This is not the end!

I really enjoyed the animoto and the livebinders. I can see real use for these in the classroom. Actually, I can see real use in the classroom for all of the "things." The only one I find might not be as useful is Facebook. I feel this is a personal for fun thing and not a school thing. I am glad I had to take this class and complete the 23 things. I will not keep up with this blog, but I may find use for one in the future. Right now I need to focus on my school work and my family. Thanks for putting all of this information into one spot. I am sure I will be looking back over this site once I become a teacher.

Tammie

Thing 23

Creative Commons is a great tool. I have to admit that before this class I never thought it was wrong to copy pictures from websites. I thought as long as you were not doing it for profit it was ok to copy. I am glad I have learned the truth. I am sure this is a topic that will continue to be studied and reviewed. It seems that it is a topic that is foreever changing.
Tammie

Thing 22

Education– Language Arts


The titles of my binders are Middle School Education, Education-Language Arts, and Education- Reading. I think binders would be a great collaboration tools for educators. You could also share binders with your students and their parents. This could be useful in the classroom.

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Animoto was really easy to use. I created a video in just a few minutes. I can see this being a very useful tool in the classroom. In my furture language arts class my students could create videos and then create a story about their pictures.

Try our video maker at Animoto.

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TeacherPop is particularly interesting. I can see how useful this website could be for any future and current teachers. This could be an excellent place to share resources and support one another. I joined GoodReads because I love to read, and I plan on spending my summer lost in a few books. I love how it gives the reader a list books related to your likes. I can see how this site will be useful for me.

Tammie

Thing 18

It is necessary for educators to understand the social networking sites because the students love these sites. I have used Facebook for quite some time. I like it to keep up with friends and family who live elsewhere. I like that with Facebook I can get text messages from certain pages I like. I do not have to log into Facebook each time to know what is going on with an organization or person. I do not believe I would use Facebook for my classroom. I have an account, but I hardly use it. I tend to read more than I write on my Facebook account. I think Facebook is more fun and enjoyment than teaching.

Tammie
Facebook

Thing 17

I like using this program. I tend to look at a lot of websites, but I always forget where I found what information. I think this website would make it easier to manage other websites into categories. Since I will be an English teacher, I could use tags for grammar, reading, and writing. I could tag authors and related information for a title or author. I like that I can access the tags from any computer since I can access the tags on the internet.
Tammie

Thing 16

I chose to use igoogle as my start page. I chose igoogle because I use a lot of google tools. I use gmail and google calendar everyday. I also use google tasks within my calendar. I will problably keep igoogle as my home page. I love google calendar because I can sync it from my ipad, android phone, and laptop. I can check it from anywhere and any computer. I can also share it with my husband, my children, and other family members. I can set up many calendars on my google calendar. I have a calendar for housework, kids stuff, my school stuff, my hubby's stuff, and other calendars. I have used to-do lists like remember the milk and tooledo. I use google tasks for my to-do lists. Some of the other tools I like was Getting Things Done and stickies.

Tammie

Thing 15

I do not know if I would use Wiki in the classroom. I can see some useful benefits for the application, but I am not sure if I would use it. I did look at various language arts and reading wiki pages. I can see how these would be useful. The problem I have is that anyone can change the content on the wiki spaces. I would worry that someone might change the content for malicious reasons.
Tammie

Thing 14

My idea classroom would be a sixth or seventh grade language arts class or reading class. I can see how both flowcharts and mind maps could be helpful. During a reading class, both of these concepts could help students find the main ideas, plot out the summary, correlate the characters, and many other story ideas. They could also use either of these concepts to create, write, and diagram their own stories. I can also see both of these being useful in a language arts classroom. These could be added to a PowerPoint or worksheet.

Thing 13

I tried Google Docs and ZOHO writer. I did not like Zoho writer as much as I like Google docs. I like all the bells and whistle of ZOHO writer. There is a section where a teacher could add equations and such to their paper. I am not a math teacher, but I can see how this could be helpful for a math teacher. I did find Google Docs a bit more user friendly. I like that ZOHO has the capabilities of adding the documents directly to your blog pages. I did have problems doing this, but I am sure that user error. Although either of these apps would be useful I like my Word program better. It could just be that I am happy with the Word program.
Students could use Google Docs in collaborative efforts by uploading a document. The students could then work on the document independently while still working together.

Thing 12

I use google calendar every day. This is the calendar I use to organize my life. It is my brain most days. I have it on my phone, my ipad, and my computer. I get text messages and email alerts for upcoming events. I love that on google calendar I can have multiple calendars in one calendar. I have one for home maintenance, my kids, my husband, my dogs, birthdays and anniversaries, and one for general purposes. I can look at all of them at once, or I can look at them one at a time. I also use google translator sometimes. I have friends of nationalities, and sometimes I need to translate what they say. As a teacher, I am sure I will have ELL students, and this device will come in handy.

Thing 11

I found that typing in a subject area that I liked and looking for the RSS button to add the feeds to be the easiest method. I like using the Google search tool. I have used Yahoo, Ask.com, and Dogpile, but I like Google the best. I enjoy cooking and knitting. I found many feeds that will give me daily recipes. I follow quite a few low-fat cooking blog. The easiest way for me to find RSS feeds is to search for blogs I like and then look for the button. I do like having all the feeds in one spot like google reader.

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The thing that I like about RSS readers is that I can get all of the updates from the blogs I follow in one spot. Having everything in one spot helps cut down on time. If I go directly to each blog, I have a tendency to get sidetracked. If I get sidetracked then I will probably not accomplish the things I need to accomplish. The RSS readers help me from getting sidetracked by only giving me the latest updates to the blogs. Also, if I had to look at each blog daily I might forget one or two and miss something. In a school setting, RSS readers are great ways to see what other teachers are doing in their classrooms. I can follow their blogs and get updates via the RSS readers. I know as a teacher I will not have time to go searching through blogs for the updates. The RSS reader will cut down on time. Teachers can use RSS readers in their classrooms with their students. The students can get updates from their teachers blogs via their RSS readers.

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Comic Strip Generator

I enjoyed playing with the comic strip generator. As a Language Arts Teacher, I can see using this in the classroom, and I think this would be a fun activity for a classroom. Students can practice their writing techniques by creating comics. 

Smiley Face Holding a Sign

The smiley face holding a sign could be used to relay important information to the students on the teachers blog. For example, tests or project due dates could be placed on the sign. 

Out of all of the thing challenges, I enjoyed this one the most. It was a lot of fun!

Thing 8

I like the Spell with Flickr application. This would be fun to use in the classroom for learning spelling words. Kids would enjoy seeing their spelling words mashed up into pictures.

This is from the puzzles app. This was a lot of fun! I think it would be fun for the students to see various pictures included into a puzzle. The students are work could be turned into a puzzle. This site can create real life puzzles from any picture you add to Flickr.

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My dog Lola

My dog Joey!

These are my two dogs, Joey and Lola. I added photos of these two because they are part of my family, and as much my children as real children. I enjoyed exploring the various Flickr photos. I think Flickr would be perfect for the classroom. I would like to be a middle school Language Arts teacher and/or reading teacher. Flickr would be great in the classroom to explore different books. One way to use Flickr would be to show the students meanings of unknown phrases or words. For example, if the book is talking about a black lab, I could show them a picture like my dog, Lola, to see how a black lab looks. Also, I could show them a picture of a mountain or ocean and ask the students to write about a vacation they could take to that location.
I limit the photos that I have of my children on public locations. I do have a Facebook account, and I have some photos of them on my site. I do not mind adding photos of my dogs, flowers, trees, or items in my surroundings, but I do not think my children should be posted on public sites.

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Remember The Milk




I chose to explore Remember the Milk. I wear many hats during my day, and I love having a to-do list to remember all of my tasks. With Remember the Milk, I can have my to-do list on my android phone, my ipad, my google email, and many other applications. I can share my list with my husband and children. I can also share my list others if we were working on a group project. It has various "folders" so that my school to-do list does not get mixed up with my home to-do list. I have enjoyed playing with this website.

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Web 2.0 simply means using the Web as a way to communicate with and teach students. The internet is a rich source of information that can make doing research easier. As an older college student, I remember a time when encyclopedias were used for most research. My ten-year old son showed me how to build and make my power points more interesting. Teachers should be prepared to teach and understand the various technologies because students are very fluent in technology.

Thing 4

Reading and commenting on someone’s blog in relation to the Education 3040 class helps you get to know your fellow students. Everyone is different in their thinking and might have a different reaction to the task at hand. By reading on someone else’s blog a person gain a different understanding of the topic. By commenting on someone’s blog a person might expand on an idea the original blogger might not have fully expressed. The commenter might give insight or a different view of the topic. The comments create an open discussion where everyone can share their views.

The blogger at Cool Cat Teacher talks about writing a meaningful comment. She believes that this lets the commenter vote on the topic and become a part of the bloggers world.  I think that this is very important because it helps the blogger to know what topics her readers enjoy.  

I have chose to follow the following bloggers.

Kelley Poole

Morgan Garton

Shelby Burkhart

Abby Smith

Olivia Rhodes

Thing 3

My plan of study is Interdisciplinary Studies: Middle Grades 4-8 with an English Cognate. I would like to teach 6-8 grade reading and language arts classes. For either of these disciplines, a blog would be a handy tool. Of course, it can be used for normal updates and information regarding the class, but it could be used to enhance or extend the class day.  I could use tools like word of the day and grammar problems of the day. Extra information regarding the authors or background information on the stories to be read could be included in the blog. I could post questions regarding the reading material and the students would have to comment with the answers. As a discussion board, the blog could be a way to enhance their writing abilities. It could also help them with learning to be respectful to others and their opinions.

Thing 2

Choosing the blog name was easy because I chose to name it 23 things since that is  the focus of this blog. Creating the blog was fairly easy for me because I have had blogs on blogger in the past. I enjoy writing, but I am not always confident in my writing ability. I hope that this class will help me to gain confidence in this area of my education.

My avatar looks similar to me in a lot of ways. I dressed my avatar in a red shirt because red is my favorite color. I think the color red signifies power, strength, and confidence. I always feel more confident in some of my red shirts than other shirts. I also dressed my avatar in heels because I like to wear heels. I do not wear heels here at Austin Peay because of all the walking outside.  

Thing 1

      The easiest 7 1/2 habit of life-long learners is number six. Habit number six is using technology to your advantage. I love to use technology. I use a smart phone, Ipad, and laptop periodically throughout each day. I love to learn about new technology. I have very little experience with a MAC computer. Since this semester has started, I have been working on a MAC and learning to use it effectively. I find new tricks to make my tasks easier each time I work on a MAC.

      The hardest habit for me would be number four. Habit number four deals with having confidence in yourself and a competent and effective learner. I doubt myself a lot when learning. I worry that I will sound uneducated or silly when I speak or write at times. I know that I am capable of learning, but I still lack the confidence at times.