Summary

Wow, what I have discovered on this journey is that sometimes little things can turn into big things, to elaborate, what I thought was a simple assignment that I could breeze through in the end was a terrible mistake. I have enjoyed it but these exercises were quit time consuming. My favorite discovery was the playlist.com still listening to my play list and loving it and animato. In terms of my lifelong learning goals this has helped me to get organized and realize that there are more tools on the internet that can be utilized  to make me a more productive educator. What I did not care for that much was the RSS feeds they and the wikis, just not a fan. What I take away from this assignment is that technology offers us endless possibilities and ways of retrieving information, sharing information, presenting information, and tools to enhance our learning and teaching abilities and so much more. We must be proactive in our pursuit of new technologies and remain innovators of technology. As teachers we must realize that technology is our friend and only a hinderance when we are unwilling to learn. Technology is not perfect nor without flaw. I have had to log into D2L more than thirty times in one day or had to wait for it to become available which slowed me down but I have finished.  I am now a part of the Web 2.0 social networking site so I can keep up with what's new.What were your favorite discoveries or exercises on this learning journey. I think this assignment works well the way it was designed. I have explored a lot and can share what I have learned with my colleagues, friends, students, and family members.

Thing #23

All you have to do is look at the bottom of the page and there are the credits. In education as with anything else either written or on line you have to give credit where credit is due and it is important for us to remember that when finding things on the web that we want to include in our lesson plans or other bodies of work.

CREDITS

Learning 2.0 - 23 Things for Teachersis based on Learning 2.0 - 23 Things, a staff development program for theMesquite Independent School District. That program was based on the Learning 2.0 program that was designed by Helene Blowers and adapted by the California School Library Association and others. Content and style for Learning 2.0 - 23 Things for Teachers has been borrowed and duplicated with permission, under a Creative Commons License.

Thing #22

I found a podcast several podcasts for free. For whatever reason I chose to listen to "Real Time with Bill Maher". I have always heard so much about him, so I listened in for about an hour. Part of it was explicit but it was quite funny and entertaining, though some things could be considered offensive, so I'd advise caution before listening. I think iTunes is best to use for podcasts I did try out a few of those listed in the assignment like the podcast alley.com ( not a fan) and podcast directory.com (somewhat better) and the other two were okay but not real impressed. Then I head to ITunes find the tab for podcasts and I just like it so much better but I am an Apple person so I tend to stay with whats familiar. I am not sure if I would go as far to create a podcast for the younger students but I think high school age children would appreciate since most have their own iphone, ipod, or computer at home and not everyone is the best note taker, so I would like create on for my lectures so they could access them at their leisure. I may subscribe to some educational ones for work purposes but I would like to subscribe to some comedic ones as well I had a lot of laughs and we could as use some humor in our lives every now and again.

Thing # 21

Loved Animoto.

Family

Family

Thing #20

Now we are really getting into the good stuff. And I am still listening to my playlist I created at playlist.com while I knock out the rest of these 23 things. If you need music to keep you going while you work on homework try it out. So for this assignment it asks us to explore another favorite  of mine You Tube. YouTube is great personally,  I listen to videos and watch  tutorials. One of the newest tutorials out there I have found  helpful is for the iPad. I prefer to use an ethernet connection because its faster and the video doesn't stream. The ones I like the most in terms of education are for the elementary school kids that are more visual that teach colors and have songs to help kid remember colors (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9gCUpVwqa8&feature=channel) and numbers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5QLp9Wxrrg&feature=channel) and fun stuff like old mac donald http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_mol6B9z00&feature=related). Since you can search multiple videos on you tube I always recommend plan ahead and watch any video before showing it to your class and always look at the source of the posting.

Thing #19

Obviously I waited a bit long to finish all of my 23 things so I will have to revisit this one tomorrow. Both Ning and Teacher Pro are pending approval so I was able to browse them but I was unable to obtain the badges to post to my blog. However, I was able to sing up for Project Playlist. I love my music and I created a url http://www.playlist.com/barbaraandron.