Thing 23 Creative Commons

One example that i found from this learning 2.0 is in thing 5, the website for Wikipedia.

There are many ways that this can be used in the classroom. First off students need to learn at an early age that copying works off the internet and putting their name on it, is wrong. Students use the internet for all most everything these days and they should know how to give credit to people, for the work they found. Many lessons can be made for every grade to explain Creative commons. I would use the short lesson that i made for younger students, it can be modified to meet a few different grade levels.

Thing 15

I thought this was a neat activity. i found the whole thing interesting and a great tool to use in the classroom. for younger students the class and the teacher could work together daily to add to their post about a certain topic and when they find something new they can go edit it and use it in their classroom. For older students, this would be good to use in the classroom to allow students to work together on research projects ans allow them to compile all their information together. Also, if students are working independently, they could share information with one another on their new findings. The wiki  can be interesting to watch daily  just to see what changes have been made and by whom.

one last thing

The things that i liked the most about this was finding so many great websites. I really liked the organizing websites and the websites that you could do effects with pictures. this will help my learning goals, because now i am able to make fun and interesting lessons and activities and i want to be an effective teacher. most of this whole experience surprised my. i did not have any idea that most of these great websites were out there. Also, i thought i would not really enjoy blogging, but i have realized that it is not that bad. the only thing that i would have done differently for this process, would be to give a little more directions when it comes to posting pictures, videos and other things into a post or around the blog. However, this has been a very useful experience and i know i will use lots of it in my future classroom to get the students involved in fun lessons and activities, and the use of technology.

Thing 22 Livebinders

The binders that i created were titled educational games, helpful teacher links, and reading. These binders can be used in the classroom in many ways. First off, it is a great place for teachers to save websites that they love. also, they can be saved any way you like. so if a teacher was having a reading lesson and wanted the students to play educational games for one of their activities, the teacher can just make a binder and all the websites they want to use will be there. and the teacher can use this for many years and up date it throughout the years. a few other lessons that students could have from this cite include making their own binders for a research project or finding educational games that they like to play.

This is my educational games binder

educational games

Thing 21 Animoto

I thought this was a really nice cite. it would be great to have the pro version but it is a little pricey. I thought this process was really easy and simple. It would be very easy for students to use. It would be neat for students to be able to use this in the classroom to make presentations over school work or just for fun. While making mine i wish i could of had more allowed time and more backgrounds to choose from... but for the free version it was good.

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Thing 20 youtube

I think youtube is a great site. Many videos are available for people and students. Many informational videos are out there and can be very useful in the classroom.  students can watch a video from youtube on just about anything, ranging from how to videos, relating information, and for entertainment. Also, youtube can be useful for students staying at home. if they need to give a presentation they can video type their self and post in to youtube and then their teacher can watch it and give them a grade.

What i like about youtube, besides all the videos that are available, is the search method. It is very easy and student friendly. Also, accounts can be made and students can only view certain videos and not see inappropriate videos. I like that comments can be left and others can read them as well. one thing that i do not like about is.... well that's a hard one, that nothing that really bothers about the site.

While i was playing around on youtube at work, i found my self listening and watching a lot of new music videos. so i figured i would share one.

Thing 16 getting organized

the start page that i picked was iGoogle, because i could change it around and put the topics that interested me on the homepage. i can change the background of the page, which i really like because i can make the page personal and cute ;). more than likely i will make this my home page. it will show me the weather and any interesting topics that have happen recently.
I really like online calendars, i write every thing down ( or try to ), it helps me remember things. This will save paper and i can access it through my iPhone, which is great because i always have it with me. i am on it all the time, and checking my calendar will be easy and simple... and easy to add on to. I also like to so list. i usually make one every week, for school assignments and other things i have to do that week. they help me manage my time and help me make sure i have completed everything. i think they are just as simple to use as writing them down on paper. i use remember the milk, it is on my phone as well and it has been very useful. i would recommend the app remember the milk to anyone that can get it and likes to make lists, this can be used for school, work, and your personal life.