I think sometimes we don't always atribute items as things made by computers thus making them digital. We forget that all those cool brochures and magazines are digitally produced. Even newspapers are laid out on a computer.
I found what Adobe was saying to be 100% true and I am excited to be using Adobe to better my skills.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
5368 November Resources
I found this site very informative. I started with the information literacy test. I didn't do too bad but I found the answers to the quiz more than I thought. I don't usually think about this information but as a technology specialist we have to share and teach the teachers and students how to find information on the information they are seeking.
Honestly I have never really cared what the address extensions or country codes for websites were. I think that in order to truly judge the validity of a website it would be important to discern whether it is a personal page, an university, or information by another country.
I also think that www.easywhois.com is really cool. I agree that when looking for information it is very important to note who is actually publishing the material. Along with the author of the site the site history is also important. November offers www.archive as a good way to research the changes a website goes under. The example they use martinlutherking.org is great. I try to teach my students to be careful while researching. I think I am going to use this in my AP Government class.
Finally, to gain a useful insight into the pages meaning you can run a external link search to see what pages have linked themselves to this page. This is important to see how other sites are using this information.
Honestly I have never really cared what the address extensions or country codes for websites were. I think that in order to truly judge the validity of a website it would be important to discern whether it is a personal page, an university, or information by another country.
I also think that www.easywhois.com is really cool. I agree that when looking for information it is very important to note who is actually publishing the material. Along with the author of the site the site history is also important. November offers www.archive as a good way to research the changes a website goes under. The example they use martinlutherking.org is great. I try to teach my students to be careful while researching. I think I am going to use this in my AP Government class.
Finally, to gain a useful insight into the pages meaning you can run a external link search to see what pages have linked themselves to this page. This is important to see how other sites are using this information.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Are Kids Different Because of Digital Media?
Yes! As teachers we have so much to compete with. Kids are techno savy and oftens times have to explain to teachers how to do something on their computers. Which in a way is great but it just goes to show that the days where teachers know everything are gone. I can remember being in high school using dial up bilboards, we had to use books and encyclopedias for research. We also had to actually do the work. Now kids can buy papers of the internet and between online encyclopedias and wikipedia they are no longer using books. When I assign a research paper I require the students to have 2 physical resources.
Today's students are also busy but not out of reach. I have myspace for National Honor Society and for my softball team so that I can easily keep in touch. A friend of mine has a myspace for her class in which she post homework assignments and keeps an up to date calendar that the students can look at.
Today's students are also busy but not out of reach. I have myspace for National Honor Society and for my softball team so that I can easily keep in touch. A friend of mine has a myspace for her class in which she post homework assignments and keeps an up to date calendar that the students can look at.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
About.com: Databases
http://databases.about.com/od/administration/u/using_databases.htm
About.com is an awesome resource for everything. I found this site to be especially helpful in the area of understanding databases and the uses I can find for them in my classroom. The main page I concentrated on was the using databases tab but this site also offers a blog and database basics tabs, as well as, learning SQL.
This website offers tons of information about databases. Since I have trouble using and understanding databases I feel this website is a simple way to understand and work my way through the complex jungle known as databases. The main database system About.com works with is Microsoft Access. About.com explains the purpose of databases and the many uses a person can find to use them. This site offers information for both beginners and those who have been working with Microsoft Access for sometime and need an ounce of assistance. For beginners there are a lot of useful tools including Access fundamentals and a screen by screen walk through of Microsoft Access. This site even offers a Access Reports tutorial that would be perfect for classroom use.
For the more advance Access user there are tips on how to convert Access files to ACCDB files and creating databases from scratch. One of the most important aspects of the advance tutorials is how to publish Access data to the web.
The website also describes Microsoft SQL Server databases for the enterprise-class user.
http://databases.about.com/od/administration/u/using_databases.htm
About.com is an awesome resource for everything. I found this site to be especially helpful in the area of understanding databases and the uses I can find for them in my classroom. The main page I concentrated on was the using databases tab but this site also offers a blog and database basics tabs, as well as, learning SQL.
This website offers tons of information about databases. Since I have trouble using and understanding databases I feel this website is a simple way to understand and work my way through the complex jungle known as databases. The main database system About.com works with is Microsoft Access. About.com explains the purpose of databases and the many uses a person can find to use them. This site offers information for both beginners and those who have been working with Microsoft Access for sometime and need an ounce of assistance. For beginners there are a lot of useful tools including Access fundamentals and a screen by screen walk through of Microsoft Access. This site even offers a Access Reports tutorial that would be perfect for classroom use.
For the more advance Access user there are tips on how to convert Access files to ACCDB files and creating databases from scratch. One of the most important aspects of the advance tutorials is how to publish Access data to the web.
The website also describes Microsoft SQL Server databases for the enterprise-class user.
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