My Thoughts On 23 Things...

      Somethings that I really enjoy learning about were the image generators! This was something fun that I learned that could really spice up my lessons! This program has really changed the way I use technology for learning! This has given me some new ways to produce lessons. Nothing really unexpected came from this, except the Creative Commons. 

 

    I dont think there could have been anything different for the program. The program is really great, I don't think there are changes needed. Now that I know all these tools exist I will be able to keep up with them. I am really excited for what is to come of these tools and the advances that will come! I will be sure to keep up with that! 

     I might decide to make a new blog. Especially when I time during this summer! I have really enjoyed blogging and I look forward to it! 

    Always,

        M.S.P. <3

Thing # 23

Creative Commons & Copyright

     This is a topic that I, as a teacher, will have to be very careful about in the classroom! I did not that much knowledge on this topic until this class. This is a topic that should be taught to students. I could break the rules and some of my students would have no idea. This will be something harder to do with elementary school, but I can still introduce them to this topic. This way they will at least have a little knowledge that this exists.

     This 23 things is a great example of the website 43 things! This is a good example of Creative Commons! The website is about goals to set for yourself to improve your life. These are perfect examples of Creative Commons! I don't know if I will use this kind of stuff when I teach but it is a great thing to know!

   
 Always,
    M.S.P. <3

Thing # 22

Live Binders

     My Live Binder folders are named:

• Arts and Crafts
• Lessons
• Cute!

     Live Binders is kind of like Pinterest but more education topics. You can have your own folders, and share them. You can take stuff from other folders and place them in your own folder! It's pretty great! These would be very useful in the classroom to keep lessons you find online. You can keep up with everything you find and always have a copy of that. You can search for anything you want that involve the lessons that you are working with! This is a good website for keeping things together and finding stuff from other teachers as well!

    Always,
       M.S.P. 

Lessons

Thing # 21

ANIMOTO

Try our video maker at Animoto.

     For this assignment we looked at Animoto. This is a website that you upload text/pictures and it turns them into a seamless video with music! This is pretty awesome! I really enjoyed this assignment. I did not enjoy that you need to pay in order to make higher resolution and longer videos. This was something really easy to do! This was really an easy process and gives a great product! Hope you enjoy  my throwback video I made! I highly suggest this website to everyone! This could be used for cute assignments in the classroom! I can't wait to incorporate this with my class!

     Always,
        M.S.P. <3

Thing # 20

Youtube

     "Eliot was born with an undeveloped lung, a heart with a hole in it and DNA that placed faulty information into each and every cell of his body. However, that could not stop the living God from proclaiming Himself through this boy who never uttered a word." 

    

     This is a video that I can't watch all the way through without tearing up. I was shown this video my senior year of high school and I still can't get it out of my head. It's a heart breaking story about a little baby boy named Eliot. The rest you will just have to watch the video. 

     I really like that I have unlimited access to almost any video I want. Some things that I don't like is the quality of some of the videos, other then that I really love Youtube. I think that Youtube is a wonderful tool that could be used in the classroom!

     Always,

         M.S.P. <3

Thing # 19

Online Community

      

      I am a member of several online communities such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and etc. There are several online websites I have joined since the beginning of this class. One that interested me on the Thing #19 was Tasty Kitchen. I love to cook and bake so when I saw these listed under other online communities I got excited! I love learning new recipes! It's a online website that lets everyone post their recipes! It's good hearing from other people who have tried! It is wonderful hearing what did and didn't work for them! 

      One thing I found interesting were the amount of cooking and baking websites that were just like Tasty Kitchen! I really enjoy it! I just love, love, love new recipes and when something else turns out great!

     Always,
         M.S.P. <3

Thing # 18

Facebook

     For this thing we are looking into social media. One thing we had to do is post a link to our Facebook page. So here is mine! Everyone look at it and love it! 

https://www.facebook.com/Maghanp?ref=tn_tnmn

     Also with this I found out that the College of Education has a Facebook group. I never knew that, so that was a pleasant surprise! 

      I think it is important for teachers to know about social network sites because teachers should always be up to date on things. We were suppose to explore these sites but I am already really familiar with Twitter and Facebook. I like everything about them, it's a great way to keep up with my family and friends. Especially old friends from high school that moved off! 

Always, 

     M.S.P. <3

Thing #17

Tags

     For this assignment we were looking into bookmarking and tags. This was not a particular favorite but it was helpful in some manner. There weren't many resources on this site that couldn't be found on another website such as google. This website wasn't much of anything special. But that's probably because it's not a popular site so it's resources are probably limited by that.

     I do not think that this would be a useful website. There are other bookmarking website that could be use and have more on them, such as Diigo. Bookmarking website could be useful for class research or just activities for the class to find websites then bookmark them on a class bookmarking page. Overall,  this could be decent tool for the class to use, but I do think that there are other popular and advanced websites that could be used in place of this.

     Always,

          M.S.P. <3

Thing # 16

Getting Organized

     For this thing we had to get organized with online tools. The one I chose was iGoogle, only because I am always using Google. It has always worked for me, so if it's not broke... Then don't fix it. I liked how I could customized everything to fit me! I picked a really cute them, but you can't really see it in the picture. I would make this something permanent, but I am currently using Google Chrome, and that has worked great with me so far! 

     

     I think that the online calendar could be very useful, but I rely more on my phone for things such as that. If I go on the computer everyday on to my iGoogle page then I probably would use that application more often. The same thing goes for the to-do list. They all mean well, but I think that they only work for certain kinds of people. Having my to-do list on my computer never really works out in my favor.

    I would definitely recommend iGoogle to everyone. I just love Google though! I think this would be ideal for someone who is constantly doing business on their computer. When I get on the computer it is usually more of a distraction then a help. But overall this is something that is very helpful! I would suggest this to everyone! It's definitely something worth checking out!

Always,

    M.S.P. <3

Thing # 15

Wiki... Wiki... What?

     So before this assignment I did not know much about Wiki's except for Wikipedia. This thing allowed me to learn a little bit more. I went on apsu23thingssandbox and was able to experience using a wiki for the first time after I understood it. I have always been told that Wiki's are bad. I find Wiki's to be very interesting, it just brings to my mind the phrase "You can't trust everything on the internet." 

     But I can see where these can take a part in the classroom. You could set up an Wiki sandbox for your class and put up practice problems. Have students challenge each other, or try and create other ways of solving problems. This will allow students and the teacher to see how the other students are working. It's perfect! This would be a great learning tool, or just a good introduction to learning about computer technologies!

     Always,

         M.S.P. <3

Thing # 14

     For this "thing" I created accounts for bubble.us and Flowchart.com. I played around with these applications and created several different kinds of flowcharts and mind maps. These were very customizable from what they say to what color the boxes are. These types of charts can be used for anything! There were so many tools to create these. I took awhile to get them down pat, but after that it was easy!

     This is a mind map I made about the types of money. Since in this class my ideal classroom is second grade math, money is something that my students and I will be dealing with together! I really enjoyed this activity. These are fun little tools to help give a new twist to learning. Physically being able to see the relations between items would help students understand. No matter the subject!

              Always,
                   M.S.P. <3

Thing #13

     For this assignment, we had to look into other websites with online tools. Such as Zoho and Google Docs. These websites are a lot like Microsoft word except they are online applications. I explored a little through Zoho and I found that it is also a lot like Microsoft word. The presentations are the same layout (which made it easy to use, because I was use to that kind of layout.) You can also make presentations, word documents, and other things that would be needed in a office setting!

     As for using Google Docs, this was also the same as Microsoft word, except they had a thing for drawing online. This was pretty cool, you can make just about anything you want with it. For this assignment we needed to create a picture, so I drew a picture of myself. This was a fun little activity! Hope you enjoy my picture!

     Overall, I think I prefer Google Docs more just honestly because it is google. I know these can me a great tool in the classroom because instead of having kids go out and buy software, you can just go to one of these websites completely free. This is a wonderful tool to have for students to be able to create presentations and papers for free!

                                                Always,

                                                        M.S.P. <3