Laughing Out Loud Centre

To all my friends who sent me emails this year which promised good luck if I forwarded them to five or more people . . . .

THEY DID NOT WORK!

For next year, would you please just send either
chocolate or money or gas.

Thank you!

Library Assignment Journal

I have learned a lot about using library via my laptop.

GOOGLE Search:
I realized that I can do a lot more with Google search than just typing in search terms. With Advanced Search, I can search only for pages that...

* contain ALL the search terms I type in
* contain the exact phrase I type in
* contain at least one of the words I may have typed in
* do NOT contain any of the words I type in
* is written in a certain language
* is created in a certain file format
* was updated within a certain period of time
* contain numbers within a certain range
* within a certain domain, or website
* don't contain "adult" material

Who is Keturah Fleming?

Who is jam_in_i@hotmail.com?

I am a young lady from the island of Tortola, who is pursuing my Master's degree in Education with a concentration in Computer Technology. I am the proud mother of three children, two boys and one girl. I like to refer to this as a girl sandwich, because my daughter is the second child ( between the boys), thus a girl sandwich.

I am a teacher at the only public high school, there in Tortola. I teach the fourth and fifth forms. The Americans refer to this as eleventh and twelfth grades. I have taught at this high school for ten years, and I am loving every moment of it.

I am also marry to a wonderful man and a loving father for twelve year now. He is quite boring, but I just look at my children and realize that he is not that bad compared to some men out there.

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Web 2.0 Journal

I am so excited this semester. I have finally decided to return to school to continue my education as a teacher.

Our first assignment is to find out what is Web 2.0

I particular liked what Latoya Lewis posted about Web 2.0. Check this out.

Click here to visit here to read the article she posted.

CMS - Blackboard Journal

Ooh how I wish that the Elmore Stoutt High School, where I work had Blackboard.

I love the feature that it offers.

Blackboard is the University's Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), which is used to deliver and support online learning either to supplement traditional courses in a blended learning approach, or to deliver distance programmes. The user does not need to install any software on their machines, but simply logs into the Blackboard site on an Internet web page.

Each course receives its own online space within Blackboard and only enrolled students have access to the course content. Instructors can communicate online with their students via discussion board, real-time chat and email functions, as well as upload learning and teaching materials. This can be done from any PC with Internet connection. Courses can be recycled for next year's student cohorts, or exported and imported at a later date with all data intact. Once a course has been set up, it is possible to reuse all areas without having to re-upload and or recreate the materials. In addition, elaborate statistics allow instructors to check on students' use of their Blackboard course.

This year I noticed that my Basic Research Techniques professor used recyled material form last semester this year. How cool is that.

Classroom Management - MS Office Journal

In more and more schools today, technology is recognized as an instructional tool, not as a subject of instruction. Still, many educators, less familiar and less comfortable with technology than their students, struggle to seamlessly integrate a growing list of technology tools into their regular curriculum.

Using technology in the classroom is becoming easier for teachers. Students are coming to class with more skills. Whether a teacher requires it or not, most students use technology for their projects.

Probably the technology tool used most often for student projects is the World Wide Web.

Powerpoint Classroom Presentation Journal

I have created many powerpoint presentation for my classes at ESHS. I can consider myself well verse in the basic techniques of creating a simple powerpoint presentation.

When Tina, my professor for ESHS, showed/ told us that we can download our presentation slides to flickr, I was really interested.

I have downloaded almost all of my presentations to flickr and am now using them in my blogs.

I have learned a lot of usefull information in this class.

EDU 561 - Introduction to Computer in Education. Wow!