shayna - Docs, and Cameron - Realtime


    ASSIGNMENT
    Change your favicon.
    Create a post of what you learned today.  



    Wednesday, November 10

    Trevor - your topic will be Google Reader - please explore this tool.  Here is some information at Google Help

    Edmodo is a very popular social networking website - create an account on Edmodo click here - explore!  You don't have to spend too much time on this tool just create an account for now.

    Go to my web tool box and EXPLORE.  There are many tools on there waiting for you to explore.  I want you to stay off of websites that you have already visited this semester and EXPLORE new tools.  I have added posts for tools.  If you look at the right hand side under the name Tammy Worcester (under voki) there are several links you can explore that as well.  Please take the class time to explore new tools.  You need to create a blog post about the tools you explored.  One post of the tools will be fine.

    Assignment:

    Create a blog post over the new tools you explored today.

    Google Tools - Presentation Dates

    Wednesday: Substitute

    FRIDAY:  November 12:  Duncan - Google Books -- Jacob - Calendar,  CJ - Toolbar and Brooke - Notifier and Alerts

    Tuesday, November 16 - Substitute

    Thursday - November 18:  Jeremy - Trends and Tom - Sketchup and Sam - Knol

    Monday - November 22:  Jessica - Picasa and Emily Riley - Maps

    Wednesday - November 24:  Bailey - Reader and Jenny - Sites

    Tuesday, November 30:  Ryan - Chrome, Shayna - Docs, and Cameron - Realtime

    Monday, November 8

    Today's Topics - Domain and Blog Backgrounds

    Identify parts of a URL - read my blog
    • Identify websites where you can purchase your own Domain.
    • Demonstrate creating your own Domain on blogger 
    • Explore domain auctions.
    • See if your name is already taken 
    • Identify - .com, .net, .info, .biz, etc. - what is the difference between them? 
    We will explore GoDaddy.com 
    To see what services they provide.

    ASSIGNMENT - DUE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10
    1. Create a post defining Domain.
    2. Create a Domain for your blog - using blogger (or a Domain that you would actually want to use someday) - to see if it is available (you will not actually purchase the domain) - take a screen shot and add it to your Domain post.
    3. Change your background by adding a HTML gadget. 
    4. Create a post telling about blog backgrounds - where can one go to change their backgrounds.  Explain how you do change your blog background.

    Spot a Bug in Google?

    http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2372003,00.asp

    Google offers money to people who report bugs in their Chromium project (which bears the popular Chrome browser as fruit). and others such as:  YouTube, Blogger, Orkut apart from Google.com. Android, Picasa or Google Desktop don't fall under it yet, but Google said they might expand it to these too in the future. So how much do you get? It depends upon the intensity of the bug found - it could be anywhere between $500 to $3100.


    Thursday, November 4

    Presenters:  Taylor - (Orkut) and Emily (Google Heath )  We will use the random name picker today to see which days each student will present. Random Name Picker

    Today we will explore Cbox to add a chat box gadget to your blog.


    ASSIGNMENT:
    1.  Add a chat box to your blog.
        NO INAPPROPRIATE POSTS - USE YOUR OWN NAME
    2. Post on 2 classmates blogs - comments about their blog - or ways of which they can improve their blog.

    Tuesday, November 2

    Today students explored their Google Tools.
     
    PRESENT GOOGLE TOOL:
    Emily - Google Health
    Taylor - Orkut

    Explore these two tools.