Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Final Thoughts
By doing the 23 Things program, I have learned SO much. It has been a wonderful experience becoming more knowledgeable of the technology that has been and will continue to be around me. I had never thought to explore all that Web 2.0 had to offer (I didn't even know what Web 2.0 was!). I believe that this program is extremely beneficial to me as a student, but more importantly as a future educator. I have learned about so many tools that will be beneficial to my future students and will help me as I build my classroom. This has been very informative and a lot of fun!
Thing Twenty-Three
Web 2.0-23 Things is pretty cool. Here is another person's blog about the 23 things and here is one made for Archivists (this one has more than 23 things, it looks pretty fun to check out!)
Creative Commons is a very interesting program and actually makes life a little bit easier! It allows you to share information with others and to use others' information-with rules. If you didn't pay for the work, if you choose to share the work, you can't charge others for the work. If you drew the work, you can share it with others, they just can't claim the work as their own, and so forth. Creative Commons is important to us, as educators, in that we are responsible for doing our job right, teaching students the right way to do things, and sharing information with them that they can use later on in their school careers.
Creative Commons is a very interesting program and actually makes life a little bit easier! It allows you to share information with others and to use others' information-with rules. If you didn't pay for the work, if you choose to share the work, you can't charge others for the work. If you drew the work, you can share it with others, they just can't claim the work as their own, and so forth. Creative Commons is important to us, as educators, in that we are responsible for doing our job right, teaching students the right way to do things, and sharing information with them that they can use later on in their school careers.
Thing Twenty-Two
Livebinders.com
is a pretty neat site to have, especially for a teacher. It allows you to compile a collection of your documents, favorite websites, virtually anything and save it in essentially, a binder. This tool is very useful to have handy for the classroom. You could literally save ANYTHING in them. You could have one for student assignments, a sub folder, extra credit opportunities, etc. There is no limit to what you could do with Livebinders. I created 3 binders: one for Education (websites that are beneficial to me as a college student as well as a future teacher), Personal (includes websites that I frequently enjoy "shopping" on), and one for Blogs that I keep up with and enjoy reading.
Here is my Livebinder:(All of my binders are listed as 'Personal' so, you may not be able to see them.
is a pretty neat site to have, especially for a teacher. It allows you to compile a collection of your documents, favorite websites, virtually anything and save it in essentially, a binder. This tool is very useful to have handy for the classroom. You could literally save ANYTHING in them. You could have one for student assignments, a sub folder, extra credit opportunities, etc. There is no limit to what you could do with Livebinders. I created 3 binders: one for Education (websites that are beneficial to me as a college student as well as a future teacher), Personal (includes websites that I frequently enjoy "shopping" on), and one for Blogs that I keep up with and enjoy reading.
Here is my Livebinder:(All of my binders are listed as 'Personal' so, you may not be able to see them.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Thing Twenty-One
Animoto. Oh yeah. I thought that this was really kinda silly at first. I thought, seriously? We have to make a video? But this was actually really fun. If you want to see mine you can look here.This tool can be used in the classroom for many things. It is a fun and different alternative to your typical powerpoint and can incorporate your pictures from your Facebook which is super cool. I enjoyed this and found it to be very useful and easy to navigate.
Thing Twenty
I LOVE YOUTUBE!!!!! It is the best-literally. You can find ANYTHING on YouTube. You need to learn how to sew? How to do a math problem? How to ride a bike?! There's a video for that. On YouTube. So, through this process of searching YouTube for an awesome video, I found some on Flash Mobs. Oh my goodness...I love flash mobs almost as much as I love White Cheddar Cheezits and that's saying a lot. So, with that being said. I found this awesome flash mob video. This video was shot in Paris and it is the biggest one EVER. To be in a Flash Mob is definitely on my Bucket List. It WILL happen.
So, if you haven't explored YouTube yet, do it. There is something out there that will spark your interest. There is also another website called TeacherTube that has videos that are educational and it literally has endless information as well. Go see for yourself!
Thing Nineteen
Who knew that more social networking sites existed other than Facebook and Twitter? I didn't! Even more surprising is that there is one for teachers! Created right here at Austin Peay! It is called Teacher Pop and you can check it out here. While exploring other social networking sites, I found a site that I have been a faithful user to: IMDB (Internet Movie Database)-I had no clue that it was technically a social network. Too cool for school!
As a member of this society, I definitely am an avid user and visitor of Facebook and Twitter. I "keep up with the Jones'" as far as that goes.
I think that I will use Teacher Pop in the near future as I begin my life as a new teacher, being as how Teacher Pop is a social network designed especially for teachers. It is a great community to have your voice heard and to hear the wisdom of other teachers as well. :-)
Visit TeacherPop
As a member of this society, I definitely am an avid user and visitor of Facebook and Twitter. I "keep up with the Jones'" as far as that goes.
I think that I will use Teacher Pop in the near future as I begin my life as a new teacher, being as how Teacher Pop is a social network designed especially for teachers. It is a great community to have your voice heard and to hear the wisdom of other teachers as well. :-)
Visit TeacherPop
Thing Eighteen
Social Networking...is a HUGE part of American society today. There are applications on mobile phones in which you can keep the world up to date with your every breath. I am guilty of being addicted to Social Networking-I am constantly on Facebook. I check my Twitter every now and then. I feel as though Twitter is more of a "celebrity" thing-granted, I do follow celebrities but I also use Twitter to "follow" companies and stores to keep up with different sales. However, through this class we had to explore Twitter to find educational Twitter pages. I was a bit skeptical thinking, "Really?!", but there actually are some really neat Twitter accounts made for teachers BY teachers. All you have to do is Search: Education and you will find a number of accounts that are dedicated to education. This is a new, modern tool that will be increasingly used, a tool that will be old news sooner than we think. So, while it's here and available-check it out!
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