Here is my link to the 3rd technology-
http://www.triporama.com/group/home/7293

My ghost hunting group and I are planning a trip to Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson's Spaulding Inn in January for an investigation and some wintertime fun! I decided to organize our trip on triporama.com. This site is very useful when trying to put together a trip with lots of people. It is very useful when trying to pick a date as well. You can send invites to everyone who wants to go and take a vote on what dates to go. So far it is working really well. Eventually I will post pictures and the itinerary as the date gets closer. It is pretty self explanitory so there really isn't a "secret" to making it easier.

My 2nd Emergent Technology

I loved this emergent technology! I used Slide Show to create my slide show. I have used this before when I had a Myspace page. It's useful to gather many photos into one, basically. It's also nice that you can add captions with each layout you choose. This can also be posted in an email as well. It can be used to put together pictures for family members in a unique way. It's a great way to show your personality especially on your social networking page.
I found this to be EXTREMELY user friendly. All I had to do was browse my photos stored in my computer and add them to the slide show. There are many other backgrounds to choose from but I'm pretty simple and chose the one without all the glitter and stars :). Another great thing about Slide Show is that you do not need a user name or a password. It's hard to keep track of all of those! I would suggest this site to anyone who loves to display their photos.

RSS Feed

Hi Everyone,

I think I've finally figured this whole RSS thing out (I hope). I used Google Reader since I already hd a google account with Blogger. That made it simple, only on email and password! The sites that I added to an RSS feed on google reader are sites that I do and will check often. Some of the sites that I wanted to add did not have a feed on their site. I love "Deadliest Catch" and love to read the news that comes out on this Discovery site about what's going on during King Crab and Opie season. Beyond Paranormal Investigations is my geek out site. I love ghost hunting and love to read about it. The CNN site is helpful to get the quick breaking news, such as the earthquake in Chile. The Eutopia site is useful as well. I love to look at what's new and useful, especially in public education. The Emergeing Tech site is one that I visited for the first time today while searching sites. Make sure to read the office paper into toilet paper article! :) All of the sites are exactly what I expected. They are pretty straight forward. I did have a little trouble posting the feed to my blog. I hope that it updates on it's own daily. We'll see! Hope everyone has a great week :)

My Delicious Bookmarks

Hi Everyone,

Here is my Delicious Bookmark link:

http://delicious.com/melcarson1971

Hope everyone is having a great week! :)

My vodcast

I had to change the settings on my Youtube account so my vodcast could actually play. Sorry..... It plays now :)

Questions answered about the first emergent technology

Hi! I forgot to add this to my original Vodcast post. The name of the technology that I explored was Vodcasting. Basically it's a podcast with video! These can be very useful when whatever it is you are talking about needs to be seen. In my case, I could use my vodcast to show all my parents of our daycare children a typical circle time in my room. This could be very useful for working parents who do not get the opportunity to see what their child is doing during certain times of the day.
I have to say, this was more difficult then setting up my blog. I decided to do a vodcast because i had a digital video camera that was easily connected to my computer. I also figured that watching a "circle time" would be more interesting then just listening (even though I cannot show the children). Once I got over the user name and password hump on Youtube everything worked out well. I had to copy and paste the embedded code of my video to post it here on my blog. I think if I had to do this over again, I would have explained a bit more about what I was doing before I started video taping.
Thinking about giving out tips, one big one comes to mind; always write down user names and passwords! I learned that the hard way. I would also explore some of the web 2.0 applications. There are a lot of great ones for podcasting and vodcasting. I chose Youtube because I was more familiar with it. The most important tip is to just have fun with it :)

my Vlog

Hi Everyone,
I'm not sure if this is the right way to do this but here's my Vlog. I decided to video a circle time with my 3 year olds. We spent the week talking about the color blue and everything Colts. i apologize for my "teacher voice." As I was watching this it got on my nerves a bit but it works and holds the kids' attention :)