Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Downloading my creative from Thing 8
Friday, August 6, 2010
Thing 23
As I reflect on my journey of 23 Things, I am amazed at all of the "Things" I learned. I started this class in the winter and didn't finish. I wanted to finish, but had a huge time set back with two major issues with my computer so I decided to try it again. Actually it was good for me to re-do the first things as it just helped me move along as I had done them previously. Some of my frustrations were alleviated this time. Of course, there were new ones, but all in all I enjoyed it and feel like I have a deeper understanding of Web 2.0. am so excited to use my collaboration Wiki. I love delicious and will frequent it a lot. I am so pleased to learn how to embed video into presentations and plan to do just that.
I love the Web 2.0 possibilities. I think about how quickly things change and how technology advanceds faster than the speed of light, and wonder how will I ever keep up to date with all of this. So I am hoping that RESA will continue to offer such valuable classes. Honestly, I have been working with "things" my 25 and 28 year old children have no clue about. That made me feel oaky!
I also must tell you that the last video embed by Michael Wesch on Digital Ethnography was enlightening for me. As I was watching it, I kept seeing in the tool bar the mascot for KSU, the purple powercat, (which is where I received my undergraduate degree). I was trying to figure out if this video was connected with KSU somehow and at the end where the credits were listed, sure enough, Kansas State University. I was so excited to see that.
I take with me many great experiences and enough knowledge to be dangerous. I am keeping up with my blog just because it was fun and I can refer back to what I have done. I also madea notebook of 23 things and filed all my notes under each thing so I can refer back as needed. Thank you for offering such a valuable class. I think we as educators must sty in touch with technology and use it when we can in our classrooms to engage students. This is how they operate. I think Web 2.0 generates some new issues that were mentioned in the video clip in Thing 23. Thank you for letting me finish this course. I was so upset that I didn't get it done in the winter session. Again, I look forward to more technology classes from RESA.
I love the Web 2.0 possibilities. I think about how quickly things change and how technology advanceds faster than the speed of light, and wonder how will I ever keep up to date with all of this. So I am hoping that RESA will continue to offer such valuable classes. Honestly, I have been working with "things" my 25 and 28 year old children have no clue about. That made me feel oaky!
I also must tell you that the last video embed by Michael Wesch on Digital Ethnography was enlightening for me. As I was watching it, I kept seeing in the tool bar the mascot for KSU, the purple powercat, (which is where I received my undergraduate degree). I was trying to figure out if this video was connected with KSU somehow and at the end where the credits were listed, sure enough, Kansas State University. I was so excited to see that.
I take with me many great experiences and enough knowledge to be dangerous. I am keeping up with my blog just because it was fun and I can refer back to what I have done. I also madea notebook of 23 things and filed all my notes under each thing so I can refer back as needed. Thank you for offering such a valuable class. I think we as educators must sty in touch with technology and use it when we can in our classrooms to engage students. This is how they operate. I think Web 2.0 generates some new issues that were mentioned in the video clip in Thing 23. Thank you for letting me finish this course. I was so upset that I didn't get it done in the winter session. Again, I look forward to more technology classes from RESA.
Thing 22
Ny new wiki is: http://pcepctewiki.wikispaces.com/
I developed this wiki for my collaboration team which meets about three times a month. I embedded a calendar and a discussion section. I have invited all of my team members to join. (Right now they are most likely wondering what I have done now), but I see this as a valuable tool for us. I am excited to explain how it works and have them begin using it. This particular thing took me a long time. I had a difficult time getting the calendar embedded until I realized my enable cookies was off - then when I fixed that, life became much less frustrating. I like the wiki for my collaboration team as all will be able to edit, add and discuss and will be more efficient than cc'ing and forwarding tons of emails. I like blogs because no one else can edit but they can add comments and not change your work. You can control who sees either of them which is good. I think each has their place and you have to decide how you will use it and how you want your viewers to be able to use it as well. For example, I wouldn't use a wiki to provide parents with class information or students with assignment information because I wouldn't want it to have the editing capacity. I like the idea of a blog for students to comments on topics and share their ideas. I would use wikis for group projects since they could all work from home and still be able to work together. I would never have dreamed I could figure out a wiki. I am pleased with my accomplishment.
I developed this wiki for my collaboration team which meets about three times a month. I embedded a calendar and a discussion section. I have invited all of my team members to join. (Right now they are most likely wondering what I have done now), but I see this as a valuable tool for us. I am excited to explain how it works and have them begin using it. This particular thing took me a long time. I had a difficult time getting the calendar embedded until I realized my enable cookies was off - then when I fixed that, life became much less frustrating. I like the wiki for my collaboration team as all will be able to edit, add and discuss and will be more efficient than cc'ing and forwarding tons of emails. I like blogs because no one else can edit but they can add comments and not change your work. You can control who sees either of them which is good. I think each has their place and you have to decide how you will use it and how you want your viewers to be able to use it as well. For example, I wouldn't use a wiki to provide parents with class information or students with assignment information because I wouldn't want it to have the editing capacity. I like the idea of a blog for students to comments on topics and share their ideas. I would use wikis for group projects since they could all work from home and still be able to work together. I would never have dreamed I could figure out a wiki. I am pleased with my accomplishment.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Thing 21 Thoughts about Wikis
Who knew there were so many wikis out there and all the possibilities.. I loved one that compared the two hemispheres and two different schools corresponded an took pictures talking about the differences between the northern and southern hemispheres. The one I really was inspired by was: http://arborheights.wikispaces.com/ This was a school wide wiki but different classes and teachers had their own posts. They had a great deal of information on the wiki and it is interactive so dates can be changed at any time by anyone who need to edit something. It was inspiring because I could visualize a class wiki where students could make study guides, post notes, do group projects, etc. I think you would be wise to control who could edit the wiki. I think it would need to be monitored and you would really have to discuss appropriate posts etc. Another wiki that I saw was a collaboration of assignments from students. There were some incredible entries on that wiki. They were very professional. I think it might be an interesting experience to try. Making sure entries were accuarate and appropriate might be time consuming and teachig students how to navigate the wiki would take some time. I think I would most likey need to check with administration and make sure to follow any district requirements but I think it would be worth a try.
Thing #20 Podcasts
Well, I have thoroughly enjoyed this exercise. I do like using the itunes podcasts - seem much easier to me. I subscribed to two different ones. One was "Delicious TV Veg EZ". I am teaching a foods class this year and thought this would be a great healthy way to get some new ideas for cooking vegetables which is one of our units. I also subscribed to Scrap Time which is a podcast on scrapbooking which I love to do but often need ideas to get me started. I enjoyed watching them and will continue following them. I can see using this in the classroom as well. EPN would be my second choice for obtaining podcasts and podcast alley would be my last choice. I tunes was easy to use and it made mroe sense to me.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Thing 19 Podcasts
I sat and listened to several podcasts. I heard several that I think might be beneficial for students,
The grammar girl is a good one for students. Merriam Websters, Word of the day is another good one. The word of the day today was "fester", not exactly what I wanted to hear this early in the morning but I do think it would be a good podcast for someone wanted to expand their vocabulary. Not being much of an auditory learner, I found this difficult to just sit and listen to. I noticed on Grammar girl that you can get a text copy of the podcast, which I would find helpful.
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/default.aspx
http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwwod.pl
The grammar girl is a good one for students. Merriam Websters, Word of the day is another good one. The word of the day today was "fester", not exactly what I wanted to hear this early in the morning but I do think it would be a good podcast for someone wanted to expand their vocabulary. Not being much of an auditory learner, I found this difficult to just sit and listen to. I noticed on Grammar girl that you can get a text copy of the podcast, which I would find helpful.
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/default.aspx
http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwwod.pl
Thing 18
I chose this powerpoint because it is about web 2.0 and good resources for classroom use. Many of the tools on the presentation are "things" from 23 things. I thought it would be a great reminder for me.
I can see using this in the classroom for many uses, but I also seeusing it with my collaboration team as well.
I can see using this in the classroom for many uses, but I also seeusing it with my collaboration team as well.
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