Thing #3:

I would like to use a blog in my future classroom to keep in contact with the parents of my students. I can post on there what we do each day in class. That way if a student misses part or all of the day, they can know what we did. I could also post photos of the students (with their parents permission) doing some activities. I could also link parents and students to websites for study tools (interactive games) for whatever lessons we are going over in the classroom. Maybe have a featured student of the week or something like that. I can use the blog as a paperless classroom newsletter as well.
I could also have a separate blog where I can interact with other teachers. I can post about experiences with different activities and lessons. I could use it as a place to reflect on things. I can share my ideas and other ideas that I have been brought to my attention.

Thing #2:

As I said in the previous post, I have created a blog before. So, creating this one was not entirely difficult. I have never used this site before, so it will take some getting used to. It will take some time for me to get acquainted with everything on here.
Creating the avatar was fun. I had never done that before. I should probably go back and edit it a little bit. It will be okay though. I tried to make it look like me because I thought that was the whole point. It is not really dressed like me, but it does have the curly brown hair and glasses like me. Finding out where to put the avatar on my blog was rather difficult. I do not think the directions for doing so were accurate. I got Mrs. Richardson to help me with it after class one day.
I decided on my posting name because it is my email, so it would be easy to remember. I decided on the blog title of "23 Things" so there was no confusion on what it was about. I also could not think of anything creative to call it.

Thing #1:

I have created and used a blog before, but this site is set up a little differently. So, it will take some time for me to get comfortable with everything here. Through this experience and this class I want to learn about technology tools that will aid my future students in their learning.

Being a lifelong learner has been instilled in me since elementary school. In fact, it was part of our mission statement that we recited every morning! I also want my future students to become lifelong learners too. Out of the "7 1/2 Habits of Lifelong Learning", I would say that habit #1 ("begin with the end in mind") is the easiest for me. I am a planner and I am always looking toward (worrying, usually) about my future. "Accept responsibility for your own learning" (habit #2) is another easy one for me because if no one can accept that responsibility but me. Habit #3 ("View problems as challenges") is probably the hardest for me because problems throw off my focus and challenges are difficult for me, but I guess they are called "challenges" for a reason.