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.