One Last Thing

Hallelujah. Strike up the band it is over! My favorite part of the 23 things is that it is over. Okay, so there were a couple other things I liked. The Live Binder and Animoto these were the things that really caught my eye. It has been a long road and I am sure there were other thing I liked. However, as usual at the end of a semester you like to see things come to a close. I will take the blogging with me to a classroom but not at a personal thing. I think it will be a wonderful addition to a class website. 

Thing #23

Creative Commons the APSU 23 Things is licensed under  "some rights reserved" .  Creative Commons tells you what you can and can not to do with the 23 Things. You may share it and alter it, but you MUST give credit to the author and may not distribute the work. Creative Commons is a way to allow someone to use you work if you wish and at the same time securing it for being plagiarized. As a teacher I will use Creative commons for my self and at time suggest or require students to do the same. It is a very interesting and useful concept.

Thing #22

WOW! The Live Binders are really neat. I liked the way you could load your own information or have it automatically load, I think it is a great idea for students. It is a good way to give them a stack of electronic information to go through. If you were wanting the students to write on certain subjects you could create a binder and give them the password. I think these was a wonderful thing.

Thing #21

This is a pretty cool tool. I can see future uses for this. It takes your old boring pictures and turns them into a work of art. It would be a great tool for a classroom blog. It was simple to use nothing mind bending (which no one needs at finals time. hehe). This is one 2.0 tool that I could actually see myself paying to upgrade. Well done oh 2.0 guru.

Thing #20 You Tube

I like YouTube there is a lot of good things and some not so good. I would use YouTube in my classroom. I picked the video "Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration" because I really like history and my most recent history professor showed it in class. Music is the way to my heart so, anything that will teach through the use of music is okay in my book. Another site TeacherTube it is really cool because it has a lot of educational videos and school house rock things. 

Thing #19

I think Social networks can be a dangerous thing in the wrong hands. I have a Facebook account but I keep it very guarded. I am from a Las Vegas where you don't trust anyone or they may steal the shirt right off your back. So, okay I have trust issues (haha) but seriously I am very careful of who I add to my Facebook you never know what they might say and the last thing I need is a bad reputation with a principle over something I didn't do. Now something I like is IMDB have you ever sat there watching a movie thinking "who is that" until it makes you crazier then you already are. So, go to IMDB and look up the movie and wa-la there it is that person whose name is making you crazy. Go forth and conquer (really you gotta check it out).

Thing #18

I think as an educator it is important to know what is out there which your students are being exposed too. I have had a Facebook account as well as Twitter for quite some time; however, I rarely use Twitter and as for Facebook I use that to stay connected with family and friends who live else where. When it comes to social networking I feel one has to remain very guarded and not open yourself up to just anyone. When I think about the application of either of these in my classroom I am undecided. As an educator there might be a use to stay connected with other educators. When it comes to students I don't think they have a place on Facebook with in the elementary grades as for Twitter the only use I could see if tweeting assignments or reminders but not every student has access to a computer or cell phone. Therefore, the jury is still out when considering these in classrooms.

Thing #17 Something Not so delicious

Well after playing with Delicious I can't really see a use for it. I found it quite un-user friendly and confusing. As for using it in my classroom I can't see doing that either since, my focus is K-6 and I would never want them searching for something and getting a really bad result. Not something I want to try and explain my self out of to parents or administration.

Thing #16

This thing was fairly easy to complete. I already use iGoogle and I LOVE IT! I can customize it with my own photos and arrange the widgets to my interests. Since thing #6 I have been using Remember The Milk which I think is wonderful. When it comes to the to-do-list I like my Sticky notes. I post them on my desktop since I look at my computer several times in a day they are great reminders. 


I would recommend Remember The Milk to everyone. You can add tasks from you iGoogle home page and access the list from your phone. Seems to me it is the perfect fit to a busy life.

Thing #15

I found it very interesting to see how much information is shared on a Wiki. I think one could create a wiki for their classroom and list daily assignments and classroom expectations. Then the wiki could be attached to your classroom web site. This would allow one who may teach different grade levels to post the individual requirement per class period. For instance, if you were going to be a Theatre teacher you would teach different grade levels within one day so, there would be item which were universal between classes and items which only pertained to certain grades. 


Where I can see the possibility for sharing information, I keep going back to what nearly every professor I have had keeps saying "Don't use wiki's they are not reliable information". So, that being said; to me that is the most interesting idea about the concept. We are investigating the many possibilities wiki's hold yet being told not to access them for reliable information. Things that make you go Hmmmmm.

Thing #14

Exploration of Bubbl.us (Mind Map) and Griffy (Flowchart). While exploring and comparing these two applications the biggest difference to me was the technical aspects. Mind maps were more of a thought process brainstorming if you will and flowcharts were very technical. 


I could see the possibility for both within the classroom. I could use the mind map and create single lesson plans, one mind map for each topic with leaders of what needs to be discussed. As for flowcharts I can see myself using them for creating a weekly lesson plan. Since my concentration is K-6 and I will teach a little bit of everthing per day I could use them to map out an entire day. Maybe like this; if you are finished with science then go to the math mind map and if you are finished with math then go to social studies.