http://bearsgal1988.uniblogs.org and Other Frustrations from a Special Education Teacher Fri, 09 May 2008 17:11:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well here we are at the end of the semester and it has been some ride.  I have enjoyed reading and commenting on posts that I have read during the course of the semester.  What I have enjoyed most of all is having been introduced to the world of SNS.  ... http://bearsgal1988.uniblogs.org/2008/05/09/living-in-the-world-of-myspacean-ethnological-standpoint/ The first time I heard about Myspace was on a news broadcast in which some police officers had gotten into trouble for racial remarks that they had made on Myspace.  At least it was something to this effect; forgive me if I have forgotten the details.  It has been a ... http://bearsgal1988.uniblogs.org/2008/05/02/myspaceeveryones-space/ If you want to know what your kids are into...check out their myspace page.  My 23-year old daughter is quite the social butterfly.  You see, on Myspace you can post pictures.  You can arrange them into albums and so on.  Then people can look at your pictures and make comments ... http://bearsgal1988.uniblogs.org/2008/05/02/oh-my/ I just wanted to throw out the URL for my MySpace page.  I currently have 8 friends on there and would like to have more.  I am beginning to get on Myspace more and more and would love to have more friends.  Here it is:   URL: ... http://bearsgal1988.uniblogs.org/2008/04/26/visit-me/ I have been doing some exploring of sorts on Myspace and Twitter.  I have discovered how to upload photos and customize the myspace page to suit me.  It kinda reminds me of my bedroom when I was a teenager.  My bedroom was "my space".  It said all there was to ... http://bearsgal1988.uniblogs.org/2008/04/25/a-world-of-our-own/ You know, I am amazed at the impact Myspace has among social groups.  I once doubted the infiltration of technology in culture as having any great impact.  I thought that myspace (from the very little that I knew of it) was just a passing fad.  Little did I know that ... http://bearsgal1988.uniblogs.org/2008/04/24/myspace-can-hurt/ This is an interesting article about the problems with using blogs in the classroom.  I thought it was worth sharing. A Problem with Blogs http://bearsgal1988.uniblogs.org/2008/04/20/blogs-in-the-classroom/ This video scares me.  Just wondering what some of you have to say about it.  Please watch and let me know your feelings. Link: Humanity Lobotomy This is an interesting video about the idea of Net Neutrality. Spread the word by copy this code and paste to a blog, bulletin, your profile or ... http://bearsgal1988.uniblogs.org/2008/04/20/scary-as-h/ As an assignment in my Multimedia Design class was to watch this video.  I think it fits with some of the issues we have been discussing in this class as well.  Enjoy! Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us This is a video about how the web has changed over the ... http://bearsgal1988.uniblogs.org/2008/04/20/check-out-this-video/ I have found out something about my MySpace page; it is a place that I can customize to fit my personality.  On MySpace I can have my favorite music, pictures, personal information, etc.  If you want to find out about someone, just visit their MySpace page.  In a sense I ... http://bearsgal1988.uniblogs.org/2008/04/20/sns-tidbit/