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Using a Blog (Text)

Released Tuesday, 9th October 2007
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Using a Blog (Text)

Using a Blog (Text)

Using a Blog (Text)

Using a Blog (Text)

Tuesday, 9th October 2007
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In response to those who have had some problems maneuvering through this blog, I've prepared the following text-based tutorial......................................................................................................................You've made it to the blog so you've already experienced some success - YAHOO!!!!This text will hopefully get you started using the blog more effectively. Print out these instructions (or copy/paste them into a word processor), and follow along with the blog as I describe what to do.Everything is green so this is very deceiving. Different green elements on the page mean different things. Let's take a look at the first post. You'll see the date (10/5) and a green link that says: "Lecture: DeAnna...." This link is to the post itself. If you clock on it, it will move this post to the top of the screen. That's not very helpful for our purposes. Now, look to the right and see the menu bar. You may need to scroll down a bit, but you'll see an entry that says "Social Bookmarking (Video)." If you click on it, that entry/post will move to the top of the screen. You will still be able to scroll up and down to find the other posts, this is just a quick way to find the one you're seeking (and a condensed method to see what's available).Now, let's look at the Social Bookmarking post. Again, if you click on the post title [Social Bookmarking (Video)], nothing will happen, it will just move that post to the top of the screen. Since the post is already at the top of the screen, it won't move. Now, let's look within the post. All posts start with a title, then there is text (sometimes including embedded links) a line on the bottom, and then a "Posted by Christy Keeler..." statement. When you see that "Posted by..." statement, you're at the end of that post and the next Green line is a new post (sometimes preceded by a date).Let's keep looking at the social bookmarking post. You see the title in green and then some grey-black text underneath. In this text, I either share content I need to share (as was the case in DeAnna's textual lecture), or I describe a linked resource, as is the case here. This post actually has two links. If you hover over the http://... link, you'll see that the Delicious link is active. You can click on it and go to our social bookmarking site on Delicious. Click the "Back" button to return to the blog. Under this link, you'll see "Social Bookmarking Video." This is the actual video. If you click on it, you will be able to view the video.Now, scroll to the top and look at the menubar again. Find the one that says "Class Lecture: Michael Green..." The entire post will leap to the top. You'll again see the post title, text, and a link. If you click on the link, you will hear the audio of Michael's lecture delivered during class. There will not be any video because this is an MP3 (audio), not a MOV (video) file.Ideally, the links and titles would be different colors. Usually they are, but this template, apparently, doesn't allow that. I would like to change the template, but if I do that may confuse people who know our blog to be the one that is green._________________________________________________________________image
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Native Americans and Technology Integration: TAH

This podcast was developed as part of an elementary-level Clark County School District Teaching American History Grant. The three-year grant will fund six modules per year with each module focusing on a different era of American history and a different pedagogical theme. This podcast focuses on Native Americans of the Colonial Era and Technology Integration in Elementary Schools. Participants in the grant are third, fourth, and fifth grade teachers in Clark County (the greater Las Vegas area), Nevada. Teaching scholars include Drs. Michael Green and Deanna Beachley of the College of Southern Nevada and Dr. Christy Keeler of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. As part of this five week module, teachers meet on campus on two occasions and the remainder of their work is completed online. The culminating experience for the module is participant development of virtual museums. These are asynchronous PowerPoint slideshows that have the appearance of a virtual museum. Users can move throughout the "museum" learning about different aspects of Native Americans in each "room." Grant participants will base their virtual museums on one of ten assigned themes including Native American women, economics, housing, European encounters, impact of western religions, relations between African Americans and Native Americans, slavery, food, cultural exchange, and religions. The video feeds that accompany this podcast are available on iTunes.

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