Photostory

I created a lovely photostory on Arabians, but after three attempts, it failed to upload. I have it in my videos and on my desktop!

Audio manipulation

Success and no success

I learned how to use the laptop microphone and to control the sound. I learned to use Audacity and to record. I attempted to enter Incompetech to download some music, but had no success. I located itunes and looked at it. I will look at it some more. I have not posted to the audio sandbox wiki because I cannot succeed in producing anything to upload.

As with thing #10 this will probably be continued.

Image manipulation

Thing # 19, or inquiring minds want to know ...

For this thing, I chose Yahoo Answers. I think it is special for several reasons. It is a wide open forum for anything. It can satisfy people's curiosity on just about any subject. And, anonymity can always help. We always state that there is no stupid question. Unfortunately, there are stupid questions. We are all too polite to say so, groaning silently. Forums such as Yahoo Answers or Ask Jeeves and others allow people to ask questions without fear of embarrassment. People can ask the stupid questions privately, and then form a basis for asking more informed questions that increase their knowledge base for any number of subjects.

I can see this tool being useful to my population, whose English speaking and writing skills leave a lot to be desired. Students can use this tool at their own pace, not feeling pressured to peform quickly and well. They can use it in private, not leaving them open to feeling embarrassed. Hispanic children can be timid and not likely to speak up. I can see Yahoo Answers giving them a lot of satisfaction and feeling of accomplishment in pursuing learning on their own, and making their own choices and building confidence in their ability to go out and get some knowledge.