Image Generators

So this is the image I made up of my girls driving in a battery operated kids' Jeep! Thought it was hysterical that it was on a Consumer Reports magazine, but that's probably because I saw how poorly my daughter drove it! I think right after this picture was taken, she backed up into a bush and my little one ended up with a scratch on her eye. Watch out world!




This one is from Image Chef:

ImageChef.com Poetry Blender


As far as the Web 2.0 award winners that I might use with my class, I would love to use one of the music stations, like Pandora. Music can be a great reward and/or tool in the classroom with students with autism (and anyone, really). To make a playlist with the types of songs they like would be great! Not to mention, that it could be a great stress release for me during my preps!! :) I also think it's safe to say that I'll be using my wikispaces to keep in touch with parents and organize class parties, field trip chaperons, etc. The Google Maps would be great to introduce the US to my kids. Even if it's just an awareness lesson, especially on the SmartBoard! Maybe even Google Earth and show them their house....I bet they'd get a kick out of that! There were some great sites that I know would be way over my kids' heads, but great non-the less!!

I am dreading going to the Web 2.0 web, as I get overwhelmed easily with things like that! But, here goes...

...saw a lot of things linked with Twitter, which I totally don't get and I'm not sure I want to! Seems like everyone's so worried about being able to access the web and email from EVERYWHERE (is that what Twitter is??). There's something to be said about just going to the beach or to the mountains and not being in contact with anyone but the ones your with, or having to tell everyone on Facebook that you've just jumped in the ocean the second you get out.

If nothing else, that site it a great reference for a lot of different types of applications. I think I would be overwhelmed though.

Uploading pictures onto the Wiki

OK, so I totally thought we had to upload a picture from the Creative Commons section of Flikr. No matter what I tried...could not get it to upload through the external images tab. Believe me...I tried until I thought I was going to throw my computer out the window. But, I uploaded a personal picture and it worked out much better. Phew.

Thank you for the clarification, Barb...you saved us a lot of money! :)

spoiled dog

spoiled dog, originally uploaded by jbettinaw.

This is my attempt at Flickr. A bit confused and think I might need a lot of time playing around with this one. I looked at the mosaic picture of some pictures and was a little taken back by some of the pornographic photos within. My mouse accidentally went over one and it blew up to be a decent sized picture up on my monitor. I was a little glad that I do all the work for this class while my children are napping!