Thing #12

Well at first I was going to do the Google notebook but was informed that the development of it has been stoppped and it will no longer be improved upon or open to new users. :( So my next choice was to go to google homepage. I found this tool really neat! I created a homepage that had all of my interests on it. http://www.google.com/ig. (In order to do this you must have a google account.) I next checked into the google alerts. This page is really nice because if I were to have a question, a student had a question I couldn't answer, or even if I wanted more information about something, I could easily just go to this site and type in what i want to know. I will then be alerted by email when google has information on my topic.

Thing #11

I had a hard time choosing specific feeds to follow that pertained to my path in education. Although I did add the "Adolescents and Pre-teens news" from TOPIX to my feed because I saw some information that was interesting about the age group I intend on teaching. I think it could be benifical to me when I get surrounded by "pre-teens". I tried to find few things from different sites so I next went to Google Reader (easisest). I really liked this one because I liked scrolling through the reccommended items. There was alot of cool stuff on there. I added two things to my list on here that I thought were interesting. They were "10 Photo Manipulations to mess up your mind with" and Su Blackwell's pop-up art. I think that I may incorporate those into my classroom because I can see students really enjoying them. Then I visited Technorati and I found it kind of confusing. I poked around a bit but I don't know how I would be able to add a blog from there to my feed. The blog from Carol Richtsmeier "from the school house- abc' of education" I think would be interesting but I couldn't figure it out.

Thing #10

OK so I don't know if my laptop just doesn't want to cooperate with me or if there is something wrong with the all the links except for the one on youtube and the It really is really simple: RSS for educators article. I did find those two links very informative and now I know what RSS is and how I can use it in my everyday life or in my future classroom and know that the information I am receiving is constantly updated. It's really cool because once you subscribe you no longer need to return to the website looking for updates, and they will be sent to your aggregator, and you can have more than one feed, all for free! This will be a good tool for in and out of my classroom.

Thing #9

I played around with the custom sign generator and created this silly sign. Since I hope to teach 3rd grade, I found this to appropriate for the age group. When I have my own classroom I plan for it to be a fun learning environment. A sign such as this would be a good ice breaker for the first day of school. I found this one in particular at http://pryat.com/signs/danger/signs.asp?page=4

Thing #8

Flickr may be used in the classroom for visual aids and/or homework assignments. Children relate well with pictures. I chose the lightning pictures because electricity will be a topic I will have to cover in my future (and I also find them very fascinating to look at). Flickr may also be used in personal life by creating collages of family photos, pets, or just things of interest.

I think photo sharing is a wonderful idea. I like the idea that I will be able to use this site in my classroom and not have to pay for it!

Thing #7

I found using flickr to be fairly easy. I really enjoy the flickr website because I am a picture person. The picture of the icicles is from my front porch. I love the way the sun sparkles off of them. I took it I believe, when it was the second big snow Tennessee had (2-9-2010). http://www.flickr.com/photos/47833514@N08/4377759266/in/pool-850534@N23

Thing #6

I chose to go under video because I am a visual learner and my favorite site You tube came up under #1 (no surprise). http://www.youtube.com I love youtube it is a great tool to use for learning or just entertainment. I like to listen to music while doing homework or just playing on the computer so i just type in an artist and all of their songs will show up (beware of the horrible immatators). I also like to use it for laughs, a lot of people have their home videos uploaded. It is also useful if I need to know how to do something. I can see youtube being used in a school or library setting if there were limits to what could be viewed, but it is a good tool for visual learners. The only thing I dont like about it is that anyone can upload a video, some videos should not be on there and may be offensive to viewers.

Thing #5

School 2.0 means education will be endless! There is and will constantly be something to learn. With all the technology we currently have and how it continues to advance I feel like our gernerations to come will be so intelligent! Technology is used for everything now! It makes teaching easier for teachers and more fun for students. With the web 2.0 education can continue out of a classroom. It can also help people get back into the swing of things or brush up on their intelligence.

Thing #4

Blogging helps create a sense of community by having an open window for anyone to peer into. It is a place for opinions, thoughts, ideas, and questions that is open to anyone. People can interact with just a click of the mouse and read posts. Complete interaction is supplying feedback on the posts that are read. I learned from The Blue Skunk Blog that is good to leave a comment on a bloggers post, because reguardless their remarks of "blogging for personal growth", everyone likes to know that someone is paying them some mind. They also explained it is polite to thank every responder for their time they took to read the blog. I agree and will use those pointers in my blogging.
The five people from my class I choose are: Morgan Hill because I have her in another class and I think she is intelligent, I'm sure she will have some good posts. Lindsey Byrum because I have had her in another class and I think it will be nice to get to know her better. Pam Dwyer because she sits next to me in class and Chonta Dillingham because she sits on the other side of me in class. The other two blogs that I intend to read are Shanna Borgeson because she is ahead of the game and is one of the people who has the most posts in my class.
The two from 3040-01 are Alli Walker because I went to high school with her and Jerita Reese because I have had two prior classes with her and think she is humorous.
I left Alli a comment about her blog on thing #8 and the fliker program. She made a good point, the program could be used to get images to personalize student's desks.
Jerita's thing #2 caught my eye. I left her a comment lending a hand for help with anything because the blogging isn't too difficult for me and she said she was having issues with it.
I left Morgan a comment on her thing #4. Seems now that we know a little about one another we can agree on quite a bit.
I commented on Lidnsey's thing #3 because I agree that blogging can be a good way to help peers with assignments.
I left Pam a comment on her thing #2 letting her know that if I can help in anyway with asssignments that I will. Her and I seem to be the only ones who use PC and have issues converting to MACs!!
I left Chonta a comment on thing #3. Seems everyone agrees blogging is a good way to help others or be helped...and I added that its also nice not to have to give out your phone number!
I like Shanna's blog on thing #6. It is a good site and I think its a good idea to incorporate it in the classroom.