Tucker’s Blog

A few weeks ago I read an article about online protection for minors. I personally have no protection software on my computer. I don’t feel it is important to restrict what content is viewable for people. I think the anonymity of the internet is a good thing in most circumstances.

I recently read an article that claimed that youtube and social networking sites similar to that have lead to an increase in teen violence. I don’t believe this is true. People have always been desensitized to violence, gladiatorial fights and public executions greatly predate violent movies and videogames. If anything I believe that fighting is less socially acceptable than it was 40 years ago.

This week I made my blog look more exciting by adding a little pig avatar that greets you. The other thing I added was the ability to look at the page in a plain text format. This will appeal to any readers that have inadaquate vision.

Kayleigh, Alyssa, and I made a tutorial on making a brochure with Microsoft Publisher. We had to use microsoft encoder and a headset. It took a few tries to get it done right, but we eventually finished it without screwing up. I think we will get an A+ for our exceptional tutorial.

http://kurtm.edublogs.org/2008/03/14/working-with-my-blog/

I went through this same ordeal that week. The edublogs site is a little difficult to navigate and is painfully slow.

www.edublogs.org

This week we were put into groups to work on making a tutorial. My group chose to make one explaining Microsoft Publisher. We are planning on demonstrating how to create a brochure using the program.