Thing 23

The end or just the beginning. There is so much to learn out there the possibilities are endless. I guess my main wondering is how can we as teachers continue to be up to date on new technology and keep going when our kids do not know the jobs that are going to be there in the future. Preparing them with technology and communication through this will definately be key in their future. I came into 23 things knowing and feeling confident in many areas but knew I needed to branch out as well. I encountered some things that I probably may not use and some things that I definately will incorporate into my own life and into my students lives. It will be very interesting to see how my wiki page turns out and hopefully what I have in mind will work out for next year. I still have some things I need to work on though in order to keep up to date with technology and all of the realms that it weaves.

Thing 22

Well I created my own wiki but tried to add my own video that the kids in my class made but the file was too big. I don't really want to put the video up on Utube because of privacy with the kids in my class. I am not sure how that work so if someone happens to read this let me know your thoughts on this. So I added a picture and didn't post a video or website since I didnt feel it was was necessary just yet until I figure out the privacy clearing with kids at my school. I guess that is my only question regarding this. I can see how blogs could be useful with some topics and you could probably add the link to the wiki page for students to fund it accessible and could use your wiki for parents too. Therefore, you have one site with various options for students and parents. A one stop shop!

Here is my wiki:

https://learningtogetheryoung.wikispaces.com/

Thing 21

Using Wikis seem very cool because they are more interactive than just a website. I would just have to play around with this a lot to get the hang of it. I like how the one school had a correspondence with another school and they were discussing seasons and shadows, etc... It would be cool to do this and have parents be involved post videos, picture of work to show off their learning. I will have to see how to do all of this in the next thing and how I could incorporate this as my own.

Thing 20

Well I have been searching through the Itunes library for some podcast and came across a few I liked. The search tools seem very easy and are informative. Below is one of the pod casts that I subscribed to today. I subscribed to SuperNews! I preferred this because after a long day at work I like to fill my mind with some comedy and updated news about various things. I know maybe I should have a more educational podcast...but this is what keeps me sane :) I preferred using Itunes because then I can quickly put things to my Ipod which I use regularly and not have to go through other search engines. If I am going to look for education I will need to use one of the other search options given.

Thing 19

I liked the study guide information from the one example on the podcast that was on the teachers website. Also the examples of kids making slideshows in social studies with recordings that fit the content was great. I also found this podcast on the solar system which I thought was cool too. There were many great examples on the website of student work that was amazing. Now how can I do this?????

http://www.mrcoley.com/coleycast/coleycast44.htm

Thing 18

Well I was trying to find something of interest and this was really funny to me. I was looking for educational things but most slideshows I found were in other languages. So here is my most bizarre slideshow. I could see how if you found a slideshow with curriculum content or pictures it could definately be used in a unit of study.

World's Bizarre Collections

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Thing 17

The productivity tools were very interesting. I really liked the remember the milk for myself and I could see using the virtual flashcards for my students. I have students use flashcards in class to study concepts for upcoming tests and this would be a cool way for them to access this at home to study as well. A more interactive approach would really reach out to my fourth and fifth graders.