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Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License," which means it can be altered, but it has to be licensed under a similar license and cannot be used for money.
Now that you know about Creative Commons licensing, how will you use it in the future as a teacher?
Well, I will have to be aware that some things are simply not allowed to be reused. I will try to pay attention to creative commons licenses on each page I borrow. I will also make sure to let my students know about creative commons licensing so they do not take items from the internet that they are not supposed to.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Thing # 22
What are the names of your binders?
Mathematics Games, Sports, Photography, Education 3040
Discuss how you might use LiveBinders in the classroom, including possible lesson ideas for students.
This website would be a great way for a student to collect a bunch of information about their topics. For example, if the student was having to do a research paper, he or she could save all of his or her research websites in a binder. It would be a great way to organize thoughts and keep together everything you have used.
Thing # 21
I loved using Animoto! It was fun to use. It allows you to use different background videos. It also allows you to use your photos and music to create a video. It was kind of a fun way to put together a video of photographs. This could be a fun activity for the students or at least a fun way to put pictures together from my year with my students. This is certainly a website I will continue to use for entertainment.
Try our slideshow maker at Animoto.
Thing # 20
I like youtube because you can literally find a video about anything. The only thing I don't like about using youtube for my students is that sometimes youtube has videos that are inappropriate for younger students, which I will have to stay aware of since I will be teaching elementary students. This website would be wonderful because if you need a video to illustrate a particular topic, I can almost guarantee that youtube would have a video about it. I chose my video because it dealt with fractions, which is a type of mathematics that my students will have to learn in 3rd grade. This video was kind of funny, so i figured it would entertain the students as well.
Thing # 19
Are you a member of any online communities?
Yes, I was a member of project playlist. I used it previously to listen to music that I enjoyed the most.
Are any of these social networks appealing to you?
Teacherpop was interesting. I liked it because you could talk with other people while still learning more methods to use in your classroom. It even has links and lessons for teachers about other social networking sites, like facebook and twitter, that are popular with their students.
What did you find that was interesting and that you might use later?
I really liked the open food source network. I absolutely love to cook! I love to try new recipes and find recipes that are supposed to be health for you. This website is a perfect was for people who enjoy cooking to come together and share new ways to cook with other people.
Thing # 18
My Facebook Page
Why is it important that educators know how social networking works?
In order to be able to connect to the kids or even to simply know what they do, you have to keep up with the most popular social networking sites. First of all, you could give them ideas on how to use those social networking sites to help them with their school work. However, you need to also know about these websites to know of other ways the child could cheat through this site. These websites, outside of just educational work, are also sites often used for bullying. A teacher should know about these types of things so they can be fully aware what is going on in their students' lives.
What new insights did you gain about these popular sites? To be honest, I did not gain any actual new insights about this website. I have done a lot of work with facebook, including with classes, since high school, so it is somewhat second nature for me. As for twitter, I have learned from a previous thing that it can be used to learn more about certain topics. I didn't know that twitter was used for more than just posting statuses.
What did you like or dislike about each of the sites you explored?
I like using facebook because it allows me to keep in touch with my friends while finding webpages that discuss topics that I find interesting. It also has games, music, and many other things to allow me to enjoy things I like. As for twitter, I simply do not really care for that sight very much. I find it somewhat dull, and it is more about the status updates than anything else. I do, however, like that you can keep up with some teachers that post links about lesson plans they have done.
Which site had the most useful features?
I believe facebook is more useful because it has all of the features of twitter and more. You can also access communities that other teachers have joined to share ideas about their classrooms while still keeping in touch with people in your personal life.
Can you see a classroom or school application for any of these sites?
I would not advise for these to be used in school simply because so many kids will merely use it for social networking. Because so many children today already have these things, they are more likely to not pay attention to what the teacher wants them to do with their facebook pages or twitter pages, therefore, defeating the purpose of the activity.
I would not advise for these to be used in school simply because so many kids will merely use it for social networking. Because so many children today already have these things, they are more likely to not pay attention to what the teacher wants them to do with their facebook pages or twitter pages, therefore, defeating the purpose of the activity.
Thing # 17
Can you see the potential of this tool in the classroom?
This tool could easily be used in a classroom. It can allow students to look up tags that other people have put on websites about the same topic. It is a quick and easy way to access multiple websites at once. It also allows students to save those websites and access them from any computer. For my classroom, I could see its potential, but I don't believe my students would be using it very often. First of all, you have to be careful with websites like that because it doesn't exactly cater to younger people. I'd have to be careful on what would pop up because people may tag it with obscene things that are not meant for children.
How can teachers take advantage of social bookmarking sites?
As a teacher, it is important to help your students find things as much as possible. Your students, especially for older grades, could use these sites to bookmark websites that helped them for their projects and tag them. This could allow other students to see what their peers have found and possibly use them to their advantage as well.
Thing # 16
I chose the igoogle home page because it seemed like it had the most to offer. First of all, I already use google a lot, so I am very familiar with it. Secondly, it let you add and delete gadgets on the first page as you please. I did like pageflake at first, but it didn't give me as many options to add other gadgets that I liked.
Online calendars can allow me to access my calendar anywhere I go. Whether it involves my personal appointments or when I have told the children that certain things are supposed to be turned in, I will be able to keep my schedule organized at school or at home.
I love to-do lists. Although I liked some of the ones listed, I-google actually offers an online to-do list that can pop up on your homepage. This way, as soon as I get onto the internet at school or at home, I will be able to see my to-do list and can even cross them off as I go. It also allows me to create multiple lists for things I need to accomplish and things my students are supposed to accomplish. It may be a lot of work, but I think it could be necessary to keep your life organized.
My favorite tool that I found was the chalksite tool. It allows teachers to post assignments, grades, and information for the students just in case they need help at home. Parents will be able to keep up with their children's grades better from home. This will also allow me to give students another way to keep them organized even while they are at home.
Thing # 15
By using the wiki sandbox, I discovered some information about other people's blogs that I probably wouldn't have run across otherwise. It is interesting that you are able to bring all of your ideas to one page without having to search all over the web for bits and pieces of it. I would use this in my classroom for larger projects that every member of the class could participate in. I might develop a fun math project where we each may create our own worksheets about mathematics. I could have each student add their own problem to the worksheet until every student has participated. By doing this, they are all learning to collaborate with other students while still getting to do things on their own.
Thing # 14
I chose to use bubbl.us for the flow chart and gliffy for the mindmapping. I found both of these to be very useful for many projects I could have in the future. Bubbl.us would be fantastic for writing a paper. It is simple and easy to use. Gliffy could also be great for writing a paper, but it seems a bit more complex and over the top for something like a paper. Gliffy, however, has its advantages. It allows the user to go beyond mindmapping for papers and use it for more complex things, like planning out a blueprint for building something. Although I am less likely to need gliffy as much for my 3rd grade class, I could use it for building projects I plan with them or simply for my own projects at home. I prefer bubbl.us for my students, though, because it is still exposing them to an online method of thinking without overloading them with a bunch of tools that they do not need to use yet.
Thing # 13
Zoho writer was a very effective tool. It allowed me to do many of the same things I can do with Microsoft Word. Although it doesn't have quite as many options, its still allows me to do the basics that could help me currently in my classes and help my students once I begin teaching. I also like that it would allow you to work on the last 25 documents you had done offline because if your internet connection fails, you will not lose all of your work. It even transfers it to your online things once you log on again. I do not, however, like that you can only share with other members. I would like to share my documents with people outside of zoho writer, but it didn't seem to let me.
The above link is to the spreadsheet that I created using Google Doc. I absolutely LOVE google Doc! First of all, not only can you create documents on your computer, but it will also remember ones that you have opened in your emails using google doc, regardless of what type it is. Secondly, you are able to share your document with anyone, not just people on google. It has a way you can actually publish your document to facebook. This would be fantastic for my students because they would be able to share documents without the concern of whether or not they'd be able to open it from their computers at home. It also gives them access to free programs that could otherwise cost some students more than their parents can afford.
Between Zoho and Google Doc, I would choose Google Doc. It is not as restrictive as Google Doc, but you can still have the same protection. Google allows you to publish to anyone or no one. Zoho allows you to only publish to either the members or to no one. Not everyone is going to use Zoho, so it is very unlikely for me to be able to share my documents with the people I want to if they do not want to create a Zoho account. People can access my google documents without actually have a google account.
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