The Wacky World Wide Web

I learned a lot this week by playing with the many tools available on the web. I learned how to play with Picnik, which is a fun site to mess around with your photos. Way cooler than iPhoto, that's for sure. Jing was another great tool I learned how to use. I can definitely see the benefit of it, especially when teaching students how to research and things. Posting an informational video on how to do internet research would be a great idea. I also learned how to better use a wiki. I have used wikis in my classes before, but actually getting on and having to play with embedding and the side bar was really helpful. I'm sure I'll use these skills in my actual classroom. Overall, I think that learning all the parts of the wiki was the hardest thing. That are so many parts and different ways you can do things. Plus I was self teaching, which always makes it take more time.

Here is the link to my website. I spent a ton of time on it so I hope it looks good.

http://mrshepworthenglish.pbworks.com/