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Chapter 14 Homework

July 22nd, 2008

Blogs, Wikis, and RSS have some things in common and some differences.

All are Web 2.0 tools
Blogs and Wikis deal with creation of content
RSS is a tool used to alert one to new content

Blogs and Wikis allow for creation and posting of content. Blogs revolve more around one person putting out information, and receiving feedback [...]

Interesting Links For Social Sciences

July 21st, 2008

Zamzar.com: To convert files from multiple types to formats that can be read by software you may have.
Teachersfirst.com: Plenty of resources. Search by Subject and Level. Matrices.
MapSkip.com: Persons post pictures and stories of locations from around the world. You are encouraged to contribute if you know the place posted, or make your [...]

The Morning Session

July 21st, 2008

We covered the first 11 of the 33 questions about the “facts” of technology. I have to remember that we start with bits, move to bytes, then we go in multiples of 1000.
A Kilobyte is 1000 bytes, which by rule of thumb is one double spaced typewritten page.
A Megabyte is 1,000,000 bytes, by [...]

This is an example of linking video

July 21st, 2008

This You Tube video shows the relative positions of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, using Google Earth.

Hello Summer Core

July 21st, 2008

Welcome to Stephen Shoe’s Summer Core ‘blog for completing the requisite homework activities.
This picture of a Basset Hound, looks like my boy Pokey!
Picture from: http://www.basset-hounds-basset-hounds.com/basset-hound-rescue.htm
This Yellow Lab looks like my boy Barney!
Picture from: http://www.justdogbreeds.com/labrador-retriever.html