So for this exercise I joined The Teacher Pop sire and left a comment. I also added the Teacher Pop badge to my blog but for some reason it isn't displaying anything on the badge so I must have done something wrong when making it. I'm not sure.
I am a big movie and TV buff I love to watch movies and I have a pretty good memory about faces so if I see someone in something and recognize them I always want to try and remember what I have seen them in before and if I can't the first place I go is IMDB.com I love that site. It has so much great information to explore not only about movies and TV but about the actors as well!
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Thing 20
The video above is a clip from a TED conference. This is a video of Sir Ken Robinson expressing the importance of making some changes to our current educational practices. Obviously somethings we are dong now are not the best and he thinks that if we can individualize education more for each student, then the students will have not only a better quality education but a much more well rounded education as well. I love to listen to some of the ideas that he has put out there at the TED conferences and there are several Youtube videos of his speeches.
There are so many different ways to incorporate Youtube videos into the classroom. They can help enhance you lessons and be a fun way for children to see the information.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Thing 18
I have had a Facebook page for a few years now and I think it is great to keep in touch with people that you may not see on a regular basis and may not have time to pick up the phone and call. My page is located here Rachel Funderburk I am not as hardcore of a user as some of my friends but I use it pretty frequently.
I think it is important to know how social networking works because as it becomes more common practice we may at some point be using it in our classrooms. Or we may have students using it in our classrooms. As teachers we may want to use it as a tool to stay in touch with parents or colleagues. I do have a twitter account but I do not really use it for tweeting, I do follow some people and it is a good way to gather information and ideas as well. I think I could see myself using Facebook in the classroom more so than twitter. I could set up a class page for our classroom and invite the parents and students to join so tat they can keep up on the daily happenings in our class and it would be an easy way for them to stay in contact with me with any questions or concerns they may have.
I think it is important to know how social networking works because as it becomes more common practice we may at some point be using it in our classrooms. Or we may have students using it in our classrooms. As teachers we may want to use it as a tool to stay in touch with parents or colleagues. I do have a twitter account but I do not really use it for tweeting, I do follow some people and it is a good way to gather information and ideas as well. I think I could see myself using Facebook in the classroom more so than twitter. I could set up a class page for our classroom and invite the parents and students to join so tat they can keep up on the daily happenings in our class and it would be an easy way for them to stay in contact with me with any questions or concerns they may have.
Thing 17
I think that the practice of social tagging and book marking is becoming much more common. I had not heard of any of these sites however I do like the delicious site after searching for educational technology so many different things came up and you get to not only see the sites but see other users reviews of the sites so you can differentiate what has been effective and what hasn't.
I think another site like this that has gained in popularity would be Pinterest, I use that site a lot and it very similar except you can bookmark and tag or "pin" and they say so much more than just websites you can pin almost anything you can think of. I have used it in the past to gather ideas for writing lesson plans, I think it will be a great site to be able to use as a future educator because there are some many ideas on there that fellow educators have shared, lesson plans, activities, worksheets, just so much that can be helpful in the classroom.
I think another site like this that has gained in popularity would be Pinterest, I use that site a lot and it very similar except you can bookmark and tag or "pin" and they say so much more than just websites you can pin almost anything you can think of. I have used it in the past to gather ideas for writing lesson plans, I think it will be a great site to be able to use as a future educator because there are some many ideas on there that fellow educators have shared, lesson plans, activities, worksheets, just so much that can be helpful in the classroom.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Thing 16
I used igoogle for my home page. I use Google for almost everything else so I just figured it would be the easiest to use for this activity as well. I like that it really only took like 10 second to get a homepage up and running and then I could change it to make it the way that I wanted it after that.
For the online calendar I choose to use 30 boxes. That was easy enough to set up but I don't think I would every really use it. I have a calendar set up in my email that I use that is already right there in my email that I check many times a day and to have to go to a separate location to check my calendar only seems like an unnecessary step.
While the to-do list seems like it would be a great helpful tool and it may be for some to me I just think it is more unnecessary work. I think it would take me longer to create the to-do list than it would to actually just go do the items on my to-do list.
The tool that I like the most and would probably continue to use is the igoogle home page because I can customize it and make it my own, I can have the information that is important and relevant to me and eliminate all of the other clutter from the page.
For the online calendar I choose to use 30 boxes. That was easy enough to set up but I don't think I would every really use it. I have a calendar set up in my email that I use that is already right there in my email that I check many times a day and to have to go to a separate location to check my calendar only seems like an unnecessary step.
While the to-do list seems like it would be a great helpful tool and it may be for some to me I just think it is more unnecessary work. I think it would take me longer to create the to-do list than it would to actually just go do the items on my to-do list.
The tool that I like the most and would probably continue to use is the igoogle home page because I can customize it and make it my own, I can have the information that is important and relevant to me and eliminate all of the other clutter from the page.
Thing 15
To be honest I didn't really care for this activity. While wikis may be great for some people to use I just don't really care for them. I am not a very big tech person so I was a bit confused by just adding something to the APSU sandbox wiki thing and I am still not sure I did that right. I can't imagine having to try and create and manage one to use in a class. Wiki is not for me except maybe to read through and gather information and ideas.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Thing 14
The two sites I looked at were the Gliffy.com and mindmeister.com. I actually liked both sites on Gliffy I looked at the flow charts and on mindmeister the mind map. Both sites were easy to navigate and use, however mindmeister was more interactive and gave more on screen tips as far as how to proceed and create the mind map. It was a bit more user friendly.
I can see myself using both programs in my classroom though, but for different reasons. The flowcharts would be great to use when explaining consequence and rewards to students If they do this then an arrow to what happens. It makes it easy for them to follow it and see what to do. I can see one specifically for classwork If i finish then follow an arrow to what to do next, if I don not finish follow the arrow on instructions to see if its homework or work for later.
The mind map I loved and could see us using it to help with comprehension and expanding on what we are learning that is a great graphoc organizer to use for children to gove them a visual of the material we are using.
Both great tools and will come in handy!
I can see myself using both programs in my classroom though, but for different reasons. The flowcharts would be great to use when explaining consequence and rewards to students If they do this then an arrow to what happens. It makes it easy for them to follow it and see what to do. I can see one specifically for classwork If i finish then follow an arrow to what to do next, if I don not finish follow the arrow on instructions to see if its homework or work for later.
The mind map I loved and could see us using it to help with comprehension and expanding on what we are learning that is a great graphoc organizer to use for children to gove them a visual of the material we are using.
Both great tools and will come in handy!
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