tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73949840125435708942024-03-12T23:05:28.779-07:00honeybear's hivehoneybearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07919016966821120025noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394984012543570894.post-51539972814985700632009-08-16T17:58:00.000-07:002009-08-16T18:05:51.045-07:00Thing # 11.5 EvaluationThough I muddle through much, I THANK you each for exposing us to all these "THINGS"!<br />Of, course, I loved the Vokie, Bookmaker, and I am really interested in exploring Slideshare. I know it takes an inordinate amount of time and planning to prepare this opportunity for us....then the reading and comments. Thank you! I feel proud and privileged to have been given this opportunity...even though I am NOT a star player...but baby-steps get one in motion!honeybearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07919016966821120025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394984012543570894.post-57783817187014497292009-08-16T17:47:00.000-07:002009-08-16T18:07:02.394-07:00Thing #11 Digital CitizenshipA "brand new" technology need and required new curriculum..Digital Citizenship. Read all...It is obvious we are starting several generations late on this ethical super-highway. It is obvious that it must be a communal effort of family, educators(classroom and library), and individual... and taught alongside "print citizenship"! I need to read your printed handouts and explore more web sites before I form a plan. Thank you for the "heads-up".honeybearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07919016966821120025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394984012543570894.post-68157942646076389342009-08-16T17:30:00.000-07:002009-08-16T17:37:45.572-07:00Thing #10 Second LifeHow hard can it be to register....the 13 ATTEMPTS to register and I have to keep trying for a new virtual first name. Frankly, I am very happy with my real-life one lovingly selected by my real-life parents. I have trouble enough keeping my present real-time life on track without messing with Second Life...read required readings...have no interest in it and see no viable app for wee ones..their teen siblings can initiate them in yet another fantasy...WHY DO WE NEED THIShoneybearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07919016966821120025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394984012543570894.post-92173235076299145452009-08-16T17:08:00.000-07:002009-08-16T17:13:10.774-07:00Thing #9 SlideshareWOW! Tweaked my interest BIG TIME!Read Stephen's Lighthouse...tried to e-mail ppt on "Top Ten Reasons Libraries Are Still Important"...couldn't get it to work.Read Dr. Valednza's article and was anxious to expiement with 280 Slides......I got bogged down, need help, but want to persue! Slideshow concept awesome. I want to participate!honeybearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07919016966821120025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394984012543570894.post-76471506483836165172009-08-16T16:41:00.000-07:002009-08-16T16:51:55.354-07:00Thing #8 ScreencastingOK, I am, once again, officially on overload....I viewed Landrum's Jing...I am not at that place yet..read Merdith Farkas' article on "Joys of Screencasting"....perhaps her disappointment of so few people using it is because the are busy with 1,000,001 other technological gadgets...I can see no immediate use for me in elementary school.honeybearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07919016966821120025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394984012543570894.post-54909148068658535452009-07-18T17:10:00.000-07:002009-08-16T16:36:46.600-07:00Thing #7 Video ResourcesWell, I do not know what I was trying to previously import so I just deleted them....re "viewed" video sites..liked Hulu's quality, was excited to view wildcast...BORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRing! Needs a narrative...there was some cursory music and skimpy narration...Google fun, contemporary...went to Vaughn's blog to read about the non-access of Totol...will go back to that...many resources at our fingertips!honeybearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07919016966821120025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394984012543570894.post-58078025445551062042009-07-18T16:33:00.000-07:002009-07-18T16:45:38.855-07:00Thing #6 iTouch AppsHave read and explored all requested items. Will take myself to a store as soon as my company leaves and explore the IPhone and all their apps.<br /><br />I did not know Britannica was 241 years old. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Three</span> cheers for trying to become more <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">relevant</span>...adding some <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">wiki</span> features. But I agree with someone's comment: it is like trying to emulate the success of Southwest Airlines and failing because they do not understand....<br />Congrats to Wikipedia for "coming into its own"....their linguistic instaneous diversity is without a peer.<br /><br />What <em>Wickipedia Is Not</em> should be read by all who use and those components who will "never" use.honeybearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07919016966821120025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394984012543570894.post-19808315029402414202009-07-18T14:49:00.000-07:002009-07-18T16:04:58.357-07:00Thing #5 MicrobloggingI love the analogy that technology is to the classroom as the water is to the sea.<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Facebook</span>: I signed up: I asked my daughter if I could be a "friend", signed up with a group: <em>School Library Journal and </em>I read the article: <em>Book Clubs for Kids.</em> This might be an enrichment for our 5th graders in MDE's <em>Great Books </em>program. I read Chen's article, <em>2 Cents Worth</em>, plus <em><span style="color:#000000;">Twitter </span>in Plain English</em>.<br /><br />Does <span style="color:#ff0000;">Twitter </span>matter? Ask people in oppressed countries... Twitter spews forth the truth instantaneously and uncensored. In addition, with the use of only 140 characters, it makes one more disciplined in tweeting (?)...less verbal padding, etc.<br /><br />Twitter in the library? Elementary? The "possibility door" is always open.<br /><br />Back-channeling: Great concept with<span style="color:#ff6666;"> </span><span style="color:#ff0000;">focused users</span>. The "rub"? It will be getting presenters comfortable with the audience quasi focused on them.honeybearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07919016966821120025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394984012543570894.post-9722760105957968092009-07-18T13:54:00.000-07:002009-07-18T14:08:08.232-07:00Thng #4 Video PostingOK...confession. This was my first time to peruse both sites...and, <span style="color:#ff0000;">"no"</span><span style="color:#000000;">,</span> I did not know until now that there was a SCHOOL TUBE. My technology skills preclude uploading a video (making a video is on my "to do" list). I signed in on YOUtube. So easy to navigate. My search for both sites was: <em>Zheng He.</em> YOUtube was excellent. I installed <span style="color:#ff0000;">Windows Explorer 8</span> because my current browser was about to go KAPUT! I have no idea if that was good or not.<br />I found <span style="color:#ff0000;">all</span> the video quality to be out of focus.<br /><br />I <span style="color:#ff0000;">hated </span>TEACHERtube. I tried to sign in and it would not let me install GOOGLE Search...needed to use IE7 or Firefox 2 so I was dead in the water.<br />Did NOT like any of the videos, pictures, channels, etc. that I searched on. I would use YOUtube to enhance lessons.honeybearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07919016966821120025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394984012543570894.post-86625576846230862692009-07-16T13:44:00.000-07:002009-07-16T14:00:39.880-07:00Thing #2 BookrI have tried multiple times alone and with the help of the magic fingers of Vaughn. We could not post the physical book at this time, but it was a learning expierence on how to work in HTML and hyperlinks. WOW! This a GREAT tool for the kiddos!Can hardly wait to use it with them.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/?id=7844" target="bookr">Insects by Honeybear</a>honeybearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07919016966821120025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394984012543570894.post-61729867079880537042009-07-15T17:00:00.000-07:002009-07-15T17:12:52.713-07:00Thing #3 Like SkypeOh, my gosh!My head is buzzing, my eyes are crossing, my back aches, my shoulders are knotted...it is just overwhelming!Live videoconferencing...I want my students to talk with children in Pakistan's elementary schools... (Three Cups of Tea)...free"telephoning"(international too!) from your laptop, etc...miraculous deeds for education, industry, and personal use. I cannot begin to fathom how my grandchildren's life will unfold in this technological tsunami!honeybearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07919016966821120025noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394984012543570894.post-14122422456377983082009-07-15T15:56:00.000-07:002009-07-15T16:00:39.778-07:00Thing #2 Image Generators: Voki & BookrWhat fun! I will need help- again- getting them posted to my blog!Oh, well, continue the learning. The kids will love doing both of these image generators!honeybearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07919016966821120025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394984012543570894.post-10560012500211656882009-07-15T15:40:00.000-07:002009-07-15T15:56:40.776-07:00Thing #1 Video CommentsThe video was inspiring, intimidating, succinct, and a lesson for a whole new vocabulary genera.I envied the student's ease and tech knowledge. I would fail that teacher's class if I were currently enrolled....the concept was staggering. Absolutely, librarians can facilitate many (probably all) concepts. And where does this leave the future of university book stores? No more textbooks.....new or used!honeybearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07919016966821120025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394984012543570894.post-89213250994531935032008-11-10T10:34:00.001-08:002008-11-10T10:34:28.743-08:00Could It Be Columbus?<script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.clearspring.com/o/46928cc51133af17/49187eb01934356d/46928cc5788deb29/eb1314dd/widget.js"></script>honeybearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07919016966821120025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394984012543570894.post-10178675431863659862008-11-10T10:33:00.001-08:002008-11-10T10:33:48.364-08:00Perhaps It Was Leif the Lucky?<script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.clearspring.com/o/46928cc51133af17/49187e8aa23e3f67/46928cc5788deb29/686ddeec/widget.js"></script>honeybearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07919016966821120025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394984012543570894.post-41494041649552000312008-11-10T10:31:00.001-08:002008-11-10T10:31:59.849-08:00Maybe It Was Zheng He?<script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.clearspring.com/o/46928cc51133af17/49187e1efb247410/46928cc5788deb29/5b27fe42/widget.js"></script>honeybearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07919016966821120025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394984012543570894.post-83193956201983399602008-11-10T10:28:00.001-08:002008-11-10T10:28:09.022-08:00Who Was First?<script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.clearspring.com/o/46928cc51133af17/49187d2ddead0909/46928cc5788deb29/5a74a7dc/widget.js"></script>honeybearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07919016966821120025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394984012543570894.post-22048200152674941572008-08-20T11:36:00.000-07:002008-08-20T12:46:19.512-07:00Table 3:PhotoStory<p><br />What fun!!!!! Thanks to the "table help"I completed the entire assignment and can hardly wait to use it and teach it! Thats what I call a GIANT Nanette step!</p><p> </p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy-xe8SOpg_Sx1lauMDuldXcuE1R2-vsZtQmiGDFdvOT0yYhZqmSxGvTWLGY537FMG0F4KFO-41P6YMcG3Wug' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>honeybearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07919016966821120025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394984012543570894.post-54429673906770103562008-08-20T09:02:00.000-07:002008-08-20T09:11:12.858-07:00Table 2: Audio ManipulationThe AUDACITY of the time frame!!!!<br />Got to the point of uploading the audio.....twice...failed....frustrated...frustrated<br />No time for iTunes....found where to find them..<em>no mas</em>honeybearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07919016966821120025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394984012543570894.post-36461610939887940902008-08-20T08:13:00.000-07:002008-08-20T09:14:37.624-07:00Table 1:Image Manipulation<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3eg-LvOxt9EkDQbXIggKcZFr-3NjWHX14Je7uoAgE6bVTE4kcLTrBoUESPPjq-XLog7_mRHW5CqOlU1phKHdeEkRm36MXK0zqJU24BD1i_RRikfEHdLPxgiTkZMibguU6u1OoY3tK-g/s1600-h/warholizer+frog.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236619003787634178" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3eg-LvOxt9EkDQbXIggKcZFr-3NjWHX14Je7uoAgE6bVTE4kcLTrBoUESPPjq-XLog7_mRHW5CqOlU1phKHdeEkRm36MXK0zqJU24BD1i_RRikfEHdLPxgiTkZMibguU6u1OoY3tK-g/s200/warholizer+frog.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Flickr frog that has been Warholizered...</div><div>Not enough time...feel fractured, but completed.</div>honeybearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07919016966821120025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394984012543570894.post-66119477225888835242008-08-20T08:06:00.000-07:002008-08-20T08:59:42.032-07:00Table 1: Image Manipulation<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnwe6iVFlpo7sE4yg2YC4ViLkFkmvoTaVERQMpy_92z0R-VmkaVCByPPMiBweEBchqdh8u3EgGkG8bfSwnJNwuHQk-zKVmmnLnvHAhTYFXhKkIaL_ut4FyyVIU1cPm9fwXvpbJohzcMUM/s1600-h/flickr+frog.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236616962058782914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnwe6iVFlpo7sE4yg2YC4ViLkFkmvoTaVERQMpy_92z0R-VmkaVCByPPMiBweEBchqdh8u3EgGkG8bfSwnJNwuHQk-zKVmmnLnvHAhTYFXhKkIaL_ut4FyyVIU1cPm9fwXvpbJohzcMUM/s200/flickr+frog.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Discovery Education...done that!</div>honeybearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07919016966821120025noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394984012543570894.post-25928051922621925872008-07-30T12:37:00.000-07:002008-07-30T14:15:23.910-07:00Thing 23: SummationWatching my indomitable granddaughter, Honeybear, master a new situation (i.e., a Thing ?), I see her unflinching joy and mindfulness in exploring and mastering the given task. Katherine was my inspiration for my blog name, <em>Honeybear,</em> and the honey hive (new knowledge and skills) was to be my "reward" after I would invariably get "stung" during my many forays into this Cyberworld. My animoto reflected my French background, but the "can-can" dance was my mantra to myself: <em>I can-can do this! </em><br />I thank all of you who were <strong>so </strong>supportive and <strong>so </strong>much help! I am at least quasi- literate when it comes to the new vocabulary. I have yet another new notebook with many a print-out for quick references. I am no where near masterful in using or applying many of our "things", but I can hardly wait to re-explore a few and use them in the library.<br />If I had not been required to do this, I would not have done it....out of sheer terror and intimidation. You can go to the bank when Dr. Bishop, Liz, and Vaughn say they will never leave you afloat without life support.<br />Unexpected outcome? I am actually proud of myself!<br />One word to describe this "pajama professional development"...comprehensive.honeybearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07919016966821120025noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394984012543570894.post-3489966707377540682008-07-23T17:46:00.000-07:002008-07-23T18:11:09.530-07:00Thing 22: NingsI would love the lexicon of this term. Catchy! Again, I comprehend the preface of the concept and I can see it used in the upper grades and university level. I read the <em>nings</em> for teachers and Texas librarians<em>.</em> Hummmmm...if I were to take the time to read online, I would read the "wisdom" of bloggers, as I am "done" with library <em>nings </em>after school.<br />Personally, I cannot seem to find enough <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>real-time</strong>-<em>ninging</em></span> with the people in my life I care about, to spend time online with social group gatherings of unknown voices.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">P.S.</span> I take issue with the claim ( <em>Read About 7 Things</em>....) that this social networking for students is a "neutral" setting. I would like more face-to-face dialogue on this, please!honeybearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07919016966821120025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394984012543570894.post-15518034433925203772008-07-22T12:14:00.000-07:002008-07-23T17:46:14.214-07:00Thing 21: Podcasts and AudacityWhat fun! I had help doing this, but I can hardly wait to experiment and do many more. I for see many applications!<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzbyMbqV46rjLKCfBDh8Lbg6e_3QRdidywf9iagKmaqIiofhOXyKOJo54XqvfSF6sVKad-J8ntsjPSagaXtOQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>honeybearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07919016966821120025noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7394984012543570894.post-78706712723640268922008-07-21T12:01:00.000-07:002008-07-23T18:14:10.490-07:00Thing 20: YouTube,TeacherTube and Zamzar<em></em>I give up! I go to YouTube on my laptop to pull up the videos on libraries and what greets me? <span style="color:#ff0000;">Access Denied</span><span style="color:#000000;">! I meander over to their URL for Houston Libraries and am still denied access. I go home and go to YouTube and BINGO! Everything works except no sound is emitting from my brand new Dell stand-alone...</span><br />A very famous award winning blogger thinks perhaps a sound chip was not installed when the computer was assembled. Bummer!<br />Loved TeacherTube and can hardly wait to use it! The Portal to Texas History was a gem to find! I'll pass it on. I will remember CARS when evaluating a "Tube" video and the three C's as they pertain to the Three Steps for 21st Century Learning.<br /><br /><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.teachertube.com/skin-p/mediaplayer.swf" width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" menu="false" flashvars="height=350&width=425&file=http://www.teachertube.com/flvideo/42277.flv&image=http://www.teachertube.com/thumb/42277.jpg&location=http://www.teachertube.com/skin-p/mediaplayer.swf&logo=http://www.teachertube.com/images/greylogo.swf&searchlink=http://teachertube.com/search_result.php%3Fsearch_id%3D&frontcolor=0xffffff&backcolor=0x000000&lightcolor=0xFF0000&screencolor=0xffffff&autostart=false&volume=80&overstretch=fit&link=http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=faac9d26d6c56fe597e4&linkfromdisplay=true&recommendations=http://www.teachertube.com/embedplaylist.php?chid=67"></embed>honeybearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07919016966821120025noreply@blogger.com0