Thing 14

This was my mind map I created! I went to bubbl.us and just created a random map. I also visited Gliffy for the flowcharts. Gliffy had many different types of documents that one could use to create something. There are floor plans, venn diagrams, and so much more! I would use Gliffy in the classroom in order to make certain examples to show the students. The mind map is something a student could use to create a main idea and essay topics for English. It would be a great way for students to use technology and learn at the same time! I posted my mind map, I just wanted to show classmates what and how I constructed it. Although I showed my mind map, the Gliffy flow chart was easier to use and it showed step by step how to do things! Great web tools for teachers and students.

Thing 13

Zoho Writer was interesting and fun. It has many options like word but a few more! I used waterworks to insert my name, I added an image to the top left corner and wrote a little text to the right of it! Then I went to Google Docs. I made a similar drawing to the one I created in Zoho Writer. https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1BMuOQPqPITc648Vof7G01M5yP82O0NcV8oGav7iTsRg/edit?hl=en_US. This is the link to my Google Doc. The only thing I did not like about the drawing tool is that it was not like a paint brush. You could only use like lines, or swirls. I added a heart, and arrow pointing left, and an equal sign to show that I love Cortland Finnegan and the equal sign has a text box under it describing it. Students could use Google Doc to make a table, a collection of data, and draw their own images. If students work together in groups they could document their ideas and things inside of Google Doc and make a final presentation of it. I would actually prefer Paint or Word just because I am more familiar with them, but these tools were fun to try and explore. I like them both about the same, just on Zoho Writer it had a few more features you could use like Word.

Thing 12

http://www.google.com/alerts/manage?mqm=c&q=Math&x=AMJHsmWZljrH1MtSQ5fKzIph9lMjHm64ew:1317693783625
I want to get Alerts about Math so I sat it up to get alerts once a week on blogs about Math. 

Ik hou van Shawn is I love Shawn in Dutch! http://translate.google.com/#

These two were the ones I liked! I think these could be used in a classroom by having the students sign up for things they want to be notified of once a week, or daily! The translator could be used for multiple things! They could translate their name to any foreign language, and try to speak it. It is useful! The calendar is something that my dad sat up for me as soon as he created my google account. It has a few things in it, but it had more when I was a senior with my volleyball schedule and everything. The children could use that as ways to keep up for when their assignments are due. What it boils down to is I LOVE GOOGLE!

Thing 11

The easiest method to find feeds would be Google! I love Google, I use it for everything! If I am trying to find something interesting to me and a blog at the same time I would type things like "Cortland Finnegan Blogs" or something. The rest of them were more confusing. I could not find anything. I went to my recommended items on my Google Reader and it gave me things I am not interested in whatsoever! Such things like Snakes, and Ranches.

My favorite way to find feeds would be Bing, and Google! The easier they are the more I like them!