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!