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I created a google calendar. This could be useful in the classroom setting because teachers can make class calendars listing assignments and their due dates and make them public so students and parents can access them from home. The google calendar is very useful because being a mother and a college student it is very easy to forget things. I also created a Picasa web album. I actually had to do a web album last semester I just took a screen shot of my web album because I didn't want to put pics of my whole family on the internet. I grabed a few pics of me and my friends getting ready for our friends wedding. Some of the pics are from the friends bridal shower and bachelorette party as well.

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To find more feeds I went to the Google blog search option. This site was very easy to use. One of the stories that I was interested in talked about Micheal Jackson, i'm a huge fan. I also went to Topix.net. I really liked this site as well. Some of the stories had to do with Haiti, Iraq, and Afghanistan. This is a really good site if you like to keep track of whats going on in other countries. Although both of these tools were easy to use I like the Google blog search tool better. Neither of the two were confusing, it's just that I can relate to the Google tool better. Another feed that I found during my search that I really enjoyed was "Always Learning" this feed is very helpful especially to educators.

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The best thing I like about newsreaders and rss is the fact that I dont have to waste time surfing the web trying to look at all of my favorite sites. It's very convenient to have all of my favorite sites together at the same time. Some of the sites I choose included cnn news, myspace, and the rice bowl website because my kids like to play the games. This application can be used in schools to help students and teachers view different educational sites on a particular subject. This could also be used to help teachers and parents communicate with eachother.

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It was fun playing around with the image generators. There are lots of cool images and backgrounds you can choose from. There were so many options I had to force myself to choose one. I chose the fake magazine cover because I thought it was cool. It was a very easy process. I found the picture on my computer, downloaded it, and choose the template. The website automatically placed my picture in any frame that I chose. These generators can be used in the classroom setting in a number of ways. You can use them to make signs for the classroom. (this will come in handy for visual learners). You can allow your students to use these tools for class assignments.

http://www.customsigngenerator.com/

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I had a lot of fun exploring the flickr mashups. I think these applications can be very bebeficial to the classroom setting in many ways. Teachers could use these apps. to help make the lessons that they will be teaching more creative and interesting. Educators could also use these apps. in the classroom by allowing students to explore the web and possibly use some of the tools in class assignments such as projects and presentations. Certain mashups can be used in peoples personal life. They are a great way to share photos and ideas with family members across the globe. My feelings about sharing photos online is just to be careful of what photos you put out there.

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While exploring flickr I found a cool picture of a praying mantis. This is weird for me because I really hate bugs. I am terrified of them. I like to be able to look at them when they aren't a threat to me. I enjoyed looking at the photos in Flickr. I typed in the key word insects, and a bunch of cool pictures came up of insects all over the world.It is really interesting and easy to navigate. I chose the picture of the praying mantis because I have always thought that they were interesting, I like the fact that they are so long. Here is the cool picture that I found of a praying mantis this photo was taken by a guy named Ben.

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I explored the list of nominated websites and I thought the most interesting was Pandora. It is a music website that is like a online radio station. You can select anysong or artist you want and it will browse and let you listen to other songs by that artist as well as other songs like it by different artist. It's like having a radio station that caters to you! This particular website could be used in school if you were having your students do a report about older musicians they could do some research on a particular artist or type of music and the students could let the class here a sample of the music. www.pandora.com/#/stations/create/