a whole new dianne

For my graduate class this semester, “Ethical Leadership and the Future”, I will be creating a multi-media presentation/movie focusing on my 5 year old son and his use of technology.  A part of this project will focus on youth in general and the technologies they use.  As school is out and all the students have gone home for the summer, I have no one to interview except my immediate family and neighbors.  I need your help!  In an effort to get as many responses as possible, I have created the Google Form below.  Please consider taking a moment or two to reflect on the technologies your children use and complete the questions below.

I will be posting my completed project in a few weeks… results from this survey will surely be a part of it.

Thanks in advance!!

At DEN preconference at PETE & C.

At the Discovery Educator’s Network PETE & C Pre-conference.

There was another Cover it Live going at the same time thanks to @cliotech. Click HERE to view it.

Although I’ve been maintaining websites for years about my family, I haven’t had one central spot where all our family links, photos, videos and news is housed.  Now, we do!  Join me in celebrating the opening of the NEW Krause Family Website – Krause’s Korner!!

This year I’ve decided that I’m not going to spend hours on the selecting, creating, filling out, addressing, and paying for postage for the annual tradition of holiday cards. Instead, I’ve created a virtual card using a combination of Glogster.com and Animoto.com. Although it will not reach every person on my snail-mail address list, it will get to the majority of my family and friends. Those without access, such as my grandparents, can view the cards on my other relative’s computers, so I’m almost all covered. And, because the card is online, even more people than my “typical” address list can receive my holiday wishes and see photos of my family.

So, happy holidays to you, reader of my blog, from the Krause family…

http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/

Although jibjab.com has a lot of other things such as jokes, e-cards, funny videos and so forth, the absolutely most fun element of their website is the “starring you” videos. Now, in the spirit of the holidays, you can delight in the dancing of festive elves – with the faces of your friends and loved ones!

Simply upload photos, “cut” out the faces to fit the elves’ heads, select the type of dance you would like to humiliate your friends with and voila – a cute little video clip that will amaze your relatives and put a smile on your face.

No more bah humbug … check it out yourself – it’s free!

Here’s a sample of my family (my son, sister, nephews and me) doing “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” Disco!

Check out the slideshow below to see my son Benjamin’s first foray into the wonderful world of organized sports…