tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45803596119492696562024-03-14T02:04:59.949-07:00A Bellieful to Digestmsbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058753545158720938noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580359611949269656.post-8476020145224541022011-03-07T18:31:00.001-08:002011-03-07T18:31:08.337-08:00FreedomCreated at OneTrueMedia.com for a class Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.commsbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058753545158720938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580359611949269656.post-84454605062733575782011-02-20T18:42:00.000-08:002011-02-20T18:42:51.207-08:00VuSafeIf you've read anything I've posted in the past, then you should be familiar with my love of Mashable, a site that posts news about social and digital media, technology, and web . . . stuff. I've been a little slack about posting anything lately, so I'm going to attempt to be better. We'll see how it goes!
One great site that I follow is Free Technology For Teachers. Recently (Feb 19th to be msbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058753545158720938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580359611949269656.post-1879505983936336702011-01-22T23:48:00.000-08:002011-01-22T23:48:58.103-08:00iPadI haven't posted anything in a whiled, but I have a list going of the things I want to post, so stay tuned! (I promise it will be within the next week). Until then, anyone have any cool or worthwhile applications for iPads? I got one for Christmas (because my family ROCKS!!) and am still trying to figure out what exactly I should have on it. I LOVE flipboard (http://www.flipboard.com/) - and asmsbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058753545158720938noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580359611949269656.post-39093128812609727262010-11-17T08:33:00.000-08:002010-11-17T08:33:23.125-08:00Google Apps for EducationI had no idea that Google offered Google Apps for Education! I'm not going to list everything it has to offer, but it seems like has the same benefits as a personal google (gmail) account, but with higher security and a few *extra* educational tools (it mentions lesson plans and curriculum/training resources). Granted, it's a school-wide implementation, so you'd have to have everyone msbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058753545158720938noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580359611949269656.post-40711598888368036902010-11-16T06:04:00.000-08:002010-11-16T06:04:59.577-08:00A 2 minute video about graphic organizersThanks to SimpleK12's Kimberly Warner for her "How to integrate technology in just two minutes" podcasts! This one is with Dave Dodgson, who explains ways he uses graphic organizers with ESL students in Turkey. If you haven't checked out her posts before, you should!msbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058753545158720938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580359611949269656.post-66061565716211968632010-11-15T17:34:00.000-08:002010-11-15T17:34:00.843-08:00Thing 23My adventure through Library2Play has come to a close, but I intend on keeping my blog going in the future. I've thoroughly enjoyed every inch I've explored of this digital jungle, including getting sucked down and stuck in my only pitfall. My favorite moments were creating this blog, learning more about Google Tools, learning about RSS Feeds and adding different blogs to my Google msbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058753545158720938noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580359611949269656.post-39964869998084092732010-11-15T16:41:00.000-08:002010-11-15T16:41:10.644-08:00Thing 22Ning has so many opportunities for networking and collaborating among educators and librarians! I think I ended up bookmarking five or six more sites about either Library 2.0, teaching ideas, and Library 2.0. Assessment FOR Learning is all about using practical assessment everyday to maximize student learning. There are some great assessment ideas and strategies, along with explanations msbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058753545158720938noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580359611949269656.post-88112577511300011592010-11-14T21:14:00.000-08:002010-11-14T21:14:35.444-08:00Thing 21Podcasting and vidcasting could be a lot of fun and I could see it being useful - I could see maybe recording segments of a lesson and posting them on the class website for students to review or watch. For the Library, I could see using it as a weekly spotlight on books or what's going on in the Library, reminders, different contests, etc. I could see letting students create vidcasts msbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058753545158720938noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580359611949269656.post-90791978550488876212010-11-13T16:25:00.000-08:002010-11-13T16:27:35.206-08:00Thing 20Videos can be used to express a point of view, persuade, teach, enhance a lesson, showcase knowledge on a subject, to share information, record a special event or moment . . . the list is only as limited as the user's or creator's imagination. In fact, I'd love to explore how to create and edit videos more. But that's not what this post it about. This post is about the results msbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058753545158720938noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580359611949269656.post-21510098469824465382010-11-11T22:24:00.000-08:002010-11-11T22:24:54.610-08:00Thing 19So many tools, so little time!
Although I'm not a newcomer to it, I feel the need to express my love for StumbleUpon. I've had an account with the for almost a year now (I think) and have whiled away many an hour "stumbling." In fact, a lot of my bookmarks have come from my use of StumbleUpon. Without it, I would never have found some of my health blogs, or Fey Handmade. msbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058753545158720938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580359611949269656.post-48123490220639834262010-11-11T13:14:00.000-08:002010-11-11T13:14:04.147-08:00Thing 18I've used both Open Office and Google Docs before and liked each of them. I found that Open Office had a few issues with it, but mostly only when opening a Microsoft document in Open Office, or vice versa. Otherwise, it was simple to use, once I got the hang of it. It's set-up is a little different than Microsoft, which is the program I am used to, but I was still able to msbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058753545158720938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580359611949269656.post-72408313361748360122010-11-10T18:24:00.000-08:002010-11-10T18:24:07.109-08:00Thing 17Up until Rollyo, I had not become frustrated with any part of Library2Play. Now I'm passed frustration into the steam shooting out my ears stage. I found my reliable sites, which meant me searching through my over 400 bookmarks to put it together, which took 2 hours, saved it and *POOF!* Gone. Vanished. Lost in the virtual abyss. I decided to re-log in and try it again, msbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058753545158720938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580359611949269656.post-25215721935770494372010-11-10T12:45:00.000-08:002010-11-10T12:45:37.049-08:00Thing 16Wikis rock my world! Ok, maybe not to that extreme, but I really do like them! I've been debating on creating one for exercising/weight training, but I haven't quite hunkered down to focus on it, yet. I loved reading everyone's thoughts about the Library2Play experience on the Spring Branch Library Future wiki, as well! So insightful to read what they all thought about it.msbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058753545158720938noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580359611949269656.post-8002650961450565632010-11-10T12:09:00.000-08:002010-11-10T12:09:06.443-08:00Thing 15"Library 2.0 - It's many things to many people. What does it mean to you? What does it mean for school libraries?"
You know, when I first read Library2Play's comparison between Web 2.0 and Library 2.0, I couldn't help but think, "isn't that right along the lines of Ranganathan's 5 Laws of Library Science?" " . . .Harnessing the user in both design and implementation of services," is msbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058753545158720938noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580359611949269656.post-68458322344361407612010-11-09T19:25:00.000-08:002010-11-09T19:25:00.862-08:00Thing 14Technorati was an interesting little site to play around on. Although some of the features like widgets and popular tags/blogs were under construction, I can see how it might be beneficial in the future. I liked its top100 link, though. I especially liked the blog Mashable, which I'm now following.
In Technorati, there were no posts found when searching for "School Library msbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058753545158720938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580359611949269656.post-19513220482193885932010-11-09T12:02:00.000-08:002010-11-09T12:02:21.561-08:00Thing 13I've used tagging before, but never to the extent that social bookmarking sites do; I simply used it to make my blogs easier to find or to show who was in my facebook pictures. I really like the idea of being able to find websites that have to do with a specific subject (like the Algebra example from Common Craft explaining how to use delicious), and group them together with tags - msbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058753545158720938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580359611949269656.post-49804296238465975772010-11-08T12:11:00.001-08:002010-11-08T12:11:54.312-08:00Teaching with Technology / Index Teaching with Technology / Index tags: technology teaching innovative educators academic wiki resources education tools web2.0 TeachTechTopia – Innovative teaching and learning solutions tags: technology teaching innovative teachtechtopia top 10 top 20msbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058753545158720938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580359611949269656.post-70551416504364120592010-11-07T20:35:00.000-08:002010-11-07T20:35:29.323-08:00Thing 12You know, I've been blogging for a while now, maybe 7 years, and I hate to admit, but I've never put too much thought or effort into commenting. Sure, if I have a question or feel like I have something worthwhile to add, I'll leave or reply to a comment, but I've never made much of an effort to create a "community through commenting."
I suppose that's why the importance of replying to msbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058753545158720938noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580359611949269656.post-29580882326611631132010-11-01T19:44:00.000-07:002010-11-01T19:44:54.307-07:00Voki I loved this little avatar creator thing posted on Lamb's Lair's blog! I had to make one of my own!
AC_Voki_Embed(200, 267, 'ea853b2c459f959fa354bdbfcc8726c8', 2975753, 1,'', 0);
msbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058753545158720938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580359611949269656.post-35237753707775426902010-10-20T21:10:00.000-07:002010-10-20T21:10:32.131-07:00My WordleI learned how to tie words together in a Wordle while reading Karen's blog, and had to try it! I made one for my definition of "Minnesota Nice," which I've come to learn is not as well-known in the south as it is in the midwest. Check it out:
I kinda like it! I think I might even post it to FB . . .msbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058753545158720938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580359611949269656.post-49177428010992305252010-10-20T18:14:00.000-07:002010-10-20T18:23:00.629-07:00Thing 11LibraryThing was interesting. Actually, I kind of found it relaxing to add a bunch of my books to my collection. I ended up adding 38 books tonight, which is quite a few, but is only scratching the surface of my books. It was a little slow at points, and because I'm anal, I took more time than I really needed to make sure I had the correct version of the book uploaded (msbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058753545158720938noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580359611949269656.post-54668117246220082212010-10-20T12:44:00.000-07:002010-10-20T18:21:08.678-07:00Thing 10Heh heh heh. Playing with online image generators was a blast! I went to Custom Sign Generator and made a magazine cover with a photo from a family excursion where we were attacked by giant killer spiders! (I swear!)
I think students would have fun creating their own magazine covers. They could easily find one to create for a Social Studies topic,or maybe as an msbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058753545158720938noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580359611949269656.post-47860066593704225602010-10-20T10:59:00.000-07:002010-10-20T10:59:37.462-07:00Thing 9The easiest “search” tool was the Google blog search,
although it returned way too many results for my taste. I’m honestly more of a browser, in which case
the Edublog award winners were best for educational topics. Topix.net also provides too many hits for my
taste, and it seemed to repeat news stories in the hits. I suppose this is because stories are mass
published, appearingmsbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058753545158720938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580359611949269656.post-18265996186603323282010-10-20T09:32:00.000-07:002010-10-20T09:32:23.040-07:00Librarians Do GagaI know this isn't a "Thing" from Library2Play, but I thought it was adorable and could see it being recreated for elementary or middle school students. Heck - they could make their own versions using different popular songs . . . anyway, just wanted to share it!
msbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058753545158720938noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580359611949269656.post-86212204550336488232010-10-17T17:21:00.000-07:002010-10-17T17:21:27.509-07:00Thing 8 RSS and readers are wonderful. I love having the blogs I want to read right at my fingertips. Not only can I stay on top of what my pastors at church are saying, but I can also keep up with my sarcastic friend's witty retorts about relationships, different librarians blogs about technology, education, and books, AND I can see new recipes andmsbelliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06058753545158720938noreply@blogger.com2