My favorite class is finally over! Some of my favorite discoveries were: the excitement of blogging, livebinders, the sign generators, and IGoogle. I always thought blogging was for nerds, but now I am really considering starting a crafting blog. Through out the class I have ran into some pretty cool ones and it gave me some ideas for one of my own. My blogging experience has made me go from not knowing anything about technology to knowing a lot more than I used to. I never knew that I could learn so much just by surfing different tools on the internet. I will definitely consider exploring the internet and all it's different tools more often. I did like the 23Things program to follow, but I would like to see if it was easier to follow it all on one page instead of having to follow a link for each "thing." I will be keeping up with all the new developments in Web 2.0 by using social networking and seeing what all is out there in new sites and technology. By using networking sites, I can keep up with new things in technology. This will further my knowledge in technology and prepare me for my own classroom one day. Now to start my own blog!
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Thing 23
On the first page of the 23Things blog, it clearly states that the blog was not an original idea. In the About section it states that this ideas was taken from Helene Blowers which made a site for her students just like this one which was based off an article by Stephen Abram which was written in February 2006. I will use Creative Commons licensing in the future because I don't want to copy anything that I'm not supposed to or my students do the same either. Knowing what is under Creative Commons and what is under Copyright will help me when I become a teacher. I will then be able to edit ideas made by other teachers or ask permission to use their ideas/ images ect. I never thought about Copyright or even knew about Creative Commons licensing until this course. The good thing about being a teacher is most of the things I will be using will be for education, so I have more freedom to use them for educational purposes! What a relief!
Thing 22
Austin Peay State University
I created a few online binders at Livebinders. It is a great way to organize documents, pictures, and websites that you load to your binder. You can put as many binders and as much information as you want in each binder. You can add information through tabs and sub-tabs. These tabs have each of your documents or site directly on the page just as you were on the site directly. It is an easy way to organize information in one place that you can access from any computer. My binders are called: Austin Peay State University, Education 3040, and Classroom Decoration Ideas. The Austin Peay binder has helpful links from the APSU website for current students or aspiring students. The Education 3040 binder has all my favorite website from this course. The classroom decorating ideas binder is self-explanatory.
Livebinders can be used in multiple ways in the classroom. It is great for teachers because a teacher can put all of their documents in one binder to keep up with all of the websites, grades, important emails, lesson plans, ect. I think this will go well in the classroom as well because anyone can create an account and start creating their own binders. This would be a great portfolio for students to have as they do projects throughout the year. Making these binders open to the public allows each student to view their classmmates' binders. I think this would be a good way to get students organized and they can do all their class projects on it.
I created a few online binders at Livebinders. It is a great way to organize documents, pictures, and websites that you load to your binder. You can put as many binders and as much information as you want in each binder. You can add information through tabs and sub-tabs. These tabs have each of your documents or site directly on the page just as you were on the site directly. It is an easy way to organize information in one place that you can access from any computer. My binders are called: Austin Peay State University, Education 3040, and Classroom Decoration Ideas. The Austin Peay binder has helpful links from the APSU website for current students or aspiring students. The Education 3040 binder has all my favorite website from this course. The classroom decorating ideas binder is self-explanatory.
Livebinders can be used in multiple ways in the classroom. It is great for teachers because a teacher can put all of their documents in one binder to keep up with all of the websites, grades, important emails, lesson plans, ect. I think this will go well in the classroom as well because anyone can create an account and start creating their own binders. This would be a great portfolio for students to have as they do projects throughout the year. Making these binders open to the public allows each student to view their classmmates' binders. I think this would be a good way to get students organized and they can do all their class projects on it.
Thing 21
I created a 30 second clip with Animoto. You can create a video of pictures with music free of charge with 30 seconds length of time. This site is a great tool to use if you want to collect memories and would be great for a teacher to use in the classroom for students to have a video of their memories in the classroom that year to take home. I think this would be a great addition for teachers to use each year in the classroom. Click on the video below to see my animoto video that describes me.
Make your own slideshow with music at Animoto.
Make your own slideshow with music at Animoto.
Thing 20
Youtube is one of the greatest, most visited sites of all time. I frequently visit this site to look up instructions on crafts, music lyrics, comedies, television shows, and much more. I enjoy this site because you can search just about any video you want and get multiple results. When you find a video that you like and you play it, there are other videos that have the same tags that appear on the side that you may like. I really like this feature because you can search a video that you are not quite sure what it is called and click on something similar and will end up finding the one you want in the list on the side of the screen with the same tags. One thing I don't like on this site is you have to be a member to comment on the videos. I think if you allow people who aren't members to comment as well, then you will have better results in positive feedback. I do like that you can take a video and embed it on a website, blog, ect. I think if the school library put up videos on their website that were either educational or interesting for students, then it would help students become more interested in checking out the library website because the younger and now older generation are all in sync with Youtube these days. Two days ago I saw Dierks Bentley at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. It was a wonderful concert. One of the songs that he sang was called Home from his new album. It was a wonderful concert. I find myself looking at his music videos daily on Youtube. Click on the video player below to hear the song Home from his new album.
Thing 19
I explored Craftster and I really enjoyed it. I am the type who will do anything that has to do with "crafting." If I can put crafting in education or my everyday life, then I go for it! I think that have a social network for crafts is a great way for people to spread their wealth of ideas with the rest of the world, and it is a great way for teachers to get in with other people around the world to better their classroom environment. One thing I like is you can search different crafts and look through lists of different things that can give you ideas to spark that "ah ha" moment. When you post your craft on the site, you can leave a description, link, and others can comment on it. It is great for any crafter who would love to explore something new. This website reminds me a lot of Pinterest that I am recently a new member of. If you like Craftster, then you will love Pinterest. I am also a member of Facebook and Twitter. I use my Facebook "religiously." Mostly everyone I know has this social networking membership, so I find it very useful. I am also a new member of the TeacherPop Ning. It is a site for APSU students to collaborate through social networking about education. This is a great way for future teachers and teachers at APSU to get together and share things about education and the school. A link to join Teacherpop is at the right of my blog page or in an above hyperlink. If you are an education student at Austin Peay State University JOIN NOW!
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Thing 18
It is important for educators to know how social networking works, so they can catch up with education and technology in the world. Technology is a big part of education in this day in time. Facebook is a popular networking site that majority of your friends are a member of. It is a great way to connect with friends, family, coworkers, school, and things you "like." Joining pages or groups is a great way to see what is going on in that page or group by getting notifications which direct you to the new material added to that page. Pictures, videos, and documents can be added by anyone on their own page as well as on other's pages. It is a great way to stay connected with the world and know what all is going on around you by being friends with many people and groups around the world and like you. I don't like how the pages that you "like" on Facebook can see all of your stuff unless you change the settings where they can't see it. I do like that there are many settings for privacy, so it is very personalized in every way. I believe that Facebook has many useful features, one of which is the group chat. When you are added to a group by an invitation, you are allowed to converse with members of that group through instant messaging with the people who are online at that certain time. If you are not online when a conversation goes on, then there is a new feature that saves all instant message chatting in your inbox messaging. You can go back and look at it later if you like.
The most useful thing on Facebook for teachers and school is creating a group. After creating a group, a teacher can put up information about their class/school to let students, teachers, faculty, and parents know upcoming information. This is a great way for teachers and schools to collaborate with parents and get them involved in their child's education. Since this information can be updated immediately at the touch of a button, it is very effective in reaching out to anyone who is a member of the group which is approved by the creator of the group.
The most useful thing on Facebook for teachers and school is creating a group. After creating a group, a teacher can put up information about their class/school to let students, teachers, faculty, and parents know upcoming information. This is a great way for teachers and schools to collaborate with parents and get them involved in their child's education. Since this information can be updated immediately at the touch of a button, it is very effective in reaching out to anyone who is a member of the group which is approved by the creator of the group.
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