Thing #14

I enjoyed most of the tools that I viewed. However, I found some to be cumbersome and probably would not use. I did like the timeglider. I see it as a great way to study socials studies using time lines, especially for the Civil War. The time line could be generated with the most important battles highlighted. I also saw a way of using polldaddy to find out how students feel about things. This could be posted in blogs for them. I like the idea of polling students about their favorite books. My favorite tool that I looked at was quizlet. This would be a great way to study vocabulary in social studies, math, and science using the flash cards and taking the quiz. I played around with a lesson plan that was already in place to study the U.S. state capitals. It had the flashcards, a quiz, and a game and was fun. We could us it in the computer lab to review vocabulary.

Thing 13

Ok - this is probably the easiest "thing" that I have done yet. It was also fun. I probably should have placed my kids names in a horizontal manner instead of vertical...next time. I could see using spell with flickr to play with when reviewing for spelling tests. Also, the trading cards could be used to to make up what we think characters in a book would look like and their character traits. This was fun.

Thing 12

Snorkeling thanks to Margheoo
Surfs up thanks to Andre Pipa
Sunset thanks to canbalci
Could it get...thanks to inversolephilippines


I used the Rock You which is really neat. Actually, they all are. I can see many uses for this in the classroom. It would be a fun way to introduce a novel study. In addition, have students finds photos and make a slide show to illustrate their understanding of poems in a poetry unit. Students would really love making cartoons since so many are into the graphic novels. I think that it would be fun to use the slide show when families are together to show vacation pictures.

Thing 11

I could spend forever on Flickr looking at all the pictures and planning vacations for the next 20 years. However, I did have a few ideas on how to use it in the classroom. I searched maps and found several that could be used for the study of geography. In addition, the enormous amount of pictures would be great for creating stories or used for every day writing prompts. In addition, I found a lesson plan that could be used for teaching vocabulary. I searched caribbean beaches on places we had already visited and places that are on my wish list to visit.

by: Margheoo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielebefera/1496114817/

Thing #10 Stretch

I played around in OER Commons- what an enormous amount of information. I found one website that would be fun to do when studying geography. It is called Where is You Favorite Place? I look forward to spending more time there.

Thing #10

I have never noticed the "cc" on documents. Copyright is a little daunting at times for me. As an educator, it is difficult NOT to overlook copyright when funds are not always available for each student to have their own copy of something. I like the idea of Creative Commons. It promotes sharing, expanding on ideas, and collaboration. Isn't that what we do now in education? It now has a name and makes it what we have been doing legal.

Thing #9

I found that setting up a wiki is very difficult and frustrating. I hope, with practice, it gets easier. I finally broke down and asked Jennifer Echols to help me - thanks Jennifer. As mentioned in a previous blog, Teresa Wells helped me set up a wiki to use in research to study the Civil War. Our students have learned to post to the wiki as well as to blog about what they had learned. It has been a very frustrating but rewarding experience. They loved it and did an outstanding job. They learned to link and insert pictures to the wiki and blogs. Some of them even responded to my comments and then wanted to see my blog. We have had fun. My wiki page in the sand box is vannkuykendall. One last thing, I FINALLY figured out how to change my background. I have been working on this for weeks!!!!