Is this the end or only the beginning?

My favorite application by far was the movie maker with Animoto because I had never done something like this before, and it showed me that you can create a quick slideshow that is fun and entertaining.

This program has affected me because I now have the knowledge to fully use just about every application the internet can throw at me. And this I know will definitely help me as an educator because I will be able to help any student with a technological problem they may have.

The only thing that really surprised me about these applications was that fact that I became confused sometimes when trying to figure out how to take things from one website and put them into my blog.

I would not change anything about this program because it was very helpful and easy to follow.

It helped me because I now have a bunch of ideas floating around in my head about things I could do using technology and some of the applications we used during this assignment. So, I believe by doing this it has helped me become a better teaching candidate by broadening my knowledge of education and technology.

The best way to keep up with Web 2.0 applications is to keep using my blog and viewing other blogs because they are a great way to gather new information that can be used for something later. 

Thing #23

Creative Commons are definitely needed in every classroom around the world. The amount of nonsense in the social media network is ridiculous, but then again there are some very important things that can be used to like several of the applications we have used in class this semester. As an educator I want my students to understand technology and incorporate it whenever they can. But it is my duty to educate them on what is acceptable and all the other things that are just "bologna".

The 23 things portion of this class is a very helpful activity that can help even the technologically challenged become more familiar with the computer. My experience with these 23 things changed along the way at the beginning I thought this was just like an activity to fill time but as I began to get deeper into it my view changed because I was actually learning new things about the internet and Web 2.0 applications that I had not known before and I feel I have greatly benefited from this assignment.

Thing #22

Education
Live Binders I believe can be a very helpful tool to keep people like me organized. I know that trying to keep up with a huge three ring binder can be difficult at time, with stuff possibly getting lost or tore up, or just the fact that you lose the whole notebook. This application is one that I think will help many teachers stay organized with documents and websites and whatever else they decide to put in their Live Binder.
My three Binders are entitled History because that is my main concentration, Education because keeping up with everything in the education world would be beneficial, and finally Instructional Technology because I thought it would be necessary since all the things we are doing these days in society deals with some sort of technology.  

Thing #21

Try our slideshow maker at Animoto.
This "Thing" by far was my most favorite activity that we have done. Being able to make my own video was really interesting. Using my own pictures to create a slideshow is something that I have never done before except through Powerpoint but this is much different you can add music to it and text to spice it up a little bit. This is an application that I will definitely be using again. 

Thing #20

The YouTube video that i chose for this "Thing" is titled Background on Constructivism. I chose this video because since I have been in the College of Education at APSU constructivism is a term that I have come to know very well. I even believe I want to run my classroom on some of the principles of constructivism. What it is pretty much is letting the classroom collaborate with each other while the teacher still gives instruction and insight on what to do but it allows the class to come up with ways to solve the problem by working together. I also believe that YouTube could be beneficial for any classroom if you were able to filter out the videos that are unnecessary and that interrupt the classroom.  

Thing #19

Teacher Pop was a tool that for educators that is necessary to understanding the social media world. It is an easy tool to navigate and gives up and coming teachers a resource to learn how to use social media before they get into a classroom. I also find it very interesting that the College of Education uses this to keep everyone updated on what is going on around the Education field. I have found that it works pretty much like Facebook so learning to use this tool should not be very difficult for myself.

Thing #18

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=501758904 This is the link to my Facebook which I now feel like I have had forever which is almost true because I have been part of the Facebook world since my freshman year in high school over 7 years ago. But the social media world has greatly influenced the world I believe because now anything that happens you can pretty much go to Facebook and read all about it 20 minutes after it happens.

I also believe social media sites can be good for the classroom to because it gives the students a way to communicate other than just talking and they can become more technologically savvy. Also on this note it is necessary that educators know how to use these social media sites so they can monitor their students when using them but they will also have to be familiar with them if they are planning on using them in the classroom's anyways. Twitter on the other hand I just can't get the hang of and would not consider using it in my classroom. All the hash-tagging and re-tweeting is just beyond me, so I will just stick with what I know. 

Thing #17

Delicious is something I could see myself using in the near future because by the bookmarking it gives you links and websites associated with pretty much any subject matter you can think of. But on the other hand it was a little frustrating at times because I seemed to stumble more on nonsense rather than reliable sources. But because most of the content for education was reliable I can see myself using this website someday.

Thing #16

The most interesting tool that I came across was the tada list because being a college student we all know how assignments can pile up really quick and I am not one to carry around an agenda or calendar like I see so many other people do on campus I would rather just open up the internet like ta da list does. It gives you the opportunity to organize all of your stuff from your PC which I find very awesome since I tend to forget things from time to time.

igoogle was something that I have played around with before but I am a person who does not take change very well I like to keep things the same so I can remember what I have done or have to do. But iGoogle is very interesting being able to create your own home page and have everything you do right in front of you when you open your browser is quite pleasant.
 

Thing #15

This was actually a very fun activity I have known of wiki's for a while but all throughout high school and now most of college I have been told to stay away from them because they are not primary sources and are unreliable, but overall the APSU sandbox wiki was pretty cool I had fun editing some things but did not change anything because I wanted to be respectful of other classmates work but overall I enjoyed playing around with it.

Thing #14

The first tool that I chose was Bubbl.us because it was an easy and fun mind map I began with a simple idea and by minutes I had bubbles everywhere and had branched out in every direction. This tool would be great for a group project because individuals could be throwing around ideas and Bubbl.us keeps up with them and organizes them in an easy way for the audience.

The second tool that I chose was Gliffy because it has several different tools anyone can use to connect text boxes together which I like because you can be brainstorming a topic and have several ideas but if you walk away and leave it alone for a few minutes but another idea pops in your head you can head straight to Gliffy and make changes to the flowchart and still have all your other information intact.

Thing #13

I found Zoho to be a very helpful tool when writing a paper or forming your own document because before now an individual would need a flash or zip drive to save documents and transport them from computer to computer. But with Zoho anyone is able to create a document and save it to their Zoho account and then access it from any computer around and make changes to it. This is a really neat site that I will more than likely be using in the future as I write term papers and report.


Google Docs is also I very fun tool that has many applications necessary for college students because an individual can create documents as well as spreadsheets to use in class everyday without needing Microsoft Office to do so.

Students can use Google Docs everyday in the classroom because this is a free application with limitless activities that can be used in class. Students can also work collaboratively with each other on projects using this application to divide work between the group evenly.

These two apps are similar in many ways but the one thing that stood out to me most was the fact that Zoho gives you the opportunity to start a document and then save it to the PC without having to load it onto a flash drive. This cuts out the problem of the file not saving on the flash drive and gives the person access to the file where ever they are.