Summarizing My Thoughts

Reflections

       I think some of my favorite discoveries on this journey was the Animoto, LiveBinder, and exploring Flikr. These programs and websites have shown me what I'm capable of making for my students in the future. I will also use them for personal use. It surprised me that I liked so many programs. I do not like change from my daily technology routines. It took a lot in me to branch out and use other programs. I think I grew from the experience. The only thing I wish that could be done differently but I know that can not be changed is having to set up like 20 accounts on 20 different websites. I did not like having to give my log in info to ten different sites. My email is already connected to so many. This has shown me that the Internet is always changing and always has something new to offer everyday. I will continue to stay connected to web 2.0 subscribing to various technology blogs and websites. 

THING 23!!!!!!!!

Creative Commons

      Creative commons is great. It makes creators feel comfortable in creating things and sharing them with the work. I would not be worried in the future if I wanted to create something like 23 Things for my students. If I were to create one in the future, it would definitely be on art or an art history for my students to explore and discover. I am wanting to teach middle school and I would not do as much but I could do it for them. I think they would be old enough. 

Thing 22!

I really like livebinders, because it is a great way to keep all your ideas organized. I am going to be an art teacher so it is great to store the blogs and ideas I find in one area. It is great to group similar blogs, websites, and ideas in one area/binder. I really plan on using it in the future. I am really bad about staying organized and this is prefect. !

My 2nd Grade Art Binder

Thing 21!

This is my Animoto video and I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!
I want to upgrade my subscription and make videos of all my life's important events. It takes pictures and music and puts it together so nicely. It really creates sentimental or funny videos. You can use it in the classroom to show off duing parents night, open house, or show your kids past field trips.    


Black Diamond

Thing 20!

I LOVE YOUTUBE!

I youtube anything and everything. I use for art, hair, and makeup tutorials. I am also subscribed to athletic and comedian youtubers. I check youtube almost everyday to catch up on my daily videos. I use it to make lesson plans for my art education class. 

My Color Wheel Youtube

 I upload my own videos to my youtube account. It's so convenient to look at my old videos and to show my friends my videos. I love youtube because you can comment and share videos. 

Thing 19

I am a member of twitter, facebook, myspace, instagram, vine, and google plus. The extra social network I created for this exercise, was google plus. 

Teacher pop was interesting and I think it is useful for teachers in schools. It would be useful for me, if I could communicate and share ideas with other art teachers. Social networks are great for people to keep up with family, friends, and colleagues. 

Thing 18

This is my Facebook!

This is my twitter!

I use Facebook and Twitter on a daily basis. Daily basis is an understatement. I am constantly checking on my clubs, work and friends are doing on social networking. It is important for educators to know about social networking sites to keep up with the students and the latest technology. If a student comes to a teacher complaining about cyberbullying, the teacher is going to need to know what that is to help. Teachers also need to make sure not to put anything appropriate for students or administrators to see. It is just important for educators to be up to date on the latest technology. I wrote a research paper on teachers being on social networking sites. My senior English teacher had a facebook and added all her students to help them with assignments and to remind them of homework and tests. It can be a great tool because students, like myself, use it so much. 

Thing 17!

Delicious!

I learned to get more comfortable with Delicious by exploring it. I think it is great for an easy access to bookmarking and keeping up with different sets of bookmarks. Teachers can share with other teachers on sites like Delicious or Diigo. I enjoyed using Diigo in the classroom and see what others found everyday. 

Thing Sweet Sixteen!

This is my iGoogle page. It is perfect for me. I am in spanish class right now, so I have google translate on there. The moon really interests me, so I found a moon phases widget. Then on my interests I check marked the box the with art, social, entertainment, and music.  I chose the night decoration, because it was pretty. 

I experimented and explored some of the calendar tools, but I use this one everyday. It is the iCalendar for Apple. It connects with my Macbook Pro, iPad, and iPhone. You can add as many events as you want and color coordinate them. You can connect them with google calendar and yahoo calendar. 

I really like the tool stickies, because when you are doing research, you can make visible notes and not have to switch back and forth between windows.  

Thing Fifteen!

I posted on our wiki!!

It took me a little bit to figure it out! I could not find the button to create an account. 

Then I kept trying to edit it and it would not let me. Then I figured that I had to join the workspace. Finally, I got to add my favorite post from my blog. I think Wiki's are great way to get information out. But, I worry about mean people coming along and changing information to false information just for fun. 

Thing 14, Go with the Flow!

This is my flow chart! 

I made a flow chart on Gliffy and it was really easy and simple to make! I loved it! I could use this in my classroom for instructions on how to make a color wheel. The students just follow the chart and the bubbles and it is very self-explantory.

The mind chart was also very easy and simple to make! It had bright colors and easy directions and instructions. I did like the flow chart the best because I personally think it is easier to read and follow for a completed color wheel. 

Thing 13!

I played around on Zoho and I created a presentation. 

I did not like Zoho, mainly because I have never used this website before. I tried playing around and exploring it but I was just not understanding it. A lot of the documents and items you can create on Zoho, can be created using Microsoft Office. I would understand people using it, if they did not have Microsoft Office. But, I would not want to pay monthly or yearly for a service when you can buy Microsoft Office once and it be on your computer forever. You can save everything you create with Microsoft Office on a hard drive or websites, such as Dropbox.

Now on the other hand, I have had experience with Google Docs. I really like it because I am in a sorority and we use it all the time. We can send out a document and sisters can add or change information all the time. We use it for t-shirt sign ups and formal date lists!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AmIXDr70ugQRdExCc1FJYjJOaHVjTFRZaURrZkNjOFE&single=true&gid=0&output=html

I made a fake Austin Peay State University t-shirt sign up sheet! You could send it around to every one for sizes and phone numbers. When the shirts come in, the person in charge could email the students and tell them to come to the UC, to get them!

I definitely like Google Docs better just because I have more experience. But, I have never made a Google Doc before until today and I figured it out pretty easily. Zoho, on the other hand, I did not like because it was just too much. I would rather stick to my Microsoft Office. Google Docs or any other online document system is great for students. They can work collaboratively on a group assignment and not have to be in the same room or building. It is great for communicated with people online and getting information in an easy and organized manner!