Thing 7--YouTube and Video

Whoa! One could spend hours and hours viewing videos on YouTube! I guess that it would be very useful to "catch up" on any happening or event that one might miss--somebody probably videotaped it! I enjoyed searching for and finding old (really old) TV segments. I like the way that related videos are displayed also. After viewing the video "In My Language" from the suggested list, I was drawn into viewing about a dozen more videos on autism. I really learned a great deal about this disorder. Watching/viewing symptoms of autism really put a face on this disorder--much greater impact than merely reading a book.

Searching for videos for elementary art lessons didn't yield anything very useful.

I was able to accomplish Thing 7 on my computer at Reynolds School--YouTube is not restricted in our building, at least not on my teacher computer. I had no trouble viewing the videos.

I viewed a performance by Aretha Franklin singing an aria from the opera "Tarandot"--"Nessun Dorma." She was filling in at the last minute for Pavarotti, who was supposed to sing it, but was ill. Her performance was stunning--and I have copied the comment I left below:

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I have always loved Aretha Franklin--but this performance makes me realize why--so strong, and her interpretations of the music are unique. Like any artist in any medium, the same subject matter can be portrayed in astoundingly unique ways. I loved this version as much as Pavarotti's--both wonderful and so moving, and yet so very different.

Thing 6

I uploaded 5 photos that were already on my computer. But did I understand the limits correctly, that I can only upload 10 pictures a month? If this is correct, then Flickr will not be any help to me at all with my travel photos, which number in the hundreds!

I did not right away figure out how to establish the privacy level for individual photos, but did successfully label one "public." I will check back in a few days to see if a search with the "Newington23" tag will show my photo.

I could see where this would be great for doing a drawing lesson with a class by showing each step of the process. I will have to wait to try something like this until I get a SmartBoard, however.

I tried several of the "extra" features--played a Photo Sudoku and several Memory games.

On to Thing 7!

Thing 5

Thing 5 was great. I had no idea that Flickr had so many facets. It is a great new resource for doing image searches for my elementary art classes. I got "stuck" for several hours just looking at photos! Now all I have to do is upload all my photo memory cards to Flickr so that I can erase all those cards and use them again, instead of buying new memory cards for my camera! So now, instead of fretting over not finding time to get prints from my photo cards and "albumatizing" them, I can now fret over not having time to upload, label, and digitally organize all my memory cards! However, if and when I actually do this, my family and friends will not have to keep bugging me for my photos...

I downloaded 5 images from Flickr. Three were of a fourth grade art project, and two were third grade art projects. I did a search for "elementary student art" in the hopes of finding some new ideas for projects with my own classes. These three projects were different and so I decided to keep them for possible use with my classes. I hope I can upload these images to my blog successfully. Later...actually it took me awhile to figure out how to upload the photos--had to use the "Help" section. I finally figured out how to delete the first photo from my home page (where I didn't want it posted,) and actually create a new page for my 5 photos. Took me awhile to get how to "edit" stuff also.