Character Quiz

Characterization quiz

1.  What draws a reader into a story?

2.  The ______________is the main character of a story.

3.  The ___________ is the character or force the protagonist struggles against and must overcome. 

4.  What kind of characters add depth and complication to the plot?

5.  Static characters grow and change.  True or false?

TWM Quiz 1

Tuesdays with Morrie Quiz #1

1.  Who is MItch?

2.  Who is Morrie?

3.  What does Mitch discover late one night while channel surfing?

4.  What is Mitch's profession?

5.  What is wrong with Morrie?

Bonus:  What is a common name for Morie's illness?  

Thing #13 Zoho

This is not the first time that I have used Zoho. There are many things that I love about Zoho. For example, one of my students introduced me to this site this year before we started presentations. The day before research projects were due, many students came to me (even though we had exhaustively talked about procrastinating) saying they did not have a printer, or a jump-drive, Internet, etc. Zoho allows students to save all of their work online where they can access it right before giving their presentations. Also, this site is great for those who do not have Microsoft Word or other word processing systems. Zoho has saved me a lot of headache, and I tell my students that now they have no excuses for not turning in their work on time. So, thanks Zoho!

See above TWM Quiz 1 and Character Quiz posts!

Thing #12 Google

Google Calendar--http://www.google.com/calendar/render
I have mixed feelings about this particular feature of Google. It was frustrating at times because I had to read a lot of links to figure out how to use this thing properly. I do think that this would be a great tool to use in the classroom. You could make a class calendar where you could communicate with students and parents because you can make this open to the public. However, if I were to use Google Calendar for my own personal use I would never make my calendar open to the public. I think that would be a little creepy knowing someone could look at what I'm doing for the whole month!

Google Docs--http://docs.google.com/#all

This is great for people who might not have a jump drive when you need to save a presentation, document, etc. It's always great to have a backup plan and a safe place to store your creations. I know that students are not allowed access to their personal email accounts at school, but this would be a great way for them to keep up with their work.

Thing #11 Feeds

For me, Google Blog Search and Technorati were the easiest for finding feeds. I just went to these sites, used the indexes and this helped refined my searches. I thought the Syndic8 was much harder to search for feeds. I found some really good feeds such as The Daily Beast, Todd Finely (he is an English Professor Blogger), and more. These were my favorites. I found a highly unusual feed about Lady Gaga and the Yankees :) I mainly used the tools on the 23 things website. I did do a basic google search for top 50 interesting feeds and found some cool feeds. I was a little overwhelmed at the beginning of this Thing. However, the more tools I researched I was able to find feeds that interested me.

Thing #10 RSS

There are a few things that I like about RSS. 1. I like that everything can be syndicated to one place. Can you imagine subscribing to each of your favorite websites, feeds,etc just so you can keep up? That would be exhausting and annoying. 2. I like how it keeps me organized. With out the user interface I would not be able to keep up with what I've read. 3. I like that I can access this information on my phone.
I would be able to use this in my personal life and in the classroom. I try to stress the importance of keeping up with current events in the classroom. Teachers could use RSS to create unit lesson plans that have "cross curriculum" ideas in mind. Maybe this can be a new way for finding up-to-date research!

Thing #9 Image Generator

ImageChef.com Poetry Blender


I had a hard time uploading these images to my blog!!! I really liked the ImageChef Poetry Blender. This would be an awesome way to present a poem in class! Poetry Blender was really easy to use and I had my creation in about 30 seconds. You can add text and images to the poetry blender. I also used the Happy Face Generator to create another image but had difficulty uploading the image!