Saturday, February 6, 2010

Thing #4

Thing #4 - HOORAY! I have a registered blog. This is going to be a GREAT tool for me during this time as I go about learning the 2.0 world. I will be able to go back and see how I maneuvered my way through it all and hopefully will be able to teach someone else in time. This will also document my progress so I look back at the end of all of this and pat myself on the back for a job well done.

I finally got Avatar to work and made an image of myself. Another HUGE HOORAY!!! I can see where Avatar is going to be a GREAT learning tool for me and educators as a whole as students can create stories using them. They could also retell a story they have read using the different Avatar characters they create. A last idea that came to mind today is the fact that they could create an image/picture and from it write their own creative writing story to go with it. As one who has been rather technologically unskilled ---- I am looking forward to using this website with students in the classroom. It will be a great motivator for those who are reluctanct or just have a harder time with the learning process. Although I was able to create an image/character of myself ---- I could not get it to export, "beam up", etc. to my blog. I will keep playing with it until something hits and it shows up. I am not giving up in the least.

2 comments:

  1. I know you will keep going!
    your avatar needs to be saved as a jpeg file..a picture. Then use the gadget for images/pictures that will let you add it to your sidebar ...the green area on your blog. There are some screen shots on one of the help pages.

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  2. Hang in there! There is definitely a learning curve to embedding images, etc. It is time-consuming, but so rewarding when you finally figure something out and can see the results of your persistance and hard work on your blog.

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