Is it the End or only the Begining?

I would have to say that one of my most favorite discoveries was the GoodReads application  and the application that allows us to make videos with our photos.  That was so much fun! I would also have to say that this program has effected my life long learning goals.  For instance, I plan to use alot of the things I learned in my classroom.

I don't think that there really is anything that is needed to make this program better I thought it was great! I plan to use many of the applications in my classroom with my students. I plan to use new developments by trying to stay in touch with the latest technology and of course bookmarking sites.

Thing 23

Now that I know a little bit more about Creative Commons I think it will be a great tool to show my students in the classroom.  I will be able to teach the children that I have in my classroom that it is okay to borrow and share pictures as long as its alright with the original owner of that video or picture.  I will also be able to show my students and explain to them what plagiarizing is and how to effectively avoid it.

Thing 22

I thought that LiveBinders was a great tool to be able to have and to use to organize tons of information.  It will ultimately minimize the clutter that usually takes up space on a teachers desk.  Teachers will be able to easily access the ideas that they have stored away and will also be able to show them to other teachers. The names that I gave my binders were Literature Craft Ideas, Fun Literature Games, and Reading Comprehension test Questions.

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I thought this application was awesome!  I will definitely use it a lot more in the future.  I really enjoyed making this video and incase you would like to watch it heres the link! 

http://animoto.com/play/P0sbHnKrxGHP2rcFS6KDEg

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Youtube is an awesome website that I use almost daily.  I always look up songs I like, funny videos, and clips of movies that I can't find in my house.  However, I did discover that Youtube is also useful for find educational videos.  You can find almost anything on this site!  I found an animation of a children's book called "Don't let the Pidgin Drive the Bus".  This is such a cute story to read to a class for story time to help encourage reading and the animation is just as good. I have included the link below so enjoy! I thought it was the cutest thing I have ever seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V10jhsNIMI8

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I am a member of a few online communites such as Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, and now TeacherPop.     I found a few of the links on the page interesting to me.  For instance, GoodReads was something that really appealed to me.  I thought that it was very interesting because I love to read, I am always looking for a good book to read. It is something that I will definitely use later.

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It is important that teachers know how social networking sites work because I think that as teachers it is very important to keep yourself up to date on what is going on in the world.  I have had a Facebook account for a few years now and I just recently got a Twitter account.  I would have to say that there are both good and bad things about both websites.  

For instance, I like how on Facebook you can post pictures and keep up with things you like and people you know, but I don't like how public everything is.  Twitter on the other hand seems to be more private, but less user friendly (although this may be because I just got my account).

Although, I admit that both these social networking sites are very fun and even helpful to use, but I cannot see any school using either of these applications unless they were trying to promote a fundraiser or something.  Here's the link to my facebook page though!


http://www.facebook.com/hope.mishel