Thing #23

WoooHooo! It was a looooooooooooooooooooong process! I feel that I have learned quite a bit through this process. Talk about perseverance! In the future I may use the following in the classroom:

• Blogs
• Sites tagged in Del.icio.us
• Photo Story
• A Wiki
• Teacher Tube
• Using pictures to create IDs, cubes, etc....
• Having students create magazine covers, book covers, etc....

In the future I may use the following in my personal life:

• A Wiki
• Photo Story
• Del.icio.us
• You Tube
• Last. fm

I feel that Library 2.0 helped me realize the way of the future. The video I watched where college students expressed the regularity of them using technology made me "wake up." It motivated me to complete this project.

In the future I would do this again IF there were less Things grouped together. It seemed that many people did not complete this project because of the TRUE time you had to dedicate--especially if you had little background in the areas presented.

Thank you for this opportunity

Thing #21

Here is my brief Photo Story with pictures of my lovey, Mr. Boo. I was glad to have the opportunity to learn Photo Story. One of my friends made some CDs with Photo Story, and I just loved the idea! I plan to use this in my classroom. I hope to place them on my Wiki. I hope that it is possible!

Thing #22

I viewed two of the Ning websites. I mostly looked at the one for teachers, because I am a teacher. By joining this site, I could comment to other teachers on certain topics. Teachers could comment about their day to other teacher who understand what it is like in the classroom. Personally I would not be interested in Nings. I have other teachers to talk to. Much of what I viewed seemed to be complaints. I am not a complainer.

Thing #20

Thank goodness!! I have spent HOURS trying to be successful!

Thing #20

I hope that this works! At this moment the video is still uploading. I tried to do this twice. I ended up converting it to Zamzar. I found the video on Teacher Tube. I liked Teacher Tube better that I expected. I continued to look at YouTube. I actually played the video that the media has been talking about--the lion reuniting after a year with its previous owners. It's pretty neat.

Thing #18

I read much about Open Office, but I could not access it. I tried to download it so I could view it, but I was unsuccessful. It took hours to download and now I have about 25 icons on my laptop--I don't know what I did!
I looked at Google Docs again. I tried to place a document on my blog, but I couldn't. Can anyone help me with this? I would love to learn!

Thing #19

I looked at Zango briefly because games sounded fun. I looked at screen savers and the variety of games. I will look more into it in the future. It looks like a good site that will take my mind off of stressful situations.

I looked at Last for quite a long time. I thought it was great to have the opportunity to listen to music, categorize it, and see videos for free. I created my library which took a long time. This will be great for the classroom. I absolutely love music and promote the love of it in the classroom. My students know when they are to work independently--usually the music is running which is usually without words or with words that are inspirational. It is great that I will have a large variety of songs to choose from! I am behind the times with this--no IPod :).

Thing #17

For Rollyo I downloaded Firefox. I was hesitant, but I had noticed in blogs that many use Firefox. I found that it was pretty neat. My stomach dropped when I noticed that my del.icio.us and tag icon was not on it. I had spent hours on tagging my favorite sites on del.cio.us. I had also deleted them from my favorites! I figured out how to reconfigure the icons, thank goodness. I found it interesting that I had a few more sights tagged. Does anyone know why? They were good educational sights.
I looked at other Rollyos to try to understand them. It was harder than normal, because I could not watch a video. I understand and created one for healthy and easy foods (to cook). I understand that you can search sites in your named categories or the web in general.
In the classroom I could use this for specific research sites that would be good for children. I could also give children choices during center time during language arts or math. They could choose to search the sites I had in a specific category.

Thing #16

I love the idea of a Wiki. Love it! I just set one up on PBWiki for my husband and me, although he doesn't know what one is...yet. I made a few pages--front, honey to do list, and on a topic of discussion. I also linked some sights, including the Google calendar I created in an earlier Thing.

Instead of posting on the sandbox about Library 2.0, I accidentally posted to the home portion of the site. I will cut and paste my curriculum idea in the sandbox when I am finished with this blog.

For the last job I had, I could have definitely used the Wiki--just to set up a meeting. Trying to coordinate a meeting sometimes with 6 people would be confusing! Many emails would be sent like...I can't meet at 2:oo but I can at 2:15. I can't meet on Monday but I can on Tuesday. I can meet on Monday.... Ughhh!

In the classroom I like the idea of having students post information on group projects. They can even attach websites that others can use for research. To my knowledge you can also see when others' post so you know that all are participating. I saw in some of my reading that classroom literacy circles (book clubs) can use Wiki. Groups can work together to communicate about literature.

I could have my own Wiki for the classroom. To my knowledge I could allow editing on some pages and not on others. I could see placing a schedule, websites for parents, websites for children, talking on topics.... It seems it is like having your own website but it can be interactive. I am going to continue with this. The free Wiki does seem limited, though.

P.S. I just called my husband and he said he got the email about joining the Wiki. He did. I told him I was excited. He laughed and said, "Oh boy! I always wanted a Wiki! What is it?" :)

Thing #15

I am really starting to understand library 2.0. After listening to the student video, reading articles and a library blog, I really see the need of library 2.0. Teachers and librarians need to keep up with the times for the sake of the children we help. I have known a librarian who has recently become one. Much of her schooling revolved around technology, and I can now see why. A blog that I read from a librarian was excellent. It seemed that it could be/used for those in her library. She places links in her blog for people to open and descibes the benefits of the sites in order to gain specific type of information. It would be neat to have something like this in a classroom/library. Others could socially comment on the blog to help others.

Thing #14

I watched the information and read about Technorati. It seems to be a good resource for those who love to blog. The site is organized pretty well. It took me awhile to figure out how to search by tags. When I searched "school learning library 2.0" in the three different areas, they all showed something different. Under the area of "blog," they showed others' blogs. In "tags," the search was narrowed. When I searched it in general, it showed a lot of different items that may have had only one of the words in it. When I looked at some of the most popular blogs, I wasn't too surprised. People like technology and gadgets. Most people that know how to blog enjoy technology. Also children like to update their technology.
I feel that tags are important. They help to narrow down your search and to be specific. This saves time.

Thing #13

I had a good time looking for sights to support math and reading in the classroom. I played quite a few games and chose some sites. I like del.icio.us because you use tags for each saved site and you can use it on any computer. It is much better that posting the spots under favorites. There is some organization! This is one Thing that I will use in the future!

Thing #12

Two important ideas that I read about blogging were:
1. Write a meaningful comment. A brief one or two words in response to another blogger does not increase conversation or connect to that other person. It is important to use specific details that support your opinion--whether you agree or disagree.
2. Write open-ended comments to spark conversation. If you are looking for others' insight, open-ended comments are good. If you comment on all that needs to be said, others won't have anything to state. In addition, if you ask others' opinions, you welcome their comments.

The comments about being a 'good' blogger are basic knowledge for 'good' conversations. So far I have not seen any inappropriate comments on the web or in Library2Play, which is great--no DC.

I reponded to others' blogs in learn2play. I also responded to Morvis13'sWisdom. This blog is written by a mother who has a son with Aspergers. This topic has always interested me because of the students I have seen and the mixed thoughts on the cause of autism. Lastly I responded to Nuts on Needlepoint. I have begun my first project and this blog has much information, including free projects. Overall, it always take hours to look at blogs--one to repond to.

Thing #11

This librarything is interesting. I posted a few books and looked at the different ways of displaying the information. This could be used in the classroom for my personal library. Students could look up a book and write and/or read a few comments. I could only figure out how to make one comment.
I looked at the groups and conversations. This seems to be the venue to have a book club discuss a book. I will need to play around with it more. I couldn't figure it out. I played around quite a bit but didn't get very far.

Thing #10

The star was from comic strip generator. If I had a blog with my class, I could place this on the blog to highlight a student.

This ID (with their individual pictures) could be given to the students to let them know what job they will have for the year in the classroom. My students learn interviewing skills, complete an application and interview for their job. I feel that they would like an ID.

Below are other images that I had done. I also sent sweet messages to others with the Image Chef :). I saw that magazine covers could be created. This would be good to use for biography reports. Students could also create them about themselves.

Thing 9

I took some time looking at many different sights tat helped me search for blogs. I liked Technorati because of the different categories. Then descriptions of blogs came up to give me a good idea about the blog. I found some feeds on baking, family, and books. I enjoyed reading comments on books I have read in my book club and on ones we will be reading. I would love to start a blog for our book club. Is there a way to set up sections or links on the blog--comment in one area on chapters 1-5 and another on chapters 6-10...? The cool cat teacher blog was interesting, but I did not choose it to place on my google reader. I know that I will enjoy using Atomic Learning in my classroom. I know many teachers who have used it over the past few years. Their students enjoyed watching the videos that have helped solidify their learning.

Thing 8

This was frustrating--until I finally click on the icon that showed all of the blogs I added. I could n't find some of them added on Google Reader; therefore, I was looking for specific blogs that I didn't have to cut and paste. Ughhhh!
I have enjoyed reading the news over the past few days and have been laughing at the information presented in the "fun" category. I will look forward to reading and reponding to others' blogs. I think this is great for my personal life because I can open it up and get brief summaries of articles. I can skip and read quickly. It can be helpful in the classroom if I set one up that revolves about what the class is learning. I will have to do much research and will have to get more comfortable with this. This is great for the library, too. It can target children of certain ages and topics of study.
After my frustration, I think I have figured out the blogs now :).

Thing 7

Over the past two days I have looked at what Google had to offer. I created a calendar and liked that comments could be posted on the calendar items. The idea of Google Earth was very neat. I could easily use it in teaching. We could look at particular buildings that revolve around the heroes that we study. Unfortunately I could not download this program. I tried several times. I did not have administrator rights. Any hints?? I also created my own Google page. I viewed a few items on You Tube and sorted the windows. I uploaded a Windows document and played with it. I thought it was neat that you could make comments on others' documents. Lastly, I tried to search for PowerPoints on iGoogle--I think that is what you call it. I found some that sounded neat. I downloaded them, but I didn't know how to view them. Any hints??

Thing 6

There was so much to explore! I enjoyed the many different projects that you could complete with photos. I created a mosaic and put a nice frame around a picture from Flickr. I also found pictures on Flickr by clicking on a specific color. I liked this but i couldn't figure out how to edit the pictures. Some I wanted to keep, and others I would have wanted to replace.
In the classroom (not library), you could put pictures of children on the dice. You could roll to determine who would go first, answer a question, etc.... You could use the trading cards in social studies. A student would study a famous person, dress as him/her, and then talk with peers one-on-one. Students would trade cards. I enjoyed Thing 6.

Thing 5

Flickr was very interesting. I did not know that anything like this existed. The groups were kind of humorous in the sense that there were so many rules. It reminded me of a sorority.
The neatest parts for me on Flickr was one photographer's work and seeing pictures of the university where I completed my undergraduate degree.

Thing 3

I have begun blogging and have placed my Avatar on my blogging page. This took me quite awhile with many interuptions. The avatar cracked me up :).

If I wanted to run blogging in my classroom, how do you only let certain people respond?

Thing 2

The easiest habit for me is viewing problems as challenges. The most difficult one is Using technology to your advantage. The Internet is really not part of my life. All I do is email.

Thing 1

I am excited to learn about so much technology. This sounds like a convenient way to keep up with it!