Thing 15

Working with wikis sounds great for sharing with others. I was a bit confused with this "Thing" and is why I did it last. I did not get to complete the navigation through the sandbox as I would have liked. I am not great with things such as these and found it difficult. I am not much of a technology person but I will certainly touch base again with it after the course is over to see what interesting things I have missed. Hopefully I can clearly understand it better and can use it in my future classroom.

Is it the end or only the beginning?

Pheww... It has been interesting completing all the tasks. Some have been simple and fun and others challenging. I have to say my favorite was making the videos on Animoto. It was fun to create something your own way. My least favorite thing was blogging itself. I am not much of a blogger and honestly don't think I will really continue it. Maybe in the future I will ask my class to set up a blog and see how they do with it and if it is appealing to them. I did enjoy learning about all the gadgets and new sites that I can use in my future teaching career. I am sad to say that I am sort of relieved that the blogging part is complete.

Thing 23

Learning about Creative Commons is a very important thing to learn being a college student. Also preparing myself to be a teacher I need to know the correct rules and ways to correctly use someone else's work not just for me but for my students. If I do not know how to correctly follow the law about borrowing some's work how will I be able to show my students? Learning the correct way to use someone's work is very important so that you do not get into any legal trouble and being able to learn that in this course has helped a a lot. You never know how important it is until you get caught.

Thing 22

Education

I made a binder titled Education: Resources for Social Studies. In it i have gathered links to a resource page for multiple uses, a link to Social Studies games, and also a link to Social Studies coloring pages. This is great because all these resources are in one folder that can be easily access to get to all the important places I need for a Social Studies class. I can also make it accessible to my students to link to it at their home and work on the games and coloring sheets. This is great for teachers because they can keep all their important documents in one place and have them at their fingertips. I still need more time to be able to play around with the program and to see what all you can do in this. After I get more familiar with it I believe I will enjoy it much better. 

Thing 21

Create a wedding slideshow video at Animoto
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I LOVED!!! Animoto. It was so much fun to work with. I just made a short film of my wedding because I did not have anything educational to make and did not want to include my son for privacy. This is a great way for students to learn and express their ways of learning. They can create short films about the topics they learn. For example this would be great with science projects and take pictures during their project and then make a video to show to the class. Teachers can also use this by making videos to show their students at the beginning of a lesson or create one as a class. I will certainly use this while teaching as well as before. 

Thing 20

50 States Song!

Using YouTube is a great way to find things you need even for everyday simple things. YouTube is great for teachers because they can find ideas on how to do things and also show students videos on certain lessons that would help them understand the material. Students can also have access to videos outside of the classroom. I found a video on how to help students remember their 50 states. It is a fun way to get students to remember the states. I enjoyed looking through the videos as well. This is great for everyone. Easy access at your finger tips!

Thing 19

I just recently joined Teacher pop and am a member of facebook. I like the use of teacher pop because it is a site where everyone has something in common and can be great to use for a certain group of people. Unlike facebook where everyone is on there and with something like teacher pop it is a group of people who have something in common. I'm sure in the teaching career I will join a group like teacher pop but as of right now I think I will just stick with facebook.