Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Games and Gaming #35 - Games? In the Library?
This is the one module that will come in really handy here at the library. We have alot of patrons (children and adults) who ask for websites for games. I love the different games that will challenge the player. Houston Chronicle has a very good site that I never knew about. The Wordplay game is awesome. Thank you for making this worksite!!
Monday, May 5, 2008
Maps #34 - Geocoding and Geocaching
1. On your blog, tell us the name of the location you chose to find and list the GPS coordinates for that location.
30.052835, -95.225152
N30°3.1701, W095°13.50912
Map this location:
Google MapsGoogle EarthYahoo!SVGJPEGPNG
2. Find a geocache that you would be interested in finding. Copy and paste the url of the geocache into your blog like this:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/gmnearest.aspx?lat=30.046324602613722&lng=-95.21666049957275&zm=15&mt=m
3. Write about your thoughts on geocaching. You can write about anything. Some suggestions are whether this is something you would like to do for fun, or what potential dangers you might want to be aware of.
The geocaching coordinates that I pulled up was a street away from where I live. I would not go to the area where the cache is because it will be in someone's yard. Bascially, it is called trespassing and I would feel very uncomfortable in walking around a stranger's yard snooping around. Other people may not be aware of what I would be doing here.
Instead I would set up something at a girl scout campout for the girl scouts to practice in geocaching and learning to use coordinates to locate items during the campout to earn toward a badge.
30.052835, -95.225152
N30°3.1701, W095°13.50912
Map this location:
Google MapsGoogle EarthYahoo!SVGJPEGPNG
2. Find a geocache that you would be interested in finding. Copy and paste the url of the geocache into your blog like this:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/gmnearest.aspx?lat=30.046324602613722&lng=-95.21666049957275&zm=15&mt=m
3. Write about your thoughts on geocaching. You can write about anything. Some suggestions are whether this is something you would like to do for fun, or what potential dangers you might want to be aware of.
The geocaching coordinates that I pulled up was a street away from where I live. I would not go to the area where the cache is because it will be in someone's yard. Bascially, it is called trespassing and I would feel very uncomfortable in walking around a stranger's yard snooping around. Other people may not be aware of what I would be doing here.
Instead I would set up something at a girl scout campout for the girl scouts to practice in geocaching and learning to use coordinates to locate items during the campout to earn toward a badge.
Map #33 - Relocating with Online Maps
Activity 1:
Houses: In this practice exercise, I found alot of dream homes that I would love to move into. The virtual tour of some of the properties were fantastic, considering if a person really didn't like the floor plan of the home, that person is not wasting his or her time by driving out to the prospective property and be very discouraged.
Activity 2:
New homes: The subdivision that I looked into was in Kingwood and on the west side of the freeway. There were not any places to eat (resturants), stores, schools close by. The subdivision is a new subdivision and the homes were very nice. The easy access to Highway 59 was just minutes away, and without alot of the traffic jam as someone who would be living in Kingwood. The closest store is Randalls on Kingwood drive (the east side the freeway) and also numerous resturants (Luby's, Texas Roadhouse, Fu Lees) and other business on Kingwood Drive less than 3 miles from the subdivision. Kingwood College is less than 1 mile from subdivision.
Found several listings (but prices ouch!!! too much for our budget).
Houses: In this practice exercise, I found alot of dream homes that I would love to move into. The virtual tour of some of the properties were fantastic, considering if a person really didn't like the floor plan of the home, that person is not wasting his or her time by driving out to the prospective property and be very discouraged.
Activity 2:
New homes: The subdivision that I looked into was in Kingwood and on the west side of the freeway. There were not any places to eat (resturants), stores, schools close by. The subdivision is a new subdivision and the homes were very nice. The easy access to Highway 59 was just minutes away, and without alot of the traffic jam as someone who would be living in Kingwood. The closest store is Randalls on Kingwood drive (the east side the freeway) and also numerous resturants (Luby's, Texas Roadhouse, Fu Lees) and other business on Kingwood Drive less than 3 miles from the subdivision. Kingwood College is less than 1 mile from subdivision.
Found several listings (but prices ouch!!! too much for our budget).
Maps #32 - Current Events
Great practice!! Here is the island I lived on and where my parents lived. Aloha from Hawaii!!
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