Last Thing

My favorite thing was Thing 21. I enjoyed creating the Animoto and it was simple to do. It created a way to make a short video with your pictures. This has affected my lifelong goals because this has shown me many things I can use in my classroom such as Flickr and online generators. One take away that I did not like was the Livebinders. I thought it was difficult to use and it would probably be difficult for students to use in the classroom. I was a little surprised to see Twitter as one of the things. I would not expect that to be used in a classroom. The only thing I would improve would be that some of these things I felt were unnecessary. Some of these seemed to be more work then help. This will influence me as a teacher because it has shown me different types of technology that I can use in the classroom. I plan to keep up with the new developments in 2.0 by keeping my blog open and checking back on it to see what new things have been discovered. I also will make a resolution to use some of these things in my future classroom.

Thing 23

This post is about Creative Commons. According to creativecommons.org, the creative commons symbol means that anyone can share and adapt the material. They can copy and change the material. They must give credit to the author, provide a link to the license and indicate if any changes were made. You cannot use the material for commercial purposes and if you change or add on to the material, your contributions have to be under the original license. The 23 Things blog is a creative commons because it can be changed but credit still has to be given to the author.That program was based on the Learning 2.0 program that was designed by Helene Blowers and adapted by the California School Library Association and others. Content and style for Learning 2.0 - 23 Things for Teachers has been borrowed and duplicated with permission, under a Creative Commons License.  This can be used in the future because if I were to come up with something and someone else tries to add on to my idea, I would still get credit for it since the idea was mine originally.

Thing 22

I had never heard of Livebinders before doing this blog. When I first started trying to do this, I was frustrated because I was struggling on what to do. Even with the tutorial, I was still having problems and I could not understand what to do. After looking at the tips for Livebinders, I finally began to understand what to do. I feel that being able to use Livebinders could be helpful in the classroom because the students would be able to keep certain websites in one folder so there will be easy access to it.

http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=1600042

Thing 21

https://animoto.com/play/rwsuLxJdEPXdrifCfrMWkw

I really enjoyed using the Animoto website. I had never heard of this website before having to do this blog and it is something that I will keep on using. It's good for making short videos with any pictures you would like. This would be great for families and sending videos to other people. This would be good to use in the classroom because most students would like making the videos and this could be used for projects and assignments.

Thing 20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDmUdZwwq2I

YouTube is a very popular website to watch all kinds of videos about any subject. There is a popular website with YouTube call Teacher tube just for teachers with videos that they can use in their lessons and classroom. I like using YouTube and watching different videos.  have also used Teacher tube in some of my other classes and it is a great way to incorporate technology into the classroom. I chose to use this link because it talks about giving tips for special education teachers and since I am going to be a special education teacher, this is going to help me. I would definitely use Youtube and Teacher Tube in my classroom because it has many ways to teach lessons and make them fun. One application that I liked on there was called Kidyos. It is a kid friendly website that has educational material for kids such as games and videos.

http://www.go2web20.net/app/?a=kidyos

Thing 18

Before I took this class,  I did not even have a Twitter. To me, I did not see the point in Twitter. I only thought that people wrote what their opinions down and other people followed them. When I created my Twitter account, I felt that it was more then what I thought. When  typed in some of the educational hash tags that were on the list, I felt that it did not give me good resources. I felt that I did not learn anything from it. The only way I feel that this could be used in the classroom would be for students to socialize with one another. I do feel that it is good for the teacher to understand what social networking is because it is a big part of our students lives and it can affect them in positive and negative ways.

https://twitter.com/hlowery86

Thing 19

Social networking has become a big part of our everyday lives. It seems like everyone is part of some social network. I am a part of Facebook and I check it daily. I like it because it helps me to keep up with my family members and friends out of town. I can also post my personal thoughts and do other things such as play quizzes. I am also a member of Instagram, which is another social network where people like to post their pictures. I do not visit this site that often because I feel that Facebook is better. The Classroom 2.0 and the Teacher Librarian are two good sources for teachers to use to find ideas and things to use in their classroom. I like how teachers can find different lesson plans or activities to use in their classroom. On the Classroom 2.0 website, one teacher asked about including all students in the classroom. Other teachers posted to respond to their question by giving tips and advice. I find this to be helpful since I am going to be a special education teacher and teachers have trouble including their special education students with their regular education students.

Thing 17

The Delicious website can be good for trying to find different ideas and research quickly. When I typed in educational technologies, lots of different websites and ideas came up. I clicked on a couple and I saw ideas for teachers in the classroom. There were also ideas for activities for students to do in the classroom. When I clicked on the Classroom 2.0 website, there were places where teachers could blog about different issues. It helps teachers with teaching technology in the classroom. Another one I clicked on was the techlearning.com where it had more ideas for using technology in the classroom. I think that Delicious can be used in the classroom because it would be a way for students to incorporate technology in the classroom and they can research different topics.

Thing 16

The start page that I decided to use was the ustart.org. I thought it was pretty cool being able to create a page and putting whatever you would like on it. You can put anything from the weather to Facebook to TV shows on your page. This one appealed to me the most because I like the layout and the freedom to create whatever you want. I would make this my home page because it describes me and things that I like to do. Online calenders can be useful in many ways such as keeping up with appointments, knowing when events are coming up and also being able to decorate them however you want. Some tools that I would recommend to use in the classroom are Zamzar or Pdfconverter. These would be good for converting a document or even concerting Mp3 and Mp4 files. This is a good technology for students to use to teach them about different options they would have.

Thing 15

I decided to post my Thing 9 on the apsu23thingssandbox. I enjoyed creating the online generator. It would be fun for the students in the classroom to be creative while they are learning. I added an entry and changed the font, size and color of my post. I like using wiki and websites such as wikipedia. I have been taught that Wikipedia was not a reliable source because anybody can just put information on their whether it is true or not.

Thing 14

Being able to create a flowchart would be a great tool to use in a classroom. Flowcharts are different ways for students to understand a concept, especially in English. I went to flowchart.com and created a simple flow chart about the "Three Little Pigs". I felt that it was challenging for me to use this website and it would probably be challenging for my students, especially since I will be teaching special education. I also tried the bubbl.us brainstorming map and I like creating this. This would be good to use for story maps or brainstorming for a paper.

Thing 13

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1giycXFGaQlM6-piqEqKlVcW7Vxv7qKXq9302FUoKKlY/pub

I like the Google Drive feature. This can be used in the classroom because it is just like the Microsoft Office collection. The teacher or school would not have to pay for the Microsoft Office collection, they could just use Google Drive. There is a feature for documents, spreadsheets, PowerPoint, and drawings. This is also good because it automatically saves in the Google Drive so you would not need a flash drive to save your work. Zoho also looks like it could be good, but to me it seems more for business people and not students. Even when you go to the website, it tells you it is a business site. I would rather use Google Drive because it seems easier to use and it would be better for students to use in the classroom.