Thing 12

Yes google is not just a search engine anymore you connect to Youtube, Twitter, and even listen to music write in the address bar. While prefer Bing over it, Google does has more to offer. The most helpful one I have used this semester is Google Translate, because it translate many different language. Think this would be help in Art classrooms because many works of arts are in foreign languages and this is a website that can not only help the teacher pronounce the different words but also the students. This is done by just simply typing i the word then clicking the icon that looks like a volume icon. It will repeat the word back to you when you click it. Also teachers can easily translate documents for students who's parent does not read in English well so this will help bridge the gap.

here a screen capture of my creation on Google translate

 

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Thing #11

I kind got a heads up on this on the last post. So anyways, Continuing on RSS feeds which i posted for thing 11 I mainly used Bing.com. Again here are the list of feeds i found on Bing -Art lessons for kids, Best Children's Games Blog, Mrs. Picasso’s Art Room, The Art Teacher’s Guide to the Internet, and Art Biz Blog. Bing is search engine is very easy to use and it always yields results.  http://www.topix.net/ was a webisite in which i have used in the past so it was easy to use as well. for the record Many of the sites were not difficult to use. I took Vicki Davis recommendation and added Google Google News and if it is anything like yahoo news I want regret my decision. I know it not a search engine but it has relevant news on the page and has a link to Google, which is a popular search engine. 

Thing 10

  RSS seems pretty new to me still. I have an idea about how it works now, but I still prefer using the bookmark on my computer tab or better yet diigo. Yes, even though it takes long, and sometimes I may waste time by doing it this way, it's just the way I am most comfortable. Besides, the RSS feed way would be too much for me to handle, because I follow many blogs, news sites, and other miscellaneous sites, which get updated frequently. Even so, for this post there was something that sparked my interest. I listed the links (a link in each letter) from the instruction to have as a jumping-off point. The pages that I chose to put into my RSS are Art lessons for kids, Best Children's Games Blog, Mrs. Picasso’s Art Room, The Art Teacher’s Guide to the Internet, and Art Biz Blog. Again, I do not like that RSS, and newsreaders is all in one place. Sometime I enjoy going to the website, so I can see the actually design or changes on the page. Then again, since I have created this account I will try to remember to use it rather than use the long difficult way I have been using. It is a easy website to use. Like many of the Learn 2.0 sites, RSS will be a good tool for students. It might want have much use in Specials like Music and Art but in the main subjects like Science, History, and Reading it would have potential.

Thing 9

Thing number give me some freedom for my post. I choose to do a few things. From http://www.customsigngenerator.com/  this sit has a lot of things students can play with or use for assignments. It allows student to create custom graphics and the best part of all it free! Over thousand of JPEG, GIF & PNG image creators (you can make FREE logos, blog headers, parody photos, buttons, banners, email sigs, comics, signs, blinkies/glitters, avatars, support ribbons, wallpapers, labels, celeb spoofs, animations, and MySpace/TagWorld clipart (thought its block in some schools).

He are some of my creations and links to were you can make some for yourself.

http://www.text2logo.com/

Students can make there own costum logos for their school, fb, blog, powerpoint, or other projects.

http://www.imagechef.com/ic/football/

 

Student can custome make their own football jerseys.

 

Thing 8

For thing number i choose to do the spook camera from the link. I thought it was appropriate because Halloween is just around the corner. This particular app is for the iPhone and it allow people to give their photos a spooky effect by adding ghost, bats, punkins and other Halloween graphic. these graphics are not to scary for children so it can deffinatly be used in a school setting. You can use for the Halloween/October season to decorate picture on you blog or to spookiness your on personal picture for fun. I differently believe student will enjoy utilizing the spook camera.

 here is the link http://milkdrinkingcow.com/
Also the site does not just have Halloween graphics.
  

Thing #7

Flickr is a interesting site, but not entirely new to me. I do not have a flickr account but I have explored the site before. As an artist I always am looking for inspiration, and sometime Flickr inspires me to create. Even though, I can literally spend hours looking up different images and groups. I try not to visit it because its has many nice images and you cant save them to the desktop. However, when I do I always enjoy looking the myriad of galleries. For this post I went to emmeffe's account and looked at his galleries. apparently he is a photography and travels a lot. He has been to Australia and South America, He has many gallerias. He takes pictures of architecture and wildlife. I personally was more attracted to his wildlife galleries. Besides this, he admires art and enjoys literature. Many of his pictures are in fact works of art, Many people from around the world comment on his animal galleries because he capture exotic ones that one rarely see.

Here is a picture link of the pictures from Australia in his wildlife galleries.

 

I love how crisp the images looks. While I probably will never see a kangaroo ever in my life, the clearness and precise of this image looks real and in person enough for me. Truly an odd beautify looking creature the kangaroo is. One of my favorite animals as a kid. 

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For a school setting Flickr has so much potential as a resource. Student and faculty in a school can search thousand of different subject like animal, plants, art, history, and many much more. A great jumping off place for student who are looking for images for projects. For a specific inspiring art teacher, Flickr can be used a resource for student to practice drawing material. As i said earlier i use to get inspiration, so perhaps students could do the same.

Chillin Kangaroo Style