Thing 8 mosaic scenic views

scenic views, originally uploaded by maryelliott123.

An illustration of what could be done to add pictures to a web page perhaps. Created using Mosaic from Big Huge Labs.  I'd recommend this to others to try, especially if you have a certain subject in mind.

Thing 6: Online images

Where in the world is, originally uploaded by maryelliott123.

Whew! I did it-it took awhile. I was able to link it to a map also. That's a fun thing, and could be very useful for teachers. An issue is of course, copyright and fair use, as well as how to find a picture in the first place. For convenience, I used a personal photo from our collection, but when you're working with photos, images found in a Google search, that's another matter.

Thing 5: mashups

I've gotten somewhat bogged down in Flickr-I have to consciously think about how to get what's on Flickr onto the blog correctly.  I did like the Big Huge Labs site though- everything in one place.  I can see using the map for example to show where students are from for example.  I think without careful instructions though, Flickr & Big Huge Labs would be a little difficult for a whole class to use.  Teachers though could use it very creatively.  In a virtual world where most error messages consist of "Error 401" or Sorry, can't do that, Splashr's gentle, humorous messages stand out; "You need to enter some tags, a user id or a photoset id.  I can't find anything without some parameters.  Mmmm, parameters."  ;-)

Little Pigeon River, Smokies 1981

Little Pigeon River, Smokies taken by Frank Elliott in 1981.  The first Flickr upload success for this blog.  It takes practice to do this-which part on Flickr allows you to select, save, upload, etc. 

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Flickr

Flickr: This is one I used last year, and the pictures I put up there were still there.  So I added some more.  At the moment, this is the family/personal side of my life, mostly since I'm using our Mac at home and that's what's stored on it-about 4800 pictures either scanned in from family albums  or taken digitally.  

RSS feeds continued

After some technical issues, I think I've finally got some of the RSS feeds I want on my Blog roll.  It's quite eclectic; South View for one, and others I thought were interesting.  It isn't necessarily easy; teachers who don't have time and/or inclination to do these may have some problems.  Many of the students (but not all!) will find it just one more "fun" thing to do.  I remain concerned however about network security and response time issues, as well as the need for adequate computer memory (school and home).  It's all still a work in progress.