I'm so glad I finished my Google Site on time!
But I just realized that I forgot to post this blog.
Today we learned about google trends.
Comparing coke and pepsi was fun.
I looked up Japan to find how much people searched about Japan after the earthquake.
The number was high of course, but then on the right side of the screen it said that the reason for it was because a new android was made on the March 11th. I thought that was pretty silly. I'm definitely sure the cause of the high rate is not the android:)
THen Rab asked us if we should have google chrome installed in all of the computers in ICU.
I think we should. There must be a lot of ICU students who are attracted to the speed of chrome.
Before Sophomore class I already had made my mind to choose Rab's class, and I think I made a really good choice.
I was one of the person wo wanted to communicate with the classmates, but aside from that the class was so interesting and informative. I learned so much about useful technologies and tools, and plus I am now about 70 percent ready for my theme writing class. There are many parts about my essay that I have to fix, but anyway it was important for me to be able to choose a topic, because most of the time that is what takes up so much of my time.
It was fun to learn something new and useful. The things I learned will help me a lot in University and the life beyond. Thank you so much Rab!!:)
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
6/13/2011
Today we worked on our google sites.
Rab introduced us iTunes University, which provides free recordings of classes in famous universities like Harvard. It also has various videos and recordings that are not academic. For example I found some antique commercial videos of a cerial called sugar crisp. It was really cute.
I was one of the person who said in the survey that I wanted to communicate more with my classmates, and I think having an introduction class outside or getting into groups is a good idea to get a chance to talk with others. However I think getting seku-cons are hard even though we are now experts in online communication and can use technology to set up opportunities like that. I think there is a need for us to talk in person and know each other before communicating online. But its okay because I am really satisfied with what I gained through class and I really liked this sophomore class because it helped me so much on TW and other works in university. I'm sure it will also help me in life afterwords.
Oh and I was talking with one of the three Kana's today and she was having troubles with Zotero. I was just working on mine and it seems like I have the same problem. When I try to sync with the online zotero, it shows an error saying that there is "empty response from server". I looked up for solutions and tried emptying the trash and so on but it still doesn't work. The last time I synced was four days ago and it worked fine. I'm really worried because I have to show my zotero information to Rab on Wednesday. Anyways for the time being I'll just wait and believe that the problem has nothing to do with me and that the server is in maintenance or something.
Rab introduced us iTunes University, which provides free recordings of classes in famous universities like Harvard. It also has various videos and recordings that are not academic. For example I found some antique commercial videos of a cerial called sugar crisp. It was really cute.
I was one of the person who said in the survey that I wanted to communicate more with my classmates, and I think having an introduction class outside or getting into groups is a good idea to get a chance to talk with others. However I think getting seku-cons are hard even though we are now experts in online communication and can use technology to set up opportunities like that. I think there is a need for us to talk in person and know each other before communicating online. But its okay because I am really satisfied with what I gained through class and I really liked this sophomore class because it helped me so much on TW and other works in university. I'm sure it will also help me in life afterwords.
Oh and I was talking with one of the three Kana's today and she was having troubles with Zotero. I was just working on mine and it seems like I have the same problem. When I try to sync with the online zotero, it shows an error saying that there is "empty response from server". I looked up for solutions and tried emptying the trash and so on but it still doesn't work. The last time I synced was four days ago and it worked fine. I'm really worried because I have to show my zotero information to Rab on Wednesday. Anyways for the time being I'll just wait and believe that the problem has nothing to do with me and that the server is in maintenance or something.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
6/6/2011
Today we learned about the various blogs that you should follow to keep up with the new technology skills.
gmail blog
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/
almost everything about google
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/
google labs -they try out new things. you can check them from gmail but then you can only browse the new labs for gmail.
http://www.googlelabs.com/
lifehacker(this is the Japanese version)
http://www.lifehacker.jp/
We also made our accounts on Diigo, and learned about it.
The good thing about Diigo is that you can highlight texts on the web, put memos on it, and bookmark it online.
You can also take snapshots of the web page and share it with people, but you have to become a premium member.
gmail blog
http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/
almost everything about google
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/
google labs -they try out new things. you can check them from gmail but then you can only browse the new labs for gmail.
http://www.googlelabs.com/
lifehacker(this is the Japanese version)
http://www.lifehacker.jp/
We also made our accounts on Diigo, and learned about it.
The good thing about Diigo is that you can highlight texts on the web, put memos on it, and bookmark it online.
You can also take snapshots of the web page and share it with people, but you have to become a premium member.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
5/30/2011
Today we learned how to use iPhoto.
It was really fun! I like editing images but I never knew iPhoto had so much intelligent tools.
I especially like the Enhance button which make the color contrasts more vivid. The picture I uploaded was a picture of knockerbocker glory, and the enhace button made it look even more attractive.
After that we learned about skitch.com.
Skitch enables you to edit pictures and upload them on on your computer, on twitter and even on facebook. You can also upload your own drawings that you created on skitch. The tools for drawing are well developed and easy to use. You can only use skitch on mac computers, and there are some versions in skitch; Skitch lite which is free, and the normal skitch which costs money, and skitch plus which costs more money. I want to download the free version on my home computer.
Next class we're going tolearn about how to use iMovie. I am really looking forward to it:)
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
5/25/2011
Today Shantonu and Saori taught us how to use Prezi.
I was in the same group with Shantonu when we actually presented about dependence on technology in Chris's class, so I was already a fan of prezi before the class.
Prezi presentations are really fun and cool, but the thing is you need to get use to it because there are techniques in using Prezi effectively. Our presentation in Chris's class went fine, but after watching popular Prezi presentations online(you can see them by clicking Explore), I feel there were some things that we might have improved.
For example, placing keywords clockwise and showing them one by one might a good way to get advantage of Prezi because in Prezi you can turn around the words and even the whole screen.
Oh and I decided to change my essay topic form energy in Japan to marriage in Japan.
I know that it's completely different, but I was not satisfied with my topic these days and I thought there would still be chance to change it.
Energy in Japan is an interesting topic, but I felt that there are many people who are going to write something similar to it, and I also thought that through my research that I can't conclude my essay with the kind of thesis I had in mind(I wanted to end up by suggesting a new way to generate electricity..).
I'll have to try hard to catch up with the others and collect many sources.
I was in the same group with Shantonu when we actually presented about dependence on technology in Chris's class, so I was already a fan of prezi before the class.
Prezi presentations are really fun and cool, but the thing is you need to get use to it because there are techniques in using Prezi effectively. Our presentation in Chris's class went fine, but after watching popular Prezi presentations online(you can see them by clicking Explore), I feel there were some things that we might have improved.
For example, placing keywords clockwise and showing them one by one might a good way to get advantage of Prezi because in Prezi you can turn around the words and even the whole screen.
Oh and I decided to change my essay topic form energy in Japan to marriage in Japan.
I know that it's completely different, but I was not satisfied with my topic these days and I thought there would still be chance to change it.
Energy in Japan is an interesting topic, but I felt that there are many people who are going to write something similar to it, and I also thought that through my research that I can't conclude my essay with the kind of thesis I had in mind(I wanted to end up by suggesting a new way to generate electricity..).
I'll have to try hard to catch up with the others and collect many sources.
5/23/2011
Today we first learned about Grammerly(which used to be called Sentenceworks)
I had forgotten my account(like Shantonu), so I made a new one.
Grammerly is really useful to check for any mistakes in your essay, but you have to be careful not to follow all the corrections because some of them might be fine the way they are.
I always have about 80 to 100 mistakes.X(
Then we learned how to make a website using google sites.
It's really easy because all you have to do is to make a title for the web and you can easily change the colors and the fonts of the letters. You can also put images and videos and create background images and all those.
I exchanged my site with Haruka. The title for the site was "energy in Japan" and I had an image of Redbull on my site, and after sharing the site Haruka had made it a REALLY energetic website.lol
It's like I'm going to present about Redbull itself^^
I had forgotten my account(like Shantonu), so I made a new one.
Grammerly is really useful to check for any mistakes in your essay, but you have to be careful not to follow all the corrections because some of them might be fine the way they are.
I always have about 80 to 100 mistakes.X(
Then we learned how to make a website using google sites.
It's really easy because all you have to do is to make a title for the web and you can easily change the colors and the fonts of the letters. You can also put images and videos and create background images and all those.
I exchanged my site with Haruka. The title for the site was "energy in Japan" and I had an image of Redbull on my site, and after sharing the site Haruka had made it a REALLY energetic website.lol
It's like I'm going to present about Redbull itself^^
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