Today, 8/22/08, in ED105, we worked in several groups to explore and agree on one online word processor to use as a class. My group explored a site called iNetword.com. It was basically like Microsoft Word; however, it offered more features. There was a wide variety of templates to choose from, ranging from basic office documents to poetry and homewabe page templates. This site allows you to share folders with common users and also set your folders to private. I r eally enjoyed using this online word processor.
Other groups explred sites called Thinkfree.com and Buzzword.com; however, they really did not seem all that interesting or usefull.
The online word processing software that we decided to use as a class is Zoho.com. This site had many useful features, like being able to edit or contribute to one document as a class. You are able to send your documents as either attachments or inline messages.
It has all the features that Microsoft word contains, but better.
I really don't know all about Zoho.com yet. As we begin to work with this online software as a class, I'm sure that I will discover all the features and find it very useful.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Sunday, September 14, 2008
ED105, what I've learned so far...
ED105, Intro. to Computers for Teachers, has been a great class so far. My knowledge of technology and computer skills have increased greatly in the past three weeks of taking this course.
I've become familiarized with the features on MAC computers, which is good because i generally use Windows PC. I've learned to take "snapshots" of work that i am doing, that is basically like saving an exact copy that can then be emailed and so forth. I have learned to convert documents to JPEG format as well.
Other then learning basic computer functions, we have been testing out and comparing different web-based software programs. The first site that we used was gliffy.com. We used this site to create a map of our neighborhood. I enjoyed using this site because it was user friendly and it had pretty cool features. We were able to upload pictures to use in our maps, rather then just drawing places. I would definately implument this site as a teacher, i think that students grades 5-8 would really enjoy using this site. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd rate gliffy at a 8.
The second site we used was mindmeister.com. Our assignment was to use this site to build a flow chart of the hierarchy of our group's imaginary school system. Unfourtunately, my group wasn't able to compete the assignment, yet alone begin at all. We found the site to be very confusing and no where near user friendly. It looked nice with all the different colors and format; however, I would not recommend this site. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd rate this site at a 3.
The third site we were intoduced to is this very one I'm using right now. Blogger.com is a very user friendly blog site. This is my first time that I've had a blog and i was worried that I wouldn't be able to figure it out. However, blogger's features are very easy to use and I enjoy updating my blog. I would definately recommend this site to first time blog users. I would also use this site as a teacher in grades 5 and above because its a good way to keep daily journals and reflections. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd rate blogger at a 9.
I've become familiarized with the features on MAC computers, which is good because i generally use Windows PC. I've learned to take "snapshots" of work that i am doing, that is basically like saving an exact copy that can then be emailed and so forth. I have learned to convert documents to JPEG format as well.
Other then learning basic computer functions, we have been testing out and comparing different web-based software programs. The first site that we used was gliffy.com. We used this site to create a map of our neighborhood. I enjoyed using this site because it was user friendly and it had pretty cool features. We were able to upload pictures to use in our maps, rather then just drawing places. I would definately implument this site as a teacher, i think that students grades 5-8 would really enjoy using this site. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd rate gliffy at a 8.
The second site we used was mindmeister.com. Our assignment was to use this site to build a flow chart of the hierarchy of our group's imaginary school system. Unfourtunately, my group wasn't able to compete the assignment, yet alone begin at all. We found the site to be very confusing and no where near user friendly. It looked nice with all the different colors and format; however, I would not recommend this site. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd rate this site at a 3.
The third site we were intoduced to is this very one I'm using right now. Blogger.com is a very user friendly blog site. This is my first time that I've had a blog and i was worried that I wouldn't be able to figure it out. However, blogger's features are very easy to use and I enjoy updating my blog. I would definately recommend this site to first time blog users. I would also use this site as a teacher in grades 5 and above because its a good way to keep daily journals and reflections. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd rate blogger at a 9.
Mnemograph Refelction
I really enjoyed using the site mnemograph.com. This site is user-friendly, fast and easy. It allows you to customize a timeline that appeals to you by being able to choose fonts, colors, icons, and even allows you to post pictures associated to your timeline. I have yet to explore all it's features; however, from what I've done so far, I'd rate this site as a 8 out of 10. I would have liked the site better if it weren't so plain. Other than that, I would recommend this site because it's a pretty neat web based software program and it makes learning fun.
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