Photo Share: Cairens First Hair Cut

I choose to review Picture Trail with is a new emerging technology. Picture Trail is a fun and interesting way to manage your photos. You can choose backgrounds, animation and a lot more. Its very very easy to use. This was my first time. I normally use Target.com to uplaod and manage my photos but this is a lot more exciting. I just simply chose some cute photos of my new getting his first hair cut, uploaded them and them proceeded to select my back ground and animation. In the top right corner you will see a tab for Bling. Here tou can add your animation, borders, backgrounds and more. When I finished designing my pictures, I choose how I wanted to share them. They have lots of options to choose from like facebook, myspace blogger or you can even just cut and paste the link. Overall, this was a fun new technology and I would reccommend sharing it with others. There isn't even a fee. I also liked that you could even make prints of your photos.

RSS Feed

Once again this was my first time trying RSS Feed. It was very simple to use but many of my favorite sites did not have RSS Feed capability. All of the sites I chose I did so because I had an interest in them. I will definitely keep and read them all. So far the information that they are giving is beneficial and makes me want to read more. I have now made google my home page so that I can have access to these sites at all times. The only other site I am looking to add is something related to the news. I am enjoying all the new (to me) technology.

Delicious Link

This was fun and new to me. I enjoyed searching the web and looking for these different sources. I found a lot of things that interested me and would be helpful in the future. I am sure I will use this to keep all my resources in one place. I even through in a few places I like to visit on a regular.

http://delicious.com/asnthomas

My Podcasting Experience

The technology that I am exploring is Podcasting through Podomatic.com. Podcasting is an opportunity to share your opinions, talents and so much more with others through the Internet. I do not have any experience with podcasting, so I found it to be very difficult to use. After hours of trying it finally started to make some since. I struggled the most with trying to use Audacity. There was a lot to learn. I then struggled with uploading it to Podomatic.com because it was not in the right format. I actually found uploading my podcast to my Blog fairly easy. I maybe able to use this in the future in other classes. I could also use a podcast as a way to communicate with the parents of my children. I can keep them updated with whats going on in the classroom. One important tip I have is don't wait till the last minute. It took me a lot longer then I thought. Also be very patient. You will make a lot of mistakes before you get it right.

How to to find a background template like mine

Hey again, I was searching through other blogs when I found a website that allows you to upload free backgrounds. thecutestblogontheblock.com. Once you get to their website click on the second box on the left. It says "Its all Free." Click on FREE Backgrounds. Then click on Blog Spot Backgrounds. This will take you to lots of FREE backgrounds that you can choose from. Select the background you want and scroll down. Right under the background you selected are instructions on how to upload the background to your blog. They are very easy to follow and worked for me.