Intel Sites

I had difficulty completing this assignment. I attempted to contact my partner a week before the due date, but as of the due date, I had not receive contact back, so I completed the assignment by myself. I had previously used Intel in a co teaching classroom, but the other teacher set everything up. This time, I had the opportunity to create everything by myself. I'm not sure if I did the assignment itself correctly, but I did enjoy the "refresher" course on Intel. I would like to use Intel in the future, but I'm not sure about the practicality in a first grade classroom.

Photoshop Express

This assignment was very easy as my husband and I both edit photos already. We are currently using Corel software, but have used photoshop express in the past. I enjoyed converting the image to black and white then color filling the collar and eyes of or dog for a differnt type of look. I didn't play around too much with the online software as I already feel comfortable with the applications, but I was impressed to see we could use this for free instead of always purchasing software. To add the image to my post, I simply saved it my jump drive and then used the add image link.

Online Album

Online Album

This again was an assignment I was nervous about. With all the technology that I have heard about preditors using to find people, it makes me nervous to have picture of people viewable online. Because of these fears, I again just used photos of places my husband and I visited. I found the site MyPhotoAlbum that you can create your own name on and it will also give you link to add to many social sites such as blogs, myspace, facebook, etc. I created an account and activated it, then I uploaded the photos and linked the photos directly to the post above. I hope everyone enjoys the photos.

Picasa

I had never used Picasa before. This was neat. I uploaded pictures using the photos link in my gmail. It seemed rather quick and simple. I guess this maybe something I use in the future to share photos with family that does not live nearby, although I am always a little concerned about putting pictures of people, especially children, online on a site that is not password protected. Hope you all enjoy viewing the places I have visited.

Online Graph 2

Again, this was fairly easy. I am still so happy I am finally able to apply the things I've learned to create me nexy post. This module is still easier than the others. I followed the same directions as I did in Online Graph 1, and posted the same way.

Compared to the student population in our neighboring states, I feel that WV has a large number of students who have IEPs, when configured as a percentage of the total number of students enrolled in the state.

Online Graph 1

I had never created a graph using an online tool. In the past I had my students and I myself had used Microsoft Excel. This was interesting and I liked that it was much easier to set up on KidZone than trying to figure out where each lable went on Excel. After I completed the graph, I used the print screen to copy the graph to paint then I cut and pasted it to a new document to get rid of the other "junk". I then saved the file and posted it here with the add image link. I have really learned a lot so far in this module and I'm enjoying applying the things I have learned to other assignments.

When viewing my graph, I noticed that WV scored rose as well as those in the US average. However WV scores did not rise as quickly. There were two years (2003 and 2005)that WV stayed at the same level while the average rose. I think overall WV is competing national, they just need to show continued growth with no periods staying the same.