On a Roll with Thing 12

Whoa- When I get working, I get working! I am having fun with this! I definately see using widgets! For practice, I placed a quote widget below, but am not sure I would use this on my class site because I would not be sure of the content each day. This is definately something to think about when posting widgets on your blog.



I am getting comfy with the embedding code. Yea! I am excited as I belong to another online community. Many people have these widgets and pictures as a part of their posts. I do not because I just never understood it. Now I can join and show off my new skills!

I have found a widget called TickerFactory that does countdowns. Here is one for fun. (and yes, I am breaking our family rule of mentioning when school starts by doing this..so shh! don't tell my kids!)




I think relationships can be formed online just as good as being face-to-face. As in any relationship, it depends on how much time and effort you put into it! Now, with that said, I do not believe that students today are forming these deep types of relationships online with their friends. It becomes just a status to say how many "friends" you have on your facebook or myspace. You may not even know these people at all personally- and they may never ever comment on your page, but the numbers game is important when you are a teen. For teens, I think true relationships are ones that they have face-to-face that they then network online with. These pages are for quick, to-the-point comments, and are not a basis for forming deep relationships.

Students love these sites because being with their friends becomes a 24/7 thing for them! Isn't that what all teens want? Access to their friends 24/7? What is there not to like about that when you are a teen? (it is when you are my age you want some "alone" time...)

Speaking of which....