My Next Voki/Butns Problem

Using the "HTML Snippet" button on iWeb, I've now gotten them both to appear.  However, even though I've updated the page, when I go there, neither one appears.  I'm going slowly insane!

butns.com question - much like the Voki one

So the same thing is happening when I try to add a link from butns.com.  If gives me the link and says to set it up as a hyperlink, but when I do that, all I get is the code:  Web Resources

Voki Question

For task 10, I've been looking into more tools.  I went on Voki, which is really cool.  I constructed a person with a recorded message, but I cannot figure out how to get it on to my class website.  I tried several of the different codes they gave for embedding, including "standard website"and "other", but I can't get it to show up on my website - only the code appears.  Any suggestions?  Thanks!

Task 9

Okay, I have to admit, I was pretty suspicious about this Del.icio.us thing.  I dropped off on my Pi 2.0 work because I just couldn't get myself excited about it for some reason.  Perhaps it had something to do with Spring Break being so close at hand!

Anyway, now that I'm back and more open-minded, I can definitely see its advantages.  Rather than roaming through Google, I am able to narrow things down.  Plus, once I have found a good website, it's there for me, rather than trying to remember where I found it the year before.

So far, I've mostly used my account to locate grammar websites.  I like being able to tag them with grammar but also the specific topic, such as "diagramming", "commas", or "common errors".  The advantages of then being able to look at other people's accounts are clear.  The other thing I like about it is that you can do a little at a time, rather than having to devote hours to just setting up bookmarks - when I have a few minutes, I can add a couple; and my list just grows!

So let's just say I'm a convert!

Google Reader Question

I've set up my Google Reader to come up with articles related to my Race, Class, & Gender course.  My question is if there's a way to only get articles about the U.S.?  It's too overwhelming to try and do the whole world, so I'm really focusing on our country.  Thanks!  JS

Task 7

I'm pretty familiar with wikis - or at least certain ways of using them.  I set up one for my class to prepare for their test on Unwind by Neal Shusterman this Monday:  http://piunwind.wikispaces.com/.  Before we started the book, I set it up, and then kids had to each take a section of the book to summarize and pick out important quotes and themes.  Then, as they got closer to the test, they added more quotes, themes, etc.  My only frustration with wikis, so far, has been when multiple kids are trying to work on it at once, and they save over each other's entries.  While you can generally find them in the history, they get all jumbled up.  Also, kids sometimes inadvertently erase other entries.

Looking at the Pi 2.0 wikis, there are definitely other ways to use them that I have not yet.  I liked the ones that Vicki Davis' blog linked to, where kids were preparing their own study guides as the test.  I'm thinking about doing that for the final test of A Separate Peace, when we finish that.  One thing I really want to learn how to do is imbed a quiz on a wiki, like Martha & Brian have done.  I'm also wondering if I could do that off our homepage.  I know Elizabeth has done a similar thing with imbedding surveys into her homepage.  Looking at the setup of the others, I remembered that I haven't been doing anything to much to change the appearance of my various wikis, which can make a difference in kids' interest.

Google Reader Question

So I've got my Google Reader set up with some automatic subscriptions, and I've figured out how to star an item.  However, I just figured out that the starred items get deleted after a day or two.  Is there any way to save an article to read for later (like a few days or weeks later)?  Thanks!  JS