Thing # 9

4bf7c957ad494478, a photo by Gabkit on Flickr.

ImageChef.com was my favorite site to play with. I had fun creating different images and sayings. The site was very easy to do and there were a lot of different things you could do with words and phrases. The only trouble I had is trying to post on my blog different images I came up with and posting underneath them. It will only let me post one image at a time. The process for creating my star was very easy. I first picked out what symbol I wanted to use and then the words I wanted in it. You could choose any color you wanted to put in the symbol. To post it to your blog you just have to click share to your blog and it goes straight to your blog. I could use these images in my classroom for encouraging words for my students. ImageChef.com


sign-generator, a photo by Gabkit on Flickr.

This was a fun site, I love smiley faces and I wanted to put something positive in the sign. This is a great way to share messages to give students are anybody confidence in themselves. This site was very easy to follow and had a lot of different smiley faces you could choose from. http://www.happyfacegenerator.com/


samp59ee63d4e3e6d1ff, a photo by Gabkit on Flickr

Thing # 8

My creation, a photo by Gabkit on Flickr.

FLickr and Flickr mashups would be a great tool for my classroom and personal life. It is a great way to share photos and create fun things with your photos. In the classroom the students could use the app that I used to create a puzzle out of a picture they had made. Students would really get into using these kinds of apps. I will definitely keep using flickr for my personal use and also in my classroom.

Thing # 7

SDC14146, a photo by Gabkit on Flickr.

I chose this picture of my grandparents when they were younger. I was taking pictures of things around the house and after looking through all the ones I had taken this was my favorite. Family is very special to me and my grandparents mean a lot to me. I lost my grandmother a couple of years ago, I still have my grandfather who is ninety and still is doing fairly well. I love this picture of them and I love older style pictures, so that is why I chose this photograph.
I really like flickr, at first I thought it was going to be difficult to figure out. It is actually pretty easy to upload pictures from your desktop, computer, documents,and put them in Flickr. Flickr is a neat and easy way to share pictures with others. I would love to use this in my classroom, because when I taught preschool I would take pictures of the children and make books for them at the end of the year. I always had trouble keeping up with all the pictures, so now that I know how to use flickr it will be a great tool for me when I become a professional educator. This is the first time I have used a photo hosting service. I would probably want to monitor who sees my photos. I wouldn't mind sharing with family and friends.

Thing # 6

I explored Pandora, and love it!  It is having your own radio station on your computer. It allows you to chose the songs you like by giving a thumbs up or thumbs down. It will program the songs you like best and make your own radio station. Pandora allows you to chose the type of songs you like as well, and gives you the lyrics to the songs. You can also shuffle through the songs you have listened to and play them when you want. So as you work or play on the computer you can listen to your favorite songs. It would also be a great tool to use in your classroom for transition time. The only think I dislike about the site is that there are advertisements. The site is free! http://www.pandora.com/

Thing # 5

My thoughts on the article "A Guide for Educators", was very informational about web 2.0.  It gave a lot of information on what Web 2.0 was all about. It talked about how it is being used to collaborate worldwide, through using MySpace, Yahoo, and You Tube. Web 2.0 is a great tool for educators to share their opinions, thoughts and ideas they may have. This article also talked about how it is second nature to children. They use it for social networking as well as for assignments and keeping up with what is going on with their friends.

"School 2.0" means to me that it is a place where you can share information with others about things you may have learned and would like to share your thoughts, as well as learn from other educators. The Web 2.0 uses a World Wide Web where you can collaborate with one another in social media networking sites, blogs, wikis, and video sharing. Web 2.0 gives a lot of freedom to share. For educators it provides a great way to engage students in a meaningful  way.

Web 2.0 is going to be a great way for schools of the future to engage students in technology. It will allow students to share with one another through different networks and explore different ways to communicate with one another. It will allow every student to  achieve a path way to learning through technology.

Thing # 3

There are many great ways I would use the blog, one is that I would reflect on my experiences on teaching, I would be able to share with other teachers. Looking at what works and does not work for my classroom would be very helpful for me and other educators. Also, I would use the blog for looking at what teaching and learning issues I could have in my classroom. According to what age I would be teaching, I would like to have a blog for my classroom, I believe it is a great way for the class to get to know one another and see different ideas from their classmates.

Thing # 2

I decide on a posting name that I could remember. I have so many different passwords and user names to keep up with I wanted something I used a lot. So I decide on my apsu e-mail address for my posting name. For my name of my blog I decided that because it was twenty three things, I would just use that for my blog name. I just kept it simple and easy!

My experience in creating a blog was very difficult at first, but the more I use blogger.com, it became easier. I had already used blogger.com in my reading class and was familiar with parts of blog.

My avatar somewhat reflects my personality in that I do try to smile and be friendly to everyone. The avatar does not really look like me. There were not any clothes that were really my style. I also could not find the hair style that fit me. It was fun creating the avatar, and maybe I will be able to change mine when I become more familiar with all the stuff I can do with the avatar.

Thing #1

One of the easiest 7 and 1/2 habits for me would probably would be habit 7; teach/mentor others. It is easiest for me to help others and be willingly to mentor, longs as I understand the material I would be teaching to someone. The hardest 7 and 1/2 habit for me would definitely be habit 4; have confidence in yourself as a competent, effective learner. I am eager to learn and excited about learning new things, I just have a hard time having confidence in myself to be an effective learning. I want to learn how to become more confident in myself and become a competent and effective learner.