Thing #23
I cannot believe I actually made it to 23!!!! Celebration time!

My favorite discoveries were Teacher Tube, Wikis, Photo Story......really everything. There are so many tools for me to utilize. I will definitely come back to the Play 2 Play page for inspiration and help. I still have so much to learn and discover. I just hope I can find the time to play around and do all the neat stuff I played with this summer over the coming school year. I was surprised at how computer literate I actually am? Who knew? Now, I am even more computer literate.....(oh, I don't want that information known to the world). I would probably do another one of these programs, but I could not during the school year, and I need to first master what I have learned from this before I move on. Spring Branch is really bad about pushing us to do more when we have not mastered the first thing first. I need time to use and understand all of this new information before I move on. I might do one next summer.....if I felt I was ready.

FUN (my one word to describe the discovery program)

Thing #22
I used Ning last year for Book Club. It was great.....because the kids (an after school enrichment program) got ahead of the teachers in completing books. The other teacher and I could not keep up with their avid reading. It got out of control. So, we linked our group to her 8th grade GT class. Her students posed questions on our Ning account we all worked together through the computers. It worked out well. I would do it again.

Thing # 21

I did it and I loved this...just loved it!!!! You can be creative on a computer! This was fabulous!
Here is my photo story.....

Thing #20
Teacher Tube is great because you know it is appropriate for your classroom! I found a great one and cannot wait to share with my co-teacher this site and video! They even fired off an alligator! I could do without the ads.
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=19272

I also enjoyed this vintage skit from Sesame Street on You Tube. I still laughed. I guess Cookie Monster is a classic like Lucy?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJlkplvYdgA

This was fun and I could do it all night and day. For fun I just watched 5 or 6 Adam Ant (80's) videos. I love Adam Ant......now I am aging myself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PonczpswC3s&feature=youtube_gdata

Thing # 19
The first one I went to was Hair Mixer. You can put different hairstyles on people, even yourself. I loved it. Web 2.0 awards is a great reference page. I made it a favorite, just in case I am looking for something new to use.

Thing # 18
We used Google Docs last year for papers, journals, and essay questions. It was a lot of work, but what was nice was you did not have to get the same computer....it was always there. also when we did work in the computer lab and not all the computers were loaded with Word....we just had those studetns got to their Google Docs and the lesson continued. It should be easier for us this year.

Thing # 17
Bravo to Bruce. Wonderful explanations as always. I work with Bruce and we all go to him (all women in the LA dept.) for technology help. I put some of my favorite History sites on rollyo.
http://rollyo.com/search.html?q=Us+History&sid=638968

Thing # 16
I will definitely use a wiki with my friends when planning something! I hate it when I get 20 emails in 10 minutes trying to plan an event or trip. I do like Lee LeFleur's (Commoncraft)explanations about technology. I will think about using a wiki in my classes that have computer access without having to go to the computer lab which is limited access.

Thing # 15
That video was shown to my school on the teacher's first day back a few years ago. Then and today is was poignant. I just completed my Master's degree in 2009 after being out of school for 21 years. It was different and harder. I think because so much information is available more is asked of you as a student. I could agree with almost ever statement held up by those students in the video. I believe technology is great but what is going to happen to our society when we spend more time in front of a screen then with real people?

I also like having a book in my hand and turning pages.....I have not switched yet to screen reading.

Thing # 14
I did a search for School library Learning 2.0 on Technorati and it said there were no results? No blogs were found relating to School library Learning 2.0 in the Blog Directory either? The Technorati "What's Popular" section is unavailable, so I did not see anything popular. Although, I understand what it is supposed to be because of the lady in the Technorati video explained it using Britney Spears as an example. I think tagging is great, beacuase it shows you everything related to waht you are looking for. I have been an Amazon customer since the beginning. I can always find what I am looking for on Amazon greatly due to tagging.

I enjoyed looking and reading posts. Once again I started this last night and just searched and read and searched and read till I was too tired to write Thing # 14. I think that will happen to my students too. Although this is a great too for my students to use to find new and interesting information to share. Saying that, I am wary too......I did get to the side bar a choice to see Mr. Fishbones daughter's sex tape with a picture of her breasts almost completely exposed.....just what middle school boys love to find on the computer. What else could they find? Then I worried about this search was done on my school computer. I was reading posts about 2 of the New Jersey Housewives selling their mansions and where they have been looking to move. Nothing about sex or showing breasts.

Thing # 13
I am not sure I would want to share my "bookmarks" with my students? My favorites are usually teacher type sites. I spent so much time on Digg, that I fell asleep before I could complete Thing #13. This is what I would fear my students would do: spend so much time . We only have 5o -55 minutes per classs.