Parting Words

I am so excited that all of the Things are done!  I have enjoyed all of the information that I have learned, but I feel like it is so condensed.  I wish more time could be spent on each of the Things instead of having all 6 or more things due in one week.  Some of my favorite discoveries are the online generators and the flow charts and mindmaps.  It has affected my learning goals by opening me up to so many different technologies that are available.  I think what surprised me the most is the blogging.  I hated the idea of blogging because I always associated it with the dreaded MySpace.  I am glad that I have gotten pass this point.  I glad that I did the 23 Things because it has helped to realize that there is so much technology out there.  I think I have enjoyed YouTube the most because I didn't know there was so much educational information out there! 

Thing #23

 Now, that I know about Creative Commons licensing I will use this whenever I come up with really cool powerpoints or lesson plans.  I think this is neat because it gives other teachers an opportunity to use my work.  This program makes me aware of copyright policies.  It also makes me aware of plagiarism and the importance of citing your sources.

Thing #22

U.S. Presidents Podcast - Free Podcast Download

I listened to the Learn Out Loud U.S. President Podcast.  I found just typing what I wanted to look for in the Search box was the easiest way to find what I wanted.  I would love to create a podcast for my students.  This would make lecturing easier for me and the students because then they could just listen to the podcast over again.  It would make studying for a test a whole lot easier as well because then they could take their own notes.  Yes, I would like to subscribe to the U.S. Presidents Podcast.  If we were studying about The Great Depression, then we could watch a Podcast on the Presidents that were in office during this time.  I found this podcast to be very informative.    

Thing # 21

I find Animoto.com easy to use, but I can not figure how to upload it on blogger.  I have tried everything and it just won't upload.  I need a step by step instruction on how to embed this video instead of just there is some special code so that I can upload this to blogger.  It is not very useful, but I will keep trying to upload my video.  If not I guess I will just send this to my professor so I can get credit on Thing #21. 

Make your Own Comic Book with Bruce Blitz

Thing #20

One thing I like about YouTube are all the available videos.  This is also a negative though.  Anybody can post anything and sometimes they are not that appropriate.  Whenever using a YouTube video I just have to make sure that I use a reliable and appropriate source.  I would want to have this all planned as well because I wouldn't want something offensive to pop up on the window while I was teaching students.  I would love to use this in the classroom.  I found a YouTube video about how to make your comic book.  It is a little corny, but I think this would be appropriate for students.  It is also very easy to upload a video to your e-mail or your blog.  I find YouTube to be a useful website as long as it used for the right reason.

Thing #19

Yes, I am a member of Ning, TeacherPop, Facebook, Flickr, and Goodreads.  I don't think I forgot any of them, but it is just hard keep up with everything.  I just recently added Goodreads.  I read all the time and this just seems like the perfect social network for me.  I also want to become a member of BakeSpace because I love to cook.  I love that there are countless online communities for anything.  I will definitely use Goodreads later.  I have the Kindle app on my phone and I also own the Kindle.  I can sync my Kindle with my phone, which is awesome.  I love anything that makes my life more simple.