Thing 23: The Last Thing! Creative Commons

 Learning 2.0-23Things for Teachers blog was based on 43 Things I might want to do this year. And Our 23 Things is based off of 23 Things for teachers.  43 Things is the idea of working on one's own progress for personal goals. It is a really cool ideas. Maybe when I have extra time I might consider doing those 43 Things.

Creative Commons Vision...
         Realizing the full potential of the internet — universal access to research, education, full participation in culture, and driving a new era of development, growth, and productivity.

As a future teacher I could use Creative Commons by sharing picture with my students that are some right reserved (CC). I can teach my students on the proper ways to use Copyrights and Creative Commons.

Thing 22: LiveBinders

Being organize it very important in school as a teacher and a student. This class has shown me a lot of different websites that will keep me organized. This one is a little trickier than some of the others that we learned about. But it is still a good one and probably one that I will be using.


LiveBinders

Educ 3040 Things


The first binder that I made was Educ 3040 Things. I have put in some of the websites that we have talked about in class and on 23 Things in this binder. My second binder is for my Sped class. I put resources in it for my research paper. My third binder is just a binder of random websites that I like.

Thing 21: Video Clips on Animoto

This website is so cool! I had a really easy and fun experience making my video clip. It has step by step instruction on how to upload pictures, choose a background, and to choose a song. This would be a fun class project and just fun to make home video clips like I did! I will definity be using this in the future!



Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Thing 19: Other Social Networks

I am not a member of any of the other social networking sites. I am just on Facebook. I am not really interesting in becoming a member of any sites. I am usually busy with college, raising my daughter, and taking care of things while my husband is deployed. So I really don't have time to add another thing into my life. :)  When I become at teacher I might use a social networking site for educators such as TeacherPop! I do really like that social networking site!


My TeacherPop





Visit TeacherPop

Thing 20: YouTube

I do like YouTube. I can see the benifits of YouTube in a classroom or library setting. What I don't like about YouTube is the fact that you can find anything and everything on this site.


I picked a video about Goofy and teachers. My daughter like Mickey Mouse and all of his character friends! And this video is cute!

YouTube is a good website to find "how to's" and tutorials.

Thing 18: Social Networking 101

It is important for educators to know how to use social networking because that is what is in now.  Teacher can connect with students, parents, and colleagues. I can see a teacher creating a facebook account for professional career to talk with students and parents. They can post assignments, project, and other information since most students are on facebook anyways. It is easier access to for a student to get help for the teacher when they are not at school.


Personally I like facebook over twitter. I used myspace when it was popular, but I moved to facebook. I use facebook because most of my family and friends use it. We can talk and share pictures. My husband is deployed so this is a way for him to see pictures easily of our daughter. I like facebook because it is easier for me.


I do have a twitter account only because I had to create it for 23 Things.


Facebook


Twitter

Thing 17: Del.icio.us

Del.icio.us is a very user-friendly site. I do like the idea of bookmarking and being about to get those bookmarks from any computer.  I have a lot of bookmarks on my favorites on my personal computer that sometimes I would like to get a school. This is a way that I can get to my favorite pages.


Social bookmarking does have potential in a classroom environment. This is a easy way to give students, parents, and colleagues websites. Teacher should take advantage of social bookmarking. They could share educational websites with students, great websites for course materials with colleague, and informational websites with parents.

Thing 16: Getting Organized

I choose iGoogle as my start up page. Google is so user friendly and I love it! I will probably not use it as my homepage because I use yahoo.com as my homepage since that is where I have my email account! I would definitely recommend this to other!
iGoogle


I choose to do my calendar with Google as well! :) The online calendars are very helpful! You can have it send you emails and text messages to you phone! I really do like this idea! Also, you can share your calendar with friends and family! And for teaching I could make a calendar for students and parents to check out dates of upcoming events and/or assignments! I would recommend this to everyone! Google is super easy to use!
Google Calendar


For the to do list I choose Jott.com. It was very easy as well! I love all of the easy applications! The to do list are very handy. Instead of having sticky notes all over the place you can have it on your computer! Also, Jott can send you text messages and emails of your to do list! Pretty Cool!
Jott


These applications will definitely keep you organized! I do like them and will use them while I am a teacher!

Thing 15: Wiki

My experience with wiki was pretty good. I think wiki would be great to use with students at a certain age. Since I would like to teach K-6, I am not sure if my future students will be able to use wiki.
Wiki is very interesting! I have never heard of it until this class or Thing 15!


My Wiki Page


I did create a wiki account and added a picture of my family!