One Last Thing...

In the last post, we are to summerize our thoughts on this blogging experience. My favorite exersise was the LiveBinders one. I found this to be extremely helpful in organization. I know that i will use this as a future teacher and as a current student. This program has helped open my eyes into the world of technology. Technology is always changing, but that's a good thing. It is a great thing to know, that someday, perhaps tomorrow, someone will change how we view online educational tools or change the way we blog even. The biggest eye opening experience for me was Creative Commons/ Copyrights exersice because i didnt know that all the different laws and rights. The only thing that i would have done differently was not having so many blogs due so close together. Having all of the different tools under my belt will help me as a teacher to be a better educator, it will help me be more up to date on new technologies, and it will help me to be more organized. I plan to keep up via RSS feed. I have suscribed to many of the sites that we have visited, and so i can keep up with any changes very easily. Overall, this was a great blogging experience and i plan to keep my own personal blog, using Blogger! :)

Thing 23

In this post, were were to explore Creative Commons and the copyrights laws. Creative Commons licensing is very helpful as a future educator. Their goal is to make internet educational resources more available to everyone. As a future teacher, i need to be sure and comply with all of the rules so i do not infringe on others work. I will most definitely check and make sure the the worksheets i use, movies i show, and quizzes i give are available legally. I can use creative commons if i have questions about if my project is legal. One attribution that shows that the 23 Things site has been modified is "Credits" section. It lists that it has a Creative Commons liscense to be an educational site.

Thing 22

In this post, we were to explore LiveBinders. This website is a great organization tool. It allows you to group important website together for easy acsess. I can definitely see the benefits of using this website because you can use the same sites from year to year without having to research and refind the site that you had used. You can also easily share your binders with other teachers. Students can use this also because if you have a site with three different websites that you would like for them to visit, all of the sites a conveniently grouped together. I plan to use this site in the future.
I picked a binder for Google Earth Lesson Plans, Educational Games for Kids, and Educational Quizzes. The binder that i embedded is called Educational Games.
 

Educational Games

Thing 21

In this post, we were to make animated videos using photos. I think that this is a great tool! I personally have never used this kind of website, and i really enjoyed using this site. I have several occasions that this kind of thing would be great for! As a teacher, i could easily upload class photos of the children, projects, or even class trips. Not only would the children be enthused to see themselves and thier accomplishments, their parents could feel connected easily to the childrens lives. I know that i will definitely use something like this in the future.



Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Thing 20

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySpKh5GJ3nY
In this post, we had to explore Youtube. I was so excited because i love Youtube. I always keep up with the latest video that is going around. I watched several videos and i found this one that i thought summed up all the ones that i watched. In the video it acctaully mentions Blogger! :) All of the teachers that they interveiwed used Blogger as a way to allow students to complete assignments at home. Most of them used it as a way for students to connect and talk about books that they were reading at the time. As a future Pk-3 teacher, i feel like blogging will be an excellent way for students to communicate and share their thoughts.

Thing 19

In this post, we were to explore other social networks on the internet. I opened the fuzzster link because i love animals. I have a cat named Biscut, whom i absolutely adore! She is so cute! I think that this site is a cute way for other pet lovers to unite and share their stories and pictures. I didnt know that there were this many different sites out there. When i think of social networking, i always think of Facebook or Twitter. (Myspace is almost obsolete now) Having this knowelege of all the different networks, i feel that i can seach and be able to find a certain kind of site that i would want in the future.

Thing 18

In this post, we are to explore Twitter or Facebook. I am a huge Facebook (FB) junkie! I get on my account everyday, whether it be on my Blackberry or on my laptop. I think that FB is a huge part of kids my age's lives. We have incorporated this networking site into our lives because it is easy to keep up with our friends and allow our friends to keep up with us. I think that it is important to know how to use these kinds of sites, because as we get older more and more people are going to use this as a way of communication. I think that FB has many useful features. You can write on friends "wall" which is their profile page and tell them anything you want. I love this tool because it is a quick and easy way of communicating. Since i have the FB app on my phone, these types of posts are sent directly to my phone so it is just as fast as a text message. In my honest opinion, i don't see a place for facebook in the future classroom. This site is used basicly for private lives and I feel like FB or Twitter does not belong in the classroom.
The link below is to my profile page on Facebook.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=1784880979

Thing 17

In this post, we were to discover the usefulness of tagging things on the internet. Some of us may not realize it, but we use tagging almost everyday! In the social network, Facebook, when we upload a picture, we have the option to "Tag Friends" in the photos. We use the same basic principle when tagging websites according to their content. On the website, Delicious, it is a site that allows bookmarks and tags to all be in one place. As a future educator, i found that this tool could be very useful not only to me, but to my students as well. I could seach easily for lessons, blogs, or information about a certain topic that we are discussing in class that week. For my students, it would be a great tool to look up information and find connecting sites on their topic that they are researching. I think that teachers can collaborate easily with this tool and share sites they find interesting and useful. I can definitely see a place for this kind of site in the classroom.