Thursday, June 17, 2010
Thing 23
When I went to the first class and heard about all the things we were going to learn about it was like hearing a new language. I am truly amazed by all the things that the Internet has to offer that I didn't know existed. My favorite thing from this course was learning about and playing with Flickr. This is something I will definitely use for myself. I also really liked the google Docs. It really seems it could make working on group projects much easier. Wiki is something I would like to try out at work and use with my colleagues. The program I teach is for young children and it is for low income families. I am not sure how many of these things I will actually be able to use with them. I want to continue to play with all of these things so I feel more comfortable and will be able to actually be able to introduce others to them also. Thank you for opening my eyes to all the things the web has to offer. It is truly amazing and overwhelming.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Thing 22
Wikis. I found editing a wiki and designing one to be very easy. I designed my wiki to allow my students families to sign up for a home visit and give us directions to their house. If my families really used this it would save a lot of phone calls and questions to what dates and times you have available. One problem I could see though was a person who wanted a certain time could go in and erase someone elses name and put theirs in. I believe with a little playing around I could come up with some things that I could really use a wiki for.
Thing 21
Thing 21 was all about wikis. I did not realize what wikis were let alone know that wikepedia was a wiki. I was very impressed by many of the wikis I saw. I particularily loved the one that had children in New York comparing weather and other things with children who lived in New Zealand. I really think wikis could be useful when working with any group of people. It would make it very easy to see it as a work in progress. I am looking forward to working with wikis and seeing if I can't make some tasks at work easier to deal with.
Thing20
Learn about podcast using the different tools. I did not like using iTunes. I had never used it before and had a difficult time getting it downloaded to my computer. Once I finally got it to work I was surprised at the vast podcasts there were. It seemed very easy to subscribe to the podcasts. I liked using EPN more for finding podcast.
Thing 19
Thing 19 was about podcasting. I am surprised that there is so much out there available through the computer. I found that I could spend many hours looking through everything that is out there. I teach preschool and don't think I will be able to use it in my classroom but will enjoy exploring it for my own use.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Thing 18
Thing 18 was slideshare. I found this site overwhelming. I had no idea of a topic to search for. I ended up looking for Children's books. I do not know what memetales is but I liked what the slide show said about getting children interested in reading. I think this site would be great for people that put together lots of presentations. It would allow you to look at other people's presentations and give you examples of what to put in your presentation. I do not see my self ever using this site again. It is nice to know it is out there though.
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