My Final Thoughts For 23 Things

I enjoyed learning about all of the wonderful tools that are out there. I had no idea about most of them. I really enjoyed the image generators. I believe I would have loved animoto if my computer would have let me finish it. I looked at a few people's videos and they were really nice. I know these tools will be helpful in the classroom. I just hope I can remember them all! Although I enjoyed most of the 23 Things, there were those that were fustrating. I would have to say that Thing #4 was my least favorite because I had to rewrite what I commented on in my blog. I am glad I had the chance to learn about all of these wonderful tools. Thanks!

Thing #23

One attribution that I found was on the very first page. It told what the 23 Things was loosely based on. This gives credit of the idea to the creators. I have always know about copyright and that not giving credit is wrong, but I have never heard of creative commons. I will always give credit where it is needed in my classroom. This will also let the students know that they need to give credit for information that they get from others.

Thing #22

I chose to listen to the Pocahontas Podcast. This podcast told about the history of Pocahontas and corrected Disney's version of Pocahontas. I chose to listen to this podcast because a class that I just observed was studying about Pocahontas. It was filled with useful information. There were several other podcasts that dealt with history. I found this using the Educational Podcast Directory. It was very easy to navigate through. I also looked at podcastdirectory.com, and it was filled with a variety of podcasts. The educational podcast directory was more useful to me because educational podcasts is what I was looking for. I believe I will use this in my classroom. It is good for auditory learners. Podcasts can be very useful in the classroom for several reasons. They can be good activities for the students and they can be a good substitute for oral instructions if the teacher knows he or she will not be in the classroom one day.

Thing #21

Animoto seems like a wonderful and fun tool, but my computer froze every time I tried to add music. I have an older computer, so that may be the problem. It has easy steps to follow and I really want to finish my video. I will try to get it to let me finish and I will embed it. I was able to finish my video, so here it is.

Thing #20

Here is the link to a video that I found that would be useful in an elementary classroom. It is a dr. seuss video on the alphabet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyoWdUBWKqg&feature=related
I have found youtube to be very useful while in school. I have used several videos in presentations. I do not like that if you type in a certain topic that it gives so many results that it can be fustrating to find the right video.

Thing #19

I am a member of myspace, facebook and now teacher pop. I enjoy these because it is an easy way to keep in touch with others. I looked at the Bake Space. I am always looking for new and easy recipes and I found that there. I plan on using it from now on. The rest of the social networks listed seem like they would be interesting also, so I will look into them too. The cooking ones just always stick out to me the most.

Thing #18

This is the link to my facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?ref=profile&id=100000203795222
I already have a facebook account and I am familiar with myspace. I like facebook more than myspace because in order for someone to look at your account, you have to confirm them as your friend. This is also a useful feature that facebook has. It is important that teachers know how social networking works because that is what the world is evolving to. It is also a good way to maintain communication with other teachers. It would be useful in the classroom because students can chat about assignments and help each other.