Is It the End or Only the Beginning?

I have to say my favorite exercises involved Flickr and the image generators.  I'm not much of a photographer but I love looking at photography so Flickr is right up me alley.  I liked using Flickr mash ups and image generators although at times it was frustrating trying to get everything to work properly.  I do not have an artsy bone in my body so by using these I get to be creative.  Honestly if I had not done 23 Things, I would still be in the dark about some of the technology tools available.  I now know that there are a multitude of tools available at the click of a button.  I think the program is really well done; the only thing I was not crazy about was the class sections blogs and then the activities were listed down the side of the page.  If that is the way it has to be done, it would be nice if the activities list was first.  As a teacher, I plan to use some of the tools I learned about.  All students should have a blog.  I liked the idea of collaboration using the wikis.  It is a terrific way to get students thinking and brainstorming together.  I will keep up with new developments in web 2.0 by reading the blogs in my Google Reader.

Thing #23

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FWE/is_2_10/ai_n16133338/

This is a link to an article written by Stephen Abram, 43 Things I might want to do this year.  The creator of Learning 2.0, Helene Blowers loosely based her program on Abram's article.
Now that I am familiar with Creative Commons, I will definitely make sure my students know the ins and outs of what they can use and cannot use.  I want them to have the knowledge to properly give credit to the creator when credit is due.

Thing #22

Social Studies Online Games, Teacher Helper, and Teaching Strategies and Classroom Management are the names of my three binders.  LiveBinders could be very useful in the classroom.  Different binders could be created to help students with all sorts of learning and enrichment activities.  Each subject could have a binder. The students could create a binder for for themselves or to share with fellow students.  You could set up online scavenger hunts by putting the websites you want the students to look at in a binder and give them instructions on what to do.

Social Studies Online Games

Thing #21

Make your own slideshow at Animoto.
At first when I stared using Animoto, I found it very frustrating.  I had a difficult time deciding which layout and song to use.  I'm very indecisive and too many choices makes me crazy.  But once I decided I enjoyed choosing which photos I wanted in my clip.  I really enjoy looking at nature photos.

Thing #20

YouTube is a great way to share information through videos.  My girls love to get on the site and watch music videos.  I wish there was a way to filter the content; some of the videos are highly inappropriate for children to see and hear.  There are components of YouTube that would work nicely in a library website.  Students could view videos downloaded by other students and teachers.  I picked this video because it discusses the American Revolution and I want to teach Social Studies.  I decide to go with this one because Schoolhouse Rock did it.  Who doesn't love Schoolhouse Rock?

Thing #19

Visit TeacherPop

I am know officially a member of TeacherPop.  I tried to upload a widget to it from Google and could not get it to work.  The directions seemed easy enough but again it is probably the person following the directions who cannot get it right.  So I uploaded some pictures instead.  I looked through some of the social networks listed and I liked Flixster.  I liked that it rated the movies and gives me a list of movies my friends are interested in.  I also looked at GoodReads.  I love that it will suggest books for you based on the genre you choose and the book titles previously read.  I will definitely go back and explore more after I get through this semester.