Graphing Again

Today we were given the assignment to use data from this site. Called State Profiles.net. Then we had to create a graph and given an explanation to argue and defend the performance of the state and the money has been allotted when referring to the differences between West Virginia and the national scores.

I used Kids Zone again, the link is in the previous blog post.

And here is a link to my graph and explanation.

Graphing/Charts

Today we learned about a site for creating graphs online, which aren't very high-tech but they can be useful for different things.

This one is called Crappy Graphs!

Click here for the link.This is the graph that we made in class.

This is a link to that graph online.

We also went to Kids Zone and created graphs.

Click here for a link to Kids Zone.

This is my graph.

This is a link to the graph a created.

Building Rubrics

Today we learned how to build a rubric online. I signed up for a Rubistar account. It allows you to use a guide and then customize rubrics online.

Click here to go to Rubistar.

Greek Theatre Prezi

I finished my Greek Theatre WebQuest Prezi.

This is a link to my Prezi.

This is the embedded version of my Prezi

Greek Theatre on Prezi

Jing

We worked on our Prezi presentations more today, and we learned about a new tool called Jing. It works like the snipping tool, so that you can do image captures from the internet, but it also provides other features. You can edit the images and do all kinds of cool things with them. You can also use it for screen casting.

Click here for Jing.

And this is a link to a great article on different free screen casting tools.

http://www.emergingedtech.com/2010/01/comparing-12-free-screencasting-tools/

Photo Story Questions

1. What is Photo Story 3 for Windows and how do I get a copy?
-Photo Story is an online presentation tool. You can download a copy of it for free off the internet.
2. What is the file type for a MPS project?
-wp3
3. What is the file type for an exported MPS movie?
-wmv
4. Where do MPS projects open?
-In your photo story program
5. Where do exported MSP movies open?
- Almost any media player; anything that will play a .wmv file type.
6. Can you do transitions between images in MPS project?
-Yes, there is a tool within the program to help you time and change transitions between frames.
7. Describe the image editing options in MPS.
- You can add text, transitions, music, audio notes, and written notes.
8. Describe the image viewing options in MPS (include motion path over images)
- You can watch your show, pause it at different point, use tools to zoom and un-zoom frames and images.
9. How do you turn a PowerPoint presentation into images?
-You simply save it as a jpg file type, and power point will turn it into images instead of slides.

Class- YouTube upload and Prezzi

Today, we uploaded our original power point presentation, which we turned into a photo story, on YouTube. Click here to view that video. Or just view this embedded version of it.



We also signed up for a Prezi account, which is a online presentation tool.

This is a link to Prezi.com

Project

Today, we discussed out topics and guiding questions. Then we created a google site to house our project.

Click here for the link to my site page.

Organizing the Parts of the Story

During class, we signed up for Intel accounts. I signed up for mine, but it wouldn't let me sign in for some reason. So I ended up having to write down the instructions and do this at home.

I created a graphic organizer of sorts. My project was on the parts of a story. Using this students can organize the parts of the story, and then answers can be compared to see where most of the students are getting mixed up with their answers.

In order to log-in to the project you will need:

teacher ID- ehuff77

AND

team IDs- Blue, Green, Red, Yellow
team passwords- b, g, r, y

So that the password for Blue team is b, the password for Green team is g, and so on and so forth.

Click here to be redirected to the student log-in page.

You put the lime in the.... Cola?

Given:
- There are two glasses each filled with equal amounts of liquid; one is lemon-lime while the other is cola.
- A small portion of the lemon-lime is taken out and mixed thoroughly into the glass of cola.
- A portion of the cola lemon-lime mixture, which is equal to the portion that was taken form the glass of lemon-lime originally, is taken out and poured into the glass with pure lemon-lime.

So:
Is there more lemon-lime in the cola glass, or more cola in the lemon-lime glass?

Answer:
It is the same in each glass.

Here's how I got my answer:

- I visualized the two glasses and the amounts being poured from one to the other.
- If a small amount of lemon-lime is taken out of the glass and mixed into the other then that means that there is "that" much more liquid in the cola glass than what is in the lemon-lime glass.
- If that small amount is "thoroughly mixed" into the cola then I would assume that all of the molecules have spread and diffused evenly throughout.
- If you, then, take out the exact same amount of the cola mixture that you did of the original lemon-lime in the beginning THEN
1st- the cola mixture glass would be back to its original amount of liquid, but it would be missing a portion of cola and a tiny portion of the lemon-lime that was mixed into it
2nd- the little amount that you have taken out would be mostly cola with a small portion of lemon-lime
3rd- the ratios of cola to lemon-lime in the cola mixture glass and the small portion that you have taken out should be exactly the same
- If you take that small portion of the cola mixture that you have and add it to the glass of lemon-lime THEN
1st- the two glass would both be back to their original amounts of liquid
2nd- the lemon-lime glass would be gaining back a tiny portion of the amount that it lost before
3rd- the amount of cola in the lemon-lime glass would be a little bit less than the original amount of lemon-lime that was put in the cola glass
-This means that the actual question becomes: Is the amount of cola taken from the cola mixture equal to, less than, or greater than, the amount of lemon-lime that is left in the cola mixture glass?

-And since the portion of lemon-lime that came OUT of the cola mixture makes the lemon-lime amount in the cola mixture glass less, AND it makes the amount of cola in the lemon-lime glass the SAME amount less.....

We can conclude that the amount of cola in the lemon-lime glass is the exact same as the amount of lemon-lime in the cola glass.

*I hope you can follow my logic. Makes sense to me at least.

Embedded Taxonomy

Introductory Video

We practiced using Animoto, an online slideshow program.

This is the link to my introductory video.

Storage Issues

1. Google Docs
Pros- You can store all your documents online.
Google won't break and lose your information.
You can access your information at any time that you have internet access.
Cons- You need internet access most times to get to your information.

2. USB Drive
Pros- It's portable storage.
You can always have it with you.
Cons- They can break, get old, stop working, and/or get lost.
They have limited storage space.

3. Network Drive
Pros- Your information is saved on a hard drive, which makes it harder to lose.
There's a lot of storage space.
Cons- You can only access it when you are on a computer that is plugged into the network.
There is a chance for the network to crash and lose everything.

4. External Hard Drive
Pros- You have a large amount of storage space that is not connected to your computer.

Cons- Some external hard drives have software issues.

Creating a Website

Today in class we created our own websites using google documents. We also added our teacher to our gmail contacts.

This is a link to the website that I created.

Social Bookmarking Service

In class, we signed up for Delicious, a social bookmarking service. This allows us to save all of our important bookmarks online instead of just in our browser. It also gives us the capability to network with other users and share our bookmarks. This is helpful because not only can be now share bookmarks with others, but we can save our bookmarks somewhere other than just our browser in case that gets lost.

This is a link to Delicious.

First Blog Post

This is a link the class home page for EDUC 2201.

During our last class we:

1. Got a gmail account
2. Filled out the ICT efficacy survey
3. Filled out the Atomic survey
4. Took a quiz
5. Discussed this class, the expectations, and the goals