Summary

My favorite exercise of this journey was the animoto. It was so easy to do. This class has affected my life by giving me different options on how to be a teacher and coach. For example I will use blogs to get information, use podcast for information,etc. Before I took this class I only went to yahoo and google for info. There were not any suprises for me becuase I did not know much to begin with.I like the program and the concept becuase I was able to do this at my own pace and did not have to feel uncomfortable in a room full of people wandering if they knew more about the subject than I did. I would definelty particpate in another prgram like this one. I will definelty use this class as a start for any information that I need in the classroom life.

thing 4

I have learned so much from blogging. Commenting on a blog is essential because the blog can not really exsist unless people are commenting. When you comment you communicate and that in itself creates a sense of community because you are talking about things that you agree about or disagree with. I learned that it is important to not be negative on a blog or make short comments. But it is important to have a sense of humor. I commented on Kathleens log about loving google, Mandy's mailbag on the great songs she had on there, Dorans documents on the mosaic maker, A teachers summer on the cartoon tutorial and 50 days on how easy animoto was. I also blog on Texas Hoops and Hoopgurlz. These are baksetball sights that talk about different teams and players.

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I totally did not understand the cartoon tutorial because I could not keep up with the words. I know I am slow:) But I sorta got the 14 days and after 17 years you can use something. But if I really need something I will use the Creative Commons website that I looked at for this thing. This is topic that every teacher should be familar with because we are always looking for and using teaching material. I must also admit that our librarians at Horn keep us updated on copy right too.Learning 2.0 is a discovery learning program created by Helene Blowers and adapted by the California School Library Association and others. Content and style for Learning 2.0 - 23 Things has been borrowed and duplicated with permission, under a Creative Commons License.

Thing 22

www.mediafly.com/Podcasts/Feeds/Family_Health
I listened to media fly healthy fitness because I like healthy magezines and health shows and this show has specific topics about eyecare and how to stay in shape while on vacation. The link fo the show is above. I do not think I will create a podacast but I wll definetly use the podcast directory like I did on this thing because they have alot of topics that I would be intrested in. I will use it for my Physical Education class to look up topics related to fitness.

Thing 21

This is so cool. As soon as I get my camera back I am going to have lots of fun with this. (Only the the free ones of course:) ) I signed up. Made the clip and the 3 steps were super easy. I think it took longer to get it ready than it did for me to create it. I am going to use this as project for my team the first week of school and tell them use summer pictures and tell me about their summer. This is the best thing so far.

thing 20

I love y-tube. This is one of the very few things that I already knew about before I started this course. I watch you tube all the time. This can be very valuable in a class room because there is something out there on almost every subject. I chose a video on a EX nba ref that was suppose to be sentenced for cheating. I chose this video because of basketball but I watch videos on y-tube because for some reason they are much faster than mtv.com. (You do not have to wait on the buffering)

Thing 19

I signed up for the MISD 23 ning network. I put a picture of Whoopi as my picture and that was very easy.I also made a comment about the class. I am am member of three social networks now. Texas Hoops, Hoopgurlz and now Misd 23 ning. I registered fr Flixster but i reeally just wanted to see what it was about anp probably will not use it in the future. All of the comments are intresting I like reading about what other people are thinking.

Thing 18

Here is my myspace page.It wasveryeasy to do. The first thing I had to do was get a bougus email adress and then went to the myspace homepage and created my profile. It is nothing spectacular because personally I do not like them. I feel like, even after explorig them today, they can be very dangeous and that students use them in a negative way. I have highshool students so I made up an alias becuase if they get to my page I do not want them to mistake me as their friend because of my age and my postion with them. i I believe parents should also be careful about their kids myspace page ad monitor them weekly if not daily. The things that I have seen on my space are very disturbing. I know there are some positive things that myspace can offer like keeping in touch with your friends and finding people but to me it is still negative in my mind but if you want to really connect with your kids this is the way to do it but let me remind you that there is a thin line that may be crossed with the information that is on these pages.
http://www.myspace.com/cb3kids

Thing 17

Where was all of this information when I was in school? I watched the Common Crafts video on podcast and once again they came through for me on explaining a topic perfectly in not alot of time. I still need to get an ipod or mp3 player so I can take full advantage of it. I also went through the tutorial on Del.cio.us. This is a great tool. This is something I would definelty have used when I was in school because so many times we are looking up the same topics and then once we have completed our paper all of our resources are lost. But now today students can save their information through del.cio.us and have all of their bookmarks organized. That is also a luxury too because usually you will bookmark important or helpful sites but they are not organized and you have to scroll through a huge list of them to get what you want but now you can tag them and have a total library of information that can be shared. Another great feature is being able to access it anywhere since you have to login. It really saves valauble time and it is easy to do.

Thing 16

I chose the igoogle page becuase I had google everything else it seems like. I did the aquarium because i like anything with water on it. The page is so relaxing. I also had another home page with weather and sports and current local news but I think it caused my computer to run slow. I could be wrong but that seemed to slow everything down. I signed up for stickits for the personal organizer. I liked the fact that you can recieve the reminders anywhere but I do not think that I am that organized or have enough technlogy to keepup with it because I do not have a phone that will allow me to look at the web and I am in the gym all day so I do not always have a computer at my side. I also toured remember the milk. Online calendars can be very useful to me for a class syllabus and for my schedule during the season. I have already decided that instead of handing out a newsletter every monday this year I will use the online calendar. Okay thats is enough for today. I have been reading and playing with thing 16 so long that my right eye is starting to twitch.

Thing 14

I just finished exploring the flowchart and the mind maps and they are both great organizers but I found that the mind maps gave you alot more freedom in choosing how you wanted to arrange your information. I set up an account with both flowchart and mindmiester. The upcoming project that will be for my athletes and students will be to create a mind map for being a good student. I also created a flow chart on Building a better post.

Thing 15

Wikis are cool. At first I thought that a wiki was just a source of information like an encyclopedia because that was part of the staff development a couple of years ago but I totally understand it now thanks to common craft. I really like that too because everytime I see one of those I totally understand whatever concept I needed to know about. But anyway I could use a wiki with my assistant coaches to talk about what our teams need or with the students to dicscover what excercises should be used for certian things. I like this and will use this in my everyday life and class. I like emails but it is true that you haveto go back and find emails and you do not have everything in front of you like a chart.

Thing 13

I signed up for Zoho writer. I can not honestly say that I will use it. To me it just seems like email or a regular word document. I know that I can get it anywhere and maybe that will illeviate me from email stuff to myself when I am at home. I guess it could also illeviate me from not being able to pull up certain documents in programs that are not compatible. (My husband loves Mac)

Thing 12

I tried the google calendar. I had a hard time signing in but after about 20 login attempts I figured out I was using the wrong password. :) But I liked the calendar. This is really going to come in handy during the season which is my busiest time of the year. I also toured the notebook and this is a great time saving and organizational tool. Many times throughout the season I will read articles on the web that I want to read to my kids.The problem is that often times when I go back to find them they are hard to find or time consuming but this program will allow me to save them as I read them. I tried the picasso photo but I think I have plenty of photo sites soI did not subscribe to this one.

Thing 11

I liked the blogline search tool. I found it to be really easy and it had a huge response amount with tons of information.I liked topix too. I did not know that I could go to a site that had my local news from my city. I often times just wait for my section in the Dallas Morning News. I also found that there were alot of post and that gave me a chance to see other peoples opinion. I did not find any confusing but I did find it to be very addicting. I spent almost 2 hours reading on subject. This will be really helpful to me when i start school because I can type a problem that I am having and read about wat other people have tried for solutions.

Thing 6

I enjoyed this program. I -stats and team snap are sites that I will definetly use during the next coming school year. It gives me so many options that I could really use. I can mange my team, put the schedule on there, it can manage my fees and payments, email the entire team at one time (That is well worth it) , team photos, my freshman team moms are always getting food together and this program will allow them to coordinate bringing drinks and refrehments. Oh also the data is password protected. This is a terrific program I like this and will utilize this program.

Thing 5

School 2.0 can be a tremendous tool for information for me in my physical education class because I have so many types of learners. Todays society is definetly changing with the new technology and school 2.o allows learning to take place anywhere with fun non traditional assignments inside and outside the gym.To sum it up best I like a quote that I read from a site that said that school 2.0 has replaced libriares, classrooms, bookstores, yellowpages, televisions and even newspapers. Technology is just second nature to kids.

Thing 3

I really like the blog. I have never used one before but I think they can be beneficial for many different reasons. 1. I could use this for my team. Many time the students may have something to say or questions to ask and they are much better at asking them through a blog or text as opposed to talking in person. 2.It also gives me a chance to her other peoples opinion about certain issues. 3. I also help with the senior leaders an this is something that we could use to communicate to the whole school. 4.The blogs can also be used for parent communication for my class too.

Thing 2

I decided to use a wmc view because it describes me. I am a wife, a mother and a coach and with all of this expericence I have a little knowledge about alot of things. This was not hard to do but it is very time consuming because of all of the material I have to read to make sure
i understand the concept. My avatar does not look like me but I think I use to look a little like this.

thing 1

I watched the tutorial on the 7 habits and I found several that came easy to me. #1 Goals- I always have a goal because I have to know what I am working for befre I can start anything. #4 Hve confidence- This one comes easy for me too because I am comfortable with who I am and therefore I think thatI am capable of doing anything but at the same time # 3 View problems as challenges- Often times when I am faced with a proble I do not always see that it really is a challenge until after I have solved the problem.

Thing 10

Okay Okay Okay,
I will admit I have been doing things the old way. I really liked the video to start me off on learning about RSS. I hate wasting time and that is exactly what I have been doing. Teachers can use this to help get updates on their subject area. Libriarians will love this because it should save them alot of time. Physical Education teachers like myself can use it to check the weather and conditions outside when we plan on taking our students out because the weahter is different formne class period to the next. I will personally like it because of sports updates and yahoo. I like to read the news updates.

Thing 8

This could be used in my classroom or for my team when I want the students to be creative and find new ways to do things. I personally like sharing photos online because it is very fast and free. The flickr mashups are cool because there are so many different options to choose from just to communicate.I did not know how to do or even use any of these until I had to start this course.

Thing 9

This was really easy to do . I enjoyed playing with the happy face site. I messed up the first time because I did not remember where I had saved it. This will work great for my news letter that I give out each week during the season. It is just a fun way to give info to students.

Thing 7

These pictures were on my computer. I would love to be at this waterfall right now. :) Flickr is great. The first thing I like about it is it is FREE. I can upload my photos and get all of these pictures I have in my camera and organize them. I also like the tag option because it allows me to mark each picture. It was very easy to find and upload these photos.