As with any online application, be sure to try it yourself before planning to use it with your students. Almost any free application has ads on the page, so you want to be sure that they're appropriate for students to view.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Want to "Friend" Benjamin Franklin?
My Fake Wall offers an online space for students to create Facebook-like profile pages for historical figures. How fun is that? Sign up for a free account, then create away! Students can create pages under your profile, then they will all be listed in one area for you to view and share. This would be a great, new way to display historical research. These walls provide a real-life application that students truly understand. I think they'll love it. Take a look . . .
http://www.myfakewall.com/w/Ben+Franklin_1
As with any online application, be sure to try it yourself before planning to use it with your students. Almost any free application has ads on the page, so you want to be sure that they're appropriate for students to view.
As with any online application, be sure to try it yourself before planning to use it with your students. Almost any free application has ads on the page, so you want to be sure that they're appropriate for students to view.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Can you Digitalk?
Do you think you can interpret student messages? I can't, and I'll be the first to admit none of that comes easily to me. Entering technology from the background of teaching English, I have an especially hard time using digitalk in any form. You might see me use a smiley to show that I'm trying to soften a message, but if I mean "you", I write or text YOU and not U. If I want to say "later", I type LATER rather than L8R. It's like forcing myself to say "ain't"--just can't do it without sounding affected.
For those of you who want to know some of the latest digitalk, take a look at the short list below from NetLingo. Some of it you may want to use, some you may need to know, and some are just good for a laugh.
ACORN: A Completely Obsessive Really Nutty Person
AITR: Adult In The Room
C-P: Sleepy
CICYHW: Can I Copy Your Homework
E123: Easy as 1, 2, 3
G2G: Got to Go
GI: Google It
J/C: Just Checking
KIPPERS: Kids In Parents Pockets Eroding Retirement Savings (my fave)
LTTIC: Look, The Teacher Is Coming
potato: Person over 30 acting 21
r u da: Are you there?
soz: Sorry
w's^: What's up?
wru: Where are you?
X-I-10: Exciting
zerg: To gang up on someone
10Q: Thank you
*$: Starbucks
,!!!!: Talk to the hand
CWOT: Complete Waste of Time
HBASTD: Hitting Bottom And Starting To Dig
NNWW: Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink
SLAP: Sounds Like A Plan
Take a look at the entire list on NetLingo. Be sure especially to read through their "Top 50 Internet Acronyms Parents Need to Know". It's always good to be aware.
For those of you who want to know some of the latest digitalk, take a look at the short list below from NetLingo. Some of it you may want to use, some you may need to know, and some are just good for a laugh.
ACORN: A Completely Obsessive Really Nutty Person
AITR: Adult In The Room
C-P: Sleepy
CICYHW: Can I Copy Your Homework
E123: Easy as 1, 2, 3
G2G: Got to Go
GI: Google It
J/C: Just Checking
KIPPERS: Kids In Parents Pockets Eroding Retirement Savings (my fave)
LTTIC: Look, The Teacher Is Coming
potato: Person over 30 acting 21
r u da: Are you there?
soz: Sorry
w's^: What's up?
wru: Where are you?
X-I-10: Exciting
zerg: To gang up on someone
10Q: Thank you
*$: Starbucks
,!!!!: Talk to the hand
CWOT: Complete Waste of Time
HBASTD: Hitting Bottom And Starting To Dig
NNWW: Nudge, Nudge, Wink, Wink
SLAP: Sounds Like A Plan
Take a look at the entire list on NetLingo. Be sure especially to read through their "Top 50 Internet Acronyms Parents Need to Know". It's always good to be aware.
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