Google sites portfolio and Link.

https://sites.google.com/site/caveman34545/

The Google site took some time to learn how to use it. I still don't have this site mastered, but I have a good understanding of the capability it has. I think Google sites can be a very valuable tool for me to use. So many different options available to make your profile stand out from another. After you get the hang hang of customizing, and creating your page it can be easy and fun to use.

PLaxo vs. Linkedin

These are two more good tools that web 2.0 has to offer. Plaxo and Linkedin! Some pros for Plaxo was the organization and the ability to link up with my blackberry with an app making it easy to see all my contact informayion. Plaxo had all my addresses from email all saved and neatly organized. This is a great tool to keep all my contact info. The Cons of Plaxo is that I wont use it because of all the other tools I already use, like facebook, blackberry, etc. Linkedin I thought was a bit more proffesional in terms of finding a job or posting a job for others. Linkedin really seemed more job oriented and helpfull to users looking to better their career. Cons about both sites is posting personal information on the internet that I'm really not comfortable sharing with everyone.

Library thing

Very cool site! I was thinking to myself this was going to be a boring assignment with no point to it, but after looking into all the cool features it quickly became a useful site. Library thing is user friendly and took no time at all to learn. Some of the cool feature was building up your book collection and comparing it to the top 100 related profiles to your profile. I felt this was by far the coolest feature. Now I will have a place to go to find my next good read. Library thing didn't have one book come up empty when i typed in the search, which means they have all types of books and no shortage. When looking at a book you can read reviews people have left and see how people have that particular book in their collection. Library also includes overall ratings on all books. If you want to buy the book all you need to do is click on the quick links like amazon or google books and you can compare prices. Very cool web site and I enjoyed this assignment a lot.



http://www.librarything.com/catalog/caveman345

Photo generator

http://www.fakemagazinecover.com/

http://graphics.imagetemplate.net/magazines/make.asp?x=0&y=0&w=450&h=600&template=0-450-600-field_and_stream_magazine&version=saved&fit=&enlarge=&key=

I really enjoyed playing with this photo generator. Out of the several options we had to choose from I thought Fototrix.com was by far the easiest to use, and made it fun. I took this picture of me and a 5 pound bass I had caught on woodward lake a couple summers ago. I turned several old photos of mine into my own funny creation. I'll send a couple of the photos to some buddies of mine who I made some jokes of with the photos I created. I always wondered how people edited photos and made them cool looking. Well now I know, and it's really not hard to do. Had a lot of fun with this assignment and I'll definitely be using this generator more often to have fun.

Technorati

Technorati didn't seem to be much help. When searching in Technorati for kinesiology, 31 blogs showed up when using the Blog search. Using post and blog directory zero matches were found for kinesiology. I was hoping this site would be more helpful with finding interesting blogs related to Knesiology. The 31 matches found really weren't very useful. They didn't relate to Kinesiology hardly at all. I guess it takes a very specific search to find what you are looking for. I wasn't sure if I was using the site right, but after reading the other blog post on Technorati everyone else seemed to have the same problem. I definitely wont be using this site in the future to find related blogs.

Podcast!

I honestly did not find anything useful here on either website. I thought it was a waste of time and very amature status listening to podcast of automated voices on a lot of them. I don't like that any Bob or Tom can make their own podcast and have a show for people to listen to. I'd much rather get my information by turning on the tv and watching sportscenter or reading something specific on the web by a legit author. In my opinion there are much better ways to get your information.

Youtube post video

I can't really think of anything I dislike about Youtube. I really like Youtube and my guess is so does everyone else everyone else. Millions of people a day log on and visit their most liked videos and explore whats new. Youtube gives us an opportunity to post any video we want to share with friends and family or the public. Youtube can also be used as an important teaching tool for the classroom and is very user friendly to teachers. I think if you popped a video up on the board the kids in the classroom will be more likely to be engaged in the video rather than the teacher. You can tie Youtube into your delicious account and save all the videos with a specific tag to use in the classroom. I think this is already a great teaching tool. I've used youtube many times to figure something out, how to tie a tie or how to upload a video on blogger. Almost anything you could ever imagine can be found on Youtube. Youtube can be used for many different things, I think mostly people use it to kill some extra time they have on their hands.

The video I used is a Goldendoodle that me and my wife love to watch. We are going to be getting a Goldendoodle in our future so we often search for videos relating to this one. The Doodles are really just a big teddy bear which my wife loves.

delicious!

Delicious!

At first I thought Delicious was going to a waste of time and not worth using. I was wrong. For a teacher Delicious is a must use for keeping track of all those websites and teaching tools found on the web. You are not limited with Delicious on one computer. Delicious is made to be used on the web with any computer saving all your favorite sites for a later date. All you need to do is make an account with Delicious. It doesn't stop there, Delicious users can view any other users account and see what their favorite sites are, making them your favorite sites.

We always forget where our favorite video was or something funny we saw last week went. With delicious all those problems go out the window. Saving items and using a tag makes it even easier. After A few months I can see how your folder would build up and become unorganized, over crowded, and messy, but by using tags we can organize our folders into a smaller folder making it easy to find what you are looking for.

READING ASSIGNMENT #2

WEB, LIBRARY, TEEN SERVICES 2.0

I think the library using web 2.0 is a great idea. They rely on the community more to decide what the demand is for their needs. The librarians have to let go of their responsibility more and trust in the community. They have also been using 2.0 to entice teens into the library with gaming and letting them choose what needs to be in the library. They have set up designated rooms with projection screen for the teens to use with their games. They say the library can't be 100% 2.0 more like 1.5.

Google Docs

Google docs
web2.0

This is cool! Just as I read the assignment my buddy sent me a Google docs form to my Facebook as a link. He set up an online address/phone book for himself and his fiance. I thought it was a very good idea so I gave him a call for some advice on how to set it up. I tried making one for myself and it wasn't to hard. I like the fact that you can send it out to the people you want to receive it and they can just fill out the questions and send it right back. Very efficient way to receive a lot of information into one organized file online.

web 2.0

WEB 2.0
CRAIGSLIST!!!!

Most of us have heard about craigslist and probably used it at some point. This site is set up for the public to advertise and sell anything they don't have a need for anymore or just looking to make a quick buck. Just this last week I've had the chance to post a pool table I had no use for anymore, within two hours of the post I had people interested in the table and had it sold within a week. That's pretty cool. Craigslist is very user friendly and safe to use. All you need is a few pictures to upload a quick description of the item you want to sell and a way for buyers to contact you.

KIn 710, creating rss feeds

This assignment took a little bit of time to figure out how the bloglines actually worked. After several attempts trying to add some feeds I finally figured it out. At first it seemed like more of a waste in time but i might be coming around to it. After playing with it for a while I should figure out the best ways to use the site and make the best out of my time. I do like the fact that you can be on one site "bloglines" and actually be on all your favorite and most visited sites all at the same time. Seems like it is user friendly and worth my time.

Social Networking! Kin 710 #1

Social Networking!

This was more of a informational refresher for the average young adult who is involved with the world wide web on a daily basis. The article made it interesting in ways that we communicate compared to just a decade ago. It's really is interesting how the we communicate and gain information through our social networks Facebook, Myspace, Blogger, Twitter, Wikipedia. 55% of kids between the ages of 13 and 17 are actively using one of these social networks. Ha it's kind of like a drug in some ways. The article compared the differences between the networks and how they are used for communication between friends and work. How they are changing the way we communicate. I find it interesting because of our social networking and the ways it's changing our lives. We as teachers will have to be up to date on all aspects of the social network in order to communicate with students and other teachers. Everything is run through the internet in some way or another. If we learn to use these tools we can become much more efficient at what we do.

Weaver,A.C,Morrison, B.B., Social networking.computer(February, 2008)

One great early morning!

Flickr

This was one of the finest days of duck hunting I've experienced. Thanks to my friend Brian who invited me out to his duck club and gave me a guided hunt. His Chocolate lab Buster was there with us to do what he loves doing, fetching up the ducks after a rear but great shot. As most of my friends know hunting is my real passion in life.

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