Animoto was probably one of my favorite things to use and something I will have fun playing with in the future, as well as Flickr. Thing #9 was kind of fun and useful but some of those websites were difficult to use. A lot of these things I already used Facebook, twitter, youtube and skype, for instance. I did get frustrated having to sign up for so many new accounts and some of the directions on what to do when we got to the sites was unclear. Learning about creative commons was useful and appreciated. I had no idea what Web 2.0 was before this course, either. I guess different people learned different things throughout the completion of these. It was a lot to fit in in 5 weeks on top of everything else in the class. I did learn quite a bit and would like to have more time to just explore some of the things.
As much, as I would love to say that I will maintain my blog. I am not sure I am the blogging type. I might continue to follow some of the educational blogs I have found but, I use FB for most of my need to technologically express myself and with as crazy as my life is I don't have time to report to a blog everyday.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Thing # 23 Yay!!!!!
Thing # 5 includes the following link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0
At the bottom of the page it says "Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License"
This lets us know that people can use the information as long as they give credit to the other and share it in the same way.
I think Creative Commons is such a good idea and because it is a new idea it is represented in a modern and easy to understand way on so many sites, through videos, etc. It makes information easily available and as teachers we create so much with our lesson plans that if we were able to share them with each other under our own terms we could really benefit the students to create even better lessons.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0
At the bottom of the page it says "Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License"
This lets us know that people can use the information as long as they give credit to the other and share it in the same way.
I think Creative Commons is such a good idea and because it is a new idea it is represented in a modern and easy to understand way on so many sites, through videos, etc. It makes information easily available and as teachers we create so much with our lesson plans that if we were able to share them with each other under our own terms we could really benefit the students to create even better lessons.
Thing # 22
My three binders are related to school topics that I am currently researching for this class and another. I have a binder on Child Abuse, one on care for the webquest and another on Austin Peay for my Powerpoint. I shared the cars one on my page. I think this could be useful for students in the classroom to collect information and store it on the web so that they have access to it every time they are in the classroom. They could also, get information at school and access it at home since most students in elementary school wont have emails, pensticks or other external storage devices.
Discuss how you might use LiveBinders in the classroom, including possible lesson ideas for students
Thing # 21
This was fun!!! I loved how it linked to my Facebook and I could just use the albums that I had already created. I thought it would be more complicated than that but it was so simple. It hardly took anytime at all and I think the end product is adorable because its of my kids, my nieces and nephews. I can definitely see myself actually using this in the future and being able to add the music is pretty cool.
Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.
Thing # 20
I love Youtube. I mainly listen to music on it but, I also use it to find video clips for presentations that I have to give for classes. The video that I chose to put in here is related to NCLB and the Race to the top. It breaks down both topics and discusses the pros and cons of both.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coxD_o2GRyw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coxD_o2GRyw
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Thing # 19
I am a member of Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, TeacherPop, Meetup and probably a few othersthat I do not use on a regular basis. Facebook is the only one I use on a daily basis. Facebook is appealing to me becaue it is so easy to use and lets me stay in touch with the friends I have met throughout my life that are spread all over the world. TeacherPop is appealing because it is like a professional version of Facebook and is great for greating a community of online "friends" in the teaching profession. TeacherPop is something that i think I will continue to use as I continue you on my path to teaching.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Thing # 18
https://twitter.com/#!/MelisitaCast
Educators need to know about these sites because students will be using them and it will add to their cultural awareness. It is also, potentially a way to communicate with students if handled appropriately which could be a modern tech savvy classroom application. Teachers who are already using these sites also need to reevaluate the content of their sites. No matter how private or secure you may think something is you want to make sure your content is appropriate in case students stumble or intentionally search you out on these networking sites. Twitter is fun for simple updates but Facebook has become an amazing and very popular social networking site that depending on your grade level most students will be using to post status updates, pictures and use to share their life with others. This can create drama and also, insight for what is going on with them in their lives. Having a general understanding of these sites and the positive and negative side effects is imperative for teachers in this age of teaching.
Educators need to know about these sites because students will be using them and it will add to their cultural awareness. It is also, potentially a way to communicate with students if handled appropriately which could be a modern tech savvy classroom application. Teachers who are already using these sites also need to reevaluate the content of their sites. No matter how private or secure you may think something is you want to make sure your content is appropriate in case students stumble or intentionally search you out on these networking sites. Twitter is fun for simple updates but Facebook has become an amazing and very popular social networking site that depending on your grade level most students will be using to post status updates, pictures and use to share their life with others. This can create drama and also, insight for what is going on with them in their lives. Having a general understanding of these sites and the positive and negative side effects is imperative for teachers in this age of teaching.
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