Thing Nine

I always wanted a personalized license plate. I believe this tool would be great to use on PowerPoint presentations to make the lesson being taught more fun. It can also be used to make kids feel special. For example, if it was someone's birthday, you could create something to be displayed on the smart board with that student's name on it.

Thing Eight

This took me a minute to figure out how to post. I am finally getting the hang of this. I choose the word "mommy" because it puts a smile on my face. I love hearing this from my daughter. To be honest with you, hearing her call me "mom" kind of breaks my heart. I feel like she is growing up way to fast. I think this would be a great idea for using in a classroom. It would be neat to have the students create letters from some of their own art work and post the images online for others to use. I don't mind sharing pictures online as long as I know who has access to look at them. You never know these days...

Thing Seven

 

 http://www.flickr.com/photos/flicknwiththegrahamfamily/

I don't know about anyone else but I feel like I am a little behind on times when it comes to this new technology. It took me several years just to get on facebook and now it seems that I'm learning a new site everyday in our class with Dr. Wall (thank you). I'm honestly not sure if I would use flickr in the classroom or not. I thought that a facebook account would be a good tool to use for the class especially getting parents involved with their children's education. I had a hard time with the flickr website. I have mentioned in an earlier post that I live out in the middle of nowhere and my internet is super slow. I'm sure if I had faster speed then I could explore more and see what it has to offer.

Thing Six

As I am sitting her reading the directions on Thing Six, I chose www.pandora.com to see what kind on music was available. My four year old daughter is sitting behind me on my bed and I am trying to get her to take a nap. Pandora has children's music and in less than 3 minutes, I had some of her favorite music playing and she fell asleep. This site will be bookmarked and used very often.

Thing Five

What does School 2.0 mean to me? To me, it means that I have to catch up on some of the  new technology coming out. I think that it is wonder to use technology to learn in the classroom. Example, PowerPoint Presentations, Blogging, things to that nature. I just hope that it does not "take over the world". If we think about it, when we call a customer service hotline to get help with something, what happens? We do not get a live operator. We get a computer. Sometimes it's ok, other times I want to talk with someone. Same goes for education. Is it going to get to the point when we will not need teachers in the class room, just computers?
I believe that most of the technology that was shown in these links are helpful when it comes to education, I just hope that it does not get too crazy.

Thing Four

Commenting helps create a sense of community and interaction because it shows an interest in the subject that is being discussed. It shows that the reader cares and understands what is being posted and can help others by giving them ideas of a different way of looking at things. 

Two points that I found interesting from the readings about commenting were “You become part of the life of the blogger you are reading” and  “Only 1 out of every 100 Readers Comment on your Blog”. 

Reading a blog is like reading a book. Some are good and some are bad. If you enjoy a blog, then you can relate to it more. If you do not enjoy a blog, you might have something to say but it may not be good.  If one out of every 100 readers’ comments on your blog, that would make me want to write something worth reading.

The following are the names of the 5 blogs from our group that I selected to read and comment about.

1.      Rittenberry’s 23 Things

2.      M Donahue’s 23 Things

3.      Bellafatto’s Blog

4.      JRichardson Explores 23 Things

5.      Blair’s 23 Things

6.      Jessica Shaw’s 23 Things

7.      23 Stehle Hoots

I chose the three of the seven because I have had a class with them and was interested in what they had to say. The other two I chose randomly. The comments I left were positive and agreeing with what the blogger had to say.

Thing Three

I was thinking about some ways that a blog could be used in the education field and came up with several ideas. One of the main ideas was basically using it like facebook but strictly for teachers. Homework assignments can be posted on it, calendars, projects and anything that pertains to the classroom. Several parents have a hard time getting off of work to attend parent teacher conferences and things to that nature. They can stay up to date with school activities by reading the class room blogs.