One Last Thing...

Wow what an assignment. This was really a great way to see what is out there for our use. I think my favorite Things were the RSS feed to Google Reader and Anamoto. The question is posed how has this program affected your lifelong learning goals...I guess when I think about it the answer is to realize that there is so much out there for our use if we just take them time to look for it and someone is always coming up with something new. The only real complaint I have is that now I have multiple accounts with things that I don't know if I'll use, but who knows maybe I will. I just wish some of these things were set up to where you could explore them without having to become a member. The only thing I would say that needs to be improved is "Thing 17". Furl is now Diigo and Ma.gnolia shut down. Also the video that the common craft guys did is now set to private so you have to go to their website to view it. I think all the different tools that have been introduced to me help me to realize that I have so many options available to me to help me be a better teacher. In conclusion, I am not a hundred percent positive what I will and will not keep using. I can guarantee I will continue checking my reader and I may continue to blog. I'm not sure yet on that one.  I do not feel as though I'm the most interesting blogger, but maybe practice make improvement.

Thing #23

I thought the video was cute, but I almost had trouble following the words cause I was paying attention to the Disney clips, but anyway overall I got the message. After this semester it has become very clear how important it is to understand Creative Commons and Copyright laws.  Creative Commons was a great solution to maintain the integrity of the original creator of a work, but still allow it to be used by the public domain for good use. In my future classroom I will be aware now of making sure that what I choose to go in presentations or things that I copy for teaching are all legally available for my use. Plus, I think it would be important to explain these concepts to the students at some grade level, because I and I know several others had never heard of Creative Commons until earlier in this semester. I did do some looking around and I found some of the 23-Things for the Librarians. Plus at the bottom of APSU's 23 Things Page is this note "This project is loosely based upon the website 43Things (which allows you to set and track personal goals) and the Stephen Abram article titled 43 Things I (or You) might want to do this year.

Thing #22

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/september-11th-tribute/id275633442?i=87183850

I listened to this Tribute this past September 11th. It really is so powerful. I almost stopped on the side of the road. (If I wouldn't have be late for class I probably would have). This is amazing I hope people will listen to this. It is under September 11th Tribute. I remember September 11, 2001 very clearly and this is just a great reminder.

Probably the Educational Podcast Directory was the easiest to use in my opinion I like break down of the categories. Although honestly all of them were good the only one that I would rank at the bottom was Podcastdirectory.com. Mainly just because it did not look as interesting as the others, but it still served it purpose. I think that podcast could come in extremely useful for teaching and it could be fun for the students because it's something different from the every day norm. Plus children enjoy technology and it generally gets their attention quickly. I couldn't get any of the podcast I was clicking on to let me add it to my Google Reader, but I could subscribe and it would pop up in my iTunes.

Thing #21

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Okay so I will admit when I started reading about this Thing I was not looking forward to trying to figure out what picture I could use because I don't have many on my computer. Then I thought about it for a second and duh my wedding pictures will work. I LOVE THIS.  I think it is so neat and I'm like some of the others I would not mind having the upgrade. My only complaint I have is it did take me a little while because I live in the country and my internet connection is not always strong so it took awhile for all the pictures to load, but it was worth it. This is so much fun. You could use this as a teacher too. Maybe a slide show of a semester or a fieldtrip. It also could be used in presentations. Love it.

Thing #20

So YouTube is neat and all the only thing I do not like is the fact that there are so many videos on there that it is hard to know the good from the bad.  You can judge a little bit from how many have viewed it, but that is not always reliable. I could see how this could be used in the classroom. I would however be nervous about just turning loose students on it. I know that people can find horrible things on it. It could be used for presentations and for instruction. There have obviously been quite a few videos we have had to watch in this technology class to help us learn. This video I learned about when I was learning about perception and what we see. It's pretty cool.

Thing #19

I really had no idea there were so many different online communities out there. When I first joined an online community it was MySpace and that was sometime when I was a teenager. After a couple of years in college one of my friends convinced me to get on Facebook. Once I started using Facebook I never use MySpace any more.  I do think TeachPop is a good idea and could come in useful during student teaching.  After exploring some of the sites, I joined Shelfari. This is site allows you to have a bookshelf that you can add books to that you've read, have read, or want to read and you can look at whats on other peoples shelf. This is an awesome site however I had to force myself to quit finding book because I was wasting my Homework time. I also though Shelfari was cool because it basically provides you with a virtual list of what you've read and you can keep up with things like when you read it or where. You can do your own review of the book. I just think it's a really neat site, but I love books. I'm sure there are plenty of other sites that would come in handy, but I think if you have an investment in the interest than the person is more likely to enjoy the sites and use them.

Thing #18

I already have a MySpace and a Facebook account for quite awhile. Although I have both I very rarely ever use my MySpace account. Mainly because most of my friends primarily use Facebook so I do too. Facebook is great it helps you stay in touch with your friend and family in a very convenient way. I can send messages, write on their wall, or just click on their wall to see what is going on. I really enjoy using facebook and it has come in as a very good communication tool as well. I am not saying that I could not see educational implications for Facebook, however we have been addressed by several different people not to allow students to be our friends on facebook accounts. Although, it may be a way to get in contact with parents about activities or for other reasons. My Facebook