http://karenanderson.edublogs.org Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:49:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you remember back to the beginning of the year we created a comic strip using the makebeliefscomix website. I created this character on that website. See if you can create your own. Details of how I created mine are in the handout for the lesson. In today's lesson we are going ... http://karenanderson.edublogs.org/2008/04/29/predictive-text-podcast/ When I was your age mobile phones hadn't been invented. In fact not everyone had access to a phone in the home only 25% of households had them. I have a mobile but I tend to only use it for emergencies. I take it with me when I go out ... http://karenanderson.edublogs.org/2008/04/22/predictive-texting/ ICT has become such a part of everyday life and work that it is now seen as one of the Key Skills. It is possible to use the Internet to find training materials. Here is a link to a website that gives online training for Key Skills. Take the level 1 ICT skills ... http://karenanderson.edublogs.org/2008/03/18/key-skills/ We had a new support worker in class last lesson, who didn't know a lot about Social Networking.                                      "My kid's use it but it isn't for me. Is it?" Let's convince her by showing her some of the best uses. This lesson I am going to take nominations for the ACE  Awards.   Look at ... http://karenanderson.edublogs.org/2008/03/02/ace-blog-awards/ YouTube video diaries (vblogs) give us a glimpse into other peoples lives. These are a few glimpes that have inspired me. Cory "MrSafetyMan" Williams, who wrote "The Mean Kitty Song" has ADD/ADHD. A few of you have been diagnosed with this "disorder". [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/5urmUKSdo8M" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] There is a blog tag game going ... http://karenanderson.edublogs.org/2008/03/02/most-inspiring-thoughts/ What makes you laugh? Cory "Mr SafetyMan" Williams has 2 nominations from me. One in the most inspiring category for "The truth about my disorder" and the following. Go Sparta [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/Qit3ALTelOo" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] http://karenanderson.edublogs.org/2008/03/01/funniest-video/ Last week we experienced an earth tremor. I was awake so experienced it as did many other's Im sure. I checked out Youtube to see if anyone happened to be making a vbolg entry at the time. Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely created by its Residents. Since opening ... http://karenanderson.edublogs.org/2008/03/01/uk-earthquake-2008/ YouTube gives all fundraisers a chance to get donations from people all over the world.  My nominations is [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/oD2YQrTETOQ" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] http://karenanderson.edublogs.org/2008/03/01/best-fundraising-video/ One of the most popular uses of Youtube is watching your favorite artists. Anyone can record themselves and get a following. One of my favorite guitarists is Fretkiller. No-one knows who he is. John Martyn will always have first place in my heart though. I've loved his music from the first moment I ... http://karenanderson.edublogs.org/2008/03/01/best-music-video/ Photo credit James Thew   The web is massive. When you start to look for information online, very often the first place you turn to are the search engines like Google and Yahoo to give you a list of web pages that will fit what you're looking for, but sometimes you end ... http://karenanderson.edublogs.org/2008/02/26/social-bookmarking-the-wisdom-of-crowds/