Summary+CT+302+June+19+2007

Topics Covered 06-19-07:
Facebook.com. How to set up a Blog. Fair Use Policy. How to use the camera.

What is Facebook? It is an online social network originally designed to help college students become interconnected with each other. Currently, High School, Middle School, and even Elementary students can get a facebook account, which as some would say, ruins the whole Facebook concept. Also, any random person can have a facebook account, which makes it less safe than it used to be. You can add friends on Facebook by typing in their name, and clicking "Add Friend." To use Facebook as an educational tool, you can communicate with your students, add groups for them to join, add their names in the "notes" and add pictures of educational things. To do these things, you can go on facebook.com and make the groups as directed by facebook.

A Blog is a shortened name for a WEBLOG. You can make opodcasts, communicate with students, and even post announcements on your blog. To set up a blog, go to blogger.com and create a blog. Blogs are effective in communicating with your students and help them with their questions.

The Fair use policy is: 1. Make sure your items do not hurt sale value. 2. Must be used for educational purposes. 3. You must add something original for what you do. We will go over this at a later date.

To use the video camera, you press the record button, and record your material. To put it on your computer, plug it in to your USB port, and go into iMovie. Change the button over to the movie picture, and edit.

For the rest of the time, we just worked on our projects.