tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77865676611939092342024-02-18T18:18:08.318-08:00Julia's PLNJuliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00069745054634935776noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786567661193909234.post-50751862662698804702011-05-24T10:44:00.000-07:002011-05-24T10:44:58.861-07:00My Last PLNThis is my last day in PLN, I will be graduating this Sunday. I am so excited to move on and start a new chapter of my life!<br />
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I have learned so much from this class. I have made so many connections in this class, it was a great learning experience. We learned about so many helpful tools and web sites. We have made a ton of projects, and we have met with some inspirational people. Of course none of this would be possible without our great teacher, Mrs. Miller. She is the best, she is the one that started this class. She is the one that told us to go for it and to do what we were passionate about. That is what I loved about this class. It is unlike a normal high school class, we focus all about what we want to learn about. I will miss this class, but I wish it and Mrs. Miller the best. I will keep in touch this summer with my PLN, thank you for everything!Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00069745054634935776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786567661193909234.post-6098369296571613702011-04-19T12:30:00.000-07:002011-04-19T12:30:07.704-07:00Nikki Sixx's: This Is Gonna HurtOn April 12th it was<a href="http://www.dropeverythingandread.com/"> National Drop Everything And Read Day (D.E.A.R. Day).</a> This day is suppose to encourage kids to sit down and read for at least 30 minutes. Students should be reading at least 30 minutes a day anyway. With all the new technology and TV shows there are more and more distractions and we aren't reading as much anymore. Everyone should be reading for at least 30 minutes, whether it be a book, a magazine, or the newspaper.<br />
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I wanted to participate in this day! I went to go get new books for our Van Meter library. I got Katie Couric's new book. <u>The Best Advice I Have Ever Gotten.</u> I also was really excited to go because Nikki Sixx's new book <u>This Is Gonna Hurt</u> came out! I love books written by Nikki Sixx, and this one is great. I would recommend this book to just about anyone!<br />
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Nikki Sixx is currently on a book tour, visiting about 10 Barnes & Nobles and other local bookstores. I have read all of his books. His last book <u>The Herion Diaries</u>, was all about his addictions he had as a kid and young and adult. He talks about how he lived with a demon inside of his head, and how he died and came back to life. I have also read the book that is about their band, Motley Crue. <u>The Dirt</u>, this book was so interesting, it wasn't written by Nikki Sixx but it was still a great read!<br />
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Motley Crue is one of my favorite bands, Nikki Sixx is one of my favorite authors and for sure my favorite bassist. I think the way he writes is very appealing to everyone, it is interesting and the way he views the world now is inspiring. This book <u>This Is Gonna Hurt</u> is all about how beauty is not just skin deep. It is way deeper than just looks. Beauty is on the inside. A quote that I saw on the second documentary video for <u>This Is Gonna Hurt</u>, was said by James Michael (Sixx:AM's lead singer). Nikki asked him "What is beauty?" James responded with "someone who is confident about themselves, and someone who doesn't judge other people based on looks." I think that is so moving I think everyone should strive for that. It made me think about how I see myself, it made me think about how I see other people, and how I see myself.<br />
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I strongly believe everyone should read Nikki Sixx's new book, it will make them think about how they treat other people. It might look like a intimidating book, but once they open it and realize they shouldn't judge it by just looking at it I think they will enjoy it! I really want Nikki Sixx to come to Des Moines Barnes & Noble. Meeting Nikki has been a goal of mine for a long time. About 4 years ago I got hooked on Motley Crue. Nikki Sixx is the biggest asset to the band. Some people may say he is a drug addict, a sellout, and a freak. He might have had a drug addiction when he was younger, but he has moved past that. He sees his life so differently now. He is motivated, he is an accomplished musician, photographer, designer, and author. He has accomplished so much, this is just the begging a new chapter of his life.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click<a href="https://sites.google.com/a/vmbulldogs.com/rock-music/"> HERE</a> to view the rest of this website :)</div>Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00069745054634935776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786567661193909234.post-50863861973072672832011-01-22T12:36:00.000-08:002011-01-22T12:36:42.537-08:00This essay is for my FCCLA (Family, Career, Community, Leaders of America) StarEvent. The article talks about how people need to be more active in the community, by giving back to the homeless, and volunteering.<br />
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I uploaded this essay onto<a href="http://www.issuu.com/"> issuu</a>. This website allows you to upload any PDF, word document, or magazine articles. It is a really neat website!<br />
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Try it out <a href="http://www.xtranormal.com/">here</a>.Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00069745054634935776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786567661193909234.post-88770922622378637302011-01-13T12:56:00.000-08:002011-01-13T12:56:59.898-08:00Voki<script language="JavaScript" src="http://vhss-d.oddcast.com/voki_embed_functions.php" type="text/javascript">
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My Voki continued.... I think this class has changed the way I think about education I really like how Van Meter s changing the way we learn. I think social networking is a great way to learn, learning with other people is such a great experience. I hope more people take PLN next year. I think this class has prepared me the best for college, and my life after college.<br />
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Hope you enjoyed my Voki! I created this Voki for my PLN web 2.0 class for our semester test.Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00069745054634935776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786567661193909234.post-36242731982558253422010-12-23T20:23:00.000-08:002010-12-23T20:23:06.991-08:00Dreams to Life<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe class="youtube-player" frameborder="0" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/eMgTbUrPh-M" title="YouTube video player" type="text/html" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.dreamstolifeiowa.com/">Dreams to Life,</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is a start up project Van Meter's National Honor Society is working on. We wanted to do a service project and we knew we wanted to help our King Dreamers.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.desmoinesdreams.org/ml-king-project/">The King Dreamers</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>are fifth graders form King Elementary in Des Moines. Van Meter's NHS members mentor The King Dreamers, we have been mentoring them since last year.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">The King Dreamers is a group of kids that are in the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.ihaveadreamfoundation.org/html/">I Have A Dream Foundation</a>. The foundation is a program that these kids were selected to be in. The foundation will pay for each students college education if they stay in the program until they graduate.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">The King Dreamers is such a great group of kids. Kids that might have some difficult things going on in their homes. We think it is great being able to mentor them, they look forward to our visits. Just recently they came to our school for a visit. They loved it, they took a tour of our school, and they played with our laptops. It is so powerful seeing them wanting to learn about what we do at our school, being a one to one school district. We have so many great tools that help us learn. The kids were Skyping each other in different corners of the room, we had some kids on youtube showing off some of their dance moves. Kids in the Mac lab talking on a prison chat, talking to her father. This is when we knew, we knew from seeing those kids faces' light up, when they were on our laptops, that we wanted them to be able to have that same opportunity we have.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">This is when Mrs. Miller contacted Danny Heggen from<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.genv.net/">Youth Ventur</a>e. He came to our school, he helped us brainstorm ideas to raise money for the dreamers. We came up with we wanted to have a silent auction event. Our goal is to raise 6,000 dollars to get The Dreamers 2 Mac desktops, 4 Flip Cameras, 2 still cameras, and an itouch. By raising this money and by giving them this technology we are helping by giving them new tools to better expand and showcase their knowledge. We also hope to advance their exposure to technology. The future is changing and even today people younger and younger are being exposed to technology. We hope to do the same with our group of kids.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/DanDanHubbard">Dani Hubbard</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and I worked on filling out paper work and figuring out details for our project for multiple hours. We wanted to get the word out about what our project was and to get other people excited about what we are doing. The NHS team wanted to have a holiday party to announce our project with community members and The King Dreamers. Dani, Andrew Flaherty, and I presented a slide show explaining what the NHS team wants to do for The Dreamers. They were so excited. We had multiple meetings where we presented our campaign to School Board members, for the Youth Venture board members, and for our staff at our school. Everyone is just as excited as we are for our project.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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We want to make more of episodes. We will be uploading them to youtube, and be embedding them into our news site. <a href="http://vanmeternews.wordpress.com/the-low-down/">Van Meter News</a>, is our creative writing website. We plan to make more videos soon! Comment to let me know what you think! :)<br />
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I didn't know what project would be fun for the whole class, and I didn't know what the class would want to do. </center><center style="text-align: left;"><br /></center><center style="text-align: left;">I had recently saw <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/thenerdyteacher">The Nerdy Teacher</a> (Nick Provenzano) on Twitter mention something about his PLN. <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/ktenkely">Ktenkely</a> and him put together a magazine every month using this web tool. This web tool being OpenZine. I did a little research, and I liked it. It is a cool new website that allows you to make your own magazines. </center><center style="text-align: left;"><br /></center><center style="text-align: left;">I created a rubric with Mrs. Miller on a Google Doc. And the next day we shared that Doc with the class. The students had some trouble with this site however. I noticed that saving was an issue. This is a very new site, and they seem to be working out the glitches. I contacted <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/thenerdyteacher">The Nerdy Tacher</a> through <a href="http://www.twitter.com">Twitter</a>. We later Skyped that day during class. He too noticed some glitches in the site. He was a great help to the rest of the class however. He taught us some tricks to get by until the glitches get fixed. </center><center style="text-align: left;"><br /></center><center style="text-align: left;">We finished this project and shared them with the class. My magazine is called Jules News. When I created the project I originally thought it was strictly going to be a news magazine. That is what is in my first magazine. I talked about current events that interested me. Next time I am going to create a Zine about who I am. I feel like that will better express who I am, and be a better quality of magazine. </center><center style="text-align: left;">But until that issue I hope you enjoy this issue! :) </center><center style="text-align: left;"><br /></center><center><br /></center><center><a href="http://www.openzine.com/aspx/Zine.aspx?IssueID=15423" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.openzine.com/Images/IssueImages/CoverImage/img_12920102204025372500.jpg" border="0" /><br />Jules News - Jules News<br /><img src="http://www.openzine.com/images/siteimages/VMag.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.openzine.com/" target="_blank">Create Your OpenZine</a></center>Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00069745054634935776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786567661193909234.post-37767316349884116512010-12-13T19:05:00.000-08:002010-12-13T19:18:09.332-08:00Van Meter Vs. Philly Project<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Ykk9T58cNgLLQjaTz53b1sjDRxN33Q_IkRPj-GjyrClsvSCtH1FFedGWoNJeFLr68HDT4vp9u4Lhh8toM39IraW9EwwIsWnfAvUgwYuhdZ53RBJkBJBjQYXd3YXqSGCwnMCLgR2Wys4/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-12-13+at+9.12.51+PM.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Ykk9T58cNgLLQjaTz53b1sjDRxN33Q_IkRPj-GjyrClsvSCtH1FFedGWoNJeFLr68HDT4vp9u4Lhh8toM39IraW9EwwIsWnfAvUgwYuhdZ53RBJkBJBjQYXd3YXqSGCwnMCLgR2Wys4/s320/Screen+shot+2010-12-13+at+9.12.51+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550370926958955986" /></a>Our last project was a collabrative project with our PLN class in Philly. My partner was <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/kwall6363">Nick Kowalsk</a>i. We Skyped and decided to make a google doc, we jotted down some of our ideas. We ended up choosing to use a <a href="http://voicethread.com/">Voice Thread</a>, and our topic was to compare where we both come from. It was called Van Meter Vs. Philly. We made a list of ten things we both had to take pictures of. We wanted to get the full affect of each city. We took pictures of what our houses look like, what our town looks like, or school, and what we do other than just school. Once we had all of our pictures we uploaded them onto one Voice Thread account, added some text and then we were done. <div>It was pretty interesting to see how different our communities are, and how we both have some similarities. It made me want to go and visit Philly. The Voice Thread worked great for this project, it was so easy to upload the pictures using only one account. You can see our project <a href="http://voicethread.com/?#u1449422.b1533445.i8084015">here.</a> I hope you like it. :) </div>Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00069745054634935776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786567661193909234.post-33957707731078107882010-11-15T12:25:00.000-08:002010-11-15T18:00:11.179-08:00Pixton<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgQd3OfRsKFx-NnK6QZIj90-yQXZNm2ubHvylNJYmHSlWqf4PkBG_2JDCJe0dqVNfgf5jiuycYgb8VGJsKIGoK8AlD3n-lFHj2iU5R4_Sq6dew50kh4ylxEsVMdEsT0RA1QBcKH-JfpM/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-11-15+at+2.29.15+PM.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgQd3OfRsKFx-NnK6QZIj90-yQXZNm2ubHvylNJYmHSlWqf4PkBG_2JDCJe0dqVNfgf5jiuycYgb8VGJsKIGoK8AlD3n-lFHj2iU5R4_Sq6dew50kh4ylxEsVMdEsT0RA1QBcKH-JfpM/s320/Screen+shot+2010-11-15+at+2.29.15+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539876406149326178" /></a><div><a href="http://www.pixton.com/">Pixton </a>is a pretty neat website. It is a website that allows you to make your own comic. This site is so easy and one thing it doesn't have is a ton of buttons. This makes it so easy to personalize your comic. </div><div><br /></div><div>We recently Skyped with the creator of Pixton. He talked us about when he and his wife were creating Pixton and how they wanted to make it very user friendly. I think they have done a great job. It takes a little to get use too, but once you play around with it, it is a breeze. </div><div><br /></div><div>This project we were asked to create a comic were we put ourselves in the comic. I made mine of a scene that could take place at our house. To make your own comic you can create one for free, or your school can create an account for a small fee. It was super fun and I think this tool would be very useful and helpful for visual learners in school. </div><div><br /></div>Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00069745054634935776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786567661193909234.post-26767155884441984242010-11-04T12:12:00.000-07:002010-11-04T12:37:29.746-07:00Technology & Education<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5WV4Ks5Esd-hIYIZtGsSw9z6lPMctITomXf27t3c9GEA60vVkcNE3-F6lYKmuiRiiKM-ESxGq8O9zIIZER5zC8TmSy_aplXjmgLtYYFsbOcEDvx-MWdemSPOFk2-GyNjaSCDLTQPrgJ4/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-11-04+at+2.36.23+PM.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 184px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5WV4Ks5Esd-hIYIZtGsSw9z6lPMctITomXf27t3c9GEA60vVkcNE3-F6lYKmuiRiiKM-ESxGq8O9zIIZER5zC8TmSy_aplXjmgLtYYFsbOcEDvx-MWdemSPOFk2-GyNjaSCDLTQPrgJ4/s320/Screen+shot+2010-11-04+at+2.36.23+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535780911167010466" /></a><div><br /></div>Technology is becoming apart of education. In this day and age we are no longer using just text books, and teachers. We need more resources. My school, Van Meter High School, has recently become a 1:1 school. We all have a mac books to keep for four years. We have learned so much more with all the resources we have now. <div><br /></div><div>In this class my PLN class, we were asked to create a presentation for ISTE using any web tool to talk about how technology is changing education. For my project my partner and I used <a href="http://prezi.com/">Prezi</a>, and we also used a flip camera to interview a teacher about what they think of the computers. Here is the link to my project. Check it out and let me know what you think.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://prezi.com/u3vkhf691qwa/technology-education/"> http://prezi.com/u3vkhf691qwa/technology-education/ </a></div>Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00069745054634935776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786567661193909234.post-68532877411211129992010-10-25T12:23:00.000-07:002010-10-25T18:14:38.723-07:00YouTellYou<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3GOXz83CF_eQacDnuIgYK7p4Pjj9fNXOCm2xMdoSI9bFV02469IabuTwSNdPgqiprU-hnpJeaXagtpBT6RlSZhMxDAvna5v_m73JojVWa9PK2C0JqCBclVrivCiMmGOMAl10PUlh-v4/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-10-25+at+7.59.17+PM.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3GOXz83CF_eQacDnuIgYK7p4Pjj9fNXOCm2xMdoSI9bFV02469IabuTwSNdPgqiprU-hnpJeaXagtpBT6RlSZhMxDAvna5v_m73JojVWa9PK2C0JqCBclVrivCiMmGOMAl10PUlh-v4/s320/Screen+shot+2010-10-25+at+7.59.17+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532156524203960242" /></a><a href="http://youtellyou.com/zine.php">YouTellYou</a> is a new web tool we learned about today. It is a social network where you can upload pictures to make it look like a magazine. We were supposed to make a story about a moment in our life that has changed who we are. I made mine on when we got our new house. <div><br /></div><div>My family moved my 8th grade year to Van Meter. We found this really small log cabin, right off of f-90 past Van Meter. We really liked the location, and the view. My parents knew that it wasn't going to be big enough. So we decided to re-model, and make it bigger. <div>We ended up making it two times bigger. We added two more garages, a third story, and we added on to the side. It took about a year to re-model. It was so worth it, we love our home now. </div><div><br /></div><div>When the house was finished we were given the option to move schools. Our parents wanted it to be our decision, so we visited Van Meter. We loved it, my brother Evan and I knew that we wanted to go to a small school. Valley was getting to big and we thought we would get more opportunities at a smaller school.</div><div><br /></div><div>Our parents supported our decision, and we still think to this day that we have made the right decision. If we didn't move in the first place I don't think I would have ever made it to Van Meter Schools. I have learned so much here, and I am glad we moved to Van Meter. </div></div><div><br /></div><div>I hope you like my project. If you have any questions about how to use YouTellYou feel free to ask. :) </div><div><br /></div><div>Here is the link to my full project. <a href="http://youtellyou.com/story.php?id=1075">http://youtellyou.com/story.php?id=1075</a></div>Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00069745054634935776noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786567661193909234.post-43171966422236783792010-10-14T18:51:00.000-07:002010-10-28T12:14:59.398-07:00Dipity Project<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmFKMdjnaVB6sHXNxeQ941QmgXtKAGH_BPqdehCOzDxn3TseMJALvs7sJkTXWVBw_Vg4slrvwbkPMYU0CBaMgb3A064lQuAdo5ZsaE7YYOa3WXOJ6rmEwNYmqLYgg7RwcBRdeNzZCutFw/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-10-14+at+9.00.15+PM.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmFKMdjnaVB6sHXNxeQ941QmgXtKAGH_BPqdehCOzDxn3TseMJALvs7sJkTXWVBw_Vg4slrvwbkPMYU0CBaMgb3A064lQuAdo5ZsaE7YYOa3WXOJ6rmEwNYmqLYgg7RwcBRdeNzZCutFw/s320/Screen+shot+2010-10-14+at+9.00.15+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528086975694348450" /></a>We learned about a cool new website the other day in PLN. It is called <a href="http://www.dipity.com/">Dipity</a>. This website allows you to create your own timeline. You can use it for a school project like we did, or just do it for fun. This site also lets you have a profile, so you can create a whole library of timelines. You also can look at other peoples timelines they have created, and you can follow them. <div><br /></div><div>We tried Dipity out in PLN, we were asked to make a timeline about something we are passionate about. Something that dates back twenty years ago, I chose Motley Crüe. I am very passionate about music, one of my favorite bands is Motley Crüe. I have seen them in concert and they are great, I have also read their books. One of my life goals is to meet Motley Crüe, so I felt like they would be a great topic to do my Dipity project on. :) </div><div><br /></div><div>Here is a link to see my<a href="http://www.dipity.com/juliaalbaugh/Motley-Crue"> Dipity</a>. </div>Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00069745054634935776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786567661193909234.post-63658600464666447462010-10-14T07:49:00.000-07:002010-10-14T07:51:00.098-07:00The Social Network Field Trip<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">My PLN class just got out of the movie The Social Network. We talked about going to see this movie about the social network, Facebook, as a field trip. We thought as a PLN class we should go see a movie that is all about connecting with people, together.</p><p class="MsoNormal">We ended up going to On The Border. Mrs. Miller, Bri, Meghan, JD, Jordan, and I met up at 6:30 for dinner. Then it was off to the movie. All of us, with the exception of Mrs. Miller, went in there not knowing what to expect. Mrs. Miller saw it the week before and said it is really “wordy” but a good movie. I was excited to see it however. I was really curious to see how Facebook really got started.</p><p class="MsoNormal">I ended up loving it! It was so interesting how this little idea turned into a multi-billion dollar company. Mark Zucherberg is a genius I concluded. He coded the whole site on his own. I think the scandal is just because the Winklevoss’s were angry they weren’t the ones who thought of Facebook first. Zucherberg’s ability to talk people into helping him, and the way he talks to the lawyers made me really listen and pay attention. They all talked so fast and so educated. It makes me want to be like them and be more influential with my words as they were in the movie.</p><p class="MsoNormal">I think everyone who has Facebook should go see the The Social Network. It really puts Facebook into perspective for me. It might not be all legit facts, but I think there is some credible information to the movie. I think it is a great story of how it all started, and what Facebook is like to this day. With over 500,000 million users I think Mark Zucherberg deserves to be worth a billion dollars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00069745054634935776noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786567661193909234.post-42499345907521906732010-10-04T21:37:00.000-07:002010-10-04T21:49:19.532-07:00Google Reader<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP9oQKCuOUCBDJAvZmnlYu6BKhwsvTjg8s9N3njvqa0sm08sR79Mo1p9zXq5OG4ORREpUu0nvykdDoWVAAbUG4OIccmes_KQkVSeK8I6Sc3v6eVOEP4tb85eYQzE0mdfqbzhGLQ-v7VAg/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-10-04+at+11.42.29+PM.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 173px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP9oQKCuOUCBDJAvZmnlYu6BKhwsvTjg8s9N3njvqa0sm08sR79Mo1p9zXq5OG4ORREpUu0nvykdDoWVAAbUG4OIccmes_KQkVSeK8I6Sc3v6eVOEP4tb85eYQzE0mdfqbzhGLQ-v7VAg/s320/Screen+shot+2010-10-04+at+11.42.29+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524419338857196034" /></a><p class="MsoNormal">Here is a great tool we learned about in class on Friday. It is called Google Reader, if you have a Gmail account you have Google Reader. This tool is a way to organize all your blogs you are subscribed to. When you want to follow a blog, this is a way you use RSS feeds to follow the blog you’re interested in. Just click on the orange RSS feed button, and click the Google Reader icon. Or if the RSS button isn’t there you can copy the URL and add a new subscription. This makes it so much easier to keep track of all your blogs you’re following and when they get updated. I am currently following my entire PLN class.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">There is also a <a href="http://www.google.com/support/reader/?hl=en">chrome extension</a> for Google Reader you can install to your tool bar. It allows you to see the number of new posts that you haven’t read yet. This is a really helpful tool for this class, with all the blogs we are following. I think our entire PLN class should add this extension it will help them out a ton when it comes time to comment on other peoples blogs. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">If you need any help installing the chrome extension or need help with Google Reader just let me know. I would be happy to help.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Wingdings;"> :) </span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00069745054634935776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786567661193909234.post-80018569877636622352010-09-27T12:31:00.001-07:002010-09-27T14:34:52.944-07:00Animoto<div>This is a great website, you make short video slideshows of pictures you add and then you can add music, and text. It looks really cool once it is all made. The free version of Animoto is 30 seconds long. There are selected backgrounds you can choice from, and they also offer free music that you can use in your Animoto. My Animoto is all about me. There are pictures from this summer, I went to a lot of concerts this summer. I am really passionate about music, and meeting the bands. I also have some pictures of my family, and our family vacation in California. Check it out! :) </div>Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00069745054634935776noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786567661193909234.post-19393959450130064422010-09-27T12:08:00.000-07:002010-09-27T12:26:05.580-07:00My PLN JourneyWhat my PLN means to me...<div><br /><div>My PLN is my personal learning network. Networking is meeting new people through technology. This class is all about meeting new people and connecting with them. Connecting with people is a great way to learn. You learn so much more when you are connecting with others. Networking is a great skill you will have to have all your life. When it comes time to go to college or get a job you will need to be able to communicate with all different kinds of people. It is so important to have a learning network. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00069745054634935776noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786567661193909234.post-82701735216893771022010-09-22T19:08:00.000-07:002010-09-22T20:01:41.629-07:00PLN SkypeIn our PLN class we Skype with a lot of pretty important people! We got to meet Tom Whitby, one of the creators of Edchat on Twitter. He is so smart, he is pretty much a guineas he knows everything there is to know about Twitter. I recommend following him, hes got a lot of good information and it is really interesting the stuff he tweets about, it makes you think. <div><br /></div><div>Also in PLN we got to meet Kimmie from <a href="http://www.symbaloo.com/">Symbaloo</a>, she was really cool too, we got to ask her questions about how to use this website, and she gave us helpful tools and ways to use her website. I love this site now, you can create different webmixes, and you can share them with other people. It is also really cool how you can tag pictures on the mixes so you can personalize your mixes. Thanks again Kimmie for talking to us! </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.diigo.com/">Diigo</a> is another web site that is really helpful for when your taking notes or just reading an article online, and you need to bookmark a page or highlight something. This website allows you to highlight anything on the page, make a sticky note, share the article with through your twitter, and also bookmark the page. However the catch is that it saves all these items for you online in a cloud in there database. This is helpful when you go from computer to computer, or from computer to Itouch. It keeps track of all your bookmarks and highlights online so you can access them from any computer. In our class we got to Skype with the creator of this website. Her name was Maggie she was great she had so much more information about this site and how to use it. She answered all our questions and was glade to keep in contact with us while we were trying to figure out how to use it. Thanks again Maggie for all your help and hard work! </div>Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00069745054634935776noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786567661193909234.post-91288690638723738112010-09-22T12:10:00.000-07:002010-09-22T13:03:38.035-07:00Juxio Project<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Sq9RBobA3cHvq6EkJsrSqOawnnHJI820cgTMVWEkBmDzq3g6dOW3y2m3YKZq2FEpZoQKvatq-sHnuFVyS9Du_wtcTkmCWYTwQn9Yz4yPnVxZva17mT4ILkijt3E0QzA0ikOuVSrBuJI/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-09-22+at+2.33.47+PM.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Sq9RBobA3cHvq6EkJsrSqOawnnHJI820cgTMVWEkBmDzq3g6dOW3y2m3YKZq2FEpZoQKvatq-sHnuFVyS9Du_wtcTkmCWYTwQn9Yz4yPnVxZva17mT4ILkijt3E0QzA0ikOuVSrBuJI/s320/Screen+shot+2010-09-22+at+2.33.47+PM.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519824315700440082" /></a><div><br /></div>I think everyone should check out this website. Its called <a href="http://www.juxio.com/beta/index.php">Juxio</a>.It is kinda like power point, but way cooler! You just upload pictures from your computer or your facebook. You can make it look like a comic strip and you can add text and titles to your presentation. It is really easy and it looks a lot better than just a regular power point. We also skyped with the creator of Juxio, he asked us what we thought of it and if we had any feedback for him. He was really helpful he answered all of our questions we had. He also put our projects on his blog. Go check them out at <a href="http://www.juxio.com/blog/juxio-and-the-classroom">Will's Blog</a>, there about what were passionate about. <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00069745054634935776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786567661193909234.post-13337992147855378392010-09-21T20:24:00.000-07:002010-09-21T20:29:37.901-07:00TwitterI got a new twitter just for our PLN class! Go follow me its juliaalbaugh123 <div>And I also made my Diigo page go follow me on there to :) its just Julia Albaugh </div><div><br /></div><div>I had to miss class today. I was at home sleeping, I ended up sleeping all day. But I'm feeling better now so I'll be back tomorrow. Hopefully I didn't miss that much! </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00069745054634935776noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786567661193909234.post-51437693080473751572010-09-19T12:28:00.000-07:002010-09-19T12:32:34.816-07:00HomecomingSo tired today this week was such a long one! I'm really glad we have a three day weekend :) I had a blast last night! The gym looked great, and Marcus did an AWESOME job as the DJ! Now I got to work on my blog and finish cleaning up from last night, then cheer practice :) Hope everyones weekends going good so far! I'll talk to you guys on Tuesday.Juliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00069745054634935776noreply@blogger.com1