I can't believe I have finally completed 23 Things! At first, I had a difficult time and needed the help of my colleagues because I had a million questions. As I started to get more comfortable, I was able to complete many "things" on my own. I have learned so much and I am familiar with so many tools that I had never even heard of. I would like to focus on a few tools at a time. We are currently using Google Docs at my school and I love it so I know that I will continue to use that. I would also like to create a classroom blog for next year. I am really excited because this is something that I have always wanted to do and never took the time to learn how to create. As for the rest of the "things," I will need to take time to practice and decide exactly what I want to implement in my classroom. I have learned a lot from this experience, I now know how to embed a video on my blog which I am super excited about! It was always one of those things that I never know how to do, but always wanted to learn.
Thank you 23 Things!
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Thing 15
This was another "thing" that I skipped and decided to come back to. RSS is definitely much easier to understand now. I think it is a great tool and a very useful source of information, but it is difficult to remember to check the feeds on a regular basis. Maybe if I had more time or if I found a feed that I was really interested in, I would want to check it more.
Thing 14
This "thing" was pretty confusing for me at first. I got really frustrated and ended up skipping it and now I am finally coming back to it. Once I got the hang of it, I had a lot of fun with Delicious. This site helped me to organize websites that will be useful in the classroom. For example, I found a site on graphic organizers that I have used in the past. I could never remember the name of the site so I would have to search for it each time. I am so happy that I won't have search for it again now that I have it bookmarked on my account. This is also a great tool to share pages and get ideas from other teachers. My username is delicious.com/msouldourian.
Thing 22
Creating a wiki was really easy to use! Although it was was easy to use, I don't know how often I would use it. The fact that it can be viewed and modified by anyone scares me. I honestly would prefer to use blogs or google docs. My wiki can be found at msouldourianwikispaces.com.
Thing 21
I found a couple of interesting wikis. The first was a wiki that was used as a school website from Arbor Heights Elementary School is Washington. I really liked how they were able to share information with families. Parents could easily go on and download forms, flyers, and newsletters. I thought that would be neat for our school to have a wiki as our school website.
The next wiki I looked at was Book Trailers for Readers. I absolutely loved this wiki because it spotlighted great books for kids and teens. This particular wiki had a variety of featured books for kids. Each book, had a schooltube and Youtube trailer so that kids could find out more about the book. It also included the author, number of pages, AR level, AR points, and the Lexile level. This particular wiki really inspired me! I would love to have a wiki like this for my students to find out more about different kinds of books. I think that it would get them excited to read. Although I love the idea of putting together a wiki like this, it would take a lot of time and that is something that I do not have a lot of. I would also have to watch out for people changing the content of my wiki because it can be viewed and changed by anyone with access to the internet. I could get over these hurdles by starting the wiki in the summer when I have more time to modify and monitor. It might be a little bit more difficult during the school year, but I think that it would be worth it.
The next wiki I looked at was Book Trailers for Readers. I absolutely loved this wiki because it spotlighted great books for kids and teens. This particular wiki had a variety of featured books for kids. Each book, had a schooltube and Youtube trailer so that kids could find out more about the book. It also included the author, number of pages, AR level, AR points, and the Lexile level. This particular wiki really inspired me! I would love to have a wiki like this for my students to find out more about different kinds of books. I think that it would get them excited to read. Although I love the idea of putting together a wiki like this, it would take a lot of time and that is something that I do not have a lot of. I would also have to watch out for people changing the content of my wiki because it can be viewed and changed by anyone with access to the internet. I could get over these hurdles by starting the wiki in the summer when I have more time to modify and monitor. It might be a little bit more difficult during the school year, but I think that it would be worth it.
Thing 20
I chose to subscribe to PediaCast: a pediatric podcast for parents. I will be a new mom in May so I thought this would be really helpful. The PediaCast offers parenting tips, interviews with health care providers, and the latest research.
I chose to download the podcast through ITunes because I already had it installed on my computer. I also like the idea of being able to listen to the podcasts on my iphone because I always have my phone with me.
I chose to download the podcast through ITunes because I already had it installed on my computer. I also like the idea of being able to listen to the podcasts on my iphone because I always have my phone with me.
Thing 19
I listened to two different podcasts. The first was a podcast from Grammar Girl, tips for better writing. The topic that I listened to was about sentence fragments in fiction writing. Although it was very informative and helpful, this particular topic would be too difficult for my sixth graders. I think that this might be geared towards writing students in high school and college.
The next podcast that I checked out was Storynory, which had free audio stories for kids. It allows you to listen to a variety of stories. There were even a variety of fairytales to choose from, which is the next unit that we will be studying in Language Arts. I chose to listen to the traditional fairytale, "Beauty and the Beast" and I really enjoyed it! I usually read the fairytales aloud to the class, but I think it would be fun for them to listen to some stories on the podcast.
The next podcast that I checked out was Storynory, which had free audio stories for kids. It allows you to listen to a variety of stories. There were even a variety of fairytales to choose from, which is the next unit that we will be studying in Language Arts. I chose to listen to the traditional fairytale, "Beauty and the Beast" and I really enjoyed it! I usually read the fairytales aloud to the class, but I think it would be fun for them to listen to some stories on the podcast.
Thing 18
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I found a lesson that would be perfect for a sixth grade Language Arts class. It is a great review for students. It also allows them to interact with the presentation so they can be creative at the same time.I would use this in my classroom for other lessons because there are a variety of presentations to choose from. I'm not sure how much I would use it outside of the classroom, but I did like the review of how to embed a video on my blog.
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I found a lesson that would be perfect for a sixth grade Language Arts class. It is a great review for students. It also allows them to interact with the presentation so they can be creative at the same time.I would use this in my classroom for other lessons because there are a variety of presentations to choose from. I'm not sure how much I would use it outside of the classroom, but I did like the review of how to embed a video on my blog.
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