Thing 23 - Final Blog

Overall the web 2.0 course was fun. Some of the tools were great some not so good. Voicethread and podcasting was hard to me. Some of the things could be used in middle and high, but not elementary. You could modifiy alot. It would take alot of time to find things for elementary students. Some of these tools would be great for Special Ed. kids. I know I will use some alot. I like the idea of doing presentations and slideshows and then e-mailing these to a teacher. Getting feedback and then making corrections. The student can do these with me at school, alot less homework and I know the assignment will be on time. I like google reader, getting all the resources and them being in one place. I can find these quickly.
My next step, is to keep up with all my new e-mail addresses, some how. Thank you Mrs. OBannon, for this great learning experience.

Post 22 - 2 web 2.0 sites

You gave us some great sites. I chose http://www.creately.com This could be used for the students do do diagrams to use in writing. The students could draw a picture and write about it. No more drawing their own diagrams. You could e-mail this to another teacher for their approval, if doing inclusion. I also chose http://www.rockyou.com The student could use this for presentation. In third grade the students have to do a timeline of their life. This would be great to let them do this on. You could then share it with the teacher, then she could put it up on the smartboard.

Post 5d

What a great resource to teach the Civil War! This shows animated movement of armies displayed on a map. This is better than pointing to a map and say this is where it happened. There are captions describing the strategies of the armies and results and even the consequences of each battle. This would be great to start a discussion. A great supplement to classroom instructions.

Post 21 - Pageflakes

I like setting up my pageflakes. I like everything on one page (links to my other accounts.) I plan on using it as a daily reminder of my meetings and to look up my schedule, cause sometimes I get asked to cover other classrooms, and I forget that I am somewhere else at the time. I can use this as a weather up-date so the kids can decide if the temperature is good for playing outside. If I need a rescource fast I can bookmark and find it fast. Research will be faster, because I can bookmark my favorite places. I enjoy (myself) seeing what time it is in other countries. So, I will use pageflakes often.

Here is my page link: http://www.pageflakes.com/default.aspx

Thing 19- Podcasting

My podcasting experience was easy/hard. Once I figured this out and get use to using it, then I would share with my students. My students are hands on and just listening to a lecture would not work. I know using a podcast would put feelings to there stories and they would enjoy hearing their voice on the computer. I would use podcasting in my classroom to do presentations, study guides and language arts and writing projects.

Thing 18 - Podcast

Podcasting can be used successfully in the classroom. I never knew what this was till I took this course. If the student is doing homework and forgets how to do it the way the teacher taught it, they can pull this up as a refresher. I pulled up the by students, Ms. Edmision's weekly podcast. English/Reading - Grammar Girl's Quick Tips, Health Fitness Rocks. I found the Math folder to be very helpful.

Thing 17 - Plurk

My first impressions of classroom 2.0 was good. I found some very useful things. I really like to explore new things. It may not be a "Facebook" but its a Plurk. Yea! I could use ning as an electronic pen pal to teach writing. In microblogging a teacher can get every student involved, even those who are shy. I can see microblogging used in middle, high and college, but would be hard in elementary schools.