Tuesday, April 28, 2009

New York Times

Select an article from New York Times and it read it . The login and password are on the white board.

You are required to do the following:

  1. Create a presentation about the article
  2. Do your research. Rely less on Google search and use the NY Times and Google News Search; NYTimes Education News
  3. Use the web tools you learned this school year.
  4. The application you will be using is Voicethread VoiceThread FAQ VoiceThread Tutorial
  5. YouTube -Voicethread

  6. First Review other VoiceThread examples
  7. It most be posted on your blog with a title

Examples

True Cost of Chevron

Antonia Juhasz on “The True Cost of Chevron: An Alternative Annual Report.”

Antonia Juhasz, lead author and editor of the True Cost of Chevron report. She’s also the author of Tyranny of Oil: The World’s Most Powerful Industry and What We Must Do to Stop It.

Audio/Video


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Friday, April 24, 2009

Teenage Questionnaire

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The History of Jim Crow

The History of Jim Crow

Click History; image gallery;simulations
Click on Topic; Simulation

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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Thursday, April 2, 2009

The Entreprexplorer's Journal: ComunityWalk is live in beta! sort of...

The Entreprexplorer's Journal: ComunityWalk is live in beta! sort of...
Link Directly to Markers on Your Map
CommunityWalk with Audio
CommunityWalk Audio Tutorial
Odeo
BloggerHelp
Odeo Help

You can get the code for your own map by clicking "Edit Settings" from your "My Maps" page. Just click on the "Put This Community On Your Own Website" section. You can also use the instructions under "Show Customization Instructions" to customize the way it looks and acts.

With such "mashups"--hybrid software that combines content from more than one source--digital maps are quickly becoming a centralized tool for countless uses ranging from local shopping and traffic reports to online dating and community organizing, all in real time and right down to specific addresses.


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