Monday, September 24, 2007
Week 3 - #7
Something technology related...
I have found that the use of chat rooms for on-line meetings is a good thing. I was able to be in on a chat Saturday night with a specialist that helps children with ADHD and other LD's. We were able to get new information and take place in "live" so to speak discussions about topics that are on our minds as parents of children with the above concerns.
I also found that in helping my daughter surf the web, you can't always filter and hide things from them. Even if you are sitting right next to them. My daughter was looking up stuff on "High School Musical" and the stars in it. And the first link for one of the stars was a link to the scandal involving her and some photos that were taken. So now she can only look up "High School Musical" information through the Disney Channel site.
I have found that the use of chat rooms for on-line meetings is a good thing. I was able to be in on a chat Saturday night with a specialist that helps children with ADHD and other LD's. We were able to get new information and take place in "live" so to speak discussions about topics that are on our minds as parents of children with the above concerns.
I also found that in helping my daughter surf the web, you can't always filter and hide things from them. Even if you are sitting right next to them. My daughter was looking up stuff on "High School Musical" and the stars in it. And the first link for one of the stars was a link to the scandal involving her and some photos that were taken. So now she can only look up "High School Musical" information through the Disney Channel site.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Week 8 - #19
Checked out a couple of the award 2.0 sites. I chose these sites to learn more about.
Cocktail Builder - http://www.cocktailbuilder.com (very cool drink making site. you look up ingredients for your favorite cocktails and it gives you measurements for the drink, or type in your favorite type of alcohol and it would give you a lising of drinks you can make with that alcohol choice, or see what they have to offer as popular drink choices. had to send 3 of their choices to my e-mail for further testing!)
Pandora - http://www.pandora.com (this was a do it yourself DJ type site. once registered, i was able to setup my own radio stations. you type in an artist or a song that you like and it then pulls other artists or songs that have things in common to your original choice. you then have the option to add the suggestions to your station or pass to the next song. setup 4 stations for myself with a wide variety choices. can just go to my stations and let them play on the computer anytime.)
Cocktail Builder - http://www.cocktailbuilder.com (very cool drink making site. you look up ingredients for your favorite cocktails and it gives you measurements for the drink, or type in your favorite type of alcohol and it would give you a lising of drinks you can make with that alcohol choice, or see what they have to offer as popular drink choices. had to send 3 of their choices to my e-mail for further testing!)
Pandora - http://www.pandora.com (this was a do it yourself DJ type site. once registered, i was able to setup my own radio stations. you type in an artist or a song that you like and it then pulls other artists or songs that have things in common to your original choice. you then have the option to add the suggestions to your station or pass to the next song. setup 4 stations for myself with a wide variety choices. can just go to my stations and let them play on the computer anytime.)
Week 8 - #18
I set up an account on Google Docs. I found it easy to use and to pull pics and graphics into the documents I typed.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Week 9 - #20
Here is my you tube choice. Aerosmith is my all time favorite band. Went to see them recently and they rocked the house! "Dream On" is one of the best songs they ever did.
Week 3 - #5
Have checked out flickr before and uploaded pics. Here are more pics just to show that unicorns are real...unicorn lake is where they all live.
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