Thing #8

Hey, it's Spock! As a jigsaw puzzle! As if you'd expect anything less from me. (:

These sites are really fun!! However, they're hard to get actual photos from. Well, some of them are. Not the jigsaw one. That's my favorite one. Though I actually used a photo I already had on my computer, so I kind of cheated. And this site could be used in a lot of different ways. Like for school, you could have personalized classroom or school puzzles like with the mascot.
I also enjoyed the Spell with Flickr...I just couldn't figure out how to put my word (banana) into my blog. This feature could easily be used to spice up powerpoints or showing the class their new spelling words.
Splashr was fun to play with too...I actually couldn't think of a way to use it in the classroom though. But maybe some of my classmates have!! But here's my faviorte Splashr picture group I had. I love owls. And postcards too.

Thing #7

I found this on MrsWoman's photostream located here http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrswoman/

Flickr...though art a harsh mistress. Well, let me rephrase that. Flickr, you are easy to navigate and have so many beautiful photos but it is harder than a rock to find a picture you can actually save!!! Curse you copyright! Though I finally found one with a creative commons license to put into my blog. Holy crap, that bigger than I thought it would be. That and I can't put it right below my actual words, ugh!! But isn't it cute? It's a knitted cupcake. I would buy one. It's from a group that I found by typing in 'cupcakes'. The group is called KnitCakes. I think it's super cute.

I know the other part of this Thing was to find just one photo to blog about. It's copyrighted, therefore you have to follow link to see it.Commercial Cartoon...Slice of Times Square. I was searching the word 'candy' when I found this photo. It isn't edible candy but this is some bright eye candy!!! I love this photo. So psychedelic and phosphorescent! I've kind of been on a brightly colored kick lately. The only thing that ticked me off was, of course, trying to put it into the blog. But we all know why that isn't working. It's kinda funny we just learned about Copyright and CreativeCommons then I actually use that knowledge not a week later. 

Thing #6

For my site, I played with Hulu. I had heard good things about it from my friends and once I saw it on the list I figured it was about time to give it a real try. It is just as awsome as they said it would be!
I mean, free TV on your computer? How cool is that! What I thought was super awsome was that they had everything grouped by 'channels' like News, Family, etc. (Once I realized there was a science fiction channel I got distracted for like twenty minutes...yep) And you can search for a specific show, movie, or clip within the channel itself. Totally nifty!!
I think the most useful part of Hulu in a school setting would be the News channel. It could be used for discussing current events and world events. The Health and Fitness channel might also be useful especially so because of the push within schools to fight obesity.

So in all, I TOTALLY LOVE HULU!!! Go look at it! You will never regret it!! I must go now because I just realized they have anime on here! HOLY CRUD, i love the internet.

Thing #5

Well, I decided to post the entry about thing 4 closer to mid-term, since its an ongoing sort of thing.

School 2.0 means that teachers have to completely rethink gathering and receiving information, teaching their students, and how the web effects his or her class at large. With Web 2.0 there are so many opportunities to expand upon information learned in class, with a YouTube video or an informative podcast. But it is also a new aspect of our students lives. We must be aware of them on the web, not only to stop such things as cyber bullying but also because we're out there too and we can never get away from our jobs as role-model for our students.
We're probably going to end up taking tests in those little dome things like in Star Trek. Geekyness aside, this surge of the web and electronics means that it will become ever more engrained in our students and therefore our classes will have to adapt. We'll have to teach such things as "Which websites should be used in reports" and "formatting your paper".

Thing #3

One use within a teacher education program, which some may be doing now in this course, is sharing experiences and tips about information learned in classes. You could post reflections on lessons you had to teach either in your Micro-Teach in 3070 or what you saw during observation at a school.
If you had a blog while actually teaching a class, you could use it as a means to communicate with parents and students about upcoming events in the class or at school. You could post homework worksheets there in case students lose theirs (you know its going to happen). If you are working with class to become profiecent with using technologies, you might have them read something off your blog and them write a response as a comment.
There's a whole plethora of things you can do with a blog.

Thing #2

I have never felt the need to blog. I find myself to be a private person, so I never felt the need to share in such a public way. It's the internet, everyone can see it. EVERYONE... That and I'm really busy, so I couldn't see the point on spending hours keeping up a blog when I had other things that really needed to be done. But since this is required, I did it.
And it was super simple. Blogger is a great site, easy to work with and navigate. It was fun. My blog's title is actually just my last name and I got the idea from a friend at church who constantly tells his mom (when asked why he isn't on the Dean's list), "But I am on the Deans' list!"
The only thing I didn't like was we had to use that DoppelMe picture. I wanted to use an icon, similar to LiveJournal or DeviantArt, which is just a small 100x100 picture. So I added that on top of my Avatar. It's Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation, dressed up as Sherlock Holmes. Why yes, I am a nerd.   

Thing #1

I have always loved learning. So when I saw what the subject of the first of the 23Things was I was really excited.
The presentation was rather enjoyable. I liked the PowerPoint used, it wasn't distracting or crazy. But what I really found interesting was the voice over. I had never seen (or heard actually) anything like that before. The voice did get mono-toned at points, and there were time when I found the speaker's accent more interesting than what was going on in the actual PowerPoint, these instances were infrequent.
Some of the 7 1/2 habits I already have. Like play! But who doesn't like to play? However, I can foresee some being harder to pick up than others. For example, viewing problems as challenges. I am always distressed when I hit road blocks and challenges and it takes me ages to see over them. But maybe I haven't been viewing them in the correct light.
The easiest habit for me will be creating my own learning toolbox. I tend to do that anyways. In my Firefox bookmarks you'll find zillions of folders (labeled for different projects and things) with helpful sites so I can better learn about a subject or have references.
All in all I'm excited to see myself as a lifelong learner!