No More GooglePages website, Now its Google Sites

They replaced GooglePages with Google Sites. Here is the video that shows you step by step how to create your own free Google Site. Hope it helps. :-)

http://www.vimeo.com/1734638

Videos - Setting up Blogger

I have started creating videos to set up a Blog on Blogger. Here is the link for the first lesson and then you can click on the rest. Its my first try at this so give me some leeway :-)

http://blip.tv/file/1032153/

Easy Way to Google Search for Flash Animations

Here is a quick way to search Google for a Flash animation or any other type of file you want.

filetype:swf "nuclear decay"

The filetype is the type of file you want. In this case swf is the extension for Flash animations that you can Save As onto you computer and play them later without the use of the internet. Very helpful for presentations without internet. Beside the filetype you enter "XXXXX" for the title or for what the Flash animation covers. The filetype could also be doc, pdf, ppt and so on. I have noticed that once you do the search you can just right click and Save As on the link in IE but I had problems doing this with FireFox.

Experimenting with Twitter

Signed up with Twitter and learning how to use it. It seems like a nice way to keep in touch with people. I am thinking more along the lines of posting updates on the blog using Twitter and my cell phone (look on bottom right of blog for example). I had been thinking of a way to update while on the road if I get accepted to a geology trip I applied to.

http://twitter.com/home

Needed to modify layout on the blog and add an html component to have the twitter update (badge) on the site. It only shows one twitter update but using Jon's scipt added to bottom of badge html and changing user_timeline; I was able to show more.

http://jonaquino.blogspot.com/2006/12/twitter-increasing-number-of-twitters.html

How-To Find and Use Flash Animations

I posted a compressed file for my presenation at both the CAST (Conference for the Advancement of Science Teachers) and the RGVSA (Rio Grande Valley Science Association) conferences. It shows how to find flash animations on the web so you can use in class. It also explains the process of including said animations in your PowerPoints.

http://teachertechtraining.googlepages.com/flashanimationsinpowerpoint

How-To Create A GooglePages Website

Posted some videos and instructions on how to create a website using Google's Page Creator

http://teachertechtraining.googlepages.com/creatinggooglepagewebsite

Set Up Webpages for Blog

Just set up a GooglePages website for the Blogger so I can have a place to save files for the stuff I mention in the blog.

http://teachertechtraining.googlepages.com