post and a page 101

Here are the differences between a post and a page:

-pages cannot be tagged or categorized or dated

(pages just hold the content i.e. the posts so one would not sort by page)

-posts can be tagged and categorized

(posts can be tagged and categorized because all info is stored based on posts so one could try to find something via category or post)

-posts do not show up as menu items

(posts are woven throughout and are based on topic or category. one could would not be able to find a menu of posts)

PowerPoint

The components of a PowerPoint slide show  vary depending on the type of presentation. Regardless of the content, all presentations should have a title slide with the “title” and author. You can always include pictures to highlight the subject matter. Remember to use at least 30 font size and to add bullets or some other summarizing visual aid.

Blogs, tags, categories, and sub-categories

I am just now beginning to learn the difference between blogs, tags, categories, and sub-categories. Although it seems complicated, once you are able to figure out the difference between all of these, it will start to become second nature. This is a graphic organizer of how I see it. bloggraphic

Spreadsheets

Spreadsheets are a great way to have students “publish” or create final drafts of graphs. This is especially true for fifth grade where some of the math standards cover graphing. Teaching both skills (creating graphs by hand and through a graph in a spreadsheet) is very valuable.

WordPress post 10.12.09

There are many different ways to use a wordpress blog in the classroom.

• One way would be to use it as a journalism/newspaper medium. This could keep the parents and community informed on what is happening in the classroom and/or the school as a whole. Students could take pictures of these various events that they’ve covered and include the picture with their news write up.
• Pictures could also be taken of art projects and the blog could include a description of that project. This could then be shared with the school and the internet community to compare/contrast art projects on the same topic.

• Another idea would be to post student work. It could be by category (writing, social studies, etc). Pictures could be included that showcase students working on the classroom on those assignments.
• This kind of blog could be used for post-field trip sharing. The teacher (or student) could write a reflection after each field trip and include pictures from that trip.

All of these uses for blogs could be linked to a class website for students and/or parents to view.

hello world!

This is the first real post on my blog.

Posting a picture

Learning how to post a picture…