Thing 9

 happyfacegenerator
I played around with the smiley generator. Being an Elementary School teacher, these icons would be fun and creative in the classroom. This is not just for students views, but parents as well. It grabs their attention and would be great to use on calendars, newsletter, and notes home. These can be used to praise students as well. Every child loves praise and a smiley face makes it better.

Thing 8

 Beazley
I used the spell with Flickr tool. I am still learning about it but I thought it was interesting because you could use this in the classroom to get the students involved. When you add creative ideas to homework or in class work the students are more interested in the assignment. It is interesting and fun and it allows the students to be involved.
Puzzle pic
 I used the puzzle tool. This can also be useful to get students involved. It can be used to make creative pictures for the lesson and turn them into puzzles and allow the children to put them together. Making puzzles according to your lessons can be educational as well as FUN!

Thing 7

http://www.flickr.com/photos/93743152@N07/8526545342/

This is a picture of my wedding cake. I look back on this day to motivate me. Without my husband I would not have my son and the strength to continue on with school.  I have never used Flickr before so I am still playing around with it and getting used to it. I will have to get more familiar with it and determine if I would use it in the classroom. Having photos in a public place is a bit concerning for me. I would not post pictures of my kids on it but other pictures of landscapes or objects would be no problem. I suppose teachers could use Flickr in the classroom to show students and even parents photos of things they might be teaching in the upcoming lessons. 

Thing 5

Web 2.0 is great. There is so much to it and many useful things for everybody. This is great for teachers, parents, work places, and even the community. It will tell you if things are free and that's always useful in the classroom for teachers. Using web 2.0 will probably make a big difference in the classroom for teachers now and future teachers. 

Thing 6

Do you enjoy working with your colleagues?

The tool I found interesting was the workitywork tool. This tool is used for the workplace where you can give recognition to other worker's work/ideas. This tool is used to motivate workers about their job and to bring workers together as a team. This is useful in the education setting because teachers need to be involved with each other. Viewing others ideas and commenting and praising them can bring great team work in the workplace. Teachers in the school need to stay in touch and create a social environment with each other.

Thing 12

After viewing and playing with the Google Tools I have found that the translator and Alert tool was my favorite. Both these tools can be very useful in the classroom for any type of teacher. The Alert tool can be a great resource because you can search for a specific topic that you can have access with at your finger tips. This is great because instead of searching daily you just need to open your email and see what has come to you for the day. I especially like this tool because I work in a daycare and I am always looking for craft ideas. With this tool and having a smart phone I just need to open my email and see what I have for the day. Google Alert:Crafts

The translator tool was also great because many teachers have a variety of students who speak different languages. This tool can help you translate things for student use as well as teacher use. If a n ELL students writes better in Spanish you as a teacher can easily translate it to read it. Also a teacher can make test in the language best for the student to understand. This tool is great for not only teachers but as well as parents. Communication can be an obstacle for teachers and parents because some parents might not know English and it be difficult for parents to understand what their children are doing in the classroom. Translator