One last thing....

It's the end of the road. I have learned many things during this journey. By far my favorite has been learning to make videos from animoto. Being a part of this program has given me the determination to be a life long learner and always aware of what is going on in the world of technology. I think this programs is designed perfectly, and I wouldn't make any changes. I think it hits upon some of the major concepts that teachers should know about technology. I will take the concepts I have learned into my classroom and make sure technology is just as much apart of my classroom as English is.

Thing #23

This 23 things blog is based on the website 43 Things and Stephen Abram's article 43 Things I might want to do this year and is an example of using Creative Commons.

As a teacher, I think I will get the most out of Creative Commons by using approved photos from sites like Flickr. Off the top of my head, I can't think of how I would take someone else's work and try to modify to suit my own needs, but I am sure this situation could come up. However, I do know that I will need the use of photos all of the time, and will use them from Flickr.

Thing #22

I listened to a couple of podcasts about the tv show Lost. I found them using Podcast Alley . Of all the directories this one was easiest to use because the search features were in plain sight, and it had the most categories of things I was interested in. I do think I will use podcasts with my students and even have them make some of their own, but I would never make one in my own spare time. I think I might start listening to these Lost podcasts regularly.

Thing #21

I think this site is fabulous! Students could do so many things in my English class with this. They could make their own movies in pictures where they act out scenes from a book. They could make a video of pictures showing their understanding of grammar concepts. The site was extremely easy to use and navigate. I had no idea this kind of website existed. I will probably make several of these for some time to come.

This is a video I made of just a few pictures I have of me, my fiance, and some friends getting ready for our wedding.

Thing #20

This is a video of Maya Angelou reading "Still I Rise" with accompanied pictures.

I love youtube and have sometimes gotten lost for hours watching one video after another. I chose this video to show how I can use youtube in the classroom. Poetry is sometime difficult for high school students. It might help their understanding if they can hear the author reading the work to get a feel of where the words are stressed and how it should sound. I could also pull clips from movies based on literature.

Thing #19

I am a member of a few online forum communities, but Facebook and Myspace are the only social networks that I am a part of. I would not regularly look for other sites to join, because Facebook and Myspace meet all needs I would want out of an online community. I don't have a desire to network with people I don't already know, and with many of the examples, the people I know wouldn't be on them. I was however interested in BackSpace because I love cooking and baking. Now, for that, I see the pros of joining such a site. Not alot of my friends cook or bake, so I don't have many people to exchange recipes with.

Thing #18

I have been a member of myspace for six years and facebook for four. I love social networking sites. I like to keep up with not only my close friends, but people I haven't seen in a long time. Educators need to know about social networking site because they should always be on top of what technology is out there and the technology their students are actively using. I prefer facebook to myspace, because it feels more professional to me. I know that the school system does not allow access to either of these websites, and I would be nervous as an educator to be friends with my students, because I don't want anything that goes on online to be misconstrued, however, I do know that their are social networking sites made specifically for school aged children for education purposes. I could see using one of those sites because they are safe and monitored. Students need to use this technologies because it is part of the culture and what is currently happening in technology.

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