After Thing 23...Is it the end or the beginning?

After Thing 23

I had many favorite discoveries on the 23 Things journey, my absolute favorite was probably Thing 4 because I discovered how to comment and communicate with fellow bloggers and it made me feel like we were in community.  This program has affected my lifelong learning goals because I will be implementing many of the new tools I have discovered in my future classroom!  It amazed me how many links and tools that are available through this program, I am excited to discover more in the future.  I cannot really think of anything that needs to be done to improve this program.  What I have learned will influence my practice as a teacher because I will not be afraid to use technology in my classroom.  I plan to keep up with new developments on Web 2.0 by using various websites, discussing topics with my colleagues, and so on.

Thing 23

Thing 23

I found on the 23 Things original website that: 

"Learning 2.0-23 Things for Teachers is based on Learning 2.0-23 Things, a staff development program for the Mesquite Independent School District.  That program was based on the Learning 2.0 Program that was designed by Helene Blowers and adapted by the California School Library Association and others.  Content and style for Learning 2.0-23 Things for Teachers has been borrowed and duplicated with permission, under a Creative Commons License."

This gives credit to the original creators and allows others to use it under the Creative Commons License.  I have learned a lot of things by using 23 Things as well as learning more about the Creative Commons License.  In the future I will implement this into my classroom by teaching my students the basic steps of how to correctly site a source.  I think the video will also come in handy to explain to them what plagiarizing actually is.

Thing 22

Thing 22

I really liked LiveBinder, it is something that I have never used before and I found it very intriguing.  I found many other binders that I would be beneficial to what I will be teaching in the future.  One of them being over math which I have created a hyperlink to (below).  I believe that LiveBinder could be used in any classroom and it would be something that students  would enjoy.

Hyperlink to LiveBinder:
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=878327

Thing 21

Thing 21

Merry Christmas 2013

I created a 30 second clip on Animoto that has random pictures that revolve around Christmas.  I would be able to implement this into my classroom by having students bring in pictures for a project or an assignment.  I also had an idea that I know children would love to do around Christmas time, I would have them dress up as elves and take pictures then create a video that they could take home and show their families for the holidays.  I believe that this idea would be something that both the students and their parents would love!

Thing 20

Thing 20

I used a minute clip from this video earlier this year for a micro-teach lesson for another class to go along with the topic I was teaching my students.  It went along great with my lesson and my classmates as well as my teacher loved it!  What I like about YouTube is that anyone has access to it, and I am capable finding so many helpful tutorials and instructional videos that I will be able to implement in my future classroom.  I also went to the other video tools and applications on 23 Things and discovered the website called Kaltura.  This website was unique to me because students who are working in a group can create and share videos through this website.

Hyperlink for Kaltura:

http://www.go2web20.net/site/?a=Kaltura

Thing 19

Thing 19

By using social media such as Twitter, Facebook, or even Pinterest teachers can collaborate as one.  What I mean by this is that teachers can share information or even borrow new ideas, with social media there is a wide range of opportunities for teachers to communicate around the world.  I am a member of other social media besides Twitter and Facebook, I use Pinterest a lot to discover new ideas about how to teach a certain subject in a creative way.  I also looked at The Teacher's Guide to Social Media that was provided for us and discovered many helpful tips that I will be using in the future to make my profiles more private.

Thing 18

Thing 18

Twitter Hyperlink:

https://twitter.com/educ3040blogger

It is important that educators understand social media because classrooms are becoming more technology based.  Educators can also discover new teaching techniques, tips, and ideas by using social media to their advantage.  I am already a user on Twitter and created an alias profile for this specific classroom and have also attached a link to it (above), I know a lot about Twitter already so I did not learn anything new about it.  However, I did think it was neat that I could hashtag education and so many tweets, users, and pages popped up.  I never really thought about using Twitter as an application in the classroom but now I can see many uses for it, such as having my future students create a twitter page for an assigned project and gather information and tweet about it.