Thing #23

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Thing #21

Animoto was ridiculously fun!  This is a great activity that students would really enjoy and have fun participating in.  I think it is an excellent way to link photos and other memories together.  Students could easily use this in a classroom.  First thought that came to mind is for the students to do a video on Julius Cesar with this.  Or, the students could talk about different elements of a story using Animoto.

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Thing #20

http://youtu.be/RtJxzDCQEso; This is a great video for future educators.
I feel like Youtube gets a bad reputation for the use that it often gets.  However, Youtube is an excellent way to share videos.  In a previous class I had, we used Youtube in order to show different micro-teaching lessons.  We shared comments of positive and constructive comments.  This can be applied through our future endeavors as educators.  Many great examples can be seen of lesson and how students responded.  Being able to see the students' reactions has such a greater impact than just reading how to students responded.  Youtube is an excellent form of visual communication for educators.

Thing #19

Having social networking sites for educators only is excellent.  When I log on I know exactly what I am going to look for and I know I won't have to research in extreme measures to find educational related materials.  This is also a great way to communicate with teacher candidates for Education classes!  I also loved Tasty Kitchen.  I love to cook; therefore, it was great for sharing recipes.  It also has different forms of cooking and different approaches that can be taken.  This is great for sharing different cooking failures and accomplishments.

Thing #18

Here is the link to my Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=610346393
I think all educators should be knowledgeable on social networking.  Not only is it a great tool for communication between educators but is also a communication device between students.  Cyber Bullying is becoming so horribly "popular" that it's becoming out-of-hand.  IN order to prevent or address the issues that cyber-bullying has, a teacher must know how to work the social networking cites that students are being bullied on.  It is the only form of prevention.

Thing #17

Bookmarking sites are excellent for educators to communicate back and forth. I feel like educators benefit more than others from these sites because it less time consuming to communicate via bookmarking.  Delicious had great ways for teachers to share different webpages they found useful and vital during their searching.  Bookmarking websites often are looked over; however, I think that is the most obvious and easy way to communicate with educators on a professional basis.  If teachers all in the same state who were meeting the same standards would share student-friendly websites with one another, students could become a part of the bookmarking process as well.

Thing #16

I used the calendars as well as the customized start page.  The calendars were awesome!  I love to do lists and dates and times, so it was like a calendar heaven for me!  This would be great for teachers to have.  You could have one for academic work, one for professional work (meetings), and one for extra events (football games, etc).  It would also be a great thing for parents to see upcoming events and thing such as that in the classroom.  I love the customized start page, too.  It would be ideal if I could have my physical desk pull out everything I need when I walked up to it; however, it is just that easy with the customized start page!

Thing #15

The Wikis are great tools to use.  I work at a retail store and we communicate floor-plans and inventory with our corporate via the Wiki.  It is so simple to use that it is great for just about anyone!  Teachers can really benefit from using this in order to share helpful hints are strategies they have learned.  It would also be great for teachers to share information about a classroom success to the next year's teacher.  That will better help the teacher prepare for the students coming in for the new year.

thing 14

I love Bubbl.us!  I can see so much potential use for this in a classroom!  This would be great for writing (brainstorm), reading (conecting themes), history(lineage), math (connecting concepts), and so much more!  This is a great tool that is easy to understand that students would be able to navigate.  For writing purposes, they could brainstorm here then print the sheet out to use as a reference when writing their essays/stories.  What a wonderful tool!

Mindmapping was the same!  However, I do think Bubbl.us was much easier to navigate.  Mind Mapping might appeal to high schoolers simply because it looks different and they are much more likely to figure out it's usage then younger children.  Two great websites!

Thing 13

I loved Google Docs!  I could play on there all day!  The presentations in Google Docs would be wonderful, especially when collaborating with other teachers!  The spreadsheets would also be useful for this.  Zoho was interesting.  I can't believe I had never heard of it!  It reminded me of the Office programs that are super popular.  Zoho was generally easy to work, which worked out for those who are technology illiterate like myself ;)!