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Everyone knows what Google is but I did not know that Google had so many things that it can do. The first link I explored was the Google books. I love to read and so this was obviously one of my choices. All you have to do is type in a title or author of a book and it pops up with a description and how you can get the book either by eBook, sending it through the mail or finding it at a library. This can be used for education purposes because a student can look up a book that they need or at least find some information about the book. This can also be helpful for college students when they are buying their books for school.

The other link that I looked at for Google was the Google translator. All you have to do is type in anything in the box, then you can translate it to any kind of language. The example I used was English to French. This is good for students because if they are in a foreign language class, then this can help them with translating. It could also help students who are ELL because they can translate phrases into their native language to understand better.

https://translate.google.com/#en/fr/Hello%2C%20my%20name%20is%20Heather%20and%20I%20go%20to%20Austin%20Peay%20State%20University.

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Me personally, I found it easiest to use the blog search engine.org and the edublog to help me find different blogs and feeds. With the blog search engine all I had to do was type in any subject it gave me plenty of options to choose from. The Edublog has all kinds of blogs to use for education. I liked looking up the teacher blogs. Seeing what they post on their blogs helps me to see that teachers are just regular people who make mistakes. Nobody's perfect. I didn't find any blogs that were confusing for me but with the Technorati feed I didn't like how you had to create an account to use it. I just want to search without having to do that. One of the main and useful feeds is Google and Yahoo. Google had always been my number one search engine. While browsing the cooking section, I did run into some interesting dishes such as pork shoulder soup. For the most part, I found several different ways to search for feeds based on interests.

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This post is describing RSS or (Really Simple Syndication). This gives you the opportunity to access updated content on the Internet from one website. RSS allows you to get subscribe to content and have it delivered to you automatically. This was made so that it can be easier for people to get information from their favorite websites without having to go to all of the different ones. I like how you can choose what websites you want to add to your reader based on your interests. It makes it easier to access the websites b going to just one. I could use this technology in school because it allows the students to use the Internet and find the different websites based on their interests. I would also use this for my personal use to get ideas from things that I like. I like the articles that are in the education websites because they could help me as a teacher. I could use the advice and ideas that my colleagues are posting for my own classroom. Being able to use RSS would help us move forward with technology.

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This post is about using online generators to create different words and phrases. This can be used in the classroom as projects and activities for the students to do. It shows creativity and personality. It can also be good for teachers to make their lessons more creative and fun. These would be good to use in the library to describe books or videos. It can also be used for personal use to show personality.

This image was created using an online generator and I chose this because I thought it was cute and it reminded me of Christmas, which is my favorite holiday.
http://www.customsigngenerator.com/

This image was created using an online generator. I chose this one because it has Bart Simpson on it and some students might would recognize him. It also has a chalkboard which has to do with school and it warns the students to behave.
http://www.customsigngenerator.com/

This image was created using a smiley face generator. I chose this image because I like to dance and this smiley is ready to party. I would use this for my personal use.
http://www.happyfacegenerator.com/

Thing 8

I think that the mashups for Flickr are a fun way to explore different ways of using graphics. There was one where you pick a color and the pictures would come up based on the color you choose. There was another mashup where you can upload a photo and it would create a puzzle out of your photo. I really liked that one. This can be used in the classroom by students and teachers. Being able to use Flickr in the classroom can help with learning and lesson planning by allowing students to be creative and show the way they can change things to make it better. This can be used for my personal life by showing my creative side and showing my personality. I do not think that it is a problem sharing photos online as long as the photos are appropriate and that the person who uploaded the photos gave permission to use the photos. This is a photo I created using mashup jigsaw.

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This is my first time using Flickr and I must say it has been a different experience. I thought it was cool being able to type in any key words and having different kinds of pictures come up. I like how you can use images for whatever you are discussing. This can be used in the classroom by incorporating it into lessons and students could also use this for presentations. I typed in the search box schools and all kinds of pictures of schools came up. Then I typed in the word classroom. That's where I chose this picture from. I chose this picture because it is a classroom like I would like to have. It is colorful, their are different types of chairs besides desks and it looks organized. This is also a good way to get ideas for things such as lessons or how to decorate your classroom.

https://flic.kr/p/8rrLmg

Thing 6

The GoWeb2.0 website is a good resource to use. I like how it breaks down the search for you by categories. There is a special section just for teachers. When I clicked on the teachers tab, there were several websites that teachers could use. The one that jumped out at me was called gameclassroom.com. It is a website for teachers, students and parents between the kindergarten and sixth grade. There are worksheets, math games and other educational games for students  by grade level. There are lesson plans for different subjects for teachers to use in their classroom. There are also videos that the teacher can incorporate into their lessons. The website is also colorful and kid friendly which I like. This application can be used for the classroom or library. There are reading and language arts games that can be used for the library.

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Before this blog, I had no idea what Web 2.0 was. After looking at articles about it, I realized how this website could help with teaching in the classroom. With Web 2.0, there are different applications that can be used such as presentation tools to upgrade how PowerPoint are created, video tools to put videos into a presentation, mobile tools for pod casting, media sharing and blogging,and community tools such as social networking where teachers can communicate with their students. Web 2.0 is the future of education because everything has to do with technology now and the more we integrate it into the education system, the better it will be for our students. This technology will allow us as teachers to take our lessons to the next level. The students will be able to learn better by creating better presentations for them in the classroom. School 2.0 means a lot to me because we as educators have to be able to keep up with society and technology. According to the article Teacher 2.0, teachers deal more with technology than the average adult, which is good since we have to teach the students. Being able to be involved with this technology is crucial towards our student's future.

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