Room To Live

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTc8yzYmVKc

Weekly News Article

http://www.wptz.com/news/13427373/detail.html

This article dealt with a speeding violation and drug bust.

http://www.wptz.com/news/13439783/detail.html

This article deals with emissions.

http://www.wptz.com/news/13439783/detail.html
This deals with global warming

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Last Post

Well it's been quite a trip. I feel like I accomplished quite a bit this trimester. I feel sort of comfortable with using audacity and hipster and was able to post two audio casts on my own after a great deal of help from Will on the first go around.Even though I haven't yet posted a Vodcast I believe with the knowledge gained with the audio casting that I will some day soon be able to do this also. Hopefully for my capstone.I've used Flickr and another site like it to use for posting interesting activities in my blogs and wiki's. I also used two mash up sites for mapping which also will be useful in my capstone. Also the information gained on using RSS feeds for class projects has proved to be very useful. I was also proud of the fact that I signed up with PB Wiki to obtain a presentation package which allowed me to upgrade to a better version of PB Wiki and also gave me two upgrades to share with two other educators. I also feel more comfortable with social bookmarking although I would like to investigate how I plan to use it with my capstone. What I am trying to say is that I was exposed to and learned how to use a lot of web 2.0 tools and would like to say thanks Will for your hard work and patience during this trimester. I enjoyed the ride.


http://www.wptz.com/news/13427373/detail.html

Getting it Done

The post below gives me a great deal of insight on how important it is to think things through even on the night before a big presentation.I like the way that elaine emphasizes "Practice, Practice,Practice". I say this to my students all the time and it was great to hear a pro before the big game use it to motivate herself to give her best.


I have been personally wrestling with this ever since a proposal I made to present at a regional conference was accepted. I knew months ago that I was to deliver a presentation for NERCOMP in Worcester on Tuesday, March 20. But I waited until last week to actively start working on it.

I think a good deal of the reason was that I was struggling with what to say that was original and new. What I finally came to terms with (thankfully, and not a moment too soon), was two things:
1. My presentation was not accepted on the premise that I was announcing a new find, and perhaps even more importantly, that
2. the way in which I think of things and express them in indeed "new" in that I will be speaking from my experience.

I am pleased with what I was finally, after much angst, able to create. Now I just need to practice, practice, practice. After all, the presentation is not until tomorrow Tuesday at 4:30. Wish me well!

PS - The title of my presentation is: Mashups are not potatoes: Implementing Powerful Web 2.0 Tools

-Elaine

Info on how to use Flickr, Mashups

Hi Everyone,

I felt we had a good session last Friday. Working through the technical aspects of podcasting, especially was rewarding. We weren't able to get as hands-on as I would have liked with Flickr and Wayfaring.com, so the following activities will help us do that. I would also like students to explore the kinds of mash-ups available. Also, I will introduce screencasting by screencasting over the weekend.

Let me know if you have any questions. (wdebock@gmail.com)

This is also posted on First Class with appropriate discussion threads.

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1) Flickr Follow-up

The purpose of this exercise is for the student to be able to:

1) Comment on a picture already posted

Go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/93048046@N00/414968820/
and add a "visual comment" to the picture.

2) Post a picture to your Flicker account

Go to your own Flickr account and add a photo there.

3) Post a new photo to Flickr, and add visual comments to the image

Add visual comments to your photo. (You might want to do this in the style of creating a learning object that a class might use. But content is not especially important in this exercise.

4) Post this image to your blog. (You can do this right through flickr.)

Post any questions or issue you may have on First Class.

Directions for this are in the resource link below.

And you may want to try one of two other flickr techniques

5) Add a Flickr Badge to your blog

6) Add a Flickr Zeigeist of your own photos on your blog. (This is what we did in the "build a blog" in class exercise two sessions ago.

Resource Link: http://www.flickr.com/get_the_most.gne


2. Mash-up Map Follow-up.

The purpose of this exercise is for the student to be able to use a mash-up technology such as www.wayfaring.com

The student will be able to:

1) Sign up for www.wayfaring.com
2) Create a map of something that interests them
3) Add Wayfaring "notes" of locations of interesting. (Posting an image and or text about that location.
4) Share the map with the class through posting the link in first class and on your blog.


3. Programmable Web --- Mash-up Explorations

Mash-ups are a new and exciting development on the web. On a technology level, a mash-up can be defined as combining two web technologies in such a way that producing a new application or output. On a cultural and social level, a mash-up can be seen as combining of two cultural artifacts or idioms to create a new cultural artifact. Re-working videos with new a new music soundtrack or new dialogue would be an example of a cultural "mash-up"

1) Explore the website www.programmableweb.com for examples of mash-ups.

2) Post a brief description and analysis of the mash-up you find interesting on the first class web site.

3) Be prepared to present a mash-up in our f2f session on 3/23/2007.

Additional readings:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup_(web_application_hybrid)
http://www.businessweek.com/@@76IH*ocQ34AvyQMA/magazine/content/05_30/b3944108_mz063.htm
http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/story3224.shtml


4. Podcasting Recap. Screencast

In the next day or two, I will be posting a screencast re-capping the "Steps in Podcasting" presentation/activity we did in class. The purpose is to re-cap the material for folks not in class on Friday and as a refresher for those who were in class.

Questions and comments can be posted to the first class discussion board.


5. Screencasting online demo

Over the weekend, I will post a screencast about screencasting. Watch the presentation and respond with questions, queries and comments on the first class discussion board after Monday next week.

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Podcast

Podcast

Adding RSS feed & Metacg

In order to get into the edit page of the blog I had to enter with my google username and password. Put Will's furl on the site on the first try. I have set up a furl account and a del.icio.us account and will start to try using them. Haven't really understood how tags work but have a couple of sites to read up on the issue.

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Week 4

Just finished the readings for unit 2. The article by Rebecca Blood was very interesting as it gave a desciption on the history of the weblog,better known now as just blogs. The ability for people to have a chnce to write journals and to post their veiws on current events is a great selling point of using blogs. The thought of being able to reflect on world events with the possibility of communicating with a total stranger with similar veiws is very appealing.
I really liked the article on RSS Oprah Way . Her interpretation of RSS meaning "Ready for Some Stories" was an interesting way of renaming the term RSS. One thing that I have come to realize about RSS feeds is that you really can have to much of a good thing and that you should limit yourself to a few good feeds that you can keep up with rather than being overwhelmed with the massive amounts of information that can eventually consume your every waking moment.
For those of you that need to know about the latest tech craze check out the article on Microformats:
"The Big Picture on Microformats".

Reflection on week 3

Getting a little worried that We have not heard from Will. Hope that everything is all right.
Floating on my own so far.Tried to contact Elaine by using skype today.She wasn't on line but I was proud that I had set up the tool and knew how to use it.Still having a little problem with designing my wiki space but hope to get some advice with that by the next class.

Reflection

Really was looking forward to seeing you in class Will. Disappointed that you were not there but Elaine tried her best to be be Will but like they say about Coke "It's Not the Real Thing. Not to scare you but one on the students who was not at the first class told me Saturday when I was talking about you that she thought Elaine was teaching the course.
During the past two weeks I enjoyed the readings and the posts. I downloaded a program called Sight Speed that said you could do vodcasts and download them to your Blog. Iam going to try and play around with it and see if I can't get one put up on my blog in the next two weeks.
During class we discussed Web 2.0 and Elaine had us do an activity making up a sentence using web 2.0 jrgon. We posted them for you to check out. I'm going to try the activity during the next two weeks with my classes at the high school.
We also did a post on a design we made up using web 2.0 as the primer. Those are also posted.
Elaine asked us to put everyones Blog on our RSS aggregator ,Bloglines for most of us. Some of the class had their Blogs locked up so that we couldn't put them on as a RSS feed. It was late so not much discussion was done on the issue. Maybe next class we could discuss the importance of everyone allowing each other into their space.
Taked to you soon and see you in a couple of weeks F2F.

Jack

Subject: Fw: 5 Lessons about the way we treat people

Subject: Fw: 5 Lessons about the way we treat people1 - First Important Lesson - Cleaning Lady.During my second month of college, our professorgave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious studentand had breezed through the questions until I readthe last one:"What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?" Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman severaltimes. She was tall, dark-haired and in her 50s, but how would I know her name?I handed in my paper, leaving the last questionblank. Just before class ended, one student asked ifthe last question would count toward our quiz grade."Absolutely," said the professor. "In your careers,you will meet many people. All are significant. Theydeserve your attention and care, even if all you dois smile and say "hello."I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned hername was Dorothy.2. - Second Important Lesson - Pickup in the RainOne night, at 11:30 p.m., an older African Americanwoman was standing on the side of an Alabama highwaytrying to endure a lashing rain storm. Her car hadbroken down and she desperately needed a ride.Soaking wet, she decided to flag down the next car.A young white man stopped to help her, generallyunheard of in those conflict-filled 1960's. The mantook her to safety, helped her get assistance andput her into a taxicab.She seemed to be in a big hurry, but wrote down hisaddress and thanked him. Seven days went by and aknock came on the man's door. To his surprise, agiant console color TV was delivered to his home. Aspecial note was attached.It read:"Thank you so much for assisting me on the highwaythe other night. The rain drenched not only myclothes, but also my spirits. Then you came along.Because of you, I was able to make it to my dyinghusband's bedside just before he passed away... Godbless you for helping me and unselfishly servingothers."Sincerely,Mrs. Nat King Cole3 - Third Important Lesson - Always remember thosewho serve.In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less,a 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop andsat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water infront of him."How much is an ice cream sundae?" he asked."Fifty cents," replied the waitress.The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket andstudied the coins in it."Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?" he inquired.By now more people were waiting for a table and thewaitress was growing impatient."Thirty-five cents," she brusquely replied.The little boy again counted his coins."I'll have the plain ice cream," he said.The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill onthe table and walked away. The boy finished the icecream, paid the cashier and left. When the waitresscame back, she began to cry as she wiped down thetable. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish,were two nickels and five pennies..You see, he couldn' t have the sundae, because he hadto have enough left to leave her a tip.4 - Fourth Important Lesson. - The obstacle in Our Path.In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on aroadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see ifanyone would remove the huge rock. Some of theking's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came byand simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed theKing for not keeping! the roads clear, but none didanything about getting the stone out of the way.Then a peasant came along carrying a load ofvegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, thepeasant laid down his burden and tried to move thestone to the side of the road. After much pushingand straining, he finally succeeded. After thepeasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticeda purse lying in the road where the boulder hadbeen. The purse contained many gold coins and a notefrom the King indicating that the gold was for theperson who removed the boulder from the roadway. Thepeasant learned what many of us never understand!Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improveour condition.5 - Fifth Important Lesson - Giving When it Counts...Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at ahospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz whowas suffering from a rare & serious disease. Her onlychance of recovery appeared to be a bloodtransfusion from her 5-year old brother, who hadmiraculously survived the same disease and haddeveloped the antibodies needed to combat theillness. The doctor explained the situation to herlittle brother, and asked the little boy if he wouldbe willing to give his blood to his sister.I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking adeep breath and saying, "Yes I'll do it if it willsave her." As the transfusion progressed, he lay inbed next to his sister and smiled, as we all did,seeing the color returning to her cheek. Then hisface grew pale and his smile faded.He looked up at the doctor and asked with atrembling voice, "Will I start to die right away".Being young, the little boy had misunderstood thedoctor; he thought he was going to have to give hissister all of his blood in order to save her.

Most importantly.................. "Work like youdon't need the money, love like you've never beenhurt, and dance like you do when nobody's watching."

Jack

Welcome

Hello all in Design II,

Busy week with power outage and I became a grandpa on 1/15/07. Spent all day 1/16 visiting with my family and the little guy. Just about caught up for this class but still have quite a bit to catch up in my other three classes.Oh well back to work signing for the rest of the tools. Talk to and see everyone soon. Jack

Site Purpose

This blog site is to be used for my Design II class at Marlboro Grad Center. I will be posting information to be used for the class and plan on sharing information with others in the class.
Jack