One Final Thing

Yea, finally! I've really enjoyed my journey through the 23 things. I've come upon some very useful tools to use as a teacher. Some will undoubtly get used more than others. My favs were the mashups and bling pics with your name (what were those called again?). Some I had heard about for a while but to afraid to try: twitter & flickr. Not so bad. Twitter is easier with a smart phone. Maybe I'll use flickr again, at least I know how now. I've enjoyed this time of discovery.

Thing #23

http://schoollibrarylearning2.csla.net/2007/02/23-things_27.html

This is a link to another 23 things blog I found. I know what Dr. Wall means about having a Creative Commons license. I simply googled '23 things' and had more than a page pop up of various blogs done over the last year. Do we really want someone using what we create or is it OK? I seems a little like stealing, almost. We have that choice when it comes to our creativity. As a teacher, I will want to inevitably share what I know with other teachers to help them. If I know something I've created is really special, like REALLY special, I will protect it, whether some (Creative Commons) or all of it (Copyright).

Thing #22

special education

I just finished my live binders activity. A little late and a dollar short, I think. Any who, my first was one on special education and technology. Way easier than I thought it would be initially! The site allows you to choose whether or not you want it public and if you choose public, it does a google search for you and places the searched items in your  binder. You simply have to type in your search terms. Very nifty! I also created an elementary lesson plan binder and one on problem based learning. I can definitely see myself using this as a teacher. It's very useful for organizing websites and resources into useful web binder. Love it!

Thing #21

My Animoto Video

I just made a video using Animoto. Soo cool!! It's very easy too! Very impressed!! :) I had allot of fun playing with Animoto. I linked it to my flickr account and used my account photos to make my video. I really liked that it contained a menu of popular songs and backgrounds to choose from. That took me the most time. Just trying to decide what I wanted! ;) I can see allot of use for Animoto inside the classroom, especially if you want to create something special for your students with class videos and pics included.

Thing #20

This video is called "Teddy & Mrs. Thompson". It's a short film about 12 minutes in length but contains a very strong message. It almost made me cry! I'll only tell you that it has strong educational implications with student/teacher relationships. Some parts are hard to understand but the video as a whole was very moving. I really like YouTube. My 10 year old sons loves to watch funny cartoon videos allot. I do have to keep a watchful eye because there are a few that contain some vulgar words. I can envision allot of educational uses for YouTube. If YouTube were applied to the library website, students could view several, if not many, reviews and suggestions about educational classroom materials, books, articles, etc.

Thing #19

Visit TeacherPop

I got my authorization for TeacherPop yesterday. I think it took 2 days, but that's ok. What an awesome resource for teachers! This site will keep me connected to the Ed dept here at Austin Peay. I am currently a member of Facebook and a new member of TeacherPop. I have been a member of Facebook for about 2 years, I guess. It keeps me connected to my family in Alabama. I visited Fuzzter and that is a really neat idea! I had no idea their was a social site just for pet owners! I probably need to join since I've owned a big fat cat for 6 years now. Those animals are sooo cute, ecspecially the cats! I explored a few more and just feel like I'm being left behind. I thought facebook and twitter were it, boy was I wrong!

Thing #18

:: my facebook page :: I have been apart of facebook for some time now. I don't own a smart phone so I occasionally check it to update my profile and keep up with my friends from my hometown of Dothan, AL. I receive notifications via e-mail of anything going on with these friends or messages they may have sent me. I just joined the college of ed page. This is the first I've been on this page and will check it frequently for notifications as well. I've just recently joined Twitter, also. I opened my account in technology class last week. It's really cool! I can follow feeds from my favorite actors and comedians and educational professionals. :: my twitter page :: I think it is extremely important for educators to be aware of and using both facebook and twitter. If a teacher has not heard of anything else, they should be aware of facebook and twitter. Kids are VERY tech savvy these days and kids younger and younger are carrying smart phones, and or, tablets to socialize with each other. Facebook and twitter are the major ways they are socializing with each other. If a teacher, especially a middle or high school teacher, is knowledgeable with these sites they can use them to their advantage inside the classroom. The teacher can use facebook to create a class group that keeps students up to date with homework and assignments due. Twitter can be used to for the same.