THE BEGiNNiNG OF A BEAUTiFUL RELATiONSHiP:)

I liked the exercises where we got to create our own images or videos. These were the most interesting to me. This program has affected my lifelong learning goals because I intend to continue researching and staying up to date on what is new in the technology world. I was very surprised that there were online word processing tools that were free and functioned in almost the same manner as other word processing tools that people pay a lot of money for. I did not like how everyone's blogs were displayed to the right of the home screen of this program. This made scrolling down to the "thing" you wanted to complete very tedious. This is a small thing, however, it did not have a large affect on how I feel about the program. What I have learned will influence my practice as a teacher because now I know many ways to encorporate technology in the classroom. Also, I can use my new knowledge base to help my students build a knoweldge base of technology. Researching new developments seems to be effective for me. I like to know about everything that is out there and then form my own decisions on what programs or tools are effective. I will resolve to stay updated on new developments by taking the time to research when I experience down time.

TWENTY THREE:)

Below, is what I found as an credation that Learning 2.0 23 things was based on another program. I copy and pasted this directly off our 23 things homepage that we use to get to others' blogs and to each individual "thing."

Now that I know about creative commons licensing I will use it to help educate my students on what they may use and what they may not use, and how to give credit to the author. I will also use creative commons to be able to recognize what I can or cannot use and how to give credit to the author.

Credits

Learning 2.0 - 23 Things for Teachers is based on Learning 2.0 - 23 Things, a staff development program for the Mesquite Independent School District. That program was based on the Learning 2.0 program that was designed by Helene Blowers and adapted by the California School Library Association and others. Content and style for Learning 2.0 - 23 Things for Teachers has been borrowed and duplicated with permission, under a Creative Commons License.

THiNG TWENTY TWO:)

The titles of my binders are "Annotated Resource Folder for Educ 4160," "Education 2100," and "Math 1420 Journals."

<div style="width:75px; height:78px; background-image:url(http://www.livebinders.com/images/binder_icon.gif); border:0px; margin-top:4px; background-repeat: no-repeat"> <a href="http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=366995"> <img src="http://www.livebinders.com/media/get_thumb/MjI2NzczOQ==" style="width:60px; height:60px; border:0px; padding:0px;margin:11px 0px 0px 13px;" /> </a> </div> <div><a href="http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=366995">Math 1420 Journals</a><br /></div>

That was my embed of the binder. It obviously didn't work. So here is the link!

These live binders could be used to bind all of the students work together and save for upcoming students as a reference of good work and not so good work. As far as lesson plans, the students could do a research folder in livebind. Before writing the formal research paper students could bind all of their resources together in livebind. Another lesson could be for students to get in a group and find resources of multiple types and then bind them all together to share with the class. The topic could be anything from history to the rainforest, to literature or math.

TWENTY ONE:)

My Animoto Video

 This is a video of some pictures of my boyfriend and I.This was a hard thing to do I thought. It was very time consuming, and was a little difficult to navigate through the website. However, I think this is a wonderful source to make still phtograph videos. I never knew that sites like this existed on the internet for free. I could see myself using this in a class for students to find pictures or draw pictures and scan them about a project subject and they can create their own videos. I could not figure out how to embed the video. With the youtube video in the other THING I just clicked the blogger icon and it embedded it for me. I did the same with this website but, it just linked it to my blog. I tried using the embed code, however, this did not work either. Also, there is no way to save the video to my computer to insert the video as we would a picture.

TWENTY:)

 

I liked youtube because it has all the resources for anything you need (almost). If students need to know how to do math, rules for English, set up a title page in Word, youtube has it! I chose this video because it is by Conrad Wolfram, which is a widely recognized math guru! I will be teaching math, so this was the perfect video for me. I think the related videos would be a nice touch to be added to the library. This is because when doing research, students have to search in many different places. A ten page paper can take you 15 hours just to get your content down on paper. From there you have to use appropriate formatting and citing! (I know this from experience). So, if the library used related sources links, it would cut down on researching time for students:)

I know my text looks awful, however, my video is at the top of my post and covers my color pallets :(

NINETEEN

Yes, I am a member of Teacher pop, now. Yes, I think Teacher pop is a great way for future teachers and inservice teachers to communicate in a professional setting. I have not yet had the chance to tour the Teacher pop website fully. My request is still being reviewed. -Will update when it gets accepted.
Okay! I got accepted, I chose to add the teacher pop tag to my profile and I added a profile picture of myself.. I tried to add a widget to my blog, but I couldn't figure out how to do it!

EIGHTEEN :)

Click here to view my twitter page. Which, I do not usually use. Here is the link tomy facebook.

Educators should know how social networking works because it is something that their students engage in daily. Also, it is an oppurtunity to incorporate technology into the curriculum. Educators could ask students to post about a subject on their facebook or twitter account. I love facebook. I think it is a great way to keep in touch with friends from all over the word and express how you feel or think to those you wish to share that information with. I don't like twitter as much. I don't really understand it as far as normal people being "followed." I can understand the idea of following a celebrity (if you are into that) or following a news page about a topic you are interested in. However, following everything your friends have to say is a little weird. I guess I like facebook more because you get to see pictures of far away family and such. I think twitter could be useful in a classroom. Educators could provide students with an assignment to summarize what they think about x subject in y amount of characters. This concept is similar to THE JIST; which we commonly used in my secondary schooling location. Facebook could be used in a similar way. When I think of facebook in an educational setting I think of FREEDOM WRITERS. I think facebook would be a good way for students to write in a "journal" manner.