Is It the End or Only the Beginning?

I cannot wait to get to know all the site and application better. My favorite discover of the 23 things was probably Skydrive because of its online storage capabilities. I think that the program has changed my life very much. Now, I am more organized thing to my new home page 30box. I will definitely keep using most of the applications I discovered in the earlier post because they are great resources for teacher candidates. If I could of change anything about the 23 things, I would change the order they come it, I think that the mind map and the organization application and site could of be helpful for teacher candidates. I wish I had known about my 30box before starting the 23 things then I could have planned out my work schedule and have access to it every time I open my browsers. The things I post and learned about are always going to be and the back of my had and I will definitely use them when I teach when the time is fit. I think getting to know the websites and continuing on exploring them individual will help my development in web 2.0. Continuing on staying connected with social networks like Facebook and TeacherPop will keep me in the loop in web 2.0. also by doing this I will be reinforced with hopefully more applications and sites that will further develop my web 2.0. knowledge.

Thing 23

First, I thought the YouTube create common video was awesome! I my understand creative common and citing information are similar. Give credit where credit is do. If you see idea or something you cannot  or change or use it in anyway without the person consent. I found that according the small paragraph at the bottom of the 23 Things class blog, page the Things was adapted by an the Learning 2.0 program that was designed by Helene Blowers. By being aware of the creative commons teachers can make Powerpoints, study guides, and worksheet based of others' restrictions. They can also make there own Powerpoints, study guides, and worksheet and post them online with restriction of there own.

Thing 22

I think website like Livebinder are great! While I did not understand what it exactly was after reading the blog, I realized what it was. Like I said in Thing 13, a secure place to store information is great. I personally prefer The Skydrive because you can download that unto the desktop but Livebinder is okay as well. I like its tab function that lets you excess it anytime if it is installed. I also like that you can keep it organized by tagging words to it. The creating of the benders was both easy and fun. I just took a few websites from documents from my Skydrive and uploaded them onto Livebinder. The websites are site with art website games based on artists. Livebinder can be use be used in a class from like a studied guide, a image guide, Powerpoint, and note. I definitely think it could be an awesome template for writing a journal.


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Thing 19

Like I said in Thing 18, social networking is very important for teachers. I do have a Facebook account, Twitter, MySpace, Deviantart account, upload pictures to two wikias, and Now I am apart of TeacherPop. With websites like TeacherPop member ship is exclusive because there is a common interest. I know it is important for teacher to network with their colleagues because they are like minded individuals.  I choose to join teacher pop because of its name. I thought that the teacher candidates her could catch my attention like the title did. I was not surprise to find other teacher candidates from my Instruction to Technologies class. It looks like they have all settle in and now I am ready to do the same. I cannot wait to start interacting with the other teacher candidates. I have all ready posted a reply to Jeremy, who had the same professor I currently have, and have read posts from my fellow classmates Alexis and Jordan. I suspect that this website is similar to Facebook and MySpace but I will have to explore it thoroughly to decided what I dislike about it.

Thing 21

I enjoy my my video I had now idea that it was gonna turn out like it did. i thought i was gonna be a basic slide show. The music really did help make the slide show seem more captivating. While Animoto's videos look great visual, I just wish it was free. I was all on bored with making it longer until it said I had to upgrade to make it long. While i have played around with a lol of video maker sites out the I have never seen one like this and I think i definitely worth the upgrading so I will definitely visit this site again one day.

 http://animoto.com/play/CWSTPo5gJ1sUOByZB430mw#

Thing 20 oops! Out of order now

I choose the youtube video Modern Masters: Henri Matisse - Documentary - Modern Art, Artist because I recently did a unit on Henri Matisse. I think students especially young one like learning and doing Henri Matisse art activities. Even though, this video is long, one can play the Yotube  videos in segments. All one have to do is decide the time length one wants the video to play, and it will play at that time length. It simple as tying 2:00 and it will play from two minutes into the video. I think a teacher could til utilize it by playing it in a clip. During my observation in my Art Education 3040, my mentor teacher played videos from youtube all the time and even taught me how to put videos into PowerPoints. She told me that she did this because some of the Youtube searches can lead you to inappropriate content.

Thing 18

Link to my Facebook here

I have this thing in the bag. I have a twitter, a facebook, and myspace page. While do not visit them as much as others do, they are used for communication with the clubs I belong to on campus such as The Student Art League (formerly), the NAEA and now I can keep of with APSU College of Education's Facebook page. It is essential that educators know how social networking work because it is a way of communicating that is revolutionary to the new generation. Furthermore, it is a way for teachers to understand what I happening around them. Everything such as politics and discoveries is talked about on social networks. Teachers are  to be an example and should know what is happening around them. I do not dislike anything about either facebook or twitter. I enjoy both I like twitter more because everyone uses it and it has the most useful features. I can certainly see twitter in the classroom. In fact, one of my first assignment in my Communications class was to create a twitter account and respond to contemporary issues facing the world. I also think when teacher do introduce these social networks into their class room they should monitor student to make sure they are  for only education purposes.

Thing 17

This thing was not as compelling for me. I get how relevant bookmarking is, and I have over one hundred sites bookmarked on my Firefox browser, but I do not see this as useful to me. I am currently using Diigo, and I think it is even more complicated to use than the bookmark on my browser. I do understand how the social networking thing can allow others to check out one another bookmarks to compare them. I also did enjoy the mustache joke in the tutorial, but I just do not take my bookmarking that serious as of yet. However, this can change somewhere along the future, but for now, I will just continue using Diigo and the bookmarking provided by my browser. That also do not mean I cannot see the potential of this tool in the classroom. I have been reading some of the things that the other student been posting, and Taylor Engel had an idea in which she thought teachers could use this site. She said, "[t]eachers could take advantage of social bookmarking sites by putting there ideas out there for other people to use in their classroom." She also said, "[i]t is also a good way for teachers to keep their classrooms current." I totally agree with her; sometimes teachers might have trouble with keeping things current. So If, I was to use Delicious it would be for that reason only, but not for actually bookmarking websites.

Thing 16

So many application so little time; man, I wish I had not procrastinated on some of these 23 things. They could of came in handy for me this semester. I am a naturally unorganized person; I do not know how I even keep track of my own art supplies. I love the online calendar such as Backpack  that comes with to do lists. I wish I had discovered it sooner. I often keep track of things I have to do with a program called sticky note, which is essentially a sticky note you can put on your computer screen. They are effective, but they are also annoying to look at, so I often delete when I see them. Did like MyStickies from the Top Ten Productivity Web Sites list. It is similar to the Application I downloaded; I just wish the sticky notes were smaller.

For My start up page, I choose to use 30boxes because I have been using many of the Google applications enough already and I want to look at a new website. As soon as I signed in, I was impressed with the site. It allows users to connect  to their blogs, Facebook, weather feeds, Flickr account, and their myspace. I ended up enjoy using it because it was easy to use.  I filled up my calendar for the remain Nomeveber month, and I will continue to use this application. I will also to continue to use this sites at my homepage.

Thing 15

This is actually my biggest hobby! I love wikis. I am an administrator for two wikias.(Bout to turn into a geek, but I do not care) I have been apart of Naruto.wikia. page for coming up on a year now. I While I find some of our wikia page more help than others some can be pointless. However, do like working on this wiki because I am an absolute Naruto fanatic. My job on this wiki is not that important, but I do have fun with it. I am an all-round editor there.  I consider the wiki I am apart of as the Sandboxes. I feel that wikia can be great for education or even for my case fun. As long as the interest is there, students can actively participate in contributing to wiki and wiki discussion. for educator they must step up if they want student to do wikis, because it may look like it is all fun and games but it is not. The have to be some to monitor students activity, and again it can become time consuming while both reward for students. While I would not particularly make an art wiki for students, because I imagine the interest level would not be as high, I think all the non-specials class called utilize them. Think of an interactive wiki for student where they can upload and edit their own pages for their favorite animal for science or countries for history. Like the apsu wiki, I think students would love and benefit in seeing what other students find and write about.

Thing 14

I enjoy using the Bubbl.us mind map. It was difficult to understand at first, but once I start reading what key it told me to push it became extremely easy, and fun to use. I think this tool would be perfect for time line projects. I had a timeline project recently in my art history class, and I  wish I knew about this tool before id did on posterboard. Students will find this easy to use because the mind trap talks you through the process and all the edit button like undo and print are all in a row.  I particularly favored the flowchart at gliffy.com. It has more option then the others tools. It allows users to make not only flow charts but also floorplans, diagrams, and charts. However, I did have trouble and avoided all the technical lingo on the site. Perhaps this website would be more age appropriate for high school and college students and the Bubbl.us would be better for middle schoolers.

Thing 13

I enjoy using word processors especially when they are free. Some of the word processor available out there like Microsoft are expensive, so they are not practical for students to have access to outside of school. These programs and other like them are convenient for students. I particularly like the Zoho Writer because it has many features, which can be used for group projects. It has a chat feature for its user, an option to create groups, join its blog, and read discussions on its forum are all some that I think could be used between student outside of school when assigned group projects. Students chat and discuss their project with one another and even start groups on Zoho Writer. For writing projects that  students work in groups, I would have them use Zoho Writer.

While do prefer Zoho Writer over Google Docs, Google Docs is unique in its own. It amazes me how Google has revolutionized the internet with its features; image browser, search engine, gmail, news feed, and probably apparently more, which I have yet to discover. Now there is Google Docs I enjoyed making my little picture below with its drawing tool.  One thing I like most about both of these programs though is their ability to store and download documents. Ever since I have learned about Skydrive during my 23 Things I have been using it. Having a secure website to store information it is a tremendous deal sometimes.