Emerging Technology 1

For my first emerging technology I explored PhotoShow. PhotoShow can be free and you may also pay money to upgrade. Photoshow can make wonderful movies, similar to Powerpoint shows, with pictures. I thought it would be really useful at a graduation or birthday party. It is possible to get the PhotoShow that you make turned into a DVD. That would be really fun to do! It may cost some money. Also, when upgrading, it is possible to add music from ITUNES. It is simple just upload the pictures you want to use and do some tinkering to the text. It is very self-explanatory. I enjoyed using it because it was so easy. Although, I did try to upload my pictures all at once and it took forever! I do not recommend that. It was easier for me to upload them individually. It made the process a lot faster! I liked how I could customize mine with a vacation theme that was provided. Also, I enjoyed the fun "stickers." I used a sun, some stars, and a palm tree! Overall, I was interested in PhotoShow because it allowed me to use some creativity instead of simply uploading photos! Try it out! My PhotoShow is at the bottom of my page with my music and Powerpoint!

Kristen

Additonal Tips!

I thought I should put some more tips up here for everyone! If you go to design, template designer, and then click on advanced you can change all the colors of everything! I am still working on my font so if it is hard to read let me know! Sometimes I like bright colors a little too much! Gadgets is how I put my pictures in. Hmm, I am very new to this so I hope these extra tips helped. Hopefully you can send some tips my way because I am still exploring.

Introduction!

Hi everyone! My name is Kristen Koon and I am a Social Studies Education major. I am a sophmore in college,so I am not in the blocks yet. I really hate math, which is why I have chosen the path of a Social Studies teacher. Social Studies and English are much more fun than math for me! I currently live at home in Plainfield so I have a bit of a drive to school. I have two sisters who have both graduated from IU. It is my goal to attend IU Bloomington. Yet, I am enjoying the free housing from my parents and the cheaper costs so much here that I might stay. If you look to the side you will see a picture of me with long hair. I am not big on change but recently I made a drastic one! I cut my hair really short, and it was a big step in growing up for me. Well, you can learn some more information about me in my about me section! By the way, I am in a Sociology class and we have to do service learning. Next week I get to go to George Washington Community School and either tutor or help a teacher. Yay! Anyways...making my blog was an interesting experience! I found myself getting angry at my computer but then it got better. It reminds me of making a myspace almost. So my tip would be to go to hotbliggityblog.com and get a cute layout to make your blog unique! Also just explore. I did not know how to add music from itunes so I just got on projectplaylist.com and made a playlist. This website can be frustrating because sometimes it doesn't have the song you want to add. Ah! Well, right now I am still trying to figure out how to add my powerpoint. Hopefully I can get it on here. Oh, and by the way the song that I used for my slogan is first on my playlist! Hope you like it!

<3 Kristen

New!

I am very new to this so I am practicing! eek! =)