Changing my multimedia project

The google earth proved to be too much for me.
I decided to edit a video, which I will be posting soon-probably tomorrow-on my site.

Victory!!!

It seems like I was finally able to make my poll work!
It would have like it be different, but if it works, it works.

Multimedia project

I am still trying to clean up my website. For now though, I want to focus on my multimedia project.
A couple of years ago, for a pedagogy class I ineterviewed several people from different Spanish-speaking countries. The interviews were on cultural aspects of those countries, and peculiarities of each of each country. The videos have not really worked, mostly because of the poor quality of the camera I recorded them in. I would have liked to record them again, since I would give them much use. However, since the assignment is on using technology that I have not used yet, I am planning to use google earth and show my students a project they could do for the class. The project will consist of a 3 minutes video showing and describing a place in a Spanish-speaking country, and talk about the kind of activities people can do in that place.
I will post the script later on.
Here is are the first two images that I want to show (hopefully I will figure out pretty soon how to do it!)

Busy with my site

My site is keeping me busy. It has been a bit harder than expected to be able to edit what came with google and what I want to appear in my site.
I have not been able to figure out how to take posts for announcements or homework. The links "edit post" are still showing. My calendar is not for a full month, but I think I got the idea on how to make one and update it. My poll....my poll, I tried, but it is clearly not very good. I will keep working on it tomorrow, so that it actually looks and acts like a poll. Any suggestions on how to make a poll?
Well, something that I have learned is that even though Google provides much material to create a website, it still takes a lot of time to create one, at least until you get use to do it. Also, in the future, I would take more time to invest on this assignment.
At least I can say that due to this class and its requirements, I am learning about technology and how it can be used for pedagogical purposes. In addition, I am loosing my fear towards technology and feel more confident in exploring how to do gadgets and change settings for both blogs and websites! :)

Working on my site

It looks like I am able to do more today than before on my site.
I have been able to change a few things, particularly delete things that I did not want on my site and add information to it.
I am working on truly personalizing this website, accommodating it to what could be useful for a Spanish class.

Creating a site

Here I am again, experimenting with the internet. This time is to create a site. I looked at the tutorial on the class website and found it helpful. But I still find the task confusing. Hopefully though, it will be like the task of creating a blog...meaning that I hope it gets easier.

It is taking a while to do this assignment, more than I thought it would, but I am hopeful that I will be able to learn. You can see it by clicking in here.

Sharing information over the internet

I shared the information on how to be safe on the internet with someone dear to me. She mostly knew all that I shared. She was not surprised, but she emphasized the importance of being careful with the information one posts on the internet.
It is tricky, and hard not to get scared when talking about it, and decide to avoid all of it. However, I think technology can be used for good things, but we still need to be careful with the information we give, the things we search for, the things we watch, the things we do. Like everything we need to be prudent, moderated and wise. As king Benjamin exhorted his people: "And finally, I cannot tell you all the things whereby ye may commit sin; for there are divers ways and means, even so many that I cannot number them. But this much I can tell you, that if ye do not awatch yourselves, and your bthoughts, and your cwords, and your deeds, and observe the commandments of God, and dcontinue in the faith of what ye have heard concerning the coming of our Lord, even unto the end of your lives, ye must perish. And now, O man, remember, and perish not" (The Book of Mormon: Mosiah 4:29-30).