Emerging Technology #1 Photo Share

           The first emerging technology I chose to explore is Photovisi, a photo-sharing site located at http://www.photovisi.com (I've posted a link in my favorite sites). Unlike most sites and services that provide picture sharing on the web, Photovisi lets you create different types of collages to share. I had used other Internet photo services in the past, but never Photovisi. I found it to be fun and very easy to use. When you first visit the site, you chose a collage style from a variety of choices. After that, you simply choose your pictures from your computer or a webcam and it puts them on the collage for you. After all the pictures are on, you can move them and/or size them differently if you don’t like the way it looks. Then hit download, type in your email, and you’re done. Afterwards, you can send your collage to Facebook, My Space, and anywhere else you want too. Very easy! I didn’t have any problems at all with this and I’m glad I explored it. As a teacher, I think that Photovisi could be used in the classroom as a fun activity. Each child could bring a picture of themselves into class and the teacher could make a collage of all of them. This would be a visual aid of one of the many uses of computers. This would also allow them to see pictures of their fellow students. So take a look at all the cool options Photovisi has and create your own unique collage!

This is my collage

Halloween

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Halloween

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Welcome to my blog!

Welcome all to my blog! My name is Dustin Rushing and this is the first blog I have ever created. I thought it was pretty simple and fun to put this together and I look forward to exploring new ways to use it. There are a few things I could use help with however. First, I can't figure out how to put a song on here, from Itunes or wherever. Second, is it possible to make pictures smaller? I don't really have any good tips for you. I thought it was interesting to go through all the gadgets offered so make sure you do that. You may find some cool ones that you'll want to post on your blog  I'm sure by the end of the semester we'll all be blog experts. Anyways, thanks for visiting!

Don't panic yet Colts fans

Wow what a horrible showing by the Colts defense in Houston yesterday. The Texans played extremely well and are considered by many to be "a team on the rise" in the NFL, but that was embarrassing. I suddenly found myself back in Jacksonville at the end of the 2006 regular season! As bad as it was, i'm not that worried yet. As you know, that bad showing by the defense in 2006 led to a super bowl title that year. They just need to shake off what happened last year and get motivated.  If they lose this week, then I'll start getting a little worried. Let's not forget, the Colts have the greatest quarterback in the history of history and he's not gonna let his team continue to play this bad. Get it together guys!