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.

Thing 13

Map: States and Capitals

I actually enjoyed learning about google docs and Zoho. I've never actually worked with any other program besides microsoft. In Zoho the different types of templates you can use was fun. It was easy to work with and you could easily customize your own style. Google docs was my favorite. It was very simple to use and was set up easy to understand. My most favorite part about it was the insert tab. Here it was easy to use and when you wanted to insert a picture you could use google search without opening up another tab! That was my favorite part! With this you could search what type of color you wanted your picture in whether in all color, black and white, or only a certain color. This would be great for students to type up papers, make powerpoints, and excell documents for class projects or other assignments. This is great for teachers as well because there is so much you can do with it. The above link is where I made a document that teachers could use for a test or even just a practice sheet. 

Thing 18

ashleybeazley11@facebook.com

I really enjoy facebook..don't we all! This can be a great way for teachers and even parents to keep in touch with their students. They can set up their own "class page" and students and their parents can view it ti see what is going on for the day or even week in class. Most people would much rather text, or even facebook other rather than call. With this being said teachers can communicate with their parents through facebook. Teachers can post assignments for the day and students who were absent can view this as well. Teachers can post important dates coming up to remind parents because sometime those notes that teachers take time to make and send out never make it home. This is just a new way to keep in touch socially with your parents and even students and co-workers.

Thing 17

I am not very good with the use of technology and I had difficulty with this program. I created an account and looked around but was confused about it. I have used "tagging" when I have browsed the internet and when I found something I liked or wanted to keep up with I would just save it to my "favorites" tab. This is how I kept up with things. Maybe when I fool around with it some more and get more comfortable with it I will really appreciate it.

Thing 16

I started with netvibes for my start page. I choose this one because it was neatly arranged and was simple to use. I really am not into things such as this so I probably will not make it a homepage. I would just rather stick with the basic one I have. The online calendars were fun to use because it is on the go with you and it keeps up with everything you need. I really am not good with organizing and tend to forget important dates and this is why I like the calendars.

Thing 14

States and capitals

The mind map was very interesting to me. I created a map that my students could use in the classroom to identify and break down parts of certain states. This was great because as a teacher I could use different colors to group things together and also leave some bubbles blank and use those for the students to fill in. This would be a great way to make study guides or even assignments for students. With being able to choose the font and color of the bubbles this could grab the students attention and be more involved with learning. With the gliffy plow chart it was more "high class" and had more tools to use. It had multiple designs and templates you could use to create your document. Both were very interesting when it comes to making things for your classroom.