Is It the End or Only the Beginning?

Some of my favorite exercises was learning about everything Google had to offer. I always thought Google was simply a search engine, and now I know it’s defiantly not. At the start of this program, I did not think I was going to have fun doing all the activities. I was so wrong! A lot of the “things” were so much fun! On top of fun, I can see my self using some of these programs in my classroom one day. I know for sure I’m going to have a blog for my classroom. It’s such a great idea that I never would have thought of with out this. I think it would have been neat if on a couple of the “things” we picked what we wanted to blog about. Like doing a website of the day. Blog about really interesting website we found and how we would use them in our classroom one day.

Thing #23

Creative Commons is such an important thing that very one should know about, but in reality, I’m sure a lot of people on this college campus still don’t know what it is. I know I have done it before simply with out thinking, but it’s not fair to take someone’s work without giving them credit for making it. How would you feel if you spent a really long time creating something and someone else copy and pasted it, and just said it was there’s? I’m sure I wouldn’t be very happy. Creative Commons is great for teachers for that reason. Now I’ll know the symbols to look for on web pages. I’ll also teach my students how this is a serious topic and not just to think it’s not a big deal.

Thing 22

Livebinders is a great program and I can see how it would be very helpful in a classroom. It would take away the stress of forgetting a website you wanted to go back and use one day in class. It is also a great way to stay organized, which is always helpful. I made three folders. My first one is Technology, the second is Games, and I know they were all supposed to be educational, but my third binder is Cooking. It’s so cool how the whole webpage is there and you don’t have to even click a link. In my technology binder I included Animoto and Flicker, along with Google Calendar. In my Games binder I added the website I did for website of the day and Education.com. And last in my cooking binder I added Tasty Kitchen, because ever since I got on there the other day, I can’t get my self to leave. This was a really enjoyable Thing to do.

Thing 21

I really loved using Animoto to make a video. I upload a hand full of picture from my trip to London over Spring break. The first couple pictures are of me and the rest are of places I went. It was so much fun! I already want to go back! Making this video was really fun too. And a lot easier than I thought it would. It was as simple as uploading pictures and you were just about done. I was defiantly use this website more offend. It is was a great way to put all your memories together. I am so proud of this video!!

Make your own photo slideshow at Animoto.

Thing #20

I have been YouTube since before I can remember. I took communication online last year and we had to make a YouTube account to be able to turn in our speeches. I love this site! You can find anything you ever want to know. From movie preview to how to cut your own hair to how to cook. This website could be used in the classroom everyday, if you take the time to find the video your looking for. That's the only problem, sometimes it takes forever to find a video it took you one second to find yesterday. This is a preview for the new movie Bully.

Thing #19

I looked around Teacher Pop and the website is really cool. This is another website that I have never heard of, and I can see I have been missing out. It’s so much fun! Social networking is everywhere now. Pinterest is huge! If I’m not careful, I can spend so much time on that one website. Another one I get on all the time is IMDB. Every time I’m going to the movies I pull up that page. As a matter of fact, I was on it today. My roommates and I were trying to pick a movie to go see later. Were seeing Lockout, I hope it’s good. Tasty Kitchen was amazing! I have already planned to make some dishes from that page!

Thing 18

Social networking can be a very good and useful tool, but at the same time they can have negative influences. They can be useful in the classroom if you have a Facebook page for your class and all your students and student’s parents can join and come together. You could remind them of upcoming work that is due and have a very easy way to talk to the parents about any problems that are happening in class. On the other hand, Facebook can get you a lot of trouble. Now days, everyone looks you up on Facebook as soon as they meet you, just to get to know you a little better. Facebook can very easily be the reason you did or didn’t get the job you wanted. In some cases I think this is fare, but in others it’s not. I don’t think Facebook is a very good way to get to know people because there is no way to know if they are being truthful.  Although I do have a Facebook myself, I hardly ever check it any more.