Tuesday, October 26

Today students will explore Google Products.  Students will have two class periods to explore a Google Tool - which they will present to the class on Monday, November 1.  Explore the tool - conduct a Google search to find information about the tool, etc.

Assignment:
Create a blog post:

• describing tool - features
• link to download tool
• pictures

Presentation
In detail walk classmates through your tool.  Going over in great detail your tool's features and abilities.  What is the purpose of this tool.  How do you use the tool? Do you have to download it?

Your presentation must be organized!  Must have a plan for going over the tool - outline - which you will turn in.  Demonstrate tool.  Show how to download the tool, etc.

Alerts - Desiree
Checkout - Jacob
Google Chrome - Bradley
Desktop - Desiree
Directory - Draven
Earth - Draven
Finance - Emilie
Google Heath - Emilie
Juanita - Quick Flip
Jacob - Google Checkout
iGoogle - Blaine
Images - Misha
Calendar - Kayla and Nichole
Docs - Liz and Mrs. James
Groups - Jacob
Knol - Laura
Orkut - Adrianna
Picasa - Dacia - Kayla - Nichole
Reader Misha
iGoogle - Blaine
Sites - Blaine
SketchUp - Dawn
Realtime Kayla
Google Notifier - Derek
Google Quick Search - Derek
Scholar - Adrianna
Toolbar - Derek
Talk - Mrs. James
Voice - Laura

Wednesday, October 20

Today you will look at ways in which you can post to you student blog other than posting from your blogger account!

Students will identify internet tools in which they can utilize to create blog posts from, other than logging onto their blogger account.  They will also compare and contrast each tool.

• Blog post from cell phone Click Here for directions
• Utilize BlogThis Link 
• iGoogle - add blogger gadget to iGoogle
• Email
• Go to your student blog
• Click Design
• Click on the Settings tab
• Click the Email tab
• In the Mail-To-Blogger Address - key in your email address
• Go to your email account
• Note - the email subject will become the title of the post, and the email message will become the body of the post.
• Attach a photo to your email and it will be posted to your blog message.

• Jott from a Cell Phone
• Go to www.jott.com 
• Follow the instructions to create an account and add a Blogger link
• How do I post via Jott?
• Call the provided number from your cell phone. 
• When ask what you want to blog, say "Blogger."
• Speak your message (Limit - 15 seconds)
• Wait to hear, "Got It"
• Hang up
• Within a few minutes, your message should be posted to your blog. 

ASSIGNMENT  - DUE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21

• Create a blog post from your cell phone.
• Create a blog post USING BlogThis! link
• Create a blog post from your email account. 
• Create a post over FireFox Personas - tool evaluation - description
• Create a post over bibme - tool evaluation - description 
• Create a post over BlogThis! - tool evaluation - description

Monday, October 18

Today we will explore the following tools/websites:

• BibMe
• FireFox Personas
• Google Gadgets for Webpage Click here for directory 

Revisit Google - Tips and Tricks (per Tammy Worcester)

• Google Search Tips
• Calculator - type a calculation (2 + 5 * 2 - 1/2) and press Enter
• Conversion Tool
• Be sure to use the word "in"
• 1 mile in feet
• 1 cup in tablespoons
• 100 dollars in euros
• 180 c in f

• Dictionary
• Define:  folksomanies

• Weather
• Weather in Cancun, MX

Google Search Options - News, Images, WonderWheel, Timeline, etc.

Wednesday, October 13

CHECK TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ALL ASSIGNED ASSIGNMENTS COMPLETE - I will give you 20 minutes to do the following:

Make sure you have the following completed - remember on your posts to be specific and to add pictures:

• Create a post about your iGoogle homepage.  Take a screen shot of your iGoogle page and discuss the different gadgets that were available for you to add, as well as discuss the gadgets that you did add.

•  Create a post - over Blogger gadgets

• What gadgets did you add to your blog - what gadgets did you explore, etc.  Give examples of gadgets someone could add to their blog.  Be specific - thorough.

• Check PowerSchool for missing assignments - any zeros -  must turn in a handwritten statement telling me that you have them completed.  This sheet can be turned into the top tray.  If you do not complete the sheet and let me know that you have assignments complete - I will not know to go and check for them specifically - otherwise they stay a zero.  ALL MISSING WORK IS DUE THIS THURSDAY! 

Monday, October 11

Please open your iGoogle page and wait for Mrs. James to explore the following Google products.

Today students will explore the following Google's products:

• Books
• Maps
• News
• Product Search
• Web Search
• Translate

 ASSIGNMENT - DUE WEDNESDAY, October 13

Create a post about your iGoogle homepage.  Take a screen shot and discuss the different gadgets that were available for you to add, as well as discuss the gadgets that you did add.

October 7 - Thursday

Students customized their Google homepage, by clicking iGoogle and changing the theme and adding gadgets.  Students were given class time to explore the gadgets and add them to their iGoogle page.

FRIDAY, Oct. 8

TOPIC:  GOOGLE

ARE YOU A GOOGLER? 
  
Today you will:

• Change background image on Google Search
• Discuss the ways in which you currently utilize Google
• Search
• Images
• Etc. 
• Identify the tools that Google offers
• Create an iGoogle home page

With Google you can - Search, Explore, Communicate, show and share! 

October 7 - Thursday

Today's Topic - Google Tools

Assignment - Due Friday, October 8

Create a post - over blogger gadgets - (we explored them on Wednesday)

What gadgets did you add to your blog - what gadgets did you explore, etc.  Give examples of gadgets someone could add to their blog.

Tuesday, Oct. 5

Topics:  Stats and Blogger Gadgets

Today you will:

• Explore the Histats.com website
• Identify features of Histats.com
• Explain the purpose of adding a counter/stats to your blog 
• Add a visitor counter to your blog

ASSIGNMENT 1 - Stats - Histats.com

Please go to our class blog and wait for Mrs. James.

• Create an account on Histats.com
• Add a counter to your blog from this website

ASSIGNMENT 2 (DUE FRIDAY)

• Create a post about this website - and its usefulness - what does it tell you (also discuss the counter from blogger that you added)

• Histats.com