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Friday, October 21, 2011
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Thing #19
Visit TeacherPop
I am not a member of any other social network or communities except TeacherPop and now Facebook. When my schedule slows down (once I finish my Master's Degree), I may find time to explore these networks, especially those concerned with book reviews and movie reviews. It would be fun to talk with people who read the same books I read and to discuss them. I also like to discuss the movies I watch. So Film Crave and Good Reads will be on my to-do list once I graduate.
Monday, April 6, 2009
A final thought
I believe I enjoyed creating the Animoto the most of all the projects in the 23 Things. It is a tool I can see myself using often. I was uncomfortable with creating so many web apps and putting my name out there to be contacted by on Facebook. I have already in under 24 hours had two offers for people to join as friends. I can see all of this taking up a lot of time.
There are some applications I will take away and use in my classroom. Podcasting and YouTube can be useful tools. I was surprised to find that I enjoyed delving into these websites and applications. It was sometimes disappointing to go to a link only to find that something was no longer there. The only suggestion I have is to make sure at the beginning of each semester that some of these websites and links still exist. As we know, the web is ever changing.
As technology advances in my school and computer access becomes more available, I can see using blogs, social networking, on-line word processors and project makers with my students. I will maintain my RSS reader and Google tools as they are great at keeping me organized.
There are some applications I will take away and use in my classroom. Podcasting and YouTube can be useful tools. I was surprised to find that I enjoyed delving into these websites and applications. It was sometimes disappointing to go to a link only to find that something was no longer there. The only suggestion I have is to make sure at the beginning of each semester that some of these websites and links still exist. As we know, the web is ever changing.
As technology advances in my school and computer access becomes more available, I can see using blogs, social networking, on-line word processors and project makers with my students. I will maintain my RSS reader and Google tools as they are great at keeping me organized.
Thing #23
There is attribution for the 23Things found on the first blog page and on each "thing" page which states that it is loosly based on the 43 Things by Stephen Abrams as well as the Learning 2.0-23Things by Mesquite Independent School District.
The Creative Commons offers different types of copyright licensing for what you create. From allowing no one to do more than see your work to allowing them to take it and use it in whatever way they wish with attribution back to you as the creator, a license can be found to suite anyone. I would recommend my students use a Creative Commons license on the projects they create and post on-line. It would be up to them the strength of that license and how much they want to protect their work. Some things I create as a teacher I would want to protect from misuse but I feel I would probably be pretty liberal in how I let others use what I create.
The Creative Commons offers different types of copyright licensing for what you create. From allowing no one to do more than see your work to allowing them to take it and use it in whatever way they wish with attribution back to you as the creator, a license can be found to suite anyone. I would recommend my students use a Creative Commons license on the projects they create and post on-line. It would be up to them the strength of that license and how much they want to protect their work. Some things I create as a teacher I would want to protect from misuse but I feel I would probably be pretty liberal in how I let others use what I create.
Thing #22
http://www.learnoutloud.com/podcaststream/listen.php?url=http://feeds.feedburner.com/princetonreview&all=1&title=18871
This is a link to the Princeton Vocabulary Minute. These guys sing their way through vocabulary lessons and some of the songs are really funny while teaching junior and senior high students about vocabulary words. Only an English teacher could truly get the humor here, but some are very entertaining. It was refreshing to hear a podcast that was original and not just someone reading to me. So many of the English lesson podcasts I listened to were dry and spoken in a monotone. I had some trouble negotiating around Podcastdirectory and Podcastalley. Many of the podcasts there required downloads or subscriptions. Educational Podcast Directory and Learn Out Loud were more user friendly. I might use podcasting with my students. Those who have Garage Band on their computers could submit their essays to me by podcast. Audacity was difficult to use and add music to, so for now I see limited usage since the school's computers are PCs. I believe I will keep in touch with the Princeton Review as these guys are very clever. This would be a fun tool to use as a bellringer with my students if I had a 21st Century Classroom.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/princetonreview
This is a link to the Princeton Vocabulary Minute. These guys sing their way through vocabulary lessons and some of the songs are really funny while teaching junior and senior high students about vocabulary words. Only an English teacher could truly get the humor here, but some are very entertaining. It was refreshing to hear a podcast that was original and not just someone reading to me. So many of the English lesson podcasts I listened to were dry and spoken in a monotone. I had some trouble negotiating around Podcastdirectory and Podcastalley. Many of the podcasts there required downloads or subscriptions. Educational Podcast Directory and Learn Out Loud were more user friendly. I might use podcasting with my students. Those who have Garage Band on their computers could submit their essays to me by podcast. Audacity was difficult to use and add music to, so for now I see limited usage since the school's computers are PCs. I believe I will keep in touch with the Princeton Review as these guys are very clever. This would be a fun tool to use as a bellringer with my students if I had a 21st Century Classroom.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/princetonreview
Thing #21
Making this Animoto was fun. Some of my pictures are not on the final cut for some reason. The song I felt said it all. We need to take time for the little things. The trip to the zoo was for my daughter's 9th birthday. She took her two best friends with her. My husband took these photographs which I feel are very good. I can see us using Animoto to share pictures with family and friends. It gives life to a photo album. This may be something my students and I try to add interest to our web newspaper.
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