Saturday, April 18, 2009

Tweet, tweet, tweet

Anybody remember that song I learned as a kid-tweet, tweet, tweet like the birdies sing, la, la, la, la, la? I wonder if Webster's had added to the definitions yet?
Did anyone catch that news item last week about twittering in the OR? What if my surgeon needed to twitter for advice during MY surgery? Seems kinda scary to me. On the other hand, I'd rather have a surgeon smart enough to ask for advice than not. Twittering in the operating room; maybe the hospitals will start requiring a designated twitterer as an essential person there.
And on MPR, the number of times I hear, call us at ......or send us a message on twitter, comes up more and more. OK, so I haven't actually tried it, maybe I should.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Google Presentation

After using Google Presentation, for the first time I actually finished an assignment during class! This is so much easier than Powerpoint for a beginner (like me). So many of our ELL students get stuck on the bells & whistles, and don't concentrate on what they need to say. This program focuses your thoughts and adding images is so easy, especially using flikr. Here's a link to the presentation I created at MILI tonight.
http://metronetmili.pbwiki.com/GooglePresentations-and-Glogs