The class is designed to teach students about web applications, digital citizenship, personal network building, and social media responsibility and practice. This blog will be used to share with our readers the tools, websites, and web resources that students are learning about. We hope that you find a tool that you can utilize.

There are so many web applications available on the Internet that students may not even know exist. In this course, students will explore the Internet and take advantage of all that it has to offer. Students will learn that Google is more than just a search engine. They will discover various web applications that will help make their time on the Internet more effective and efficient. The web applications that will be explored include, but are not limited to: sharing buttons, blogs, avatars, RSS, social bookmarking, photo sharing/editing, audio and video, presentation, drawing, collaboration tools, and screencasts. Internet marketing and shopping sites will also be explored. Students will explore applications of which they can utilize to enhance both their learning and social experiences. Students will learn and practice digital literacy and responsibility, collaborate, share, create, socialize, and organize content, while demonstrating internet safety. Upon leaving this course students will be informed digital learner/citizen!


I LOVE LOVE LOVE looking for new tools to share with my students! I explore the web daily in search of new tools. I also gain knowledge from other Social Media blogs/websites who have found resourceful tools. Thank you to all of those experts who share their love for technology with the rest of us!


I also enjoy looking at the students creativity - through their blogs! My students love exploring Social Media! And will walk away with a collection of tools (their own Personal Learning Network) that will enhance their Internet experience both personally, educationally, and professionally.

Meez

Meez is an online website where you can create a 3-D, animated avatar. Customize your avatar with Meez 3D avatar avatars gameshair, clothing, accessories, gadgets and even animation - to express/represent yourself. I created an avatar using a computer and one cooking!  This is a very FUN website to create an animated avatar.  I had fun choosing hair, clothing and playing with all the animations.  You do recieve 2000 points when you save your avatar.   To earn points you may actually pay for them or play games to earn coins and cash!  You also receive gifts - which are worth points!  Visit your meez page daily and click Daily Boost - and you will receive points.

You can use your Meez just about anywhere you can use a digital image. Here's a few examples:

  • Instant Messaging
  • Personal & Professional Web Pages
  • Online Communities
  • Blogs
  • Bulletin Boards
  • Forums
  • Email
Meez is the only online virtual playground for teens to create social and multimedia activities to share with friends. Meez is an online community that combines a social virtual world with social networking, gaming, sharing and more. In has an interactive environment, where users can express their personal taste by creating unique avatars and Meez Rooms with virtual goods. Meez is where teens get to share their own interests with one another, from fashion, music, videos and hobbies - nearly anything they love to do in real life - with friends, in a cool virtual hangout.
Meez 3D avatar avatars games

Information from meez.com:

Virtual World — Meez Nation is a virtual world, organized into various neighborhoods where teens can interact with other Meez users. Each 'hood contains different locales, public hangouts and custom-decorated Meez Rooms where users can chat, share music, watch videos, perform in dance contests or just be Meez. Active Meez users watch one million videos per day and typically spend at least an hour per visit to the popular Meez Nation.
Avatars — Meez core Avatar technology allows users to create a digital representation or identity that can be used throughout Meez Nation and exported to other social networks, virtual worlds, gaming sites, instant messaging platforms and mobile devices. Avatars can be customized with physical attributes, clothing, accessories, popular branded items and animations or actions. 
Coinz — Meez users can earn and spend virtual Coinz, the currency for Meez's virtual economy, to buy exclusive items such as clothing, hair styles, accessories, decorations for "Roomz," gifts for other Meez users and more.
Games — Meez currently offers users 80+ web-based casual games to choose from, carefully selected for the Meez Nation. Providing game functionality is a natural extension of our social entertainment platform, allowing users to customize and personalize their games using their avatar. Meez users play over 100,000 games per day on Meez.
Meez Forums — Meez forums provide a great way for users to meet and interact with friends by posting messaging on bulletin boards, with lots of topics and subcategories up for discussion.
Homepages — In addition to an avatar and a personal room, Meez also offers users the ability to create their own homepage where they can show off their Meez, send and receive personal messages and manage their friends lists. Users can explore each other's homepages, read profiles and leave messages.

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