Thing 6: Flicker Mashups

My creation
Originally uploaded by stanton2008

I looked at the possibilites of using the Big Labs Trading Card Mashup to make UP World History trading cards to replace notecards.

Waverly Place

Waverly Place
Originally uploaded by George Eastman House

Wearing Your Heart on My Sleeve

When I was eight there were cobblestones in the street
that were paved over that year.
My mother stood at the kitchen window
her hands in a sink of warm sudsy water
watching the bulky yellow trucks
lay the asphalt
and sighed,
"that's progress."

Thing 5: Flicker

I am looking at the Flickr Commons. I just read the Flickr blog post about having the Florida Memory project images available on Flickr. I don' t know enough about what the capacities of Flickr to really be able to see all the possible uses at this time. It is good to know it is here however.
What is even more interesting is the whole idea of a photo commons which contains copyright free images.

So, I'm wishing you a happy valentines day, and found this image on the Flickr commons from the George Eastman collection. Now I want to put the proper credits. Let's see where I can find them...

Okay, I just linked this blog to my Flickr account, now I can use the "blog this" tool to get photos on my blog. I'll try that...I think it might make a brand new post. I'll see and then see if I have to edit it....

Thing 4: RSS feeds and Readers...

Okay, this is the 4th time I have worked on RSS feeds and have yet to post anything. I am going to do it today and move on the the next thing. I have used pageflakes and I like the idea of the various tabs I can use to organize content by subject. For this assignment I set of the Google Reader; I like Pageflakes better. My colleague, Mary Lewis, english instructor extraordinaire, and partner in technology curriculum integration, recommends net vibes. I want to get this post done before I get sucked in and stuck on another product. For now, here is a link to my International News Pageflakes page: http://www.pageflakes.com/murreyn/164383

My problems: When I subscribe to an RSS feed I don't get the option of putting it on pageflakes.
I'm not sure I really know the difference between widgets, gadgets and RSS feeds. I get stuck and don't want to move on until I get it sorted out and have to accept I probably won's so I should just move on.

Wow. I am getting lost and bogged down again discovering new things the tools can do as well as interesting content. I'm going to post now. -Nancy