Tool # 3

I visited the Hill Country several times this summer. It's my absolute favorite place to be. I found this  picture on  the Flickr Creative Common site. I wish I could say I took this pic, but I didn't.

Whew! This tool took a while to complete. It took a while to find videos and pics that I wanted to use. During my search, I learned how to navigate Kid's Tube, School Tube, Teacher Tube, and Flickr. I have never used these sites before, but plan to in the future. It was also enlightening to learn which sites my students and I can use pics from without abusing copywrite laws. It took quite a while for me to figure out how to embed videos. It's actually simple once you learn how to do it. I like the American Symbol Video but I'm unhappy about where I placed it. It does not fit and part of the video is cut off and not completely visible. These are one of the things I plan to tweak. Hopefully I will have fixed this issue by the time most of you view it.

Tool #2- Building Community in the Online Environment

I was thoroughly impressed as I perused my fellow Housmanites' sites. I especially especially enjoyed viewing the  Animotos and look forward to creating my own . I look forward to using Google Reader as well.  Even though I have been nervous and apprehensive about the 11 Tools, I'm trudging on! I completed Tool #1 and started Tools 2 and 3 in June, but now at the end of July I'm back determined to complete all 11 tools in 16 days!

First Post

Phew! I'm finally creating my blog! I've been pondering for weeks about what to write on my first blog post. I didn't know whether I should write about myself or just focus on subject matter regarding the tools. I'm looking forward to making my voki and learning about the other tools! Hopefully I will learn to make my blog page look more visually appealing and less bland. I'm a tad technically challenged, so I hope to be successful in completing these 11 Tools. Fasten your seatbelts Housmanites...it's going to be a bumpy ride! LOL