whoops forgot #19.

I am already a member of facebook. I am also a member of twitter. I never get on it though. I created it for this class. Maybe Ill use it in the future. I think teacher pop and ning are pretty cool sites for teachers. It allows teachers to form a social community were they can collaberate or just talk. I think it is very interesting that the site must approve a video or member before it allows it to be posted. I will probably use teacher pop in the future because it is most like facebook.

Thing#23

http://schoollibrarylearning2.csla.net/2007/02/23-things_27.html
  From this site and many others, I now know that 23 things has been around awhile and wasnt made up just for this class, but it is a blogg page the was created to help all teacher become familiar with Web 2.0 to benefit them and their students.

  Know that I know about the creative commons license, I will know what I can use for my classroom. This will allow me to give credit to the source that deserves it. I will also be able to show my students what they can and cannot use for a credited source. Creative commons has also taught me not to copy and paste so carelessly so that I dont take credit off of someones work that didnt initially give permission to the public.

The end is near. last part of 23 things

This project has not been anything like I thought. At first, I was afraid it would be a lot of time consuming projects that I would only use for this class and never use again, but many of the programs that I used are great and easy to use. Some of my favorites were the homepage setup, livefolder, and animoto. These are very simple to set up and I can see using them the most. This has helped my learning because it has taught me more about technology programs. I know can use these programs in my classroom and reap the benefits of educational technology.

Thing #22

http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=368678
<div style="width:75px; height:78px; background-image:url(http://www.livebinders.com/images/binder_icon_private.gif); border:0px; margin-top:4px; background-repeat: no-repeat"> <a href="http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=368678"> <img src="http://open.thumbshots.org/image.pxf?url=http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/collection/standardized-test-preparation" style="width:60px; height:60px; border:0px; padding:0px;margin:11px 0px 0px 13px;" /> </a> </div> <div><a href="http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=368678">testing</a><br /></div> \

I guess this is how I am supposed to post my live binder to my blogg. The names of the three binders I created were effective classroom management, fun and educational learning, and preparing students for test. Livebinder is really helpful. If I find a website that I think is interesting I can save it to my binder instead filling up my favorites list. I can also add as many websites to a folder as I want. This makes me feel organized. This is good for students because a teacher can place all the websites of a topic in a folder and make it public for students to read. This can help on addition school help and providing sites for projects.

thing #21

This website is amazing. If I had some good pictures to upload I would have, but I just used the pictures from the sites. All you have to do is pick the pictures and the music, and the website does the rest for you. You dont even have to be on the site for it to make it. The video is really good too. If I would have created it would have looked like a cheap slideshow presentation. This can be used to make presentations in class and for special events.

Thing #20

Youtube is a great website. I wish I had more free time to use it. You can gain so much knowledge and learn to physically do things with youtube. I use you tube to listen to music, learn how to play music, I used it to carve a decoy duck, I used it you work out, I use it to humor myself, and best of all I use it to kill time. One of the most beneficial things about youtube is you can actually use it for school. If I dont know how to do a math problem or dont know what button to click on powerpoint, youtube usually always has a video to help me. This is a great site for visual learners.

Thing # 18

Social networking is important to know because it is the new way of communication these days. Teachers can easily connect with students in blogs to post assignments, homework, and additional help. One main reason teachers need to be aware of social networking is because some features like facebook allows people to view in on you personal life, so be careful what you post. I like facebook alot more that twitter. The only reason I have a twitter is because I had to create one for this class. Facebook is good for looking up old friends and it is also good for stalking people. haha just kidding. Facebook has more useful features. I think it is easier to use and you can connect with friends and play online games through facebook.

Thing# 17

Delicious is a very useful site. Bookmarking is very convenient is the classroom. book marking allow you to save time by already having your websites saved to the internet. It is also great that you can create a save on delicious button on your tool bar. The is great for class rooms because it allows you to share your bookmarks with your students which is helpful for the students.

Thing #16

I just set up my home page and I think this great. I will definitely keep this as my home page. I already type in various web sites to veiw what is going on in music, sports, news, and entertainment, and google has posted stories that covers all these topics. I chose google because most of the time google is simple and reliable. Google pulled through for me again. It also shows a weekly weather report. Remeber the milk was a good tool. It allowed me to create a calender and put in a to do list. It also allows you to share you tasks with other people. The home page is very usefull and if you dont have one you should get one.

thing #15

I use wiki all the time. So when I saw that we were going to get to see how to be able to edit someone elses work I was excited to learn how. I didnt change anybodys blogs they put it, but I inserted a pic of a shark. That was the only thing I could think to put on the page. Even though I only really use wiki for my own reading pleasure, I see how its editing feature can be useful. People can add in links to other web sources to give additional info and people can place input on a page that maybe helpful and true, but look out for the trouble makers.

thing 14

Here is a flow chart I created from gliffy. It was very simple to create this chart. As soon as I logged in, I jumped right into starting the flow chart of my family. The only bad thing is that this may look a little old fashion, but I can see how educators can use this to create web diagrams, Ven diagrams, and all sorts of activities for students to partake in. I know I could have used this for one of my high school classes and will probably use this for my future classes.

  I created a chart on mind map bubbl.us, but I could not get it to pop up on my blogg. I worked on it for about 30 min. trying to get it to pop up until I viewed other peoples bloggs and seen they didnt have their charts up. So I feel like I just wasted half an hour. Bubbl.us is very simple and is more current and up to date looking than gliffy. I would suggest using bubbl.us for projects if you can figure out how to get the image off of your account.

thing 13

I really like the Zoho writer. It was very simple and free. On my computer at home I do not have microsoft word, and I can use this web site to create my documents. I found that Zoho was similar to microsoft, but Zoho was easier to use. It also lets you save it to links and allows others to leave comments on it.

When I logged into google doc. the set up had me lost. It was very confusing and frustating to figure out. Maybe it was just me though. I learned that you can save your work to this site instead of saving it to a jumpdrive or computer so that makes very useful. I learned that it is a good site to share group work as well.
 I prefer Zoho.