Thing 24 (THE LAST)

I have to say that my favorite discoveries was learning how to create different art works with pictures. I think tools like that can be so beneficial to the elementary. I also really enjoyed being able to explore different resource that are out there on the internet, or what is called web 2.0. My least favorite is the blogging. I must say i hate blogging. Now i did find it useful in joining and reading other blogs but as far as me blogging i don’t think i will ever do it. I plan on teaching Pre K-3rd. I would rather create a website for my students parents then blogging. 23 Things did show me how there is so many resource on Web 2.0 that a educator can use within the classroom.
I think the only thing that i really will take away from the 23things is to keep a open mind and know that there are several resources out there to strength your teacher and bring out the potential on all children. I think the best way to keep up with technology is yes i know i said i hate blogging but i think the best way to stay on top is to read other educators blogs and do research. Even though we are teaching our students we are to a student for life. As each of our students are learning a guarantee we are learning something new as well. Even after 30 years my mom agrees with that. The world is changing day by day and there for our knowledge must grow day by day.

Thing 19

The only online community that i belong to is facebook. I am waiting to we approved to join TeacherPop. I thought i had all the 23 things done and came across this one and went "Oh Crap". Before i even have joined TeacherPop i can tell it is a great community. I already saw a article some one posted on there showing the ways to use facebook in a classroom. I am just not a huge fan of online communities let alone hae time to explore them. However i think once i get further in my career and eduation i will find the use of them.
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Thing 20

I think youtube is a great resource for educators. Youtube is full of thousands of videos on all types of subjects. I think by using Youtube in your lessons it will give the students a broader veiw on the subject. The only thing that i did not like about using Youtube was as soon as i clicked on a video the search to the right changes. So it is kind of troubling when i see a few videos that i liked and keep haveing to search for them again.

Thing 23

Creative Commons can save anyone from a whole lot of trouble. It is such a great tool so that anyone can see what is allowed and not. Under 23 things if you look to the right you see that it was licenced under Creative Commons if you click on it, it pulls up what this website allows you to do and use their information. On the right it also gives credit to others that they used as a resource.

I will defently be using Creative Commons in my career as a teacher. Not only to properly use things that i have found on the web but as well as protect things that i have created and to make sure no one else steals them and uses them as their own.

Thing 22

This is a major defently will use this tool in my classroom. Not only for my students to look at furture lessons or even homework, but for myself as well. Lesson plans are a mjor part of learning and i think this tool can be a great benefit designing and implimiting them. I think it will let you get your lesson plans step by step. School Administration can defently impliment this in theri schools as well. I know that the weekly as to see teachers lesson plans to make sure they are in ordre. I think by having each teacher use this to creat and maintain their lesson plan book that the admin. can pull them up anytime and reveiw them.

The three binders that i created were: 1) Solar system lesson plans, 2) Solar system projects, and 3) Solar system inteactive learning.

Solar System Interactive learning

Thing 21

Here is the video that i made with Animoto.

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

I LOVED using Animoto. Not only will i use this in my personal life but defently in the classroom. I think it would be a great tool to present things to the parents that the students have done as well as a end of a year video for the students. For educators i think animoto would be a great way to show how another tool or lesson was used step by step in a video to both other teachers as well as to students. With the right music you can catch a lot of the studets attention.

Thing 18

Socail Networking now a days is a huge thing. Almost everyone i know uses them. I am not a huge fand of twitter infact i dont have a account on that site and refuse. Mainly because of what i have heard about people posting werid things. Telling people what they are doing each second of the day. " Going to the bathroom" hahaha. Im also not a huge fan on facebook in likeing websites and things. The only reason i use facebook is to keep in touch with my family since i live so far away from them. It is a nice tool to stay in touch with friends that have moved away as well. I think all educators need to know how facebooks work because it is such a large part of peoples life (sadly that is). I did not gain any insight from facebook. One thing i can say i hate about facebook is the language some people us as well as just the inmaturity that there is out their. I do think facebook has some useful features out their like sharing pictures or sharing a event or website that you think others would like as well. I really can not see me using facebook for my classroom. In fact my mom is a teacher and she said that her school does not like tachers to have a account as because the students can look them up. And just to be safe it is best if they can not do taht . I think Social Networking can cause a lot of issues out their in people lives and like i said i am not a huge fan. And unless someone could tell me a amazing way to use facebook or twitter in my class i highly doubt i will ever use it. Defently since i want to work Pre K -3rd grade.

below is my link to my facebook profile
http://www.facebook.com/update_security_info.php?wizard=1#!/