One Last Thing :)

Wow... it's hard to think that I am finally done with the 23 things. Some of my favorite things were flickr, TeacherPop, Animoto, and many more. Finding out how to use these other sites will help me in my teaching career and also making me a better teacher for my students. I think that I was surprised by how much information and available technology is out there for teachers to use for themselves, and also for their students. I think that this program was spot on. It taught me things that I had no idea about, and I'm walking away with a ton of knowledge about this technology. I will keep up with the new developments by always searching for new tools or new ideas that will be helpful for me.
I will keep using this blog for others, but mainly for me. I like the idea of keeping an online journal expressing my ideas or thought that others might want to comment on. This has been a great experience for me and I am very thankful for this class because I now feel very knowledgeable about using technology.

Thing #23

I think that thing #7 is a good example of creative commons. I took another person's picture, but I gave them credit at the end of my blog for their work. I also had to create a power point informing second graders on what the creative commons and copyright laws were and how they worked. I have to know my about these laws in order to teach it to my classroom. I think that it is important for my students to understand these important laws.

Thing #22

I choose this binder because it has great information not only for me, but also for my students. It gives great ideas for lessons, and games for the students. I have never used this site so I am thankful for the 23 things for introducing me to this. It is something that will be very useful for me when I start creating my own lesson plans. 

My Binder

Thing #21

I love using animoto! I have never used a site like this or created a video quite like this with my own pictures. Doing this exercise was fun and new for me. I created this video because I has so much fun on my trip to the Bahamas, and the pictures/sites were breathtaking. It will be a great tool to use in the classroom because it will keep students engaged and it's fun for the teacher to create.

Thing #19

I think that I am really going to enjoy using TeacherPop. It is simple to use, and also very helpful for me at the same time. The only thing is you have to be approved before you can become a member, but afterwords it's a great site to use if you're going to be a teacher. It will be great to share information with others, and to explore new things. It reminds me a lot of facebook, but only for teachers :). 

Thing #20

 I love youtube first of all, and I think people should use it if they haven't already. You can find videos of literally almost everything. The reason that I choose this video is because they showed it to us in church one day, and it is an amazing video showing how much his father loved his son. It is such a strong video that when I feel like I can't do something I remember this and how his father swam with him on his back, biked with him, and then ran pushing him in the wheelchair... I know that I can. I just think that this is a great inspirational video that people need to at least give a chance and watch. I think that this would be useful if you were looking for demonstrations on how to do certain things in the classroom. I think it would be great to use for the classroom to show students different informational videos that apply to that subject.
 
Dick and Rick Hoyt

Thing #18

 I think that it is important for educators to know how social networking works because there is so much valuable things out there on these sites. Its a great way for teachers to be friends with one another and collaborate with each other on various ideas they might have for the classroom to make them more effective. Having a facebook account, I find this site easier for me to use since I've been using it for a while. Twitter is also a very good network as well though because you can get other feeds from educators that have information that is important. I don't generally like twitter, I feel like it is just like facebook, but only has you update your status. I found some classroom applications though on twitter which made me like it more. I had fun exploring new things on twitter. I guess it just takes some getting used to.


http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1185982855

Thing #17

I love using delicious.com! It is a great site for me to bookmark other sites that are great not only for me but other people. I can look something up for research that is important and then bookmark it on this site and not have to worry about forgetting it later. It's something that I wish I had known about in high school. Also, you can research stuff on here that can also be of use to you and bookmark it. I will use this for my classroom because it is useful and I also think that students of the right grade will enjoy using it, and also find it easier to use.

Thing #17

I love using delicious.com! It is a great site for me to bookmark other sites that are great not only for me but other people. I can look something up for research that is important and then bookmark it on this site and not have to worry about forgetting it later. It's something that I wish I had known about in high school. Also, you can research stuff on here that can also be of use to you and bookmark it. I will use this for my classroom because it is useful and I also think that students of the right grade will enjoy using it, and also find it easier to use.

Thing #16

The page that I choose was the iGoogle, mainly because I have created one before on my computer at home so I was familiar with it and still like it the most. I haven't had the time to make it my permanent home page on my laptop, but it is something I will do very soon! Online calendars can be very useful to me cause I have a busy schedule with playing basketball in college and then trying to fit in time for studies. I like the idea of keeping everything organized so I know what's coming up and what I need to prepare for. I don't think that I'm to big of a fan with the to-do lists. I feel like I already put everything on my calendar so what's the point of putting them on the to-do list. They might be helpful if I were making a grocery list.. maybe. 

Thing #15

I thought that the wiki idea would be great for teachers to use to post and collaborate about different ideas on their own page. It seemed like it was a really easy site for me to use, so I'm sure that others will find them very easy as well. I thought that it would be a cool idea to use it in the classroom with older students so that they can explore different things on wiki. It would be great for them to post things about a certain question or subject and then discus why they feel a certain way. It hasn't been my favorite site so far, but it's something that I think that is useful and can be very educational.