These are two new Web 2.0 publishing tools. It is easy to post text, pictures and videos. Even businesses are exploring the use of blogs and wikis for a variety of purposes; from customer service and advertising to employee work spaces. Now that you have experienced both blogs and wikis, describe some of their features. What websites do you use that are a type of blog or a wiki?
If it were possible, how would you use a blog or wiki that you created in school? What subject area would you find it most useful? Why?
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
Movie Maker Project
We have created movies using two different programs now. We used Microsoft Movie Maker 2 in computer class and each student has created movies using Photostory 3 in Social Studies class. At this point students should be proficient users of both. Please comment on your experience using each. Pay particular attention to their similarities and differences. Compare and contrast the two and describe which program you think would be better to use in certain situations. Some of you have used Audacity too, so you may include information on its use also.
Friday, October 3, 2008
October is Computer Month!
How do we use computers everyday?
I did not grow up with computers, so I know about the time before they existed and have witnessed a huge evolution of how we live as a result of computers. They have affected my life because now I spend hours on the computer everyday. I use them to work, learn, communicate, teach, shop, research, get directions, and many other things. Even when I am not sitting at an actual computer, many things I touch, see or hear are run by computers. The ATM machine at the bank is one example. The check-out machine at the grocery store is another. Hospitals and medical tests are run by computers. Even the water and ice dispenser on my refrigerator is controlled by a computer chip. More and more activities are becoming automated because of computers.
I wonder how eighth grade students feel about the impact of computers. Is it something they notice or is it just too embedded in their daily activities?
I did not grow up with computers, so I know about the time before they existed and have witnessed a huge evolution of how we live as a result of computers. They have affected my life because now I spend hours on the computer everyday. I use them to work, learn, communicate, teach, shop, research, get directions, and many other things. Even when I am not sitting at an actual computer, many things I touch, see or hear are run by computers. The ATM machine at the bank is one example. The check-out machine at the grocery store is another. Hospitals and medical tests are run by computers. Even the water and ice dispenser on my refrigerator is controlled by a computer chip. More and more activities are becoming automated because of computers.
I wonder how eighth grade students feel about the impact of computers. Is it something they notice or is it just too embedded in their daily activities?
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