Is it the end or only the beginning? :)

My favorite discoveries on this learning journey were about finding different websites that can help you in a more efficient and fun way of learning. My favorite exercises were about making an Animoto video, using the Ning Network, making an iGoogle home page, and exploring Flickr. This program has affected my life long learning goals by realizing that I have to stay up to date with what is going on in the world with the new technology that comes out and keeping in mind of how to better educate the students. There were some unexpected outcomes from this program that surprised me like how there are many different sites that basically does the same thing but in different styles for the users to choose which one suites them better. The only thing that I would recommend on improving this program is the concept of it. For example, to rename what the things are or just the fact of not calling the exercises things. Other than that, I think it is just fine the way it is and it is very self explanatory. This influences me by being more creative with my teaching methods and to keep an open mind of how to teach the students in a better way. I plan to keep up with the new developments in web 2.0 by checking new websites weekly and writing notes on what seems interesting to me. I will also try to keep up with my Blogger website to write down thoughts or ideas I have and see what others have found on their journey.

Thing #23

This is one of the examples that shows the Learning 2.0-23Things for Teachers blog was based on someone else's work and modified from its original. http://classroomlearning2.csla.net/

I will use it in the future as a teacher by creating a website similar to this for any subject and let students discover what the "web" has to offer just as we had to. It is a great way for the students to explore and expand their knowledge.

Thing #22

The titles of my binders are: Education 3040, Chemistry and Special Education. I would use LiveBinders in my classroom by giving the students assignments for different subjects and they would have to go online to create their binders for different subjects to keep them organized and then put their websites they found in each binder. When they would get the binders created online, then I would assign different tasks for one subject at a time at least once per couple weeks. For example, I could let them create a powerpoint of different sites of interesting information they found to present to the class about reading strategies.
<div style="width:75px; height:78px; background-image:url(); border:0px; margin-top:4px; background-repeat: no-repeat"> <a href="http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=332047"> <img src="http://open.thumbshots.org/image.pxf?url=http://dolphingirl219.blogspot.com/" style="width:60px; height:60px; border:0px; padding:0px;margin:11px 0px 0px 13px;" /> </a> </div> <div><a href="http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=332047">Education 3040</a><br /></div>

Thing #21

This is my favorite "thing" I have done! My experience with Animoto was so much fun! It was easy to make and to follow along of what to do. I think this site could be useful for my classroom, by having students do projects in a fun and simple way. It's just a way of putting pictures together with music that you like and letting the emotions from the video come out to the viewers.

My Animoto Video

Thing #20

I like Youtube for the fact that you can find anything that interests you like: sports, songs, clips from a TV show and other random things. The only thing I dislike about Youtube is that it can be horrible at loading up videos. I use this site many times for looking up songs that I like with videos and lyrics for the songs. I chose this video for an example of how teachers can use Youtube in a classroom and make it beneficial for the students to learn. The features that I see that the library website can use are what kind of books they have to check out and video tape the students of how they interact with the other students and what they learning style is.

Thing #19

I'm not a member of any online communities, but some of the social networks are appealing to me like the Fuzzter, Flixster, the ones that are about food and music. I find the ones about food interesting because it would help me become a great cook and learn new and tasteful recipes, so I just might use this site later on down the road. I did though become a member on the Ning network, and it seems pretty cool. It is like Facebook but more in a respectable manner and safe. I did put pictures up that I think would be appealing to others to see. I think I will be using this site more often and see what it has to offer.

Thing #18

Well my experience with Facebook and Twitter was quite easy since I already had an account for both of them. Facebook is a site for everyone to stay connected, play games, write notes or put music up there and just have fun exploring. Twitter is a site that you can keep track of what everyone is doing, and follow famous celebrities and friends. It is important for educators to know how social networking works because it helps them keep track with what is going on around them and even stay in contact with students and other faculty members in an appropriate manner. The new insights that I gained is that I can get news about what is going on in APSU in a faster way. I like how Facebook lets you keep in contact with anyone around the world, but I dislike how Twitter only allows certain amount of characters that you can type, but I like how you can follow and talk to famous celebrities, not that it should matter. Facebook has more useful features, because it allows you to write notes, put music up, play games, chat with friends and create pages for everyone around the world to use. I can see that any classroom or school application would be used on Facebook, because they already have some for APSU. It is very useful for students and teachers, because they can communicate when they can't meet up and get help from other students.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1317016942&ref=tn_tnmn
https://twitter.com/#!/Dolphingirl219

Thing #17

My experience with the tool Delicious was pretty easy, although it was a bit overwhelming. When I first went on the site, all I saw was a bunch  of different sites with different media all at once, so it was confusing for me to understand what to do. Once I got the hang of it, it was easy, because you get to search whatever is on your mind or what you need to find to do a research on and get to your sites fairly quick. This tool gives everyone a variety of sources to look up and explore. On certain sites you have to have a login, but it's free, and some sites lets you see comments from other people. I do see potential for this tool to be used in my classroom, because it will allow the students to freely explore their interests and sources that can help them with their homework. It can also be an easy way to create bookmarks for those people who like reading a lot about what goes on around them. Teachers can take advantage of social bookmarking by searching sites that can help them improve their teaching methods or help them find new ideas for their standard to teach.

Thing #16

I chose iGoogle as my start page, because it made me have freedom of all the things I wanted to see each day and lets me have fun with customizing of what looks good to me. I did make it my permanent homepage because it is very useful for me to use daily. Online calendars and to-do lists are very helpful by keeping for me to be organized and be on task of what I need to do. They are really not too much work of using it. I use the tadalist.com as my to-do lists and it's very simple to use. It is like an agenda on a website and can mark things off when you are done. Mystickies.com is a great tool for using at home or school by keeping track of what sites you chose and why you chose them. They are like bookmarks and lets you customize it anyway you like to.

Thing #15

My experience with the wiki has been very easy to follow and to understand. I learned how many different libraries and schools around the world use the wiki in various ways like: putting up history and achievements from the classroom, having planning guides, reviews for books, different sources to train teachers, description of their community, and communication for support and help from other people. I might use a wiki by exploring what ideas other people might have for certain subjects and basically having fun with putting different thoughts together. I found interesting that the wiki provides different tools for many people to use in order to connect with people around the world in a safe respectable manner.

Thing #14

I chose Gliffy and Bubbl.us as my tools for flowcharts and mind maps. Gliffy is a neat tool that lets you choose what kind of flowcharts you want and help you be creative with your thoughts. Bubbl.us lets you brainstorm ideas for projects or essays in a colorful yet organized manner. I chose these tools because they seemed fun and easy to use and would take my mind off of being perfect. I would be able to let my thoughts just flow out in a fun way, and not be so stressed out about what needs to go where or how it should look like.

Thing #13

On Zoho Writer, I discovered lots of new and interesting things. It is a word processor that lets you have more fun with writing. I learned how to put emotions on there, to comment on sentences, looking up the thesaurus and dictionary, and how to basically be more creative with the tools that it provides. Students might work collaboratively using Google Docs by jotting down ideas for essays and viewing other peers work to come up with new ideas on their own. Google Docs is more of a professional word processor. Both Google Docs and Zoho Writer provide the same outlook on writing papers and other projects, but Zoho Writer gives you more of a feel of freedom to be creative and comfortable on working on your assignments. I prefer Zoho Writer, because I get to do more stuff with my writing and put my own style into what I write.
This is my document I made through Google Docs.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SI1MbcUNs86NPXSQNsG5GTZBlYaGIbfp8x7WGdrqPp0/edit

Thing #12

My experience with the Google alerts and the Google translate was fairly easy. I have used the Google translate before many times in my Spanish classes in high school and whenever my grandmother or her husband would talk to me in German on Facebook. I set up an alert through Google alert by typing in Frankfurt, Germany so I would be able to keep up with what's going on in my hometown. I let the alerts come through in a feed on my Google Reader. These types of tools that Google provides can really benefit for the students by allowing them to keep track with events, help with their projects or anything that can help them stay focused on school and let them prioritize their life better.
http://www.google.com/alerts

Thing #11

The easiest method for me of finding feeds was using Google. Google Blog Search was the easiest search tool. Technorati seemed confusing for me, so I just stopped looking through it. The useful feeds that I found interesting was about education technology, thoughts about school and animals. Those feeds just stood out for me since I'm in an Education major and I love animals. I just went through Google, typed in what came to mind and searched under the section about blogs. I am more comfortable with Google, because I know how to use it and it was more easier to follow.

Thing #10

RSS and newsreaders are good to have for viewers who are avid readers to read interesting information that can entertain them. I would have to say that I don't really like using this type of tool because I personally don't like reading a whole lot things. I do like the fact that you can follow the feed daily at one setting. This type of tool can be used in school by students following various feeds that relates to their lessons weekly and can do reports or some type of project with it. Teachers can take advantage of this by following feeds that can improve on their particular lessons and make the students have more of a fun time.

Thing #9

http://www.happyfacegenerator.com/

I used the happy face generator and just used the faces that described me in the moment. I tried to find ones that I can relate to and write something about that goes along with the face. It was a fun process that let me put my random emotions out on the computer. One way that this generator can be used is personally of just having some time out for yourself and just having fun with these smiley faces no matter what anyone thinks and let the true feelings come out.

Thing #8

Flickr mashups can be used in my future classroom, by having the students do projects relating to pictures that interest them that lets them be creative and have fun at the same time. I feel that it is a way to show  feelings, because as the saying goes, a picture is worth a 1,000 words or more. It can be a way for the students to choose what they want to do, instead of being told what to do and can teach them something that relates back to the standard. I feel that sharing photos online is a way to connect to other people and to express oneself without having to explain.

Thing #7

Since I like nature pictures, I figured I would key in where I grew up at and see what kind of photos there were. This picture stood out to me, because I feel peace and happiness from it. My experience with using Flickr was easy and fun. You get to click anywhere you want to go in the world with whatever you typed in to find and just start exploring. It is just an easy way to have some fun looking at many different types of pictures.

Philipp Klinger Photography."Path to Light."Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany.Aug. 22, 2011. Jan. 31, 2012
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8407953@N03/6072830085

Thing #6

This tool is very awesome in many ways. It provides customers basically anything they need like: books, clothing, over the counter medicine, and groceries. It features free shipping on many of its items. This tool is very useful because it even allows people to review and rate items. This site features direct downloads like movies or games. Amazon has also introduced the Kindle family, so that is one way it could be used for school or library setting. If you don't want to buy the school books from the school bookstore, you can always try to find them on this site and probably get them cheaper too. I like this site because it's like a store online with mostly anything you can think of and get it with just a click away.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13546_109-10237616-29.html?tag=mncol

Thing #5

After reading some of the perspectives for teachers, I understand that our world needs technology because it makes life more easier and efficiently. Without technology, we would be wasting tons and tons of paper. The Internet makes things easier and faster to get to our work or just connecting to people across the world. As time goes on, technology is becoming more powerful for the fact that more people are coming up with newer ideas to make the technology better. In my mind, School 2.0 means that it is a site were the teachers can communicate to each other about teaching methods/styles, standards/curriculum, and other important information that is useful for them as well as the students. It can also be a site where students can get help from the teachers if they are unable to meet with them and even have help from other teachers that can elaborate more on the subject. For the schools in the future, it means that technology will be more advanced and that there will be no longer any more paperwork. All of the work will be online and will make everything be at a faster pace, which will make everyone be at advanced skills from an early start.

Thing #4

Commenting helps create a sense of community and interaction by getting involved in other people's ideas about certain things and have that connection over likes and dislikes. Commenting helps other people interact more with each other in a safe, sensible manner. Comments help to bring feedback to the writers. Some things that I found important was that commenting may be that certain posts relates to you, can make the writer feel good, can improve performance in school work or just in general and it is a way for the writers to knw they have been heard. The seven blogs that I commented on were: Lincoln Farmer, Alyssa Kniffen, Tammie Smith, Joshua Clements, Jessica Tucker (all from our class), Christina Ray and Rachel Jones (from a different class). I chose those people because they seemed to have interesting ideas and thoughts. My comments were based off of having related thoughts and giving my personal opinion on the subject. They were all interesting to read.

Thing #3

Some ways that a blog might used in my future classroom are journal type entries about the experiences that the students had each day and what they learned, to write about their problems and other students can help each other out, to write what types of methods were more useful than the others, and what kind of issues that most of the students need help on by writing down different ways for the students to learn more efficiently.

Thing #2

My decision on my posting name came from having dolphins as my favorite animal, so I thought it would be cool to put dolphingirl. The 219 at the end of dolphingirl are just random numbers. I made the name of the blog "Stamper's 23 Things" because I wanted my name to be somewhere in the title, so I thought my last name would be good and the 23 Things is just a given fact that that is what my post will be about. My experience in making the blog was pretty easy, once I knew where I had to go and write things down. It is pretty self explanatory and easy to follow. My avatar reflects my personality by showing that I am conservative and like things looking neat. My avatar looks like me, because I wanted viewers to know thats how I would look like and they would make a connection with it.

Thing #1

The easiest lifelong habits is number 6 of using technology to my advantage and the hardest habit is number 4 about having confidence in myself as a competent, effective learner. Number 6 is the easiest, because I am surrounded by technology all the time and everywhere. I love finding new websites that help me with my school work or anything in general. Number 4 is the hardest, because I'm always doubting myself on everything and I always feel like I'm not very smart, when in fact if I put my mind to it, I am! Confidence is something that I'm working on and trying to get better at it. By playing with the Web 2.0 tools, I want to learn what kind of different sites there are, how it really can help me academically and how to use it daily without being schoolwork. My experience in setting up my blog was easy, at the same time little bit difficult, because I prograstinated a little bit. I feel pretty good about setting the blog up and think that it's really not that hard at all.