Fusion Finds » CommonCraft http://jgarton.edublogs.org Educators Integrating Technology Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:42:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Podcasting in Plain English http://jgarton.edublogs.org/2008/04/22/podcasting-in-plain-english/ http://jgarton.edublogs.org/2008/04/22/podcasting-in-plain-english/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:47:18 +0000 Janetta Garton http://jgarton.edublogs.org/2008/04/22/podcasting-in-plain-english/ Here’s the latest video from the Commoncraft show by Lee and Sachi LeFever.

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]]> http://jgarton.edublogs.org/2008/04/22/podcasting-in-plain-english/feed/ 0 Twitter in Plain English http://jgarton.edublogs.org/2008/03/06/twitter-in-plain-english/ http://jgarton.edublogs.org/2008/03/06/twitter-in-plain-english/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:52:24 +0000 Janetta Garton http://jgarton.edublogs.org/2008/03/06/twitter-in-plain-english/ Willard Staff: This YouTube video will be blocked at school, but you can watch it elsewhere.

Twitter is difficult to explain to someone who hasn’t experienced it. This commoncraft video paints a good picture. I’ve found Twitter to be a great tool for connecting with other edtech people. I don’t use it to share my everyday activities, as much as to exchange resources, and as an immediate support system when I need something.


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For about $25 a year, I can upload all my photos at their best quality, set them as private, to be shared with friends and/or family, or public. The images can then be downloaded, prints ordered, even coffee mugs created by me, and designated family and friends. I then also have a complete backup online of all my photos. I’ve been using a free account for months. A free account limits how many photos I could upload and display, and prohibits the download of the original file. So, as a Christmas gift to myself, I signed up for a Flickr Pro account.

Looks like Lee and Sachi LeFever of CommonCraft had some of the same ideas when they made this video.

Download Online Photo Sharing in Plain English

On my Flickr webpage you will find a handout and a series of screencasts on how to use it.
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