tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84788973322107905352011-08-04T05:31:31.999-07:00This blog was created for a graduate class at the University of West Georgia.Glovis Southnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8478897332210790535.post-881632275759201772009-09-16T10:53:00.000-07:002009-09-16T12:06:07.811-07:00Hello students in Mrs. Vinson's language arts classes! You are studying an interesting subject today. Pompeii is an extinct city. Mount Vesuvius erupted on a Tuesday, August 24 in AD 79. The eruption began with a small explosion and a thin layer of ash between 9-10 a.m. A massive explosion happened at 1 p.m., emitting a huge eruption cloud.<br />What other facts do you know?<br />When you blog, be sure to put your first name and last initial on your post to get credit for this portion of your assignment.<br />You may use encyclopedias, book resources, Galileo or Encarta to find more information.<br />You may also use the notes taken during the Discovery video shown through our data projector.<br />Good luck!<br />(We can upload photos of your projects once those are done!)<br />--Mrs. South<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8478897332210790535-88163227575920177?l=southmedt7469.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glovis Southnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8478897332210790535.post-65531223025019206622009-06-17T18:29:00.000-07:002009-06-17T19:05:04.836-07:00Want to quickly chat with colleagues? Schedule a video conference?<br />And...oh yeah, without having to download <span style="font-style: italic;">anything!</span><br />This cool web 2.0 tool is called <span style="font-weight: bold;">TinyChat</span>. Find it at <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;">http://www.tinychat.com</span>.<br />Here's what you can do:<br />Create a secure chat room. Invite co-workers, colleagues, friends... by sending a simple link by email or Twitter.<br />TinyChat can be embedded in blogs, websites, social networking sites. It works on Windows, Mac and Linux; with Firefox, IE, Safari, and Chrome -- even on your iPhone. A dozen people can chat using HQ video, audio, text -- password protected events with an assigned moderator.<br />As a media specialist, I could invite up to 11 classroom teachers (by grade level or subjects...) to discuss upcoming research needs or show language arts teachers how to use our new library automation system. (We're getting Surpass Centriva this August!) I could moderate staff development for teachers using Web 2.0 tools -- like this one! Teams of teachers could use TinyChat to discuss topics for professional book studies.<br />For the classroom? Teachers could have students work in pairs to video chat about lessons or question/answer sessions on assignments. Students could chat together in small groups with the teacher as moderator. The chat would be recorded and embedded to the classroom website for parents to view.<br />No stress...<br />Very cool!<br /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/GSouth/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg" alt="" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8478897332210790535-6553122302501920662?l=southmedt7469.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glovis Southnoreply@blogger.com0