Web 2.0 tools are becoming very popular. They are changing the way messages spread across the Web. They are more about the user and content rather than someone just viewing whats on the internet. As Dr. Beedle would say, web 2.0 tools are more interactive. Web 2.0 tools are more about the active collaborator rather than the passive viewer. Examples of web 2.0 tools are: myspace, youtube, blogger, and twitter.
As a future teacher, I would be very careful when choosing what web 2.0 tools to use. Depending on what grade I was teaching at the time, I would make sure students never engaged in these tools alone or without restrictions. However, I would like to use youtube for different lessons. For example, finding something to do with science, music, etc. I think web 2.0 tools can be very useful in a classroom when planned out very carefully.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Meta-search engines
When you search something on a meta-search engine, it transmits the research all at once to several different search engines and their databases of web pages. Of all the search engines quiered, that is where the results from your research come from. Meta-search engines do not own a database of web pages, therefore they send what you are researching to the databases maintained by search engine companies. Meta-search engines such as cluster, dogpile, and so forth are different from Google, Yahoo, and other search engines because search engines just search for documents with the key words from what you typed in to search and returns a list of documents with those key words found in them. Google and Yahoo search only the index that has been created by someone. They do not actually search the entire web. Which is why you can get dead links when using what was found by Google and Yahoo.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Go Green Paper
The idea of gathering information to try to get The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast to “Go Green” is motivational. Our idea is to create an organic farm for the Long Beach campus. We know there is already one at the Hattiesburg campus, so we thought it would be great to establish one on the Long Beach campus, also. We have contacted Larry Lee to become informed on the steps we would need to take on the Long Beach campus to get the same outlook on the organic farm down here as the Hattiesburg campus. A great option would be to get one of the students, most likely in Hattiesburg, majoring in Agriculture to use the organic farm as an in-field experience. The student could help run the farm and manage it while other students worked it. We could create a club called “The Organic Farmers.” Students could join to be a part of this wonderful organization. The members of the club would help service the farm. The organic farm would be located on the Long Beach campus and would be open to the general public. Therefore, it would also be an advantage to our local communities. The money the organic farm made from the students, administration, and general public would help the farm pay for itself. One thing that should be addressed is the addition of Citrus trees, plum trees, pears trees, pomegranates and peaches to the master plan as the university plans to go green. Currently at Stanford University, the student body now has a healthy option in their cafeteria. They form the organically grown fruit harvested right on the grounds of the university. This program has been a huge success with staff, as well as, the student body of Stanford. Currently, we are under renovation and the gulf coast campus in addition to the master plan, we should buy fruit trees, instead of palms so we would save money. We could also make it accessable for everyone by having raised beds, block style planting, and bed planting can help all people total access to participate with wide row to give wheelchair access. The raised bed also makes it easy to reach all sides of the garden.Planting in a block style layout will increase yields five fold over traditional row garden and 15 times offer a typical kitchen garden according to Colorado States university web note. (Garden notes #713)
Fruits Should Be Incorporated in landscaping. One thing that should be address is the addition of Citrus tree, plum trees, pears tree, pomegranates and peaches in to the master plan as the University. Currently at Stanford University the student body now has healthy option in their cafeteria form the organically grown fruit harvested right on the grounds of the University. This program has been huge success with staff, as well as, student of Stanford. Currently we are under renovation at the gulf coast campus and in addition to the master plan, we should buy fruit trees instead of palm trees to save money. We would have to make sure that the farmer's market is assessible for everyone including the disabled. Raised beds would be very helpful for making it assessible for everyone. The raised bed also makes it easy to reach all sides of the garden.Planting in a block style layout will increase yields five fold over traditional row garden and 15 times offer a typical kitchen garden according to Colorado States university web note. (Garden notes #713)Growing seasonThe proximity to the Gulf Mexico will allow for 3 harvests a year from each raise bed. The addition of the fruit trees would add a fourth harvest.Cool season, warmseason, and late season would allow us to harvest: beets, beans,lettuce,broccoli,corn,parsnips,cabbage,cucumbers,peasleeks,tomatoes,spinach,onions,watermelon,Swiss chardleeks,squash,onions,peas,peppers, and radishes. According to Mrs. Pat, the head grounds keeper at the university has plenty of area on the gulf coast campus. Final placement would be left up to Dr. Taylor. In my opinion next to pavilion would be a great place to start the farmer's market. Therefore, we could double the size of the farmer's market by having a larger area to work with. We could use containers to start with and then create more by adding to existing locations around doorway a path were some containers currently located.Community BenefitsOne thing all off us in the state of Mississippi should be worried about is our health, the addition of a farm market to the campus sheared with a community of Long Beach and Gulfport would be socially responsible. The public relations aspect could be very good for the university. Today more student are thinking green could be a very powerful recruiting tool in years to come. SustainabilityThe belief that with a little help in funding at the very beginning to get the bed ready and some seeds the market would actually turn a profit. Through work study and volunteers to get it going and growing. The next year this could pay to hire a full time manager, as well as, contribute to a scholarship fund.
Fruits Should Be Incorporated in landscaping. One thing that should be address is the addition of Citrus tree, plum trees, pears tree, pomegranates and peaches in to the master plan as the University. Currently at Stanford University the student body now has healthy option in their cafeteria form the organically grown fruit harvested right on the grounds of the University. This program has been huge success with staff, as well as, student of Stanford. Currently we are under renovation at the gulf coast campus and in addition to the master plan, we should buy fruit trees instead of palm trees to save money. We would have to make sure that the farmer's market is assessible for everyone including the disabled. Raised beds would be very helpful for making it assessible for everyone. The raised bed also makes it easy to reach all sides of the garden.Planting in a block style layout will increase yields five fold over traditional row garden and 15 times offer a typical kitchen garden according to Colorado States university web note. (Garden notes #713)Growing seasonThe proximity to the Gulf Mexico will allow for 3 harvests a year from each raise bed. The addition of the fruit trees would add a fourth harvest.Cool season, warmseason, and late season would allow us to harvest: beets, beans,lettuce,broccoli,corn,parsnips,cabbage,cucumbers,peasleeks,tomatoes,spinach,onions,watermelon,Swiss chardleeks,squash,onions,peas,peppers, and radishes. According to Mrs. Pat, the head grounds keeper at the university has plenty of area on the gulf coast campus. Final placement would be left up to Dr. Taylor. In my opinion next to pavilion would be a great place to start the farmer's market. Therefore, we could double the size of the farmer's market by having a larger area to work with. We could use containers to start with and then create more by adding to existing locations around doorway a path were some containers currently located.Community BenefitsOne thing all off us in the state of Mississippi should be worried about is our health, the addition of a farm market to the campus sheared with a community of Long Beach and Gulfport would be socially responsible. The public relations aspect could be very good for the university. Today more student are thinking green could be a very powerful recruiting tool in years to come. SustainabilityThe belief that with a little help in funding at the very beginning to get the bed ready and some seeds the market would actually turn a profit. Through work study and volunteers to get it going and growing. The next year this could pay to hire a full time manager, as well as, contribute to a scholarship fund.
Monday, March 9, 2009
"One day, I want to become a Princess."
“One day, I want to become a Princess”
Once upon a time, there was this young girl named Gabrielle. She lived in a small town with her parents in an old home. Gabrielle’s family was not wealthy at all. She always had to settle for less. Every day after school Gabrielle’s parents made her clean the house from top to bottom. She could never go out and play with her friends because she was always cleaning her house. Every day as she would clean, she would dream about one day being a princess. Gabrielle would see herself having nice things, being pretty, wearing nice clothes, and being able to do what she wanted to do besides cleaning house. One day, three little birds came to the window sill and said, “Gabrielle, we know cleaning everyday is frustrating, but you should keep going to school so you can be a princess one day!” Gabrielle would just keep cleaning as they would tell her their advice. She would say, “Yes, I plan to stay in school and go to college.” Maybe one day my dream will come true, and I can become a princess.”
As time passed, Gabrielle was approaching graduation from high school. She had hoped to get a scholarship because she knew her parents could not afford to send her to college. Gabrielle had always been really creative in making clothes since she was never wealthy enough to go to the store to buy what she wanted. A month before graduation, Gabrielle received a letter in the mail stating she received a scholarship to go to a clothing design college. She was so excited! She could not wait! Gabrielle graduated from high school and could not wait to be on her own at college.
Four years later, Gabrielle could not believe her eyes! She was approaching graduation from college! She enjoyed college and learning more about designing clothes. She could not wait to get out in the work force to start putting her ideas into new designs. Gabrielle had hoped to find her Prince Charming while attending college, but she did not have any luck finding him. She was not too worried. She knew she would be busy with designing clothes and trying to become a princess.
After college, Gabrielle moved to a big city to work as a clothing designer. While working at a fashion show, she encountered a very nice guy. His name was Brad. Brad was tall with bright blue eyes. He was gorgeous! Gabrielle could not keep her eyes off of him. She thought, “When I was a young girl, all I dreamed about was becoming a princess, now all I dream about is him being my Prince Charming!” Gabrielle and Brad soon became a couple. After years of dating, Gabrielle and Brad decided to get married. They had a beautiful small wedding. They bought a big and beautiful home to start their new life together.
One morning, two years later, Gabrielle was very sick. She had never been this sick before in her life. Brad was very worried about her, so he made her a doctor’s appointment. Gabrielle went to the doctor, and she found out she was pregnant! She was very shocked but excited! She had always wanted children, but she did not plan on having children yet. She and Brad were at the peak of their careers and did not have time for children. Well, later on that day when Brad came home from work, she told him the news! Like her, he was shocked and excited. They immediately started planning.
Ten months later, Gabrielle, Brad, and their newest addition to the family, Sarah, were sitting outside on the porch with their dog, Max. As they were swinging, they were taken back at how far they had come together. Gabrielle thought to herself, “Wow, with everything I have been through in life, I had never thought I would be sitting here with my Prince Charming having accomplished all I have ever wanted in life.” With a smile, she gazed into her Prince Charming’s beautiful blue eyes and said to herself, “I really did become a Princess after all, and if I had never gone to college, it might not have ever happened.”
Once upon a time, there was this young girl named Gabrielle. She lived in a small town with her parents in an old home. Gabrielle’s family was not wealthy at all. She always had to settle for less. Every day after school Gabrielle’s parents made her clean the house from top to bottom. She could never go out and play with her friends because she was always cleaning her house. Every day as she would clean, she would dream about one day being a princess. Gabrielle would see herself having nice things, being pretty, wearing nice clothes, and being able to do what she wanted to do besides cleaning house. One day, three little birds came to the window sill and said, “Gabrielle, we know cleaning everyday is frustrating, but you should keep going to school so you can be a princess one day!” Gabrielle would just keep cleaning as they would tell her their advice. She would say, “Yes, I plan to stay in school and go to college.” Maybe one day my dream will come true, and I can become a princess.”
As time passed, Gabrielle was approaching graduation from high school. She had hoped to get a scholarship because she knew her parents could not afford to send her to college. Gabrielle had always been really creative in making clothes since she was never wealthy enough to go to the store to buy what she wanted. A month before graduation, Gabrielle received a letter in the mail stating she received a scholarship to go to a clothing design college. She was so excited! She could not wait! Gabrielle graduated from high school and could not wait to be on her own at college.
Four years later, Gabrielle could not believe her eyes! She was approaching graduation from college! She enjoyed college and learning more about designing clothes. She could not wait to get out in the work force to start putting her ideas into new designs. Gabrielle had hoped to find her Prince Charming while attending college, but she did not have any luck finding him. She was not too worried. She knew she would be busy with designing clothes and trying to become a princess.
After college, Gabrielle moved to a big city to work as a clothing designer. While working at a fashion show, she encountered a very nice guy. His name was Brad. Brad was tall with bright blue eyes. He was gorgeous! Gabrielle could not keep her eyes off of him. She thought, “When I was a young girl, all I dreamed about was becoming a princess, now all I dream about is him being my Prince Charming!” Gabrielle and Brad soon became a couple. After years of dating, Gabrielle and Brad decided to get married. They had a beautiful small wedding. They bought a big and beautiful home to start their new life together.
One morning, two years later, Gabrielle was very sick. She had never been this sick before in her life. Brad was very worried about her, so he made her a doctor’s appointment. Gabrielle went to the doctor, and she found out she was pregnant! She was very shocked but excited! She had always wanted children, but she did not plan on having children yet. She and Brad were at the peak of their careers and did not have time for children. Well, later on that day when Brad came home from work, she told him the news! Like her, he was shocked and excited. They immediately started planning.
Ten months later, Gabrielle, Brad, and their newest addition to the family, Sarah, were sitting outside on the porch with their dog, Max. As they were swinging, they were taken back at how far they had come together. Gabrielle thought to herself, “Wow, with everything I have been through in life, I had never thought I would be sitting here with my Prince Charming having accomplished all I have ever wanted in life.” With a smile, she gazed into her Prince Charming’s beautiful blue eyes and said to herself, “I really did become a Princess after all, and if I had never gone to college, it might not have ever happened.”
THE END!
Monday, March 2, 2009
Cramberry
Cramberry is a very unique website. I have never seen a website like Cramberry. I think it will be very useful in a classroom. As a teacher, I could have the students create flashcards by typing their vocabulary words and the definitions of the vocabulary words. Then, I could set time aside each day for the students to study their vocabulary flashcards. I would grade the students on grammar, spelling, and participation. Cramberry can be used for several different assignments just like this one for many different subjects. I will definitely use Cramberry in my classroom!
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