Hi, Project Management Class!

I've added a little scope creep to my project by embedding this video to use in my presentation! Enjoy!

Jan

Hi to Dr. Martin's Classes!

I enjoyed meeting with you and showing you a little bit about setting up your team blogs. I hope you will enjoy publishing to the World Wide Web!

For your information, one neat thing you can do is embed a video from YouTube into your blog! Here's how:

Go to http://www.youtube.com/. Find a relevant video.

To the right of the video is an info box with the identifying tag for the video. Click on "embed," which highlights the video clip ID mark.

Go to your blog. Posting>>edit Html.

Paste the code into your message box.

Add your blog text.

Preview, save, and publish your post.

If you get confused, I've embedded a tutorial on this blogspot. Click on the video below for more of an explanation. Also, Blogger.com has an extensive help section, of which you can take advantage. Look for it on your blogspot home page when you log in.

Peace,

Mrs. Stoner

Bad storms hit the Chicago area yesterday, and we still don't have power at school. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I've been doing more R&D about blogs and found a very interesting podcast from Paul Greenberg about Web 2.0. Good introductory information! See the link below to enjoy! http://www.bettermanagement.com/seminars/today/frameset.aspx?L=14493

Some exciting news! One of our blog students this spring, Sra. Komelasky, has created a blog for her Spanish 4 classes. It is complete with videos, and the students thought it was such a "hip" assignment! Check it out at http://www.apkomelasky.blogspot.com/. Go, A-Train!

Our eldest daughter is studying abroad for three months; and we were in the throes of keeping in contact sans cell phone. Yikes!

I'm happy to report that we've bridged the gap over the Atlantic Ocean via the use of Skype, a Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) application. Basically, we both have microphones attached to our computers and can either "dial" each other or IM/chat with each other over the Internet! If we so desire, we could also see each other, if we had webcams attached to our computers. The quality of the audio transmission is excellent; and best of all, it's free for the basic Skype sign-up.

In the computer lab classroom, this could be very useful if you had connections with a distant school, say, in another country. Think of all the fun a language class could have with students of a school in your target language! You could alternate between the voice and chat features for experiences in speaking and writing. The cultural exchange could be very rich as well! Check out my link section to get to Skype.

MomSpace announces an official name change to Bridging the Gap! This blog is being renamed to more closely fit its original purpose: bridging the gap between technology and you!

Hello, LA Blog Class 07!

I hope you will follow up on the ideas here. I think your students will enjoy this new way to interact. There are many, many resources out there for you! Check out the links to see for yourself!

Also, as your homework, please see the blog spot from 2006 below. Please reflect on the answers to these questions and post your own answers here.


Peace,
Jan