Summary of 23 Things

I am so grateful to the creator of 23 things. This website has taught me so much about technology that it will not only be useful now but also in my future.  As a future teacher, I will use all of the information that I have retained from these excercises to help me throughout my teaching career. I will also use some of the things I have learned with technology to help me through the rest of my education. My favorite things are Flickr, the home google page with all the links you want to keep up with, and I loved Animoto. Flickr was so neat on how you could take your own photos and decide if you want to share them or not. I thought Animoto was so wonderful in how short of time you could make a cute little slide show of your pictures and put it to music for free. I love how I can just go to my home google page and see everything I want to see from the weather, to my favorite teams, my favorite blogs, and so much more. I love 23 things and I will always look back at this website to help me throughout the rest of my life. Thank You! 

Thing # 23

I found that under Thing # 6 the author gives credit where credit is due for using a picture from Flickr.com. I think it is really important to give credit to the author and students of all ages should be taught this lesson early on in their education. Copying and pasting pictures onto a paper or something without giving credit to the author is like stealing someones personal property. As a future teacher I will teach a lesson on how copyright and creative commons are different. I will teach it in a way that is down to earth on their level so that they can understand the uses that can be used by giving credit to the author. A student who creates something of their own, wouldn't want everyone to use it or steal it, without giving credit to the owner. I think this is important for everyone.

Thing #22

I chose to look at Educational Podcast Directory and Podcast Alley. I really think Educational Podcast Directory is the best website out of the two I tried. I found a podcast on Educational Podcast Directory that was a mathematics how to use tools on the smartboard. My subject is math so I thought it was pretty interesting to learn the different tools on the smartboard that can be used for teaching math. It was called "Smart math tools 3." I think this is a great idea for my future classroom. I think I will listen to podcasts and get some ideas for my future classroom. I recommend that anyone becoming a teacher to listen to some podcasts and get ideas for your classroom.

Thing #21

I loved animoto! I thought it was really simple and easy. I would so purchase it if I had the money too. I think this is an awesome site for anyone that wants to make a slide show of pictures and put it to music. I chose to upload some older pictures of my family and friends. I thought it would be neat to put them all together so that I can go back and see my memories. I think this tool is neat for even an educational purpose also.



Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Thing #20

I have explored youtube many times and this is one of my role models. Marva Collins expresses how she feels about learning disabled kids and that no child should be told that they cant learn. This is a very educational video for an upcoming teacher to watch. I think if this website was to be used as part of the library it would definitely be educational from the aspect that you can see different speakers and learn form their experiences in their field of work. For example, I am an upcoming teacher and I think this you tube video is a perfect example of how educational some videos could be on this website.

Thing #19

I am on several online communities like; facebook, myspace, teacherpop, and twitter. My favorite by far though is facebook. I love facebook! I liked exploring the music portion like the project playlist and last.fm. I am a big fan of music it is pretty much one of my favorite hobbies is listening to music. I found teacherpop very interesting and I will definitely use it from her on out. It will be an awesome way to get ideas from teachers that are already teachers and to read and reply to upcoming teachers to let them know it is totally worth the hard work to become a teacher.












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