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OH! So that is how I get different sized text Been noticing it in other entries! [FONT=comic sans ms]What else can I do?[/FONT] [FONT=comic sans ms]Comic. Like I use for Worksheets?[/FONT]

Oh! Look at that! I just pressed the reply button insted of replying at bottom of page. and all these formating options showed up. Duh! I see it. I read somewhere in another/old thread about quick reply. So much to learn. I see the question mark? going to look at that.

can I add an attachment?

Originally posted by clouddancer can I add an attachment?

So that is how I quote. I wondered about using this as my avatar. It might work.

What else can I play with? What happens if I press an icon, like this?

Wheeeeee, Look at me. Okay, so now I feel more confident. Considering it took friends 2 years to convince me to start surfing. I was convinced I would press the wrong button and shut down the hole web. Now here I am..... (what is this called) not exactly chating is it? ..... but interacting with others. And now I feel like I won't blow up this board and have eveyone mad at me. Told ya I was a newbie I am even playing with the smilies. hehe

Just don't press the button that sayd "Don't Press" as it will self destruct.

And remember,

Clouddancer... I have been on this site for awhile now and I still don't know how to do half the stuff.... Will have to test myself!!!

aint it fun on the journey to discovery?! LOLOLOL! Those attempts were just tooooo cute Clouddancer! Its pretty much the way we all started out here! Im giggling at the thought all those years back when those very same first tentative steps to post , reply, and interact were taken by many members who became well known writers and webowners themselves! Baby steps darl, baby steps and before you know it you'll be uploading your new fanfic and awesome pics on the board, doing some crazy rps and if's and then blammo-youre one of the officially Corrupted! lol Keep up the Good Work

You have checked out the Gallery haven't you?

I figured out how to give myself an avatar!!! now I just have to figure out how to find the smilies I want, when I want them. Imi, not to appear ... ahem..... stupid but newbie question coming up What are rps and if's? Some of these acronyms have me scratching my head. I need a book just to figure them all out.

OH my!!! smart computer. Even my old postings now have my avatar.

Well IFs are "Interactive Fictions", there are some posted up in the IF section. RPs are "Role Plays" if I am not mistaken but then again terminology with RP differs greatly.

When I first got onto the "Net" I joined a forum like this one and I tried to learn what I could, not reallys uccessfully, so I joined another one and slowly learned by myself nd help from others had to do what I can do now and I went back to the first fourm and then rocked the place for a while. As you update your profiles and avatars, all the old postings will automatically update with the new information. For examples, you may want to change your signature and as you post more messages, the little thing that says Posts: under your Registratin Date: which is under your avatar will automatically go up. And that mens as you go along, then your rank will go up. One of the first things I did when I joined was to have a look at the FAQ, which helped me a lot.

RPs are in real-time, where each person takes the role of one character. IFs are like round robins writing, with longer posts. Each person takes the role of a character. Both forms can get very angsty, or be very lighthearted. Some RPs last for months. The rules vary with the board and how well the players know each other.

Thank you for the answers, advice and help. I am sure there will be a lot more questions as I go along. An FAQ section? Perhaps I should go there next, but I tend to be one to read the instructions AFTER I have made several attempts. I also tend to learn by DOING rather than reading.

"I am using Firefox now and have notice slightly difference with the smileys than on IE7. With IE7, you just place the mouse of the appropriate smiley and it will tell you what it is but not so with Firefox. Interesting, different but interesting, hhhhmmmmm..........." Wanders off wondering.

I have found the same thing with the browsers I use. At work, using IE (who knows which one), I know what smilie is showing. (Makes it easier to read a post when you know what the smilie stands for.) In Firefox, Netscape and Safari (yes I am a Mac user) I only know what the smilie is when I click on it to use it in a posting. Why three (actually four, I also have IE for Mac) browsers. I am trying to decide which one I like the best. Netscape was my first. So I keep returning to it.

Thats because IE incorrectly uses the "alt" attribute of the image tag to display a mouseover where Firefox correctly uses the "alt" attribute to display an alternative link should the image not load. The correct method for mouseover is the "title" attribute, something I did not add to my XHTML coding but might add in for smilies and some other bits here and there.

Ohh kayyy!!!! Like I understood that. Now Cep explain why when I play the arcade, when I get on the score board I am registered as guest. I just got 35 place in Tetris, but my name is not there: only guest.

I didn't quite understood that either Clouddancer as for why yu are a guest, ...........Thinks hard but empty mind stops that.

I have also found one other thing about Firefox. I like to listen to couple of show on Kerrang and when I tried it about 5 minutes ago, it said that I must havee IE. Interesting, any lucky I didn't get rid of IE from my PC. Sounds like both Firefox and IE are useful.

And I have discovered Safari does not save images. I can click and drag but not save to... click and drag means I don't get the image name. Have to try this function out in Firefox sometime.

or you could look into photobucket. I only just found out about this nifty site which allows you to upload and download pics from anywhere! photobucket

I used photobucket once until I forgot my password. Sigh, maybe I need to sign up again. I can do it from my PC and such and even copy pics from my phone to my PC and vica versa.

Photobucket is a good idea but their servers are really sloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow. Seriously

I do not think photobucket would do what I want, but I did not spend long on the site. The images I want to download are from other websites Or from emails. How else am I going to get images of my favourite and ? let alone where's the owl smilie? I can't find an owl? I will have to keep looking through the smilies some other time.

Owl is under the H's.

Oh?!? Horned Owl? Ahh! Hootie. From Ealge Riders right? Thank you! Meridian

I did have that problem my self. I just go "Hootie" now and I can remember were it is.

Thats what happens with an admin who doesnt know much about the subject

I ddin't think of Hootie as it's from Eagle Riders. I only thought of Gatchaman and BOTP.

Well its H for Hootie and Horned Owl, I should probably have used their G numbers instead but

Well 4 out of 5 ain't bad for me.

Now lets try playing here again. Will this work?

OOOooo, like the snoopy one.

Yes!! Here is my dancing snoopy I like. I even found one for Cricket. Cep. Can you add my Snoopy to your mix sometime? * Sorry Newbie already asking you to do more work *

OMG Snoooopy is sooooooooooooo being added!

And here he is

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I bow to the great Cep

Thankyou, thankyou

Originally posted by Cep OMG Snoooopy is sooooooooooooo being ad

Just seen the and I am sure it reminds me of a My Little Pony with wings.

Need Help: I'm trying to add a picture from photobucket into my signature line. I'm using the Insert Image button on this site and then inputting the http: address of the picture of from photobucket. I am able to reduce the size of the pic in photobucket, but when I view it here, it's huge! Any ideas on how to reduce the size here?

I am in AWE of the Snoopy Dance one...THAT is my new favorite smilie...hands down! I used to sleep with a stuffed Snoopy every night...used him as a pillow....his poor neck droops, and he is dingy gray...but I still love him...even though my hubby has taken his place as my pillow...

Glad you like it. I always think of snoopy doing this dance when I get that /excited, jumpy, skippy, I did it/ feeling. Can't put the emotion into words but Snoopy says it all for me. Felt like this this morning when my students suddenly got a "lightning bolt moment" during my language class. I almost started the snoopy dance around the classroom. They got it, they got it, they got it. Then, I had to asses the children on their unit and my mood went down the drain. I know I taught them all this stuf. What happened? Why can they not show me the information? What did I do wrong? Do I have time to reteach before the end of the year?

Oh boy, do I empathize! I teach 3rd grade...and some of my students CANNOT distinguish between a line, a ray, an angle and a line segment...no matter how many times I repeat myself...I feel like a parrot (heehee). And the BIG end of the year state testing is coming soon! So much review, so little time...EEP!

Originally posted by Lolabella Need Help: I'm trying to add a picture from photobucket into my signature line. I'm using the Insert Image button on this site and then inputting the http: address of the picture of from photobucket. I am able to reduce the size of the pic in photobucket, but when I view it here, it's huge! Any ideas on how to reduce the size here?

Send me the pic lola baby and I will add it here.

I am teaching first grade and rying to get my students to identify and name various coins and representing money amounts to 20 cents. When I give them a dime, nickle and three pennies my students tell me I have 5 cents not 18 cents.

Ohh I feel for all of you teachers.... Expecially towards the end of the year when the "end" is coming so to speak....

I did 3 drawings of Snoopy which I still have. I have got to admit that I did them quite well and quite proud of them.

Don't feel sorry for us, G Girl, this is my favorite time of year...SUMMER is almost here!!!! WOOHOO! Feel sorry for me next fall, though, ok??? LOL BTW, Clouddancer, my son is in first grade...and he struggles with money and time...I really think it's developmental...some of them just aren't ready, KWIM?I even have third graders that come to me without a clue... I'm sure you teach it very well...*grin*

With a new day comes another ........ Thank you Springie Yesterday was just one of those days where what I said seemed to not make sense to the children. After a good rant/whine/wine and a look back at the good thing/s that happened my happy dance moment everything fell back into place and I was ready to begin again. Yes, time and money are very much a conceptual thing, that is why I leave it till the end of the year. After all, all year I have been teaching the children one-to-one recognition /one object, count one/ it is very hard to understand this 'one' nickle means 5 invisible things. G Girl, the hardest part of this time of year is keeping the children, if not us teachers, focused on the work to be done indoors and not wanting to be out enjoying the sun and fresh air.

I so agree because I remember being that way myself.... always wanting to be outdoors and not in an enclosed classroom. Is there anyway that you could take the class into the school yard and use things there for counting? Not sure if that would make it harder or easier... just a thought

As a teacher you just have to have a very creative mind to explain why you are teaching your class outdoors. This is aside from the studies that show moving a class to a new location /out of the classroom/ is benificial to the students learning. The children are playing on the creative playground (swings, slides, etc.) 'we are studying forces and gravity.' We go for a walk to the park, 'we are studying the changes in the seasons,' or 'need to look at structures in our neighbourhood.' We count how many skips we can do in a minute, go out and clean up the stones on the pavement to 'see how many cupfulls fill a bucket,' practice letters of the alphabet by making shadow shapes........ Oh the excuses you can find. This is the time of year I study plants and animals with my class so lots of outdoor activities. And the Ministry of Education added another excuse this year. A program called DPA, Daily Physical Activities. Children need to complete at least 20 mins. of physical activity every day, what better excuse than to go out and 'play' or count or ......

Heehee...we have a required 15 mins. that I usually stretch to 30 when I can... Oh, and during Reading, don't forget you can have Literature Circles outside!!! I sometimes let them bring their lunch outside too...

Those ideas all sound like winners to me.... if it wouldn't be for the 9+ years afterward I think I would go find a spot in your guys class!

GGirl, you would be more than welcome, I could always use another reader in my class, bring my class average up. (unfortunately where my school is situated I get no parent volunteers in the school so no extra set of 'ears' to hear the students read etc.) I could do with a good writer as well, might give my students something to strive for. When 'all' the students can not write I can not give examples of good story writing. but, that is another whole rant ........

What a gorgeous conversation to sit on and listen to. It sounds like most of us hear are from a teaching background! At what a wonderfully talented , inspiring, creative, caring and warm ones at that as well! Hear hear to Da teachers!

Daughter's kindergarten class has an annual squirrel hunt in the fall. They write little stories (fill in the blanks) about the squirrels, and make nests, and make sure there are enough nuts for all the squirrels. (Why are the cutest crafts ones that won't fit into the album?) Son's grade 3 (age 8-9) class, most couldn't tell time by February. And they put off teaching the times tables till after March Break because some of them still didn't have a good sense of relative size and rounding. They've been doing time and numeracy since grade 1. So while sometimes I worry about him not learning things the first time around, he does get it faster than average. Admittedly, having 1/3 ESL (English Second Language) doesn't help the class average. On the other hand, it forces the teacher to use more than just language to explain a topic. I tried teaching him coin value a few times at age 6, just didn't get it. Then we were using pennies for addition and subtraction and the numbers were getting large and taking a long time to count. (And we were running out of pennies.) So we traded one nickel for five pennies and the penny dropped. I think sometimes it's the direction; a nickel = five pennies is a useless fact, but if there's a use for it,... But sometimes it's a matter of enough connections being there for today's bit to have a home. Line, ray and angle, grade 3? I can see line and angle, but ray? Stupid curriculum. Think math is a bunch of abstract concepts. It's not. Math is a way to describe the world and predict what will happen, not a bunch of irrelevant diagrams and definitions. They should start with the real world, not the other way around. So kudos on the outdoors lessons! And a pox on the parents not helping out. It's impossible to adapt the activity if each kid is doing something different. And grade 3s are just beginning to be able to imagine rather than needing hands-on, but if you took Lego blocks into the classroom? Or had them measure stuff for baking? In fractions rather than metric? Calculators and computers are encouraged, but math-blocks and dice? Card games? Private school sometimes looks good, but you have to do your research. Some of the local ones are a grade behind after three years, but the kids know God. Others teach things in a different order, so you have to go the full 6 years. As one Waldorf mom put it, "The babysitter thinks my kindergarten kid is behind because he doesn't know his letters, but he knows more French than she does." Ah, well, we do the best we can. Compensate for each teacher's / class's weaknesses and build on their strengths. Convince the kid that the material is independent of the teacher.