Picassa

Week 3: Flickr

It is Flickr week here at 23 Things. Do take some time to explore Flickr as suggested by our guides. Keeping in mind that Flickr is a Yahoo application, you might also want to explore Picassa, a Google application. Take a look at my two previous posts which were created by combining Picassa and Blogger. It was an easy process. I just highlighted the pictures I wanted to include on my post & then clicked on the Blogger button. Viola! My pictures were inserted and ready for me to add the dialog.

Fall Break 2008 Part II

Doug surprised me on Tuesday by suggesting that we Zoom Zoom to a bed and breakfast in the mountains. For those of you who don't know, Doug has a Mazda MX-5 (formerly the Miata) and Zoom Zoom is their catchphrase. We zoom zoomed to Helen, GA on Wednesday, parallelling the Ocoee and through two national forests. It's too bad the leaves hadn't yet turned, but even so it was a lovely drive with the top down. Octoberfest in Helen is from September - November. Go figure--a 3 month Octoberfest! We breezed through the little shops and took a little longer to sample some of the German fare.

Next we zoom zoomed to Sautee, GA to a little bed and breakfast situated on 26 peaceful acres. The Stovall House was built in 1837 and opened as a bed and breakfast in 1983. The Innkeeper is a diehard GA Tech fan. If you ask me, he is a little old to have a shaved head except for the TECH on the back of his head. I think that is the only place he had enough hair to spell out TECH. Since the Stovall House is also a restaurant, we had a delicious evening meal there. Then we retired to our comfy room.
On Thursday, we zoom zoomed back to Chattanooga via Ellijay. It was a rainy day, so the top went up about halfway back. The best part -- I managed to put off cleaning the attic!

Fall Break 2008

Long story made short, our fall break trip to NC was cancelled. I thought my break was going to be a dull and unexciting week at home cleaning up the attic and other household chores that I had been putting off since summer. So I started fall break with a stay-cation to the Prater's Mill Country Fair. My older son and grandson went along. They chose to canoe the creek while I toured the craft booths.
Off they go up the creek with a paddle.
Look who had a booth at the Fair! Ask me about my new necklace and earrings.

The Real Resourceress

Finally I got my avatar the way I wanted it and posted. I think I have a handle on how to do this. Instructions will follow in the next post.

Week 2: Blogging

Things to remember when you set up your blog:

1. WRITE DOWN YOUR LOG-IN & PASSWORD + YOUR BLOG ADDRESS

2. If you forget to do this, see Charlie's blog on how to find your address

3. In fact, now would be a good time to start writing down all of your log-ins & passwords. You are going to have quite a few before you finish the 23 Things.

4. And remember, blogging is about communicating. Take some time this week to post comments on some of the blogs you are reading.

Kick-off for Week 1

It was so good to see all the smiling faces at breakfast this morning. You are ready for Week 1. The 23 Things are on the Classroom Learning 2.0 site. It includes hotlinks to the other places you need to go to. Either use the link on Edline or bookmark the page yourself.

FYI, here are the members of our cohort:

Your virtual cheerleaders: Bonnie and Nancy T.
The other cohorts: Erica, Kim, Cindy, Kristina, Susan, Linda, Jeanie, Mary Anne, Gayle, Barbara, Anne, Charlie, Mark, both Elizabeths, Donna, Matt, the other Nancy, Chuck and Melissa.

Rah! Rah! Off you go on your 2.0 Adventure!

Today we introduce 23 Things

I'm anxious about presenting the 23 Things to the faculty. What if no one is interested? I hope I am wrong and we have a big group. I've seen this presented at conferences and I firmly believe that this will be a great adventure.