Thing 8

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Thing 7

Ok, now that I have spent two hours watching Carol Burnett outtakes I am looking for useful sources of information. Hard to believe what some people will record and post to the internet. I did run across a few of our graduates who seem to be having a lot of fun in college. I have found useful things that can be used in presentations but I believe one must be extremely careful about choosing YouTube as a source of information.

Thing 6

Flikr was fairly easy to learn. I could see using this site to download pictures for use in presentations. Just have to be careful about copyright violations.

Things 5 & 6

These are great sources of pictures for presentations. I chose the school house for obvious reasons. I don't understand why they are all named spaceball. I hope I didn't download an unauthorized picture.

Thing 4

This seemed to be the easiest "thing" of all. I had no idea these tools existed where you could completely customize your homepage. Since I am doing this from home, I look forward to seeing if we have this same option at school.

Thing 3

Thing 3 was a lot easier to do now that I have my blog set up. I posted to the blog of the other Superintendent. I'm not sure how she finds the time to host a blog with all of her responsibilities. My concern would be about starting arguments on a blog. I am optimistic but reserve my opinion for later.

Things 1 & 2

It was a little difficult for me to get started with this because of the technology limitations. It is clear we are going to need to find a way to work with the legislature to loosen up on some of the requirements for blocking sites and content in schools.