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>