FINAL Item of 23 Things Summary

Congratulations!!!!!!!!
I have completed the APSU version of 23 Things for Teachers. I really enjoyed trying all the concepts and learning (good and bad) how different websites and technology works outside of yahoo or D2L.
1. My favorite discoveries were Animoto, Blog spot, and the Avatar.
2. This has affected my entire learning process on technology in a great way. I have learn how to use other things outside my normal Internet activity. I have learned new ways of how to use a computer. Also I learned how you can make things legal for your name sake (Creative Commons).
3. No I did not experienced any unexpected outcomes except for snow days that gave me plenty of time to learn.
4. Do I want to improve this program? I have to say no. I say this because some programs may have been a waste of time and others a benefit. If this program was not set up I would not have had the chance to experience what things I liked and dislike. So in other words, keep it for this education class.
5. I have not quite figured out how to use everything I have learned in my classroom. This is only the beginning phase, I must continue on my own to learn more about the programs and learn how to use them. Except for You Tube I am using that from the time I start teaching till I stop teaching no matter how old it is!!!
6. NO!!!!!!!!!!! I am not keeping this blog at all!! I do not have time to be at this computer as much as I have spent this entire semester. If I need one for another class I will truly start over.
I am so glad its over and do not want to see this again. I AM SO HAPPY!!!

#23 of 23 Things

I read the Creative Commons information a little more in depth from the earlier project. I read into the Mark Pilgrim case study and found it very insightful. I like how different people all over the world are creating events and ideas for other people to follow. Below is the Mark Pilgrim link. I hope you find it insightful as me.
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Case_Studies/Mark_Pilgrim

#22 of 23 Things

I just created my Live Binders account. I enjoyed it. It was super easy to follow and set up the account. I will use it to organize all these books, papers, etc. around my house. That will happen ASAP. As far as my classroom I will use it after I get a little more hands on experience with it.
My three binders I have created goes with the areas I would like to teach:
North Carolina State History
Egypt History
American History
My embeded code for NC History: <div style="width:75px; height:78px; background-image:url(http://www.livebinders.com/images/binder_icon.gif); border:0px; margin-top:4px; background-repeat: no-repeat"> <a href="http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=85380"> <img src="http://open.thumbshots.org/image.pxf?url=http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/kidspg/history.htm" style="width:60px; height:60px; border:0px; padding:0px;margin:11px 0px 0px 13px;" /> </a> </div> <div><a href="http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=85380">North Carolina History</a><br /></div>

This could be used in a great way for classroom instead of teachers having a basket full of papers in a corner. It will give a teacher acces with ease going to the exact folder she/he have set up for the class on that day. I think elementary teachers will enjoy it the most with pictures, voices, and colors. As a high school teacher I love to give information and this will pull the words that are more than I could write on the board in a day!!! Enjoy, I know I have.

# 21 of 23 Things

I was really happy and excited doing the Animoto video. It was a very easy account to set up. The steps to make the video was just as easy. I like how the site promoted and gave information on the free videos as well as the prices on the ones you can buy. If you are a person who likes weddings and family reunions and big on holidays, this would be the perfect website to start. I did like You Tube and still does, however to make my own video I would use Animoto.
I am not sure on how I would use this in a classroom. I wonder would I use it to show them my personal life or just to show them vaction places I have been in the world. I am not sure but if you are reading this please leave your advice on how to use this in the classroom. Below is my video link. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
http://animoto.com/play/DyLoLIwrKi4CU07g1ijUxw

# 21 of 23 Things

I am Proud of ....... Here is my Animoto link to my video. I hope you enjoy.

# 20 Of 23 Things

Hello
I personally have never used You Tube before. I have stood over my husband and children while they used and laughed or read something for a project they had. I enjoyed You Tube. It is very easy to get to. It was very easy to type exactly what I wanted to see and nothing else I did not want to see. Of course by now everyone know I am a Duke fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was raised as a die hard Duke fan and Grant Hill was my number one superstar (still is). However when Rasheed Wallace stepped on the scene I turned to a Tar Heel Fan!!! But now that I live in Tenn. I scream for both teams because I love my home state. I found one of Grant Hill's greatest moments at Duke and I had my family to watch because it was my first You Tube moment.
I will use You Tube in my classroom no matter how old it is when I began teaching. I know it will seem ancient but with discretion I hope to find the educated things I want to show the kids and maybe even use it to present ideas to the principal in a teachers meeting.
Below is my link for the Grant Hill moment.

<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bv1bXGEzEfQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bv1bXGEzEfQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

# 19 of 23 Things

I really like the Ning/Teacher Pop from campus!! It is a great way to interact with students and teachers on campus. It is nice to finally have a website to hold only the information that I care about and one the whole world will not access just to be noisy. I might use this one for the rest of the time I am attending APSU. I look forward to seeing a lot of them graduate, join, have classes with, and later we graduate together. below is my my Ning badge link.
http://static.ning.com/socialnetworkmain/widgets/index/swf/badge.swf?v=201103232153

I also went to another network and found another hobby of mines... Reading. When I am on school breaks or vacation I pick a book off the book shelf and engulf into reading. Since I am a college student I do not get to do my own reading to often, when I do I use the time wisely. I found a site called whats on my bookshelf. It is a place you can trade books you have with someone else that wants to read a book you have at home. Its like a library but you find only the titles, and areas you like. I am a member now of this site and it was the only one appealing to me and yes I will be using it in the future to come.