Is it the end or only the beginning?

Is it the end or only the beginning??

My favorite discoveries on this learning journey has been learning about Animoto ,live binders, Grammarly, and RSS feeds. This program has taught me that being "technologically challenged" has to be overcome.  As a future teacher it is important that I learn about what the web has to offer and how to use it.  Through this project I have learned how to create interactive powerpoints, web quest, class room designs, and much more.   Learning in this hands on way will help me be a better teacher candidate. I want to keep up with new things on the Internet and to start thinking about ways that I can use technology in my classroom one day.  I will keep a livebinder with everything education inside.  Then when I begin to student teach I will have a head start,.

Thing # 23

Now that I know about Creative Commons licensing, I will not be afraid to use resources from the internet to teach my future classroom.  However, I will not take advantage of others work.  I will not worry about citing  all images and movies, but I will not take some ones work and teach it as my own.  I will teach my students what Creative Commons is and what Plagiarism is.  Plagiarism is unethical and students should understand that from a young age.  

Thing #22

Live Binders

After I created a LiveBinders account, I created 3 new binders.  I titled them Assistive technology, Low SES and education, and Learning 2.0 tools.  I have attached the Assistive technology binder to this page.  All of the binders that I created I have learned about this year.
   
LiveBinders can help teachers find lesson plans and new ideas, by other teachers sharing their ideas.  LiveBinders can also help teachers organize their resources.  A teacher can easily create an assistive technology live binder and show it to a student's parents.

Assistive technology

Thing #19

Keeping it real... real professional!

I am a member to Facebook, Twitter, and a new member to Ning.  These new social networking cites are appealing to me because I have never heard of them before.  I think that Gather, Ning, and Teacher Pop are able to help teachers more than Facebook or Twitter.  Teacher Pop is especially great for teachers because it was created just for teachers.  I think that is awesome.  Along with Teacher pop and Ning. I might use Bake Space, Flixster, and Shelfari. Flixter and Shelfari will be for education purposes and Bake Space would be to help me learn how to cook because I am about to be a new wife!    I enjoyed looking at all of the new social networking cites, and I will definitely use them to help me be the best teacher I can be.
Visit TeacherPop

Thing #21

I really enjoyed making my video for Thing #21.  I made a video with some of my engagement photos along with a few older ones, and I loved the way that it turned out.  I have made a few different slideshows in the past, but this was by far the simplest way to make a video.  I would definitely purchase the PRO subscription to make longer videos, if I ever starting making a lot of videos.  Educators could use Animoto to create slideshows of their students, or to make a slideshow of a school event such as field day or homecoming/ dress up week.  

Thing #20

School House Rock-counting by 5s
Earth Day video for kids
Taylor Swift goat edition
A vision for students today
How great is our God

I have always loved YouTube.  I often find myself watching random YouTube videos instead of doing my homework.  YouTube has so many educational videos that teachers can use and show their students. I learned how to multiply fractions using a You Tube video. I added links to a school house rock video that teaches young students how to count by 5s and an Earth Day video that a teacher could show her students on Earth day.  Also I added a video to inspire educators called a vision for students today, and just a funny video that I like that is not educational in any way.  Then I added a video that I was shown in astronomy class at my Christian school by Louie Giglio that I have loved and have shown many others. I am not sure if YouTube should be applied to a library site because they are not peer reviewed or solely educational, but I do think that You Tube videos can be used for hundreds of educational purposes. 

Thing #18

Educators should know how social networking works so that they can get the most out of it.   Twitter and facebook can be more than just a place to  keep up with your friends and family.  Teachers can like, follow, or become friends with teacher blogs and other places to get knew ideas.  Here is a link to my facebook profile. I gained new insights about these cites because i had never thought of them as educational at all.  I think that twitter has more to offer teachers than Facebook but Facebook does have things to offer.  Personally, I have never enjoyed using twitter for social networking so I disconnected it from my phone but I do think that I might use it to follow other teachers. I do not see a classroom application to social networking cites.  I think that students should stay away from facebook and twitter while they are in school.