For this assignment I used the website monkeyon.com, this website was very easy to use. Monkeyon.com is used for communication, you can send reminders to yourself or to your friends. In this case, you are sending "monkeies" to your friends and yourself and when you recieve that message you have a "monkey on your back." From there you can leave it for a reminder or you can "kill" the monkey after you are done with the reminder listed. I find this very useful, I forget to do things a lot and I know most of my friends do as well. So using Monkeyon.com I can send the monkey to me and my friends so I wont forget to do what I have to do.
Monkeyon.com is very user friendly and straight forward. Once you sign up for the website it sends you an email and you have to confirm, but after that it directs you to the site and lets you send monkies to your friends. There are three tabs on the site; send monkey, sent monkeys, and monkies on your back. I find it very organize and simplistic, which I like very much. Teacher could benifit from this by sending themselves reminders so they don't forget what they have to do. I feel like almost everybody could benifit from monkeyon.com, everybody forgets things once in a while and this will help keep you on track in your life.
I'm not sure how I would post an example of this website other than sending the ones who want to see it a message. if you would like for me to send you a monkey then you can comment on here and leave your email address and I would be happy to send you one!
Friday, February 25, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
Photosharing
The technology that I am exploring is SnapGalaxy. SnapGalaxy is a photo sharing website that uploads photos into albums that you can then share with your friends and family. This would be useful for classrooms, traveling, and for just sharing photos with friends and family. If you were traveling as you take pictures you can upload them and share them with a click of the mouse. This would also be useful for families with someone in the military and living in a different state or country. You could use SnapGalaxy in the classroom as well, sharing photos about something related to a topic you are teaching will help grab the student's attention and make them more interested in the subject.
Using SnapGalaxy was really easy. I was worried that it would be more difficult than it really was. All you had to do was sign up for free, then create an album. In each album you create you can share it with your friends or tag people in the photo album, which I though was really nifty. The site it very user-friendly and easy create photo albums. Many people could benefit from SnapGalaxy, such as; families, teachers, photographers, or people who just like to share photos.
The photo album that I created is of my closest friends. All of them are very special in their own way, as you can see from the pictures. They are all a very important part of my life! Their names are (L-R) Kristen, Ashley K, Lena, Adam, Sam, Amanda, Chloe, Alexa, Danni, KC and Jessica (plus one of kc's kids and one of Jessica's kids).
Using SnapGalaxy was really easy. I was worried that it would be more difficult than it really was. All you had to do was sign up for free, then create an album. In each album you create you can share it with your friends or tag people in the photo album, which I though was really nifty. The site it very user-friendly and easy create photo albums. Many people could benefit from SnapGalaxy, such as; families, teachers, photographers, or people who just like to share photos.
The photo album that I created is of my closest friends. All of them are very special in their own way, as you can see from the pictures. They are all a very important part of my life! Their names are (L-R) Kristen, Ashley K, Lena, Adam, Sam, Amanda, Chloe, Alexa, Danni, KC and Jessica (plus one of kc's kids and one of Jessica's kids).
Thursday, February 3, 2011
All about moi
My name is Ashley Helman and I am technically a sophomore still but this is my third year of college. This is because I just switched my majors from Medical Imaging to Elementary Education. I don't know about everyone else, but science got REAL hard in college. I really want to be an art or music teacher, but majoring in either of those right now wouldn't be the best idea. I just love working with little kids, I'm not sure why though, they just always put a smile on my face. Kids really do say the darnedest things!
I have lived in or around Indianapolis my entire life. Although I have moved too many times than I can count. I don't even remember all the elementary schools I went to! I literally went to one school for a week and then moved. After my fifth grade year my mom decided to finally settle down and we moved out to greenfield. I made her promise me that we would stay there until I graduated. But who's parents actually keep promises? Not mine! My mom decided to move to Louisiana and I decided to live with my dad. I graduated from T.C. Howe Academy in 2008. And if you can't already tell from my background, I LOVE music! There is not a second that goes by where I'm not listening to something. Even if it is just me singing in my head.
I have a very crazy, somewhat dysfunctional family! But who doesn't? My father, Jeffrey, is an electrician. I have a younger brother, Jay who is a senior in high school. Three older half brothers; Phillip, Andrew, and Tony. As well as an older half sister, Sarah. None of them really do anything important, but I still love them anyway. I couldn't imagine being an only child, although sometimes I wish it. My mother, Cynthia, doesn't work. She is a stay at home wife. Since she is married I have a stepfather as well, his name is Dwayne. I'm probably the only "normal" one in my family, and I'm far from normal.
Creating this blog was pretty simple! I was dreading starting this because I get confused easily, but all you had to do was click and type. Simple as that! I don't have very much experience with blogging. Except for, like everyone else in the world, myspace in high school and I currently have a facebook page. Other than that I don't have any other experiences. I'm glad this was so simple though! I now know how to blog! =]
I have lived in or around Indianapolis my entire life. Although I have moved too many times than I can count. I don't even remember all the elementary schools I went to! I literally went to one school for a week and then moved. After my fifth grade year my mom decided to finally settle down and we moved out to greenfield. I made her promise me that we would stay there until I graduated. But who's parents actually keep promises? Not mine! My mom decided to move to Louisiana and I decided to live with my dad. I graduated from T.C. Howe Academy in 2008. And if you can't already tell from my background, I LOVE music! There is not a second that goes by where I'm not listening to something. Even if it is just me singing in my head.
I have a very crazy, somewhat dysfunctional family! But who doesn't? My father, Jeffrey, is an electrician. I have a younger brother, Jay who is a senior in high school. Three older half brothers; Phillip, Andrew, and Tony. As well as an older half sister, Sarah. None of them really do anything important, but I still love them anyway. I couldn't imagine being an only child, although sometimes I wish it. My mother, Cynthia, doesn't work. She is a stay at home wife. Since she is married I have a stepfather as well, his name is Dwayne. I'm probably the only "normal" one in my family, and I'm far from normal.
Creating this blog was pretty simple! I was dreading starting this because I get confused easily, but all you had to do was click and type. Simple as that! I don't have very much experience with blogging. Except for, like everyone else in the world, myspace in high school and I currently have a facebook page. Other than that I don't have any other experiences. I'm glad this was so simple though! I now know how to blog! =]
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