oh my Ping is interesting… thanks!
Add comment July 16, 2008
Mini-Mizer Lego Avatar Maker LOVE IT
Do you need an alter ego for your avatar? Try a LEGO Mini-Mizer. What fun to create a LEGO avatar of yourself or your superhero alter ego. You can create as many as you would like so try a different one for different moods too! This simple tool allows for creativity and a nice little distraction. There are simple directions for copying the screen and using the Paint tool to edit the mini-mizer to the size you need. Don’t forget to save it as a .jpeg file in your Pictures file so you can use it later!! This is just an enjoyable tool that makes creating an image icon easily. And of course it is free. Chris Doyle Presents this fun tool for anyone to use freely. 
Now why might you need an alter ego icon?? Well if you Twitter, blog or have a website you might enjoy Mini-Mizer!
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Add comment June 23, 2008
Gmail I LOVE IT.
Gmail I LOVE IT.
I love Gmail because it works well on the go. I can access this email from almost anywhere and it keeps all of my favorite contacts listed neatly on the side. It has a great spam filter and it lets you keep tons and tons of mail!! You can create labels and move emails out of your inbox into a filing system of your own… You never have to throw out another important email again! It has a nice chat feature that my sisters and I use when we are online at the same time… which happens more and more frequently these days. You can invite your friends to join you in chat when they are also using Gmail. It does have ads on the side and at the top but really I have forgotten they are there most of the time. They usually focus on the keywords you are typing in your subject bar or the text of your message so I guess Google thinks you may be interested in the contents of the links. I also really like the way the replys to a threaded discussion are nested together and keep all the responses in a grouping. It took a bit to get used to looking through the grouping but now I wish my work email did the same… or my twitter.. oh my another post is coming about twitter… !!
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Add comment June 17, 2008
Weebly Tutorial I LOVE IT!
Weebly is a website creation tool that I have used to create my homepage Infolibrarian I have shared this page at the PSLA (PA School Librarians Association) Conference in May 2008. I organized several of my favorite Web Tools on this page with links to each and a brief description of each tool. I Love Weebly. This web site development tool is easy to use because it employs drag and drop widgets for the page creation. You can create columns, add you favorite badges, upload files. Well check out my site to see what weebly can do for you! Enjoy this cool tool!
Also recently another creative teacher, Frank Miracola, Posted this sweet tutorial on how to use Weebly.
I thought it would be nice to share it with my friends!! Be sure to check out Frank’s other cool tutorials too, I love his tutorials too!!
Created a short tutorial about Weebly. It is posted on my Free is Good website. Feel free to share the link. http://www.misd.net/fig
Frank
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Add comment May 29, 2008
Flock I LOVE IT
Flock is a web browser, a news aggregator, a media organizer, people organizer, and social bookmarker all rolled into one. Finally a web browser that does some of the web work for you. I have added Diigo as a plug in… Now if it would just download my podcast I would be done! If you are a social web user, you can’t live without this cool tool! They even have an Eco-Friendly version for those who like to go green!! I have used Flock on both a Mac and a PC and find it to be my browser of choice. I currently have IE, Safari, Firefox and a MSN version of web browsers on my desktop. Flock wins the browser race because it makes all the social networking tools like Twitter, Picasa, YouTube, Flickr, and RSS Feed a pleasure to use in the browser. When was the last time you said that about your browser??? Favoriting to Del.icious and Diigo and my Favorites all in one step is almost too much to believe!! If you use the tools above or others like Facebook and Digg you really should check out this tool. They have some great video tutorials on YouTube that will help you walk through the different browser features. YouTube: Search for Flock!
I almost forgot you can BLOG from flock too! I created this blog post in Flock and sent it directly to WordPress. The browser allows you to create blog post on the fly and gives you an opportunity to send them directly to your blog. You pick your blog account and where to send the post too. You can even have several different blogs and pick which blog to post it into!!
I LOVE IT.
You too can become a Flock Star!
Add comment May 23, 2008
PDF Creator I LOVE IT
PDF Creator and doPDF are two tools I can not live without. I have a split computer life… part-time PC and part-time MAC. I kinda like it that way! But I often miss the ease of creating PDFs that is available to me in the Open Office Products. So I turn to PDF Creator or doPDF. PDF Creator can turn any word processing doc, spreadsheet, presentation, website, well anything that you can send to print into a PDF. I have been more than happy with the resulting PDFs and have used them in my Moodle Courses and my Google Pages. PDF Creator and doPDF present themselves as a virtual printer on your computer and you can use the print feature in any program to turn your documents into PDFs. I find it is helpful to post in PDF format because it cuts across user barriers and enables everyone to view my documents. I often post in two formats so that users have a choice. But never am I never more frustrated than when I can not retrieve the information from a website just because of the formatting. If you are in need of a PDF creator try out these great tools! I LOVE PDF TOOLS!!!
1 comment April 29, 2008
Webkinz I LOVE IT
Do your pets have a real life or a Second Life?
Well in Webkinz World your pet will play checkers with you, take you to a fashion show and generally LOVE you if you feed it or give it a bath. How can you tell if your pets needs are meet?? Simply check the health, food and happiness meters and you will know right away. I Ok FIRST you have to buy an adorable little stuffed animal and there are plenty to choose from. Then you go to Webkinz.com and enter your pets secret code at the adoption center. Your pet will be given a room and some nice gifts. To keep your pet happy all you HAVE to do is to PLAY games to win virtual Kinzcash. You then buy your pet food, clothes and stuff. Your pet can play with other friends pets if you invite them over to play or visit in the common ground clubhouse. This weekend was the Webkinz Extravaganza and the opportunities for children to experice the real life Coupon Machine, Gem Hunt and Wheel of Wow was evident at the local Card Shop at the Mall. What an experience for kids and their parents to share the lessons of finance, pet care and time management. Remember kids LOVE THEM! I hope they let you play occasionally too!
1 comment April 28, 2008
Podcasting with your Phone I LOVE IT
Ever want to start podcasting with your kids in school or at home? Think it is too much to try to learn another software program let alone editing and uploading. Well you are in luck! There are great tool you can use with you phone… cell phone, home phone, classroom phone.
Gcast and Gabcast each offer FREE tools for managing podcasting. You create an account and manage your account online but you do not need equipment or software to create the podcast! Try it you will LOVE IT!
Add comment April 16, 2008
Picasa I LOVE IT
Picasa is from Google and it is a picture sharing tool much like Flickr. I did need to download a Picasa tool to my desktop but that was easy and has been very helpful. I have used Picasa to create photo albums to share with friends and family. You can add captions to each picture and then create a flash presentation of the album to post on your webspace. I have several of them embedded in my Smart Library Presentation at Weebly. You could visit my Infolibrarian homepage to see the flash album in action. So easy to do… just click on embeded slideshow and copy and paste into your webspace. In Weebly I used a custom html box… ooo more on Weebly next time.. I LOVE IT too. (repost from previous blog) I also just used my Picasa pictures in Animoto to create a short film. You can keep your albums private or you can share with the world. It is a FREE TOOL. Enjoy!
Add comment April 10, 2008
Podbean I LOVE IT
Podbean is a hosting site for your podcasts. I have been using it with my son to host Ben’s All Aboard Station. The digital natives view of the universe at five and now at six. You have options to link your podcast to iTunes and share with the world or to keep your posts private and just invite friends. You also have RSS feed links for those who want to feed from Podbean. Of course it is FREE!! If you are an avid podcaster or you want to upload videos you may need to upgrade storage space and some other nice features. These upgrades are very reasonable. Try it for free first!! You can find a wide range of podcast linked from the Podbean home page.
Add comment April 9, 2008
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