Thing 23

I feel like I have only touched the surface of possibilities. I am very glad to have all of the WSD/resa 23 things website to continue to refer to. It will take a long time to process the uses for the many things that I have learned whether in the classroom or out of it. I have learned so many "things" and at times it was difficult and frustrating. I always considered the web as a resource and I accessed it often for school and home. I now know that it can be used in many more ways and I am glad that I had this opportunity to explore and discover. Thanks to all who put this program together.

Thing 22

I created a wiki and tried adding the different media. Had difficulty with videos, I could see the little "tree" referred on my tool bars. I'm sure when I need to insert a video, I can figure out how it works. Otherwise, it was very easy!

Thing 21

Wikis are an interesting concepts. It seems very practical for collaborative work, student and professional. I can see an application with my advanced reading/writing class when they are reading and discussing books in book club. They also have a final project that would lend itself well to a wiki. I was very impressed with Google Earth. I had accesssed it before but I had no idea all of the possibilities, especially for social studies!

Thing 20

There certainly are a wide variety of podcasts available. Who has the time to listen to all of these? I really don't see that I would take the time to do this, I hardly have time to read my emails!!! I am glad that I got set up with Itunes, though. I am sure that I will use this site in other ways. I listened to some language arts and social studies podcasts. They were interesting but not top priority right now. I am now using my laptop instead of my pc to complete this class and it is going much better. I think I need to clean up my pc so that it runs better!

Thing 19

Whew! Finally made it through. I had a lot of difficulty with podcasts freezing in the middle and unable to continue. I did listen to a Robert Bob interview and it was interesting to hear that some of his salary of $425,000 was coming from groups that support charter schools. Conflict of interest? Also, I watched Mike Flanagan, state Superintendant talk about Race to the Top money and MEAP scores. Too much politics for me. I liked the idea of using podcasts to review for tests. Once again, this would assume that students would have access to the information.

Thing 18

Wow, again. There are some really pertinent slideshows that I definitely will be able to use in class. I also published one of my own, some of my son's wedding photos from last week in Mexico. Yahoo!

Brey's Wedding

Breys Wedding

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