Thing #19

The only online community that I am a part of is Facebook.  I suppose that after this project I now belong to a lot more than I think.  I did my website of the day on social Nings!  I think that they are really neat and I plan on signing up for one for my students when I become a teacher.  I think it is a fun way to do social networking because it is private social network. 

Thing #24

I really enjoyed this blog project.  I think that keeping and maintaining a blog is a great idea for any teacher to use.  Not just teachers but anyone, actually!  I did start to struggle at the end, and as you can tell I still have not figured out how to add the videos or the binder.  I cannot figure out how to add the embeded codes and make them show up as a video or photo.  I will definitely keep working on it though until I am able to figure it out!

At first I thought this project was not going to go well for me.  I was not too excited about the fact of having to make a blog, but it actually turned out to be a great experience for me.  I can't believe how much information I have walked away with and how much better I understand web 2.0 and its importance.  This experience and the am ount of imformation that I have learned is going to impact my teaching career greatly.  I can now teach my students better with technology than if I had not learned about all of these tools.

Technology in the classroom is going to be essential when I finally become a teacher.  Technology is moving at such a rapid pace, so by the time that I actually start teaching, who knows what the level of technology will be by then.  This was a great project and I am definitely going to keep up on this blog and add to it!

Thing #23

Creative commons is what allows us as teachers to be able to use our creativity and not get in trouble for it.  Teachers should be able to publish something without fear of someone else stealing the idea and passing it off as their own.  Creative commons can be used in the classroom as a fun, interactive activity that can be used with both students and parents.

Thing #22

This binder is simply named Education.  I thought this was a neat concept, however, I do not think that I would use this in the classroom.  I had a hard time figuring the whole project binder out, I honestly don't know if I did it correctly. :/  I can see how it could be useful in the classroom

Thing #21

Copy of My Facebook pics

This was really cool!  I really enjoyed this Thing.  It was so easy too.  I signed up with Facebook and it automatically uploaded my FB pictures and basically made the video for me.  I will definitely be using this in the very near future and during my career as a teacher.

Thing #20

I chose a video of high school teachers dancing to Gangnam Style during an assembly.  The reason I chose this is because I like to think that teachers can have fun too, yes, even high school teachers!  I really like youtube, I use it a lot, mostly for listening to music though, not really watching how-to videos.

The teacher rehearsed a lot because they were spot on and did an amazing job.  It was fun to find the video!

Thing #18

https://www.facebook.com/pam.mark.1#!/pam.mark.1?sk=info&edit=eduwork

The reason that it is so important for educators to know how social networking works is because almost every person in the world belongs to one.  Teachers are going to hear about their students' statuses on a daily basis.  It is also good for educators to know how social networking works because they could even use social networking to keep in contact with students and parents when away from school.

I really like the social networking sites because they allow for you to keep in touch with family and friends when you don't live near them.  It is a lot easier than a phone call and a lot more fun :). 

I only belong to Facebook.  I don't really follow Twitter because I feel like it is more complex than Facebook and I am not committed enough to have a twitter account.  I am happy with Facebookbecause it is very easy to navigate and use.

I can definitely see applications such as twitter and Facebook being used in a classroom setting.  Social networking can make it easier to communicate with students, parent, and colleagues.

Thing #17

I really enjoyed this one.  It reminded me a lot of Diigo.com and I found that to be very easy to use when doing the website of the day.  I can definitely see using this in the classroom because of the fact that we have used something similar in this class.  A tool like this is very easy to use and makes it easier for others to follow.  Teachers can take advantage of social bookmarking sites by collaborating with each other and making tags that their peers can follow and use in theri classrooms as well.  This is a great tool for everyone, not just teachers.

Thing #16

I chose to use iGoogle.  This was a very fast and easy set up because I us gmail for my email account so I basically already have accounts with everything Google!  I will not make it my permanent home page, but I will use it daily.  I added a calander, to-do list, and the weather.

The online calander will be useful to me because I am a very forgetful person, so if I check my calander every day I won't forget or be late for an appointment.

The to-do list will be helpful to me but I did feel like it was too much work.  I will use it, but I would be ok if I didn't use it either.  I usually  know what my to-do's are without a reminder! :)

I feel like this could be used at school and at home.  You could have two seperate accounts, a personal and a work, and have everything seperated so there would be no confusion.  Using this at school, which would be work for us, could help us keep our schedules and assignments straight.  No more forgotten meetings or appointments and no more forgotten class assignments!

Thing #15

I made my wiki on Thing #9.  I thought it would be fun to let other people know how much fun image generators are.  I had never heard of them before this class and it was one of my favorite "Things" to work on.  I named my wiki page Pam's Thing #9 and told which website I liked best for the generator and how much fun I had with the original assignment.

I can't wait to go back in a few days to see if anyone has added any input or comments on their own experiences.  Super fun setting up my own wiki!

Thing #14

I chose Gliffy for the flowchart and bubble.us for the mind map.  The reason that I chose these two was because they were more aesthetically pleasing.  They both were very easy to work with.  Bubble.us was the most fun for me to work with.  I have never done a flowchart or a mind map before, so I was going into this "Thing" without knowing what I was doing.  The sites were very helpful in explaining how to create the charts which made the assignment a little easier for me.

Thing #13

I decided not to set up an account with Zoho due to the fact that I do not want to be bombarded with junk email.  I made a drawing in google docs which imitates the classroom drawing we did for our livetext project.  It was very easy to work with and create.  The way that students could work collaboratively with google docs is by setting the students in small groups to have them decide on a theme and then together they could create a drawing.  I did however, have a very hard time trying to figure out how to share the document I created on my blog.  As soon as i can figure it out, I will post the drawing for you all to see.