Week #9, Thing #23
Whew! I can't believe I made it to the end. I have really enjoyed this experience. I got a little behind during TAKS time, but it was definitely worth the effort to keep plugging along. I have learned about so many things I never knew existed. Things I probably would have never found on my own. It really is mindboggling! My favorites are Flickr, RSS feeds, ImageChef, LibraryThing, Zoho Writer and of course the Audio eBooks. I plan to try to regularly use at least some of these things personally and in my classroom next year. This summer I may even go back through the 23 Things when I have more time to spend on them! Hoping the Web 2.1 class makes, so I can play even more!
Monday, May 19, 2008
Podcasts and Ebooks
Week #9, Things 21 and 22
Wow! There are so many podcasts in the directories. I spent some time looking around epnweb.org. Found a couple I like -- Americanwriters.com and whosaid.org. Whosaid.org gives you quotes or speeches by characters in novels and you try to guess who said it. This weekend, I visited Librivox and subscribed to the podcast through my Itunes account. They send you a chapter at a time from a selected book three times a week. Thought it might be fun to listen to this summer when I'm out walking (good intentions anyway). Right now, the book they're reading is Wizard of Oz I think. All of the audio books on Librivox are free, however they are not newly released books.
Wow! There are so many podcasts in the directories. I spent some time looking around epnweb.org. Found a couple I like -- Americanwriters.com and whosaid.org. Whosaid.org gives you quotes or speeches by characters in novels and you try to guess who said it. This weekend, I visited Librivox and subscribed to the podcast through my Itunes account. They send you a chapter at a time from a selected book three times a week. Thought it might be fun to listen to this summer when I'm out walking (good intentions anyway). Right now, the book they're reading is Wizard of Oz I think. All of the audio books on Librivox are free, however they are not newly released books.
You Tube
Week #9, Thing #20
My kids introduced me to YouTube a long time ago, but I had never visited TeacherTube. Spent some time looking around there. Found a video from School House Rock on nouns which I always loved, but had forgotten! Also found many short history videos on a variety of subjects. The math one - integer cheer- was great. Would put it on this blog if I knew how. Think I need more explanation on how to do that :( For anyone lucky enough to have a presentation station in their room, this is a great and easy to access resource.
My kids introduced me to YouTube a long time ago, but I had never visited TeacherTube. Spent some time looking around there. Found a video from School House Rock on nouns which I always loved, but had forgotten! Also found many short history videos on a variety of subjects. The math one - integer cheer- was great. Would put it on this blog if I knew how. Think I need more explanation on how to do that :( For anyone lucky enough to have a presentation station in their room, this is a great and easy to access resource.
Zoho Writer
Week #8 Thing #18
Just finished setting up my free account with Zoho Writer. I really love this. So many times I have been working on something for school from home and have had to save it and email to myself so I could continue to work on it at school. This eliminates that. Great for students too! They could work on an assignment from home, then pull it up for their teacher at school. Tried to post a document from Zoho to my blog, but was unsuccessful.
Just finished setting up my free account with Zoho Writer. I really love this. So many times I have been working on something for school from home and have had to save it and email to myself so I could continue to work on it at school. This eliminates that. Great for students too! They could work on an assignment from home, then pull it up for their teacher at school. Tried to post a document from Zoho to my blog, but was unsuccessful.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
LibraryThing
Week #8, Thing #19
Love LibraryThing! I set up an account and catalogued 5 of my books.
Great place to find out what people are reading and what they recommend. Discovered here that other people enjoyed reading Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold as much as I did.
Love LibraryThing! I set up an account and catalogued 5 of my books.
Great place to find out what people are reading and what they recommend. Discovered here that other people enjoyed reading Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold as much as I did.
Wikis
Week #7, Things 16 and 17
Wikis are at least something I'm a little more comfortable with. Explored many educational wikis and found so many ways educators are using them -- from novel studies to history units to science research papers. Might try to find time this summer to create one of my own my students could use. On a personal note, I really like the booklovers wiki where book reviews are posted by genre.
Successfully added a post to the Learning 2.0 sandbox.
Wikis are at least something I'm a little more comfortable with. Explored many educational wikis and found so many ways educators are using them -- from novel studies to history units to science research papers. Might try to find time this summer to create one of my own my students could use. On a personal note, I really like the booklovers wiki where book reviews are posted by genre.
Successfully added a post to the Learning 2.0 sandbox.
Copyright
Week #6, Thing # 15
Enjoyed the copyright video. Someone spent hours editing that! Copyright is really something our students don't understand. They think because something is "out there"on the net, they are free to use it in any way they choose. We really should devote more time teaching copyright law to our students especially since they spend so much time in the internet world. I also viewed the video on creative commons. I did not realize all the different ways someone can share their work and still retain rights.
Enjoyed the copyright video. Someone spent hours editing that! Copyright is really something our students don't understand. They think because something is "out there"on the net, they are free to use it in any way they choose. We really should devote more time teaching copyright law to our students especially since they spend so much time in the internet world. I also viewed the video on creative commons. I did not realize all the different ways someone can share their work and still retain rights.
Technorati and tags
Week #6, Thing #14
Wow! My mind is officially on overload with all the things you can do with blog posts. It's almost too much information. Think I'll stick to just using blogger for now and ease my way into some of these other tools.
Wow! My mind is officially on overload with all the things you can do with blog posts. It's almost too much information. Think I'll stick to just using blogger for now and ease my way into some of these other tools.
Tagging
Week #6, Thing #13
Del.icio.us seems like a great timesaver when researching topics. It's so much easier to have sites organized instead of having to spend a lot of time searching. I plan to try to remember to use it next time I'm looking for information on the internet.
Del.icio.us seems like a great timesaver when researching topics. It's so much easier to have sites organized instead of having to spend a lot of time searching. I plan to try to remember to use it next time I'm looking for information on the internet.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Rollyo
Week #5, Thing #12
I can see where Rollyo would be a great tool for the classroom when working on special projects. I created a searchroll for Texas History and added it to my blog -- although I can't seem to get it to work now that it's there. =( Will try again later.
I can see where Rollyo would be a great tool for the classroom when working on special projects. I created a searchroll for Texas History and added it to my blog -- although I can't seem to get it to work now that it's there. =( Will try again later.
Web 2.0 Awards List
Week #5, Thing #11
I Explored several sites from the Web 2.0 short list. Set up an account with http://twitter.com -- a social networking tool which allows member to post short messages answering the question "what are you doing". Great way to keep in touch with people daily without spending alot of time doing it. I also like http://librarything.com where you can read book reviews and even network with people with your similar interests. I can't wait until summer when I have more time to explore and use some of these sites.
I Explored several sites from the Web 2.0 short list. Set up an account with http://twitter.com -- a social networking tool which allows member to post short messages answering the question "what are you doing". Great way to keep in touch with people daily without spending alot of time doing it. I also like http://librarything.com where you can read book reviews and even network with people with your similar interests. I can't wait until summer when I have more time to explore and use some of these sites.
Online Image Generator
Week #5, Thing #10
Love the different online image generators! I played around with ImageChef. Added the animated waves on the sand to my blog. Thought the visual poetry one would be fun for students to do when working on a poetry unit.
Love the different online image generators! I played around with ImageChef. Added the animated waves on the sand to my blog. Thought the visual poetry one would be fun for students to do when working on a poetry unit.
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