Thing #8

I have never thought much about sharing photos online. As long as the photos are appropriate and you have the consent of anyone in the picture, sharing photos online is not a bad thing. They can be shared with many more people than a printed copy and can be used for things such as what I am doing with this blog. Flickr and Flickr mashups are things that can be used in the classroom to interest students. Clockr could be used to make learning how to tell time more exciting for students and mappr could be used to peak their interest about the world. Sharing photos can be a beneficial thing if used properly.

Thing #6

Pandora radio: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13546_109-10236913-29.html?tag=mncol
I liked the Pandora Radio website. I think that it could be used in a classroom. It has all kinda of music on it and suggests music that is similar to what you have selected. With this feature you could constantly be introduced to new music for your classroom, especially in a elementary setting. Children love to dance and sing and hearing new music would excite them.

Diigo.com: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13546_109-10236992-29.html?tag=mncol
Diigo would be very useful to a teacher or a student and his or her parents. Diigo is full of websites suggested by people to help make learning a little easier and more fun for students. It has an easy search method which makes it easy to find what a person may be looking for.

Thing #5

I think that the author of “Web 2.0: A Guide for Educators” described very well how education needs to keep up with technology. The younger generation uses the internet and other technology to communicate with one another. Technology has made the world work at a faster pace and it is important that education can keep up with that. To me School 2.0 is a way of education adapting to how the world has changed do to technology. All of the resources once used in schools are becoming obsolete. A student no longer needs to go to the library to research a topic for a paper or for any other assignment. It is all at the tip of their fingers and a click of a button. For schools to adapt to the rapidly growing use of technology is very important. Technology allows things to be transmitted to students faster and allows them to participate in things that they would not otherwise have been able to do without technology.

Thing #3

Whenever I first heard that I had to do a blog I was not sure how it could benifit me in becoming a teacher, but now I understand that a blog can be used for many things. One useful way that I plan to use blogging in my teacher education program and future classroom is to share and attain ideas from other teachers. Teachers share ideas with each other all the time and blogging is a way to extend the availability of good ideas with other teachers.

Thing #2

Whenever I created my blog I did not try to come up with anything very creative for my blog name. I wanted it to have a name that would make my blog easily identifiable as mine, therefor I used my first and last name and added "23" to the end of it so it could be known that it was for this project.

Creating this blog was not very difficult. I have been given a list of things to post about and what exactly to put in them. I could not have asked for the instructions to be any clearer. It is simple and very easy to follow.

When I created my avatar for this blog, I wanted it to look like me as much as possible and reflect who I am. I chose the short, brown hair and brown eyes because it goes with my appearance. I chose the long sleeved t-shirt and jeans because that is what I'm most comfortable wearing day to day. I chose to make my shirt red because that is my favorite color.

Thing #1

After listening to 7 and a half habits of highly successful lifelong learners, I realized that I do most of these things without even thinking about it. Some are harder for me than others, as I am sure is the same for most people, but I realize that every one of them are important. The easiest of the seven and a half habits would be "play." It might not be such a good habit for me at times. Instead of viewing my problems as a challenge, as suggested in habit three, I tend to view them as a barrier, blocking me from moving forward. If I come across one of these barriers, I would much rather play than try and rise to the challenge. The habit that I would say is easiest and most effective for me is habit one, to begin with the end in mind. Before I start anything I picture the end resuld and what I would want it to be. I can set clear goals and it helps me accomplish them rather than working blindly, not knowing what I want to come of the project I have started.