http://www.wordle.net/

This is one of my favorites. Type in text and create a masterpiece.

Street Sign Generator

Fun!  http://www.addletters.com/road-street-sign-generator.htm

www.chalkboard.com

This image generator would be useful to make eye-catching posters.

Library Thing? Shelfari?

My daughter introduced me to Shelfari about a year ago.  I like the simplicity of the site. She has an account for her daughter,too. Here is a picture of Cadie's shelf.  When I want to buy her a new book, I can check to see if she already has it in her library.  For Christmas, I gave my daughter a bar code reader so that she could easily upload her library.  Since we are a family of readers, it is an easy way to make sense out of what you have read, your reviews, what you want to read and reader recommendations.  Library thing is similar to Shelfari.  I've played around with both.  I think I like Shelfari best.  It is nice that our family members are on the same site.  It is easier to borrow, get recommendations, and discuss books we read.

I think one of these programs could be used to maintain a classroom library.  You would be able to organize your library, keep track of your collection, and make reading recommendations. Students could use Shefari to keep a reading log and journal.  Students could comment on what others are reading.  I think this would be an excellent way to promote reading and create an interactive environment to share/comment on what students are reading.

Know of a opening? Kristi is looking for a teaching job.

Kristina is a recent elementary education graduate from Augustana.  She is true digital native and a dedicated, enthusiastic teacher. Double click on her trading card to see her qualifications.  

If you know of job opening, please let me know and I will pass the information on to Kristina. Thanks!

Discussion Starter for Week 5 (late!) Would it help you to have a check off for each assignment for this course?

I finally made a spreadsheet to see what assignments I hadn't completed. I have been doing a lot of the reading and activities each week, but I'm not getting all of the written work done. I think part of the problem is the random way the assignments are listed in the grade book. I think they need to be listed by week or by type of assignment. For example:   Each week's assignments (blogging activity, forum discussions, worksheets, group meetings) could be listed by the week number of the course, or all of one type of assignment (blog activity) could be listed together. I'm not sure that I am explaining this clearly. Bottom line: I am having a hard time figuring out where I am with assignment completion.

How will you use Flickr?

How do you think you will use your Flickr account? Sharing photos with family and friends? Or organizing your photos for scrapbooking? Any other ideas?