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Wednesday, March 16, 2011

AWD - Project 3 Test Grade, 3/16/2011

Please complete the following in your Project 3>In the Lab Folder:
Page HTM 124-125
-Include an additional Blood Drive image (Red Cross, etc) and place the image at the bottom of the page and center it
-Do not print
-Check your work in a browser before submitting

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Computers 2 Wikispaces Project

Each group will sign up for 1 free wikispace account. Make sure you then go into the settings and make Private but add collaborators. Your partner and myself must be added.

Each group will get six words to define using resources on the net so that you can understand the emerging concept of Web 2.0. 

•blogosphere
•wiki pages
•social bookmarking
•podcasting
•RSS Feeds
•folksonomy

Here are your guidelines:

1. Post meaningful, relevant information on their topic.
2. Summarize information you find on the Net and to link to it.
3. Continue to read your terms and ask yourself -- "What do I not understand about this topic?" and then to proceed to answer that question and post your findings.
4. Use some of the websites that you read about.
5. Don't delete information of another group member unless it was redundant or you paraphrased/edited it to make it better.
6. You will have to present their topic -- 5-10 minutes to summarize and demonstrate.
7. At the conclusion of each presentation, all students must post a comment on the page providing feedback or asking questions. (A feature and to keep you focused on the task at hand.)
8 Add images, videos, alter font styles and add links to enhance


You will present your findings.

Varsity Aces

http://blogs.northjersey.com/blogs/varsityaces/matturas_drive_dish_wood-ridges_whritenour_throws_his_hands_in_the_air/

Dave

Monday, March 7, 2011

Vote for Wood-Ridge High School

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Computers 2 Wiki Dissection Do Now

In groups of 3, visit this wiki.

Now dissect it. Visit all the pages and tabs.
- What is the purpose of this Wiki?
- When was the last post?
- How was this Wiki created?
- What would you add to it?
- What did you learn from it?
- If you had to create a Wiki with a team, what would be the specific topic?

Please add the names of your groups in the comment.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Finding a Web 2.0 Tool...In Class Assignment Week of 3/2

As we have been discussing, there are numerous Web 2.0 tools out there. Examples are: Google Docs, Blogs, Diigo, Wallwisher, Voki, Blabberize, Glogster, and many many more!

Your task is to research Web 2.0 tools and how you would utilize the tool in specific academic content area. You can not choose Google Docs or Blogger since we have used them so far this semester. Here are 2 sites to begin your research:

Comment on this posting with your Web 2.0 Tool, Subject & Teacher you will use it for, How you will use it specifically, How it will help you to learn the content, and any other information you want to include. You may have to use the tool 1st in order to decide if it's a good fit for you. I will know if you haven't. 


Monday, February 28, 2011

Computers 2 - Wiki Project Groups

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If there are any problems, please let me know in an email before 3/2.

The project will be discussed soon.

A reminder that weekly blog postings are due THURSDAY this week. Not Friday.

AWD - Week of 2/28/2011

Project 2 Test Grade:
Go to Page HTM 66
You will base your 1 page web site from this In the Lab assignment with the following changes:
1) Instead of the text Phi Kappa Phi, use the Internet to find a banner image for a college fraternity, group, etc.
2) Alter the text in the paragraph to include the name of the organization's image you have found
3) For the Shaded Horizontal Line, check out page HTM 57
4) Do not print, save in Project 2 In the Lab Folder

Technology Current Event Summaries due 3/3/2011 this week. THURSDAY!

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Computers 2 - Wiki Research

"Wiki wiki" means "quickly" in Hawaiian.... 
  • Using the Internet, research how a class wiki can be used in education.
    • Here is a good source, use it and adapt it to your specific classes.
  • What are the benefits of using a wiki?
  • How can we create one in this class and utilize it?
  • What experience do you have using or creating wikis?

Each student must answer in detail the above discussion questions as a Comment to the post before class ends on Monday.