Thing 14

The flowcharts are pieces of information that lead to a main point or central idea. A mind map shows the development of thoughts that will eventually support a bigger idea. I chose to use the mind map. It was a lot of fun creating this. I chose bubbl.us to do my mind map. It challenged my knowledge on the topic I chose. This may be a useful tool in the classroom. If I wanted to see how much the students really understood about a topic, I could ask them to make a mind map. This would allow them to challenge themselves as well. In addition, I would be able to see which points are more clear than others based on the information left out of the map. This would also help them study for something. It would be a way to help them make connections, remember,and, more importantly, learn the material. This would be a great way to see if the material being taught is really being understood. Just an idea. :)

Thing 13

http://docs.google.com/demo/edit?id=scAC6qodTLXjsY41OhvT-lu74&hl=en&dt=spreadsheet#document

I really like the google docs. However, I had some trouble getting the URL transferred and the actual document that I wrote. These are the links I was given, but they are not showing up. My favorite aspect of the google docs is the presentation portion of the site. Zoho writer seemed to be almost like word just more advanced. Google docs has this link that allows you to invite others to collaborate. I think this would be extremely useful for teachers, parents, and students who wanted to share their ideas and receive feedback on ideas of their own. I really like all of the options that google docs provided. I would have to say that I like google docs better. I will have to keep working at copying the URL though. Other than that, I really like it and can be productive in several ways. -Myleah

http://docs.google.com/demo/edit?id=scAC6qodTLXjsY41OhvT-lu74&hl=en&dt=spreadsheet#spreadsheet

Thing 12

I chose to do the alert and the language translator. I really liked both of these things. I really like the alert. I chose to get alerts on dolphins and Hawaii. I can see how this will be extremely useful in the classroom. If we are following a subject in the classroom, we will be updated on what is going on because of these alerts. Also, the language translator will be helpful if there is a student who speaks a language other than Spanish or English, I will be able to translate lesson plans until I find additional help. With the alert, there is so much variety and I could sign up for anything as far as alerts go. It all was really fun. I love the alert page. :)

Thing 11

 I found edublog easiest to use. Edublog was the easiest for me.At first, I thought they were all equally confusing; however, on edublog I found it easier to just subscribe to using the facebook page. I am not really sure if that means they will send me information through facebook, but I will find out soon. There were feeds with a lot of ideas about the classroom and some people were just writing their opinions.  There were some that people were using just to inform others on things not pertaining to education at all. That was a little unusual, but understandable.  Facebook is one way to locate newsfeeds. That is what I did with the edublog. I had to subscribe through facebook. It was a little difficult getting to that point. However, I think for each one or each newfeed, I could go to the facebook link on each newsfeed and subscribe that way from now on.

Thing 10

 I like how helpful and informative it is. There seems to be a variety of topics on the page, which will be extremely useful.  In the classroom, I could just expand my knowledge on the topic I am teaching about. I could include a lot of the material or, at least some, into my daily lesson. In my personal life, I could learn about different interests and see what people think.  It seems like it would be more convenient than other sources. It does a lot of different things. There are blogs and a section for news. If teachers want to save time while being productive, the RSS is something they will find extremely useful.  To share your blogs with others! A public page seems to be similar to facebook. It is used to share thoughts and ideas as well as receive feedback on those. 

Thing 9

http://graphics.pryat.com/signs/parody/post-it-notes/note.asp?pic=&allow=&text=I+hope+you+all+have+a+great+day%21%0D%0A%0D%0A%3A%29Myleah&fontsize=14&font=hand&move=20&move2

I chose to use the sticky note generator because I see this as something I will find very useful in the future. I could use it to remind myself and others of upcoming events or other important notes. I really like the creativity it allows for everyone to be. There are so many ways to use this generator and I think the students will find it helpful and interesting too. I think maybe if it's something fun with an important note, that might help the students keep updated. As far as the sticky note goes, I think parents would find this more useful. In creating this I just typed in what I wanted to say and I also adjusted the position of the words. It was really simple and I really like the outcome!

Thing 4

Commenting helps people form their perceptions and attitudes and may strengthen their original thoughts and ideas as well. I addition it creates a support system in a way. People can give and take and rely on someone to interact with them in way that is productive and beneficial to them. Commenting helps shape thoughts and allows for ideas to grow. If there were no comments being made, there would be little mental growth. Various views are needed to move forward and commenting allows for this to happen. I commented on TPlummer, Jodi, Sosborne22, apsubunger,Mary Barczak's 23 things. On all of these I commented on thing 3. It was really interesting to see how everyone decided to use the blogs to benefit themselves and their students as well. I also commented on John McFarland and biologynortoneducation's 23 things. Thing 1 and thing 8 is what I chose to comment on. I thought all of these blogs were extremely insightful and full of great ideas.

Thing 8

On Flickr

I chose to spell sunshine using the flickr mashup. I have always wanted to be able to do this. It just makes things more interesting. If there was a powerpoint or a lesson, I can see where this would be really neat to use. I really like the flexibility of all of these sites. It allows me to be creative with something as simple as words or letters. It was a lot of fun. In my personal life, this could be used to send letters to parents or to anyone really. I was really excited about this. I haven't been to the sites where I could mash up pictures. I rarerly put my pictures on anything, but I think it would be fun to take pictures of the students. That would be fun way to collaborate everyone's picture. I'm getting a lot of ideas from all of these sites. I was intimidated by technology and still am a little bit, but at the same time, it's really inspiring.

Thing 7

 This website was useful because it had such a variety of pictures. I think this would be useful if there were like a theme in the classroom. For example, the picture I posted could be made into a collage with a bunch of other pictures. My project topic was fifth grade science and this goes with that. Pictures just help intrigue students and, in addition, serves as a visual aid. I never knew that a site like this existed. I enjoyed seeing all of the pictures. I like the diversity of genres as well.  Fiji from Jim Patterson Photography.
From Batikart
From Kees Straver

All of these pictures are from http://www.flickr.com/
I chose all of these pictures because this is what I think I would choose if I were teaching a lesson on the ocean or coral reef ecology. The pictures are really great and extremely focused and detailed. My favorite picture out of all of these is the picture of the coral reef. I found all of these pictures by typing in coral reef in the search bar.

Thing 6

For thing 6 web 2.0 tools, I chose amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/ to search and explore. I found that there are a lot of different things on the websites that could be incorporated into the classroom and library. There are several educational childrens' books. In addition, there are other things like toys and games that could be used in the academic setting. Something that I thought was pretty interesting is on the side bar is a list of differnt ages. However, this is only in the toys and games category. This is good though because a selection of these could be used in the classroom. For example, there could be some games or toys in the students' age range, but then there could be games for older children. This would be fun way to challenge the students. At amazon, there is a category bar with a huge variety. Technology is one of the categories and it could be used to engage the students in that way. Almost anything can be found at amazon.com. If a teacher wanted to get updated on the newest things, they could join the Twitter page and amazon.com would send them information on what they wanted to know. The teacher and the classroom would always be up to date. In all, my favorite thing about amazon.com is the wide selection of books they offer. The books that are in the classroom don't have to be strictly for children. For example, in the classroom or library, there could be a variety of non-fiction books to include history, science, english, etc. I really love this website and thing 6 has taught me that there's so much more to all of the websites and sometimes exploring is all it takes to make a great classroom or library.
 Myleah

Thing 5

The Web 2.0 information was interesting. The web evolution was a concept I never really thought about. I see that Web 2.0 allows interaction opposed to Web 1.0, which just allows the gathering of knowledge. To me, Web 2.0 means expressing ideas and exploring new ones. Ultimately that is what the Web 2.0 seems to provide...a place to teach, learn, and explore. Before I read these and saw the video, I thought of websites like Facebook and Twitter as strictly social and not really educational. But now I can see that if used appropriately, it can be very productive and beneficial to all involved. Students can use this to express their thoughts and gain feedback on different ideas. For teacchers, it expands views on different topics and will create a better, more well-rounded teacher. With thoughts and ideas constantly being viewed and responded to, it will help teachers grow, which will benefit the students in the end. Overall, the Web 2.0 has provided a place where productive interaction and individual growth can take place. In addition, teachers can communicate this way. It may help them to create a supportive atmosphere to rely on when they need ideas or assistance with their class. If this were done, it would also create a stronger sense of community for all of the teachers.

Thing # 3

I never really thought of incorporating technology in my class in anyway. I see where it is extremely important and useful though so my eyes have been opened, which is good. For parents that aren't able to attend meetings or for those who are not able to really get physically involved, blogging could be used to make sure all of the parents are updated with classroom activities. Blogging can also be a place where parents express their ideas and inform the teacher and other parents what his/her child best responds to. For example, more parents may write in a blog that a certain way of teaching a lesson is more productive for their children. In addition, I can get ideas from others' writing. This will only make the classroom atmosphere that much more interesting and, more importantly, educational. Blogging ensures gaining knowledge that can be incorporated in so many ways.

Thing Two

For my posting name and my blog name I decided to use my first name. I did not really think about using anything else. I will be more creative next time. Creating everything has been really fun. It has been a challenge for me. I think the most difficult thing for me was just overcoming the intimidation of doing something that I had never done before. I have already created a little Avatar, but I just read the rest of the directions so I will have to put that on my page. Right now I am trying to put a real picture of me on the page, but I may save that for another day. I had fun making my Avatar. It looks like me. I tried to get the features and coloring as close to mine as possible. That is the next best thing to a real picture. I chose a pink top and orange shorts for my Avatar because that is my favorite color combination. It reminds me of the hibiscus even though I have never seen any either of those colors. Overall, I have learned a lot. Using all of the technology and different things is not my strong point, but I am excited to learn all of the little things I can do online. It has been a lot of fun. :)

Myleah