Is it the end? Or only the beginning?

One of my favorite discoveries was Thing 17. I love the website Delicious and intend on using it for a long time.  This whole experience has made me realize all the possibilities that were at my fingertips with the internet that I was unaware of before. I think the YouTube and the Facebook/Twitter blogs were unnecessary. YouTube is not allowed in most school systems because the schools have to monitor websites and YouTube is not filtered. To keep up with the Web 2.0 developments, I will keep up with some blogs. 

Thing 23!!!!!!!

One more to go!

Now that I know how Creative Commons licensing works, I am going to be more diligent when I go to create things with items I find online. I remember looking at the website in class. I will use it to tell my students and others I know about how it is a serious matter. I wouldn't want someone taking all of the credit for something that I took the time to do. I imagine others would feel the same way.

Thing 4

I chose to wait until towards the end to do Thing 4 so I would have more options to comment from.

Commenting helps create a sense of community because it creates conversation about all things. That way people don't feel like they are just posting things and not knowing if anyone cares. It is a way to create personal growth. There are a lot of things to be learned, and the internet makes it an easier process.

The five blogs I commented on were: Natalie Spradlin, Rebecca Black, Kelly Poole, Sabrina Watson, and Robert White.

Thing 22

I kept it simple with my binders. I have one on alphabet letters and activities, one on whole brain teaching (posted below), and one on classroom management.

Power Teaching

This binder has multiple videos because I feel there is more impact from the videos.

I could use LiveBinders as a way to organize things we did one day, or that I intend to do one day, and the parents could look up what was done if they are interested.

Thing 21

Animoto is relatively easy to use. The selection of items if you choose the free subscription is extremely limited, which I was not fond of. I'd like to see what else is available as video backgrounds if you were to choose the more expensive package. Although it was very limited, there were quite a few songs on there and I liked that you could upload your own.


Try our slideshow creator at Animoto.

Thing 20

I use YouTube for a lot of things. At my high school it was a website that was blocked with their internet, but now in college I use it for presentations since it is not blocked here. I think videos add a great quality to learning. At church I help run "OneWay Street" which is out environment for elementary kids, and they watch videos of stories from the Bible during the large group session before they go back to small group to further discuss it, and I had a small group leader come to me and tell me how it was amazing how much they remember from the videos even when you think they aren't paying attention.

I think this video is amazing! There were several like this on YouTube.

Thing 19

I have a Facebook account and now because of Thing 19 I am in the process of getting a Teacher Pop account. Below is the badge:


Visit TeacherPop

I don't know how I feel about this site yet. It seems similar to Facebook, which I said in a previous blog I don't care much for getting on. It seems to be a difficult process to just join this site. However, I was pleased with how easy it was to use the badge.

I did like the Craftster website. I enjoy doing crafts and this website has a ton of different ideas. I could easily find something I want to do with the kids in my class.