Thing 24:

Finally! I feel that most of these discoveries and experiences were very beneficial. This was a very educational journey and experience. I did notice that some of the links were dead, so those need to be revived or replaced. I plan to add some web 2.0 resources to my RSS feed so that I can keep up to date. I will make the resolution of using the tools that I now know, keep up with new tools, and apply them in my future classroom and job as an educator.

Thing 23:

"23 Things" is attached to Learning 2.0 and was designed by Helene Blowers. She loosely based it off of Stephen Abram's article and website about "43 things I (or you) might want to do this year". After learning about Creative Commons and the copyright law, I have become a more careful researcher. I will definitely pass this information along to my students as deemed appropriate. We were required to make a copyright tutorial for this class, so I fully plan on using that with my future students.

Thing 22:

Using LiveBinders was a little difficult for me. It seemed very complicated. The titles of my three LiveBinders are:  "Inclusion", "Bullying", and "Brain-Based Learning". I chose these specifically because I had previously gathered these resources in my other education classes. As a teacher, I could use LiveBinders for my personal development as an educator, to compile research. If I were teaching older students, they could use this tool for compiling research as well. They could work in groups and collaborate one or work on them individually and share them.

I provided the link to my Inclusion LiveBinder:
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=700643

Thing 21:

I noticed when creating an account with Animoto, it can take photos from your Facebook, Instagram, Flickr, or Picasa accounts. I use both Facebook and Picasa, so that added some ease. I really enjoyed this "thing". I did not like that you could only create 30 second clips for free. Making slide shows has always been fun for me and now you get to see some of my photos!


Make your own photo slideshow at Animoto.

I could see a teacher using this if he/she took pictures or video of the class and could use Animoto to create a slideshow or compile the videos to show to parents, post on the classroom blog/Facebook/etc. the video/slideshow could be played for the kids and their family at the end of the year.

Thing 20:

I have used YouTube many times. I do not like the advertisements with the video (but who does?), but I guess they have to make their money somehow. Some of them can be inappropriate though and can ruin the quality of the video you are trying to watch. I chose this video/trailer because I saw it on TV a while back and still have not seen the movie. It gives me chills and looks like it will be really good. Our schools need reform and there are efforts being made.

Thing 19:

TeacherPop is very much like a Facebook for teachers. I thought it was very neat. As far other online communities, I am a member of Yelp. Anytime that I am on vacation, I use Yelp mainly for restaurant reviews to decide where to eat. It also houses reviews for pretty much any service you would ever need. I find the reviews from others on there very helpful. I use IMDB, which is a movie database, but I am not a member of it. I have also heard of last.fm and GoodReads, but never really used them. TeacherPop is really the only one that I could see as beneficial to teachers. Maybe the others listed could be used with or for activities and lessons in the classroom.

Thing 18:

This "thing" was easy because I already have Twitter and Facebook accounts! I joined Twitter before I graduated high school so that I could be updated with what my friends were doing without having to text all of them separately. I have since added a Twitpic account so that I can tweet photos too. I created a Facebook after I graduated high school so that I could keep up with all of the people that graduated with (the ones I cared about anyway, haha!). Both social networking sites are a great way to connect with people, sometimes people you have never even met before. I am a firm believer in that you can learn something from everyone you meet (not saying that you have to meet these internet people in person, but figuratively!). I am not sure about using Twitter in the classroom, maybe on a school or district level to make important announcements. I think Facebook might work at the classroom level. The teacher could make a group or specific page for the class. I would assume that these would only benefit the parents. Of course, parents are allowing their children to have these accounts at younger and younger ages now. The good thing is that teachers or school staff can make these profiles private or public, so that parents or whoever do not have to have an account to view them. With Twitter, you can have updates sent to your cell phone or if you have a smart phone, then there are apps for that and Facebook. So, if there is an emergency, parents can be alerted immediately.


I'm pretty sure both of my profiles are set to private, but here are the links:
https://www.facebook.com/jessica.shaw.391
https://twitter.com/openxarms