Thing 19- Podcasts

I successfully added a podcast to my RSS Reader--it's one from Edutopia that focuses on technology.

I have forgotten how easy podcasts are to use and so I am making it a goal of mine to try to use them more in my teaching. There are lots of great resources on there, especially in the area of history that I would like to take advantage of with my lessons and students.

I just wish I had more personal time to listen to podcasts. With kids, it's really, really hard.

Thing 21- Summarize Your Thoughts

1. My favorite exercises were Flickr and Image Generators. I could see the most connection to my teaching and my classroom with those and I know I will use those with my students.

2. This program has assisted my lifelong learning goals in that I used to be deathly afraid of technology and this has boosted my confidence to not be so anxious or afraid of it. It's easy and accessible and with help, it's all possible.

3. I surprised myself with the RSS feeds and being able to do it successfully. I thought that would be much harder than it was.

4. In one word, I would describe my learning experience as "Empowering." this was cool and I am glad I got through it and did it successfully. I was worried that I wouldn't have the time to complete all 21 things. thank goodness for toddler nap times. :)

Thing 20-audiobooks and e-books

I like the sites listed for this resource. Many of my students, especially the struggling students and resource students, really like audio books. IT helps them access the content better. I plan on using these sites and resources to give to students for audio books.

Thing 18-You Tube and Video

I love You Tube and Video. I use them all the time in the classroom with teaching English and History. You Tube has so many videos that help add to the content I am teaching, especially history. For kids to SEE something in addition to reading or hearing about it is very powerful.

Thing 17- Library Thing

I liked this site and using it, but I don't think my students would very much. Maybe my really active readers would like it. I think students like Shelfari better. I liked being able to rank the books I have read and talk to others about them as well. I think this is more of an adult site though rather than for kids.

Thing 16- On line Productivity Tools

I created a free account at Zoho Writer-- very cool. Like this site a lot. I created a test document and posted it to my blog as well. I found this site to be very easy to use. I am definitely going to use this site with my students and try it out in the classroom.
This would be a great way for them to share their writing with each other and me and get some great feedback in the process.
I am glad I was introduced to this site. Kind of an English Teacher's dream---really!!!

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Thing 15- CL2.0-Wiki Curriculum Connections

Okay, disregard my last post (mostly). I do see the benefit and fun of possible creating a Kid-o-pedia. Filled with fun US History Facts or Author facts or Book facts----anything we are studying basically. I think the easiest would be to do it with US history so the facts could be easily confirmed or checked. The "sandbox" wiki would be fun for kids because of their ability to add comments to each other. Now I am starting to buy in to wikis.