Thing #9

I thought the image generators were very fun to play with. There were so many to choose from. I chose the soccer jersey image and the flag image generators. I used to play soccer when I was in school and the past summer I had the chance to travel to Scotland.

The process for creating my generators was very easy. I chose the ones I liked, and then I played with what I wanted them to say. After that, it was really easy to post them. There was a tab that said post to blog and blogger was listed. I clicked blogger and it posted them automatically to my blog.

I think they could be very useful in the class room. One use could be to allow students to show what hobbies they might have or teams they are a part of and the flag generator could be used to show what countries they have or wish to travel to. It could also be used as a way to talk about different cultures around the world.

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Thing #8

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I had a lot of fun playing with the different tools flickr offered. I used the FX! tool on the first picture. I choose to make it look like a painting and I used the screen saver ap which made my picture into a calender. There are so many ways to use this in the classroom and in my personal life. In the classroom, it can be used to let students use their creativity with applications that allow them to make magazine covers, find out times the sun sets and rises, map places they have travelled to, and many more. I do plan to use this in the future for myself and in my class.

Thing #7

The pictures that I posted through Flickr are from places that I have traveled to.

The first picture was taken in Japan. A friend and I had the chance to take a vacation there. It was amazing and larger than life. Unfortunately, the day we were leaving, there was a typhoon! We were stuck in Narita airport for 24+ hours! Welcome to Japan!

The next two pictures are from Korea.
The area I was in is know as the art district. They were doing a tribute to Andy Warhol. In the second picture, they used pigs because it was the year of the Golden Pig(very lucky). In the third picture, they used the Korean traditional dress. It was very beautiful to see and there was so much more there to see.

I do think I will use flikr more often. I have used shutterfly in the past, but I like flikr a little more. I would use it personally and hopefully one day I can use it in a classroom.

Thing #6

Mangolanguages.com it a site for language learners. The site has many languages you could learn like Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, and many more. It has a listen and follow set up that is easy to follow. There is also a detailed explanation that follows what you are studying. I think it could be used in a foreign language class. It could be used as a review on what students learn in class or as a study guide at home. Students could access it in a listening lab as an extra assignment out of class.

Thing #5

The articles I chose were Web 2.0 A Guide for Educators and New Literacy's: Enrichment or Essential.  The first article I read basically talked about Web 2.0 and how our lives are influenced by the web.  There are so many ways to be involved with the web today like blogging and networking.  The article also talks about how students are influence by the web today and how it is a part of their everyday lives.  The web can be used to improve their learning.  In the second article I read, it discussed whether certain aspects of the web were for enrichment or if they were essential.  The author talked about three different ways to use the web and allowed the reader to distinguish whether they were for enrichment or if they were essential.  

I never really thought about what school 2.0 or web 2.0 meant to me or to future students until now.  I think it is really amazing how school 2.0 can be used.  I do believe that it is needed in our school system to help develop a better education.   Most jobs today, and more than likely in the future,  will need use of the web.   Students need to be prepared for it and the best way to prepare them is through school.  

I think it may change things for students by getting them more involved.  They will have more opportunities to learn about the world around them.  It might even allow them to use the web to be more creative.

Thing #4

Commenting is a very important aspect of blogging. Bloggers are able to interact with each other and share ideas, views, and many other things through the internet. The things I found important when it comes to blogging is to make sure you read before you write. It save you from being embarrassed if you were to comment on something you misunderstood. I also think that using emoticons gives people a visual idea of how you feel :) The two blogs I commented on were:
Thelife.com-There was an article about Susan Boyle, a contestant on BGT, who challenged how we look at people and judge them.
Feministe.com-in this blog there was an article about 300 Afgan women who, by law, are forced to do WHATEVER their husband tell them to do. They protested even though they were outnumbered by 700+ men shouting, cussing, and throwing rocks at them.
The five other blogs that I follow are BeckyBrockman'snifty23things- I like to read her posts.
Mind of a Tennessee Math Teacher-everything she write about is straight foward and interesting
tdezellem- I like how she used her poems in some of her blogs. They were really nice. Amelia Bedelia Crotzer Becomes a Teacher-I like what seh writes
Rogers' Science Spot-I liked her post using the online generators.
I commented on these blogs because I like them and found some interesting ideas that i can use later.

Thing #3

There are many ways blogs can be used in the classroom.  I actually never thought about using them in that way.  Using a blog to keep in touch with parents is a very good way to use it.  It beats playing phone tag.  I really like the idea on edublog about using it as a way to communicate with another class somewhere else in the world.  This would allow students to see how other cultures may be the same or different in many aspects.  Another idea I really liked was making an online book club.  It could encourage discussion about books and get students more excited about reading different types of literature.  

Thing #2

I decided to use my last name as my posting name name.  It was the first thing I thought of when naming it.  I named my blog myblog because every name I put in was taken!  I haven't blogged in a long time so it took some getting used to when I was creating this one.  It was not so bad once I started to figure everything out.  I had fun creating my avatar.  I guess you could say it may resemble me in some ways and might look better in others:)  I chose to put her in Egypt because I would like to go there one day.  I have always wanted to see the pyramids!

Thing #1

I think the easiest lifelong learning habits are habit 1:  I like to set goals when I am trying to accomplish things,  Habit 6 because I am on the computer a lot and I want to learn more ways to include it in my future classroom, and Habit 7 1/2. I love to play.  I think the hardest habits are 5 and 6.  I do not know where to start with these habits, but I am learning more about it now and I am getting some ideas.  

With web 2.0 I would like to find resources that will help me now and in the future.  I did not know much about web 2.0, so it is very interesting to find all of the resources that are available.

I found it fairly easy setting up my blog.  I did find it hard to make my own url address.  I wanted to be more creative, but it did not work out that way.