Glogster

This is an example of a Glog. A glog is a graphic blog. Explore and follow some of the links. We will be using most of these applications in class. For your next assignment, you will be making a Glog and posting it on your Blog.

Tagxedo

Found a fun take on Wordle only you can pick the shape of your tag cloud. Tagxedo.com. Try Wordle and Taxedo on some text. You might find a speech of a famous person and copy and paste the text into the application.The result will give you an idea of what words were most important in that text. You can also use your own text to make a design.

Privacy Paranoia

I found a really interesting article on privacy. It relates to what we have been talking about in class. Privacy Paranoia: 5 companies you should think twice before trusting

Just because it was fun.

Reminder

Please remember to put helpful links that you find on our class wiki.

http://sarcher.wikispaces.com

Web 2.0 & Screen Casts

We are going to explore more Web 2.0 tools that are available. You will need to pick a tool that you can make a screencast showing how the tool works. To find some Web 2.0 tools try http://www.go2web20.net/. The tools are sorted by category so you are sure to find something that interests you. Once you have explored your tool and are comfortable with how it works, then you will make a screen cast video illustrating the basics to get started with your tool. You can use either http://screencast-o-matic.com/ or http://www.techsmith.com/jing/ to make your video. This project will allow us to look at a wide variety of sites in a short amount of time.

Choosing good query words in searches

Tempted to just type the question when doing a search? Here's a great article about limiting the keywords so you get better search results.
How to Choose the Right Words for Best Search Results