Thing #17

Bookmarking is a great resource for teachers. It allows teachers to save information and go back to it later with ease. There are so many resources available for teachers and students now, and it would be impossible to remember everything. Delicious and Diigo are great websites that allow people to save their bookmarks and look at other websites others have bookmarked.

It amazing how easily teachers can now share resources with each other when most haven't even met. Websites like Delicious and Diigo are responsible for this. They are spaces for teachers to reach out and find idea, resources, and tools for classroom use.

After using Delicious, I found that it is a useful site. I found that I prefer Diigo though. Both of these sites are helpful and contain everything a bookmarking and networking site should. I think I prefer Diigo because it is what I am most used to and most comfortable using. I am definitely a creature of habit and although Delicious is a good source, I believe I will be sticking to Diigo.

Thing #15

It was fairly easy to get into the APSU sanbox and add what I wanted to the page. I added Pandora from my thing #6 into the wiki. I think that music is important and benificial in the classroom, especially with a younger age group. I am going to be teaching special education and I kno that music can be used in things such as lesson planning and everyday skills they need to learn.

I do not like that anyone can change and edit a page that you create. Because of this, important and valuable information could be removed or replaced with misinformation. There is no one leader of the group because everyone can change as much as they want, which I feel would be a problem in a classroom setting.

Thing #14

The flow chart site I chose to experiment with was Gliffy Flow Charts. I liked the large selection of bubble shapes. I also liked how easily it was to edit. I thought it was visually appealing which is very important, especially in an elementary classroom. The graphics seemed more up to date and that will be very important to students.

I also chose to explore bubble.us. It was interesting. I like how the color of the bubbles changed as you expanded the map. it had a wide variety of colors and had a great visual appeal. It was also very easy to figure out how to work. I would recommedt this to educators, and will most likely use it in my classroom.

Thing #13

I created an account on ZOHO and made a document using the ZOHO writer. I thought things about the ZOHO writer were helpful, such as the tabs and editing resources, just as in Word or other programs. The structures were very much alike. I liked that with this program, documents can be saved online and will be open for friends or colleagues, or students and parents to open and edit without any troubles. Because of this program, the hassle with jumpdrives would not be needed. It is saved online and on my computer. The only prroblem I had with this program is that it was difficult for me to figure out how to upload a picture.

Next I explored Google Docs. First, I made a simple drawing. The program was very similar to paint. Google Docs would be good for students who are working on a visual project. They would be able to edit and review work without having to be at the same place at the same time. I did not like the fact that people can make changes to a document without permission from the group.



https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/12C3Dm1u6TQC0YQhhaw-kZ8G75i_vunPIJZtM-mmc4A8/edit

Overall, I think the programs could be helpful to an extent, and I do like the easier method of sharing and open editing, but I think that I would most likely use the regular Microsoft program in the classroom.

Thing #7

The picture I chose to put in my blog was taken by Gioia De Antoniis. I liked this picture because I think that it sends a message about special education. It is so often that people do not think of the children that need their help the most. This picture explains what so many of those children feel in little words.

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=special%20needs%20

I was unable to load my picture to my bllog because the photographer has set her profile to where you can not download her images. Although it does not help me out with my post very much, I think that this is a good thing. This setting keeps people from being able to take your pictures and claim them as their own.Flickr was easy to navigate through and I found interesting pictures with the key words and tags I searched.