Beauty of Creation

Thing # 20

Obviously, I'm a Harry Potter fan. I hate the movies most of the time because the are so off from the books. I still look forward to it everytime and I'm still disappointed in it everytime. Oh well, I'll survive.

I enjoyed exploring You Tube. I know there are a lot of things that aren't appropriate for school, but I'm also going to look for some information on Texas History and maybe even something to teach Government. I was thinking that I might be able to set up my own quick lesson summaries to video and then post it to a blog the students can access at home. It would be great to film how you work a math problem like the Common Craft guys do with the technology.

I'm loving it.

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Thing #17

Love the Del.icio.us site. What a great way to keep up with sites for your research? If I'm doing a project in class, I can bookmark 30 or 40 sites that I've already checked for accuracy. The kids can easily find the information.

I can also envision this as a great way to gather information for a webquest. What an amazing site! I can definitely see this as a huge help in a library setting or classroom setting. It allows for growth and kids working together. I love it.

Thing #19

I was far more impressed with Ning than MySpace. I thought it was so much easier to use. Maybe that's because I went straight to the 23 things website, so it was easier to work with and easy to sign up and work though. Also, it helped that I was able to automatically fall into a group of people to communicate with.

I looked into some of the other social networks and I love GoodReads and OpenSource Food. I think that Classroom 2.0 Ning will be the most influential for me. Now if only I can find one on how to teach TX History. I think starting a NIng of my own for TX History is a little beyond me this year, maybe next year.

I'm still not convinced I want to get into a regular social network, but I like the idea of learning communities online like the Ning we have and the Classroom 2.0.

I was thinking this might be even more effective than a blog for parent and student communication for next year. I think I'll talk to my team about it.

Thing #18

Well, I set up a MySpace account, but since I only know one other person who has a MySpace account, I don't have many people to network with yet. I looked at the games, music and entertainment groups. I even joined a few of the different groups and added my schools to my profile, so maybe people will find me.

I have to say I'm not much into MySpace, but I'm willing to give it a try. I've heard a lot of things that make me worry about it. I can see that it is necessary to watch your kids at all times if they are on there. There are so many things they can get into without even realizing it. I It would be very important to watch them and monitor their friends.

I can't figure out how to post a link to my profile, but my screenname is Skeeter89 if anyone wants to check me out.

I thought My Space was difficult to navigate and so much geared to the younger generation that I really didn't see a lot that I was interested in until I really started digging through the mounds of stuff. Not my favorite assignment of the course, but I survived it. I'm not sure I'll ever go back after this class is over.