Thing #21

Animoto

I loved this project! My creation turned out to be pretty neat. I had some trouble uploading my own song though. I wanted it to play through the chorus with the pictures, but I guess I'm not as tech savy as I thought I was. Anyways I went down the sappy road with this activity. I made a cute little video full of pictures of my boyfriend and I over the past two years that we've been together

Enjoy

=)

Try our slideshow creator at Animoto.

Thing #20

You too, Can Youtube

I love that youtube has grown go be so popular that it has an endless amount of content on almost every topic. From how to cut your bangs to how to teach fractions to 3rd graders! You can all find it on Youtube! I dislike that Youtube is a "bandwith hog", so the videos often buffer if too many people are on the server. Also, anyone can post a video, whether they are a credible source or are sharing accurate information. One must be careful and use discernment when watching these videos.

If was applied to A library website could use.the embedded video option to compile useful resources through youtube.

I love school house rock. It helped me with grammar in elementary school, and I turned to it as a refresher all through highschool! I plan on using it as an aid in my classrooms, and thanks to youtube I can!

Thing #18

Social Networking

Social networking has been in my vocabulary since I was about 14! Here is a link to my Facebook. I added the College of Education Facebook page and requested to be friends with my adviser. Turns out we have a few mutual friends outside of APSU! It doesn't look like social networking is going anywhere anytime soon. It will only evolve. It is important for educators to be aware of the advantages and dangers of this cyber tool. Although it is a great way for people to keep in touch or meet new people to share ideas with. Social networking has been known to be a tool to exploit ones privacy or a place for sexual predators to prey on the naive. Educators should be aware of this. I love how easy it is to find old friends through Facebook but still maintain your privacy. I don't like how often it changes its layout though. I'm not a fan of twitter. I don't really see the point if you have a Facebook already.

Classroom applications?

Perhaps a research project on the history of social networks?

I could be a Facebook friendly classroom and create a group where all my students can keep in touch even after our class time ends!

Thing # 17

Tagging

I had never heard of tagging before and I'm sad I didn't know more about it before! Not only do I see potential for its use in my personal life, but in a classroom as well. I could assign the class to research on a topic, tag their resource and post it to delicious! Teachers themselves could collaborate with this tool! A list of sights on useful ways to teach fractions or comma usage could be easily compiled on delicious.

I'm very happy to learn about this tool and use it in my future classroom =)

Thing #16

Getting Organized with Web 2.0

I chose the IGoogle start page. It appealed to me because I am already familiar with Google mail and calender. I already use the search engine and translator on a daily basis. I think I will make it my permanent start page. Especially since most public computers have Google as the home page in their browsers.

The online calender gives me a visual of what needs to be done and when it is due. The todo lists are great because I can order it by priority and then easily glance at it when I'm ready to tackle a task!

The to do list will be a great tool to combine my academic work and home work. I can put what bills need to be payed, groceries to be bought, or rooms to be cleaned as well as upcoming exams, papers and projects! I would recommend the start page to others. It combines several neat organization tools into one easy to navigate page!