Learning Web 2.0

and Sharing Web 2.0

Entries from December 2007

Using Slide Show to Create Flash Cards

December 17th, 2007 · No Comments

Click the right arrow button to advance the slides. I created my slide show using www.spresent.com (Although this could be done in any Slide Show program) using the following steps:

Create a title slide.
Create the question slide.
Duplicate the slide and put the answer on it.
Repeat the process until you have enough flashcards.

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Tags: Web2.0 · howto

How I spent the 1st Snow Day of the Year

December 10th, 2007 · No Comments

Today was not that much fun. Really can’t use the term “Snow Day” for today. It was more Ice, I mean it was only Ice.
I spent the day troubleshooting our High School data connection. I had the guys from SEA Group in Springfield troubleshooting the fiber optic cable between the buildings. We found the problem [...]

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Tags: troubleshooting

Sharing del.icio.us with others

December 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

Today, I had the opportunity to share del.icio.us with the District Librarian and the Curriculum Director in our district. They both responded very favorably and want to learn more.
Here are a couple resources that I have found for showing what the del.icio.us website can do for users.
Go to http://del.icio.us/chris.wherley/CommonCraft and find the video, “Social Bookmarking [...]

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Tags: Web2.0

Getting Started with Web 2.0

December 1st, 2007 · No Comments

I recently attended the Illinois Education and Technology Conference in Springfield, IL on November 15 and 16, 2007.
I had heard of Web 2.0 but not really used any of the applications. It was a real eye opening experience at the conference to see presenters like David Jakes and Charlene Chausis present about the utilization of [...]

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Tags: Web2.0