Thing 23

I have my own classroom blog that I can chat and share information with my students on all summer long. I have my own class wiki that served as an awesome study group for our last test. Every child that went on the wiki got an A or a B on the test! I know how to embed a YouTube video onto my blog (and by my own estimation makes me very cool). I can create documents online and open them on any computer using Google Docs. I can also create PowerPoint Presentations online, make flow charts, and any other office type task and open them anywhere! I can find great presentations to use in class on Slideshare. I can organize all of my sites and see what my colleagues are using on del.icio.us and find a picture of anything on Flickr! I can then take those pictures and put them on my blog or any number of other things like movie posters, switching faces... I also subscribe to RSS feeds and Podcasts, which I am actually starting to get the hang of and enjoy! Most importantly I have been able to help others! I explained to a co-worker how to make a blog and she now has a great one of her own for the swim team! My little sister just went back to college and had to spend time at a classmate's house because she doesn't have PowerPoint so I introduced her to Zoho. My husband received a promotion and kept forgetting where he left documents so I showed him Google docs, and many of my students now have their own blogs!! I can teach others about Web 2.0 tools!! My digital journey is just beginning and I can't wait to see where it takes me!! Thank you 23 Things for helping me become a better teacher by allowing me to communicate with my students on their (mine now too) digital frontier!

Things 21 & 22

I made a wiki that will serve as a group study guide for a test. https://discussion-zone.wikispaces.com/ So far the students have not added too much and one of them has gone on and erased everything! I like that everyone can edit the page, but it's hard not knowing who is adding (or deleting) what. I'm hoping it will serve as a study guide for struggling students, but we'll see. I think I prefer the blog because I know who is posting and when, but the wiki is good for an informal setting.

Thing 20

I have subscribed to several podcasts on itunes, but never have time to listen. Last Friday I found a great podcast on readwritethink.org on the Hunger Games, and my students loved it!! I will definitely use them more often!

Thing 19

Our librarian used to hint to me to make a podcast with my class. We presented Native American projects and she would say, "That would make a great podcast." I've always said yes and moved on because I had no idea how to do it! I think this would be a great way to do a school/classroom news broadcast! The students would love it and they know more about technology than I do! With so many step-by-step sites out there and all of the free resources I think we would be very successful! I am definitely going to see what resources we have at school as far as microphones and what software we have already!

Thing 18

Newton's Laws of Motion

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Thing 17

I love the http://www.bubbbl.us/ site! I could use this to organize ideas for my students or my students would love to use it for their prewriting! It was easy to use and fun too!

Thing 16

I love this!! I can never remember if I've saved a document at home or at school and it's usually not in the place I need it to be! I've also lost several jump drives trying to tote them back and forth all of the time! Google Docs is easy to upload documents to and I love that I can send them to other s so they can improve/add to them! We had a staff meeting today and a 23 Things classmate shared this with the group. It was met with mixed reviews, but once you play with it and see how easy and time saving it is it will become indispensable!

Thing 15

I still don't have time to ckeck my RSS feed. I wasn't a fan in the begiining and I still don't love it!! The benefits might be numerous, but I don't have time!