1. Most of my favorite exercises had to do with use of images. I really brought my creative side out on these (which I didn't even know I had). I also enjoyed the exercises that helped with organization. I think this program has affected my learning goals positively because I now see a lot of the learning tools out there that I can use, as well as my students. Loved the concept, so no changes. I think that staying in touch with current teachers and current classmates blogs is going to be a great step in the right direction when it comes to staying up to date.
2. I shall maintain my blog as best I can. :) Bye for now...
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Thing #23
http://schoollibrarylearning2.csla.net/2007/02/23-things_27.html
This link will take you to a blog called "School Library Learning 2.0: An Online Learning Program for CSLA members and friends. It is a list of 23 things to do with the internet. They are almost exactly the same as the 23 things that we are doing. Ours is different from theirs because we have this as thing 23 whereas they have the summary part as their thing 23. Now that I know about creative commons, I will use it in my classroom to expose my students to what is right and wrong when it comes to using someones else's work in their projects and assignments. They have to know how to do it properly so that it is fair for both the creator and the user. The biggest thing to remember is that you must give credit when credit is due.
This link will take you to a blog called "School Library Learning 2.0: An Online Learning Program for CSLA members and friends. It is a list of 23 things to do with the internet. They are almost exactly the same as the 23 things that we are doing. Ours is different from theirs because we have this as thing 23 whereas they have the summary part as their thing 23. Now that I know about creative commons, I will use it in my classroom to expose my students to what is right and wrong when it comes to using someones else's work in their projects and assignments. They have to know how to do it properly so that it is fair for both the creator and the user. The biggest thing to remember is that you must give credit when credit is due.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Thing #16
I chose iGoogle because Google is something that I am very familiar with. I use Google probably every day, so this seemed like the most obvious choice for me. I will make it my homepage because it has everything on it that I need like access to my email, news, time, and weather!
Online calendars can be so useful to me! Actually, any calendar or planner helps keeps my life less stressed and keeps me more productive. I really enjoy having one online because it is much neater than the one that I have on my desk. There are no scratch outs, no scribbles, and I'm never "saying great.... now I have to change that before I forget" because I can access it on my smart phone. As a teacher, organization is key, and this will definitely come in handy.
I think the to do lists are helpful, but... not for me. I just feel like I would do better with a sticky note stuck to the screen of my computer or planner. I don't think I will remember to check and see what all I have to do. HA. So I guess that I'll just stick with writing them out until I find something that fits me and my life.
I would recommend any online calendar that fits the persons/ teachers needs! These are amazing and I am sure people would get a lot of use out of them, whether their an organized person or not. I would also recommend iGoogle. It pretty much caters to your needs and shows you everything that you would want, with your permission and choices of course.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Thing #22
The titles of my binders are:
Methods and Strategies
Parents, Students, Teachers, and the Community
Mild to Moderate Disabilities
I would use these binders, obviously for myself. I really enjoy this site because I really like to keep my classwork organized. It keeps me from becoming overly stressed (about where things are anyways. I think that students could also use this in group or even individual projects. It would be a place they could share their resources without always having to print or email them every time one is found. This way they can just add it to the binder and it will be there when they need it!
Methods and Strategies
Parents, Students, Teachers, and the Community
Mild to Moderate Disabilities
I would use these binders, obviously for myself. I really enjoy this site because I really like to keep my classwork organized. It keeps me from becoming overly stressed (about where things are anyways. I think that students could also use this in group or even individual projects. It would be a place they could share their resources without always having to print or email them every time one is found. This way they can just add it to the binder and it will be there when they need it!
Thing #21
Make your own slide show at Animoto.
I really enjoyed using this! If I had known about it earlier I would have been using it for all sorts of family and friend get togethers! Great tool. It was super quick and really easy. It was even easy to post to my blog. You can purchase a lot of things but I found that the free ones were pretty neat. Great for teachers or current students. This would be a really good resource to use when doing any type of project for a class.
Thing #20
YouTube
I absolutely LOVE YouTube. I use it probably every day. I listen to music, watch funny clips, short films, and things like the video above. This is a 5th grade teacher who creates a video at the end of each week announcing the upcoming weeks events. This is something she posts so parents can watch and know exactly what is going on. I really enjoy this idea and I think I may use it! The only thing I don't like about YouTube is that things are not censored so I would be afraid to let students roam around on it in the classroom and find something that they should not see or hear. I do think that this would be good to use though because there are plenty of educational videos to find on here! Also, it could be fun to have students make them and post them to be graded and for their family and friends to see.
I absolutely LOVE YouTube. I use it probably every day. I listen to music, watch funny clips, short films, and things like the video above. This is a 5th grade teacher who creates a video at the end of each week announcing the upcoming weeks events. This is something she posts so parents can watch and know exactly what is going on. I really enjoy this idea and I think I may use it! The only thing I don't like about YouTube is that things are not censored so I would be afraid to let students roam around on it in the classroom and find something that they should not see or hear. I do think that this would be good to use though because there are plenty of educational videos to find on here! Also, it could be fun to have students make them and post them to be graded and for their family and friends to see.
Thing #18
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=636955009
Facebook & Twitter
I think that it is important to know how social networking works when you are a teacher because it is so prevalent in both teachers and students lives. It's really hard to ignore something that it such a big part of people's daily lives, so why not use it to the teachers advantage? I learned about how they worked and operated, and what the functions of each were. I disliked the way that Twitter "flows". It just doesn't make any logical sense to me and it's almost pointless unless you're famous, but that's just my opinion. I think that for an educational purpose, Facebook would make more sense than Twitter. On Facebook you have so many more options for groups, editing, privacy, and etc whereas on Twitter it is really just following people. Twitter, however, may be better used if the teacher only uses it to notify students of important information (although you can still do this on Facebook). I believe that you could potentially either of these two sites, but you have to be careful in doing it. The students have to be of appropriate age, administrators should give it a "thumbs up", and parents should be more than aware of it's use. I don't know that I would use either, but who knows what will happen when I actually become a teacher.
Facebook & Twitter
I think that it is important to know how social networking works when you are a teacher because it is so prevalent in both teachers and students lives. It's really hard to ignore something that it such a big part of people's daily lives, so why not use it to the teachers advantage? I learned about how they worked and operated, and what the functions of each were. I disliked the way that Twitter "flows". It just doesn't make any logical sense to me and it's almost pointless unless you're famous, but that's just my opinion. I think that for an educational purpose, Facebook would make more sense than Twitter. On Facebook you have so many more options for groups, editing, privacy, and etc whereas on Twitter it is really just following people. Twitter, however, may be better used if the teacher only uses it to notify students of important information (although you can still do this on Facebook). I believe that you could potentially either of these two sites, but you have to be careful in doing it. The students have to be of appropriate age, administrators should give it a "thumbs up", and parents should be more than aware of it's use. I don't know that I would use either, but who knows what will happen when I actually become a teacher.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Thing #17
For this thing, I decided to look at a few of the bookmarks, but my favorite one that I found was Glogster. It is a website that you can go to and make your own poster with your own ideas, words, pictures, fonts, etc! I found that Delicious.com is a pretty neat website filled with great resources for anyone, not just a teacher. However, if you are a teacher, you can find plenty of great ideas on here. Instead of going into a search engine and finding more misses than hits, this will be almost dead on and give more options geared toward what it is you're looking for. Each thing on the website has been given multiple tags to make finding them or sorting through them much easier. Teachers can and should take advantage of social bookmarking sites like this one because it makes things simpler (and that's what we all want, right?) I think that education revolves around a lot of peer interaction and sites like this makes that happen easier. This is a good tool for both teachers and students.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Thing #15
Wiki
Wiki was a pretty awesome website/ tool! I really enjoy the use of collaboration between users. It was easy after I figured out how to edit it in the first place. I like that every person can change things to the way that they want them to and be able to portray their personality on the website. This way, a whole class could work on a group project and the teacher could easily know who did what and who did not. I would use it to do class projects or even to just discuss assignment directions and so forth. I thought that it was interesting how I was able to do whatever I wanted to the document even though we all had access. Great idea!
Wiki was a pretty awesome website/ tool! I really enjoy the use of collaboration between users. It was easy after I figured out how to edit it in the first place. I like that every person can change things to the way that they want them to and be able to portray their personality on the website. This way, a whole class could work on a group project and the teacher could easily know who did what and who did not. I would use it to do class projects or even to just discuss assignment directions and so forth. I thought that it was interesting how I was able to do whatever I wanted to the document even though we all had access. Great idea!
Thing #14
I chose the mindmap: Bubbl.us and the flowchart: Gliffy.
I liked learning about both of them, but each offers different things. On Gliffy, I was allowed to pick everything, and I mean everything. I chose the style, shape, width, and etc. When I switched to Bubbl.us, I was given almost everything and I have to say, I liked it this way better. It adjusted and changed color when I needed it to. Editing and adding was easier this way.
A mind map is for creating and adding words and ideas that surround one general idea or word.
A flow chart is for multiple ideas that go together to make thing flow easily.
I liked learning about both of them, but each offers different things. On Gliffy, I was allowed to pick everything, and I mean everything. I chose the style, shape, width, and etc. When I switched to Bubbl.us, I was given almost everything and I have to say, I liked it this way better. It adjusted and changed color when I needed it to. Editing and adding was easier this way.
A mind map is for creating and adding words and ideas that surround one general idea or word.
A flow chart is for multiple ideas that go together to make thing flow easily.
Thing #13
Zoho Writer:
I was a little skeptical about using this tool going into it. I thought, "why would I use an online word document?", but once I opened it, I saw the reason. This looks and acts similarly as my Microsoft Word on my own computer. The difference is, Zoho Writer is online, so I can save it (not email it to myself or worry about putting it on a flash drive) and sign in on the next computer and continue working on it or print it out. This works much better for me because I freak out and check my mail or flash drive 10 times before leaving for school to print it or whatever else I may need to do and sometimes it STILL ends up being the wrong one. This would also keep me from having like 20 different documents/ drafts for just one assignment. Very easy to use and it even gives you an entire run through of all the things you may want or need to know before beginning. Also, I can still have more than one document open at a time and just switch back and forth by using tabs. Great tool!
Google Docs
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e2ccZ-EoNydUxn2QpOBj--1GkV40fYP7bG9jv3oArIg/edit
I enjoyed this tool as well. What I liked most about it was that it saves my document automatically after any changes made so no more shut down/ surprises on something I have spent so much time on. I am also able to access and edit this through the internet. Also, more than one person is able to work on this at once. A teacher could take a group project/ assignment and have them use Google Docs. The privacy can be changed to where each student would be able to collaborate on ideas and go in and physically change and add things to the document. This could put a stop to one or two students thinking that they are the ones doing all the work because all members will have access to the document. This is a great idea, especially in classes.
For my own personal use as well as use in a classroom, I would most likely go with Google Docs. It does everything Zoho writer does and more! It automatically saves, can be used by multiple people, and can be shared with whomever or whatever the user decides upon. I think the automatic savings is what pulled me in!
I was a little skeptical about using this tool going into it. I thought, "why would I use an online word document?", but once I opened it, I saw the reason. This looks and acts similarly as my Microsoft Word on my own computer. The difference is, Zoho Writer is online, so I can save it (not email it to myself or worry about putting it on a flash drive) and sign in on the next computer and continue working on it or print it out. This works much better for me because I freak out and check my mail or flash drive 10 times before leaving for school to print it or whatever else I may need to do and sometimes it STILL ends up being the wrong one. This would also keep me from having like 20 different documents/ drafts for just one assignment. Very easy to use and it even gives you an entire run through of all the things you may want or need to know before beginning. Also, I can still have more than one document open at a time and just switch back and forth by using tabs. Great tool!
Google Docs
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e2ccZ-EoNydUxn2QpOBj--1GkV40fYP7bG9jv3oArIg/edit
I enjoyed this tool as well. What I liked most about it was that it saves my document automatically after any changes made so no more shut down/ surprises on something I have spent so much time on. I am also able to access and edit this through the internet. Also, more than one person is able to work on this at once. A teacher could take a group project/ assignment and have them use Google Docs. The privacy can be changed to where each student would be able to collaborate on ideas and go in and physically change and add things to the document. This could put a stop to one or two students thinking that they are the ones doing all the work because all members will have access to the document. This is a great idea, especially in classes.
For my own personal use as well as use in a classroom, I would most likely go with Google Docs. It does everything Zoho writer does and more! It automatically saves, can be used by multiple people, and can be shared with whomever or whatever the user decides upon. I think the automatic savings is what pulled me in!
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Thing #12
Google Alerts
I had never heard of Google Alerts before today. Well, maybe I had heard of it, but I had no idea what it was. I just assumed it was kind of like a calendar, but it's so much better! In my free time, I like to check on things in the news; celebrities, happenings in the world, politics, etc., so this was great for me. I chose to make a Google Alert for Syria. There is a lot happening over there and I have been trying to follow it, but it is hard because once I have time to look, I have missed a lot of information. Google Alerts helps me out with that problem. I was able to set up how often I want emails sent and that I only want the best information. I have already learned of new things happening there just by starting this alert. This can be used in class rooms for group projects. The students can choose a subject and have news updates on it sent to their email instantly so they do not have to spend quite as much time searching for it. It would, however, have to be a subject that is "hot" and in the news often. Great tool for sure.
http://www.google.com/alerts
iGoogle
iGoogle is a great homepage- type system. I was able to choose things that I found interesting, a cute theme, and my location. This way, I get my weather, things occurring near my area, and also, the things that I liked (news, entertainment, music). I went ahead and made it my homepage because I enjoyed it so much. It also gives me shortcuts too many things. This is going to make being on the internet less of a time consuming thing. I can get on, check my email, see the news, check the weather, and then get back to reality! This can be used in classrooms, but I only really see one way. The teacher can create a page with their school email and allow access by the students and they can (with permission) upload things that go with that weeks lesson. It could also be a good resource when talking about recent topics. Very neat tool.
http://www.google.com/ig
I had never heard of Google Alerts before today. Well, maybe I had heard of it, but I had no idea what it was. I just assumed it was kind of like a calendar, but it's so much better! In my free time, I like to check on things in the news; celebrities, happenings in the world, politics, etc., so this was great for me. I chose to make a Google Alert for Syria. There is a lot happening over there and I have been trying to follow it, but it is hard because once I have time to look, I have missed a lot of information. Google Alerts helps me out with that problem. I was able to set up how often I want emails sent and that I only want the best information. I have already learned of new things happening there just by starting this alert. This can be used in class rooms for group projects. The students can choose a subject and have news updates on it sent to their email instantly so they do not have to spend quite as much time searching for it. It would, however, have to be a subject that is "hot" and in the news often. Great tool for sure.
http://www.google.com/alerts
iGoogle
iGoogle is a great homepage- type system. I was able to choose things that I found interesting, a cute theme, and my location. This way, I get my weather, things occurring near my area, and also, the things that I liked (news, entertainment, music). I went ahead and made it my homepage because I enjoyed it so much. It also gives me shortcuts too many things. This is going to make being on the internet less of a time consuming thing. I can get on, check my email, see the news, check the weather, and then get back to reality! This can be used in classrooms, but I only really see one way. The teacher can create a page with their school email and allow access by the students and they can (with permission) upload things that go with that weeks lesson. It could also be a good resource when talking about recent topics. Very neat tool.
http://www.google.com/ig
Thing #11
I decided to add two more awesome RSS feeds to my google reader:
Everything Everywhere: Around the World Travel Blog http://everything-everywhere.com/ and
Photo Shelter Blog http://blog.photoshelter.com/
I really enjoy using the Google Blog Search. This could be because I am so very used to using Google. I find it to be very simple; just type in something and BAM, results. Change up the wording a little bit, and new results arrive. I think that Topix.net was most confusing. It wasn't difficult to use, but I just found that I didn't really know what was going on. Yes, it was more about recent topics and etc., but when searching for something specific, I didn't really understand what the results were. I didn't really find much using this tool. I found plenty of feeds that I think will be useful. I want to bake more and be more crafty. The others are for things I would love to do and places that I want to go. Some are for inspiration and enjoyment. I do have a feed about special education that I find interesting and hopefully I can use it when I get into my career.
Everything Everywhere: Around the World Travel Blog http://everything-everywhere.com/ and
Photo Shelter Blog http://blog.photoshelter.com/
I really enjoy using the Google Blog Search. This could be because I am so very used to using Google. I find it to be very simple; just type in something and BAM, results. Change up the wording a little bit, and new results arrive. I think that Topix.net was most confusing. It wasn't difficult to use, but I just found that I didn't really know what was going on. Yes, it was more about recent topics and etc., but when searching for something specific, I didn't really understand what the results were. I didn't really find much using this tool. I found plenty of feeds that I think will be useful. I want to bake more and be more crafty. The others are for things I would love to do and places that I want to go. Some are for inspiration and enjoyment. I do have a feed about special education that I find interesting and hopefully I can use it when I get into my career.
Thing #10
I chose to subscribe to these 5 RSS feeds:
Pioneer Woman http://thepioneerwoman.com/
Crafts by Amanda http://craftsbyamanda.com/
Full Price NEVER http://fullpricenever.com/
My Baking Addiction http://www.mybakingaddiction.com/ and
On Special Education http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/ :) I'm so excited about them!
I really enjoy how simple and easy RSS feeds are. I can just go and find a blog that I enjoy, click a button, and it shows up on my feed and I am able to follow it from there; hassle free. I think it would be fairly easy and fun to have a lesson on something and find some corresponding blogs with RSS and add them to one google reader that the students and I can access to learn more inside and outside of class. This way, we're always learning. Having the students find their own that goes along with the subject and adding it in would also be easy to use as an assignment. The ones that I chose for this "Thing" are pretty much for my personal use and I hope to gain a lot from them. Teachers can use this technology to their advantages with their students, parents, even faculty, to stay connected and on the "same page".
Pioneer Woman http://thepioneerwoman.com/
Crafts by Amanda http://craftsbyamanda.com/
Full Price NEVER http://fullpricenever.com/
My Baking Addiction http://www.mybakingaddiction.com/ and
On Special Education http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/ :) I'm so excited about them!
I really enjoy how simple and easy RSS feeds are. I can just go and find a blog that I enjoy, click a button, and it shows up on my feed and I am able to follow it from there; hassle free. I think it would be fairly easy and fun to have a lesson on something and find some corresponding blogs with RSS and add them to one google reader that the students and I can access to learn more inside and outside of class. This way, we're always learning. Having the students find their own that goes along with the subject and adding it in would also be easy to use as an assignment. The ones that I chose for this "Thing" are pretty much for my personal use and I hope to gain a lot from them. Teachers can use this technology to their advantages with their students, parents, even faculty, to stay connected and on the "same page".
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Thing #9
This cite comes equipped with many different shapes so I automatically thought it might be a sweet idea to print out shapes like triangles and squares with their properties listed as words inside them and post them around the classroom. This would also be a good reward for the children.
This is my bestfriend and I out to eat one night. I've always wanted to create a scrap book and this just might get me started. I really thought (with parental consent of course) this would be a neat idea for like a classroom yearbook with all the kids and random quotes throughout the course of the years activities, assignments, and memories.This could even be used as a project in lots of different subjects where the students tell a story.
It has all sorts of different signs, templates, pictures, and other cool ideas to post things onto. I just chose some random words I would put on my bulletin board at home! I think students would enjoy making signs for the classroom or for their own rooms. It could also be fun to use when teaching students about different types of signs (stop, yield, walk, caution, etc.)
I found all to be fun and hard to quit! Great resources! :)
Thing #8
This is probably one of the neatest things I have ever done! I played around with some of the other Flickr mashups and enjoyed them all, but this is definitely my favorite. I would love to print this one out and have it laminated and cut so it can actually be used as a puzzle. For the others, I think it would be a neat project to do with students for their name on the Spell with Flickr one. Personally, all of these would be fun and cute to do! WOO HOO
Thing #7
kelsearae09's photostream on Flickr.
These are some items from my apartment and they all have some sort of meaning to me. First, are all of the old items on the shelf. There is an elephant, tiki head, Buddah statue, 1950s video camera, an old photo camera, a 1915 "Chorter German Poems" book, and a 1916 copy of "Shakespeare's Julius Caesar". I love collecting old things and these are just a few that I have here with me at school. Next would be the flowers. They are not actually my flowers, they are my roommates, but I do love them and think they're beautiful. Last, but definitely not least, is a piece of art work I created for a class here at APSU and I am so very proud of it! It is called crayon art and I love it! It took some time, but I think it came out quite nicely.
Flickr was actually must easier than I thought it would be. I was able to upload more than one picture at once and they uploaded amazingly fast! I would love to use Flickr in the classroom for parents to see what they're children have done in class instead of them only getting to see it when it is sent home or during parent teacher conferences. I use a website called Pinterest and it is also a photo sharing website, but it isn't really personal photos, it's more like things that you enjoy that you want to "re-pin". I absolutely love Pinterest, but I haven't used Flickr enough to really compare the two. I don't really have any concerns as of right now, especially since I do the same thing on Facebook (even though it is private). The pictures I uploaded to Flickr are only material things, no people.
These are some items from my apartment and they all have some sort of meaning to me. First, are all of the old items on the shelf. There is an elephant, tiki head, Buddah statue, 1950s video camera, an old photo camera, a 1915 "Chorter German Poems" book, and a 1916 copy of "Shakespeare's Julius Caesar". I love collecting old things and these are just a few that I have here with me at school. Next would be the flowers. They are not actually my flowers, they are my roommates, but I do love them and think they're beautiful. Last, but definitely not least, is a piece of art work I created for a class here at APSU and I am so very proud of it! It is called crayon art and I love it! It took some time, but I think it came out quite nicely.
Flickr was actually must easier than I thought it would be. I was able to upload more than one picture at once and they uploaded amazingly fast! I would love to use Flickr in the classroom for parents to see what they're children have done in class instead of them only getting to see it when it is sent home or during parent teacher conferences. I use a website called Pinterest and it is also a photo sharing website, but it isn't really personal photos, it's more like things that you enjoy that you want to "re-pin". I absolutely love Pinterest, but I haven't used Flickr enough to really compare the two. I don't really have any concerns as of right now, especially since I do the same thing on Facebook (even though it is private). The pictures I uploaded to Flickr are only material things, no people.
Thing #6
DropBox
https://www.dropbox.com/
I liked everything about this tool. DropBox is like a flash drive that I cannot leave in the computer at the library, never to be seen again. I can place any documents into the online DropBox on my computer at home and then go to a computer at school and pull them up. Also, you are able to share through DropBox and have more than one person add and take away different items. It works on any computer.
I can easily see it being used in a classroom with the students and the teacher. Kind of like D2L here at APSU, students can upload their homework assignments and the teacher can grade them and put them right back in, no hassle. This is also good for group projects where the students can all have one group and be able to share all of their information in one place without it getting lost. I think that this is a great tool to use both in the classroom and in daily life!
https://www.dropbox.com/
I liked everything about this tool. DropBox is like a flash drive that I cannot leave in the computer at the library, never to be seen again. I can place any documents into the online DropBox on my computer at home and then go to a computer at school and pull them up. Also, you are able to share through DropBox and have more than one person add and take away different items. It works on any computer.
I can easily see it being used in a classroom with the students and the teacher. Kind of like D2L here at APSU, students can upload their homework assignments and the teacher can grade them and put them right back in, no hassle. This is also good for group projects where the students can all have one group and be able to share all of their information in one place without it getting lost. I think that this is a great tool to use both in the classroom and in daily life!
Thing #5
To me, Web 2.0 means many different things. First, I realize just by using it in this class, that I can do and find almost anything that I want to just by searching a keyword. It is so interesting to me. Second, i just think that it is brilliant. I am obviously young enough to have been doing most of my research for school projects and papers with technology, though I did have some classes where I was not allowed and had to go out and get the books to do whatever I needed to. This isn't impossible now since I live here on campus and can come to the library and check out books if I need to, but it is a hassle. I have to make time between classes to go search for the book and then check it out (adding to the already ridiculous weight of my backpack) and then hopefully remember to return it before I am fined. However, when I was younger and without means of getting to the libraries and other resources it was extremely difficult. Teachers can't be sure that children will be able to get to any resources outside of school and remember to get the right ones and return them on time. It just makes it simpler on students, families, and teachers. Technology has definitely changed our lives and Web 2.0 has changed the way, at least I, live life, get through college, and hopefully help with stress out in the real world with real jobs.
In the future, I think schools will rely a lot on not only the internet, but also Web 2.0. I am not sure that they will become dependent upon it, but I think it will definitely be a big part of instruction and assignments. There are videos, music, workshops, worksheets, ideas, knowledge, facts, readings, and social connections out there that a normal classroom just couldn't give the students (or even the teacher). I think that it is all about expanding the horizon, and Web 2.0 does just that and more.
In the future, I think schools will rely a lot on not only the internet, but also Web 2.0. I am not sure that they will become dependent upon it, but I think it will definitely be a big part of instruction and assignments. There are videos, music, workshops, worksheets, ideas, knowledge, facts, readings, and social connections out there that a normal classroom just couldn't give the students (or even the teacher). I think that it is all about expanding the horizon, and Web 2.0 does just that and more.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Thing #4
I think commenting brings people together. Blogs are there to help begin the process of a community and comments help it remain intact. When a person creates a blog, it's there for the world to read and to get people's input. A lot of people have blogs where they are asking for people replies because they are not sure how to handle or do something. I really think that blogging and commenting does create specific communities when we use them. If you want to know about "traveling" look up and comment on a traveling blog. This keeps the blogger and other people going and then everyone can learn something.
I learned that you should reward comments and while I've never thought of this, it is a really good idea! You should definitely reward them if you hope to get more comments. I also learned that you should invite of prompt comments. These articles were full of awesome blogging/comments ideas.
From our class:
1. I chose to follow Ashlee Boyd's blog. While looking through Ashlee's blogs, I came across her Flickr post, Thing #7. I share the love of Nashville as well. I have yet to find another city that I can connect with or be so comfortable in. I enjoyed her other posts as well, and her blog is adorable! The link to her blog is: http://ashleeboyd23things.blogspot.com/
2. I chose to follow Tiffany Anderson's blog. Tiffany's blog is first and foremost, very precious. Her background, font, avatar, colors, are well chosen and go together great! I think that some of her posts really match up to the way that I feel. It is easy for me to read her's and understand exactly what she means. I think her blog name "from chalkboards to smart-boards" is very clever. She has a post from the Flickr mashup's about inspiring and I think that it is wonderful. The link to her blog is: http://tiffanys23things.blogspot.com/
3. Next, I decided to follow Kendra Donaldson's blog. Her blog is very well done and she has some very intelligent and lovely posts. We did our Thing 6 over the same tool, DropBox. We had similar ideas on our blogs and I thought her's would continue to be interesting. The link to her blog is: http://kidonaldson3.blogspot.com/
4. I also decided to follow Stefanie Tate's blog. Stefanie's blog was set up well and she had some great points. Technology really is becoming a huge part of our world and educators should be embracing it. I think that her blog will be a good one to follow as we go further into out things. The link to her blog is: http://stefanietate23things.blogspot.com/
5. Last, but definitely not least, I decided to follow Ashton Kearns blog. This blog has some good points and I enjoy her point on communication. She talks about an Education Blog and I think it's a really good idea. I am happy to be following her blog, and interested to see what else she posts. The link to her blog is: http://akearns88.blogspot.com/
The 2 outside-of-class posts:
1. I really like crafts and decided I wanted to follow a crafty blog. This one is called Crafts by Amanda and I think that it is really nifty. I commented and told her that I really enjoyed her posts and that I am inspired to try them on my own. The link to this blog is: http://craftsbyamanda.com/
2. I love Pioneer Woman (ever since we saw it in class). I decided to follow it and hopefully not become consumed by it. I hope that everyone else can come to enjoy it as much as I do! I commented and told her that I enjoyed her "I love" list and I am now going to make one! The link to this blog is: http://thepioneerwoman.com/
I learned that you should reward comments and while I've never thought of this, it is a really good idea! You should definitely reward them if you hope to get more comments. I also learned that you should invite of prompt comments. These articles were full of awesome blogging/comments ideas.
From our class:
1. I chose to follow Ashlee Boyd's blog. While looking through Ashlee's blogs, I came across her Flickr post, Thing #7. I share the love of Nashville as well. I have yet to find another city that I can connect with or be so comfortable in. I enjoyed her other posts as well, and her blog is adorable! The link to her blog is: http://ashleeboyd23things.blogspot.com/
2. I chose to follow Tiffany Anderson's blog. Tiffany's blog is first and foremost, very precious. Her background, font, avatar, colors, are well chosen and go together great! I think that some of her posts really match up to the way that I feel. It is easy for me to read her's and understand exactly what she means. I think her blog name "from chalkboards to smart-boards" is very clever. She has a post from the Flickr mashup's about inspiring and I think that it is wonderful. The link to her blog is: http://tiffanys23things.blogspot.com/
3. Next, I decided to follow Kendra Donaldson's blog. Her blog is very well done and she has some very intelligent and lovely posts. We did our Thing 6 over the same tool, DropBox. We had similar ideas on our blogs and I thought her's would continue to be interesting. The link to her blog is: http://kidonaldson3.blogspot.com/
4. I also decided to follow Stefanie Tate's blog. Stefanie's blog was set up well and she had some great points. Technology really is becoming a huge part of our world and educators should be embracing it. I think that her blog will be a good one to follow as we go further into out things. The link to her blog is: http://stefanietate23things.blogspot.com/
5. Last, but definitely not least, I decided to follow Ashton Kearns blog. This blog has some good points and I enjoy her point on communication. She talks about an Education Blog and I think it's a really good idea. I am happy to be following her blog, and interested to see what else she posts. The link to her blog is: http://akearns88.blogspot.com/
The 2 outside-of-class posts:
1. I really like crafts and decided I wanted to follow a crafty blog. This one is called Crafts by Amanda and I think that it is really nifty. I commented and told her that I really enjoyed her posts and that I am inspired to try them on my own. The link to this blog is: http://craftsbyamanda.com/
2. I love Pioneer Woman (ever since we saw it in class). I decided to follow it and hopefully not become consumed by it. I hope that everyone else can come to enjoy it as much as I do! I commented and told her that I enjoyed her "I love" list and I am now going to make one! The link to this blog is: http://thepioneerwoman.com/
Friday, January 20, 2012
Thing #3
Creating this blog was simple. I set it up, added my information, and my own privacy settings! I made my avatar (which looks as like me as possible). I even decided to go in and change around the background and colors and fonts and awesome stuff like that! I would have to say that creating a blog is definitely one of the things that I am proud of. I am excited to actually have this blog forever instead of it just being something I write down/ type up and never look at again. I want to be as in depth with all of these things so that I, as well as others, can benefit from them now and later.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Thing #2
1. I chose the name for my blog mainly because it is simple and reminds me of my want to become a teacher!
2. Creating my blog was pretty simple. It was fast and easy and I was asked good information to make my blog flow the way that I need to.
3. My avatar looks more like me than some other avatars that I have had in the past. I have dark hair about that length and I do wear glasses. Also, the background I chose (but does not show up on my blog) is of a classroom, which definitely reflects me! :)
2. Creating my blog was pretty simple. It was fast and easy and I was asked good information to make my blog flow the way that I need to.
3. My avatar looks more like me than some other avatars that I have had in the past. I have dark hair about that length and I do wear glasses. Also, the background I chose (but does not show up on my blog) is of a classroom, which definitely reflects me! :)
Thing #1
I enjoyed reading through these learning habits. My easiest thing to do is Teach/mentor others. I find this to be the easiest for me because I spent three years of my high school career as a peer mentor/tutor for children with special needs. I had fun helping them through personal, as well as, academic problems. I loved doing this so much! I wish I could continue it even today. My hardest thing, even though I don't like to admit it, is Play. I have spent most of my education as structured as possible. It has become very hard for me to deal with not having a very structured classroom with full a fully completed syllabus and rubric with most assignments. I believe that this keeps me from being able to play and have fun in the classroom when I take it to such a serious extreme.
I believe that Web 2.0 is going to be something that I will thoroughly enjoy. I am always on the lookout for successful teaching items or lessons to use in my own classroom. I think that Web 2.0 well make it much, much easier for me to be able to accomplish this. I can connect with teachers, parents, friends, etc. and get any information I want with just the click of a button. Amazing.
My experience when creating my blog was good. I found it very easy (that could also have to do with the fact that I have created one before). My first experience with creating a blog though also went very smoothly.
I believe that Web 2.0 is going to be something that I will thoroughly enjoy. I am always on the lookout for successful teaching items or lessons to use in my own classroom. I think that Web 2.0 well make it much, much easier for me to be able to accomplish this. I can connect with teachers, parents, friends, etc. and get any information I want with just the click of a button. Amazing.
My experience when creating my blog was good. I found it very easy (that could also have to do with the fact that I have created one before). My first experience with creating a blog though also went very smoothly.
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