Using Google Earth i was able to locate my home. This is Jing shot. This exercise should have taken a few minute to accomplish but do to the fact the RPS computers have some sort of phobia about running Google Earth it took much longer. Eventually after trying to load Google Earth on two different work laptops i was forced to do this on my old desktop at home. I have been using Google Earth for a few years and I fine it both very interesting and useful.
This is a screen shot of Google Earth showing the Big Sable Point lighthouse which is located on the Lake Michigan shore north of Ludington. Getting there requires a walk up the beach from the Ludington state park of just over a mile. It is one of only two structures on the beach in a stretch of about ten miles. It is earmarked with a yellow pin showing the point on the beach where my wife and I got married.
QUIZLET
This is the first time I have ever used this resource. It is easy to use and offers some nice features. I believe that it would be useful for drill and practice activities with students. I created a small collection of flashcards on the topic of RHS Library information resources and ran it with a few students. They picked up on the usage very quickly. In the future I will recommend Quizlet to teachers more than I would likely use it for myself in the library. Quizlet offers a chance for teachers to diversify and individualize drill and practice instruction. It might also be a tool of formative assessment with individuals or groups. Students could be instructed to create their own flash card sets and share them with each other.
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