Hi,
I think most women with children identify themselves first as mothers and so that is what I'll do. Firstly, I am the mother of three sons. My oldest son, Cade, turns seven tomorrow. My middle son, Cohl, is five, and my youngest son, Coby, is now four years old.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Saturday, April 25, 2009
reading dreamweaver code
On Friday, Sue showed me how to fix some things by looking at my code and comparing it to the code of things that look the way I want them to. I'm certain that this is a no brainer for everyone else, but it was enlightening for me. Dr. Kilborn talked about reading code when she showed us Dreamweaver, but I didn't quite put 2 and 2 together. I wondered why someone would want to mess with something so engineer-like.
Today, as I sit in the Miller Center alone, I am happy to say that I fixed some things by looking at the code! I know- a no brainer for others - a milestone for me :-). Some of my code is so messed up because when something didn't work, I just did them over and over and hoped that somehow, doing the same thing would eventually work. Sounds like a seventh grade answer...
I just wanted to share my enlightenment with anyone in cyber space visiting my blog.
Today, as I sit in the Miller Center alone, I am happy to say that I fixed some things by looking at the code! I know- a no brainer for others - a milestone for me :-). Some of my code is so messed up because when something didn't work, I just did them over and over and hoped that somehow, doing the same thing would eventually work. Sounds like a seventh grade answer...
I just wanted to share my enlightenment with anyone in cyber space visiting my blog.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
working on dreamweaver
As I looked over everyone's website, I realized that less if definately more. It seems like the people who have the simplest, most basic websites have the most professional looking ones. I am seeing things now that I would change on mine, and yet it is like a paper that you've worked so hard on -- it is difficult to eliminate things when you know you've worked hard to put them there!
I also discovered that when you label an image with a mouseover, it converts your image back to its original size. At least it does if you've stretched and pulled that image to tweak it to the size you want without using photoshop. Dangit! I've tried to sneak these images over and save time. No so. So either I eliminate those images that took me hours to link and photoshop them, or I deal with them in their original size. So much for shortcuts!!
I also discovered that when you label an image with a mouseover, it converts your image back to its original size. At least it does if you've stretched and pulled that image to tweak it to the size you want without using photoshop. Dangit! I've tried to sneak these images over and save time. No so. So either I eliminate those images that took me hours to link and photoshop them, or I deal with them in their original size. So much for shortcuts!!
Monday, April 20, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Wordle
Cody had a Wordle word cloud on his technology PowerPoint, and I thought this was a really neat thing. Today a coworker emailed me the website and mentioned that she thought it may be a neat way to do book reports. I experimented on the website Very Briefly, but it seems user friendly and would be something I think the students would like to do.
I was thinking about how to use Wordle in an assignment. I think it would be a neat tool to use when having students create character sketches. Also students could describe characters in a novel using these word clouds. Perhaps using Wordle would help students brainstorm ideas for topics for essays. Students could also pull important facts or words from nonfiction selections to create a wordle.
I’m thinking of creating a wordle for my webpage too. Any other ideas for a seventh grade classroom?
I was thinking about how to use Wordle in an assignment. I think it would be a neat tool to use when having students create character sketches. Also students could describe characters in a novel using these word clouds. Perhaps using Wordle would help students brainstorm ideas for topics for essays. Students could also pull important facts or words from nonfiction selections to create a wordle.
I’m thinking of creating a wordle for my webpage too. Any other ideas for a seventh grade classroom?
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Clickers
Yesterday I went to a short workshop on some ways to incorporate the clickers in my classroom. Currently I've used them for our MCA prep. What I found most difficult to get my head around is the fact that there are several pieces of software that can be used with the clickers.
Some teachers wanted to be able to just add interactive slides into their already made power points. However if you choose this option, you are constantly toggling between the two softwares. You must have a good hold, I think, on what each of the softwares are capable of.
Other teachers wanted to learn the einstruction software. This seems relatively user friendly, but again, you are working with two different softwares.
There were also some teachers who wanted to learn the software that came with the cps clickers. This seemed logical; yet it means everything must be "reinvented" into the new software (which seems a bit clumsy and putzy to me).
And (would you believe?), some teachers wanted to use the software called "flowworks" because it came with our Qomo tablet and is free to download from their website.
Aughhh!! I can barely get my head around one software, much less watching four different presentations. It's just too much.
And what really topped off my day of technology was attempting the DreamWeaver software that evening. I think what is most frustrating is that I keep telling myself that the more I learn stuff, the easier it will be to learn new stuff related to technology. But, I'm beginning to question that. Yesterday, Jan was able to trouble shoot and figure out some of my problems with Dream Weaver. I was just plain lost. I don't know if I will ever be able to that trouble shooting stuff. It's amazing how one can come so far, and yet NOT!
Some teachers wanted to be able to just add interactive slides into their already made power points. However if you choose this option, you are constantly toggling between the two softwares. You must have a good hold, I think, on what each of the softwares are capable of.
Other teachers wanted to learn the einstruction software. This seems relatively user friendly, but again, you are working with two different softwares.
There were also some teachers who wanted to learn the software that came with the cps clickers. This seemed logical; yet it means everything must be "reinvented" into the new software (which seems a bit clumsy and putzy to me).
And (would you believe?), some teachers wanted to use the software called "flowworks" because it came with our Qomo tablet and is free to download from their website.
Aughhh!! I can barely get my head around one software, much less watching four different presentations. It's just too much.
And what really topped off my day of technology was attempting the DreamWeaver software that evening. I think what is most frustrating is that I keep telling myself that the more I learn stuff, the easier it will be to learn new stuff related to technology. But, I'm beginning to question that. Yesterday, Jan was able to trouble shoot and figure out some of my problems with Dream Weaver. I was just plain lost. I don't know if I will ever be able to that trouble shooting stuff. It's amazing how one can come so far, and yet NOT!
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