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SCASL 23 Things – Playing Catch Up!
I’m sure everyone is familiar with the phrase “Be Careful What You Wish For.” Well, that’s is SOOO true for me. Last school year was a particularly slow one for me in terms of work load. I’d gotten into a rut routine with few surprises. This year is totally different. I’m swamped! – but happy.
So anyway, I’ve fallen behind on the SCASL 23 Things project (among other things). This is my attempt to get caught up.
#1 – Learn about the program.
#2 – Go through the 7 Habits of Highly Successful Lifelong Learners tutorial from the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.
#3 – Set up your own blog (or for advanced users an independent blog just for SCASL 23 Things). I’m choosing to use my existing blog as I’ve got too many accounts open to keep track of one more.
#4 – Create an Avatar using Yahoo Avatars. In case you didn’t notice, there is one over there on the right – you may have to scroll down a bit. Boy did I “waste” an hour playing around with this one! I was just as bad as some of my teens – trying out each outfit, background, bling, hairdos, etc. While this is neat, I like Voki better, as you can record a message and the avatar moves.
#5 – Explore Flickr. Create an account, upload photos of your library, and tag at least one SCASL2.0. Boy was I surprised to find that there is already an hloy on Flickr! Who isn’t me! So, had to fall back on my other screen name and my flickr account is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hloy22/ for those of you who may want to go visit. Right now, you’ll be disappointed as there is only one photo up! Just give me time! I used one of the Books wi/ Bite photos.
I use Flickr Creative Commons photos all the time, both in my blog and on my school website. I think it is wonderful to be able to find (granted after a lot of paging through junk some times) photos that match what I’m trying to post. Typically, I download the photo to my computer instead of using the image URL because my district blosk Flickr. This way, I know my faculty will see what I’m inserting.
Okay, I’m still a few “Things” behind, but it’s time for me to hit the sack. Lots to do tomorrow. ‘Nite All!
PS: I hope some of you will take the time to work through the SCASL 23 Things with me. While some of the items I’ve learned on my own and with the help of my online friends, I still learn something new with each activity.
October 13th, 2008 at 7:56 am
I think we are ALL playing catch up…in fact, I feel like I’m playing that game all the time. Thanks for participating in 23 Things!
Valerie Byrd Fort
October 13th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
I’m behind too, since Edublogs was down so much last week. I see that they have more maintenance scheduled beginning tomorrow, too, so I guess I won’t get much posting done this week either!
October 13th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
The beauty of blogging is that no one realizes you are behind unless you let it slip. Ooops. Love the blog–I guess you know that. Sigh. Stole the idea for Books that Bite too. Fabulous idea. Wish I had the cut out man. Coveting is a big sign, so I’ll just live with the clipart guys I found.
October 18th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
I’ve decided to work on a few of the things out of order. If you’ll see, I’ve skipped #6 as that will require more “playing” than I have time for right now. The beauty of this is the working at your own pace and that there is no real time limit.
Since I hadn’t been blogging much lately, I didn’t know Edublogs was down. I found that out the last time I tried to blog and all I got was a blank screen when trying to access my blog.
Cathy, you too could have the Dracula. He’s on sale at Sam’s Club, but he’s not a cut out – it’s a mannequin (but mostly poles with just the upper torso, hands, and shoes being the mannequin). I figured it was a good investment that can be used from year to year. I think we’re also going to use the cape in our drama production of Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” in May.