Thing #24

My favorite part of the 23 things would have to be creating my delicious account, This site helped me keep all my educational technology web sites organized. I would suggest making that thing one or near there anyway. After producing my 23 things, I am more knowledgeable in different types of internet resources that are at my disposable.

Thing #23

http://search.creativecommons.org/ I would use creativecommons in my classroom so that I will only use content and images lawfully.

Thing #22

http://www.learnoutloud.com/Catalog/Arts-and-Entertainment/Comedy/The-Ricky-Gervais-Podcast/30587#plink I liked this podcast because well, he's just funny. http://www.learnoutloud.com/Catalog/Arts-and-Entertainment/-/Art-Masterpieces/24141 I choose this one because it could be a valuable tool in the classroom.

Thing #21

 

being born

Thing #20

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O.k. that youtube video of Grand Central was just funny and creative. Best thing I've seen all day. Not only is youtube entertaining but educational as well. The link above is to a video I thought was not only funny but true.

Thing #19

I became a member of teacherpop. It works just like facebook. I have also been a member of last.fm since march, I had forgotten that I even had an account with them. I enjoy working with teacherpop more than facebook because I get a chance to communicate with just teachers.

Thing #18

This is my facebook link. I started my facebook account around three years ago. I find it is easy to communicate with my dad, who lives in Oregon and old friends from high school. The site is also useful in communicating with work and up coming projects. 

Thing #17

  I created an account on delicious and found this site to be quiet useful when working from different computers. I used this site to keep track of my scavenger hunt assignment.<script type="text/javascript" src="http://feeds.delicious.com/v2/js/networkbadge/lisaweber83?showadd&icon=m&name&itemcount&nwcount&fancount"></script>

Thing #16

http://www.google.com/ig?hl=en    Wow, I've had i google for awhile now, around three years. You have to be careful now because some of the gadgets don't work but other than that, I love having iGoogle as my homepage. I am able to keep up with news on CNN.com and I am able to have a note pad to keep up with my schedule and my daughters.

Thing #15

http://apsu23thingssandbox.pbworks.com/w/page/32986771/lisa's%20blog15

Thing #14

   I chose flowchart.com and bubbl.us. Bubbl.us is a agreat site and so I decided to use it for my powerpoint project. This screenshot is in the working stage of that project.

Thing #13

https://export.writer.zoho.com/public/lweber1/blog-13%C2%A0zoho/fullpage

Thing #12

        I have had igoogle as my home page since I got my first computer two years ago and have worked with it and it's gadgets. Some have worked and some have not. Labpixies has some terrific gadgets. One gadget or( game you might say)was a game called Flood-it, I got so addicted during the summer since I didn't take any classes. The objective is simple, just fill the board with one color in 22 steps.

Thing # 4

Thing #4 is under construction. O.k. I guess not anymore. This is the last day of my educational technology class. I follow K.Robello, S.Pasley, Farmer. The

Thing #11

I went through Technorati to view possible blogs to subscribe to. I found two blogs I liked really well, How- to-geek and Modge podge. Technorati was the easiest to use. I tried a couple of links from cool cat teacher but that ended in a waste of a hour. The two that I did choose, I collected in my google reader and created a section on my toolbar. It's amazing what new things I've learned just by this class  alone, not to mention classmates that help me along the way.

Thing #10

     I rather enjoyed this blog. I always wonder what that thing was on my toolbar and now I know. It was simple to navagate. Do I think I could use this in my classroom? I think it would be a good way to get to know your students better. Just knowing their hobbies is a great way to connect with them.

Thing #9

I tried several different on-line image generators but this one was my favorite.http://www.spiffytext.com/logo-step1.asp.Creating the generator was a simple project, the site took me to exactly where I needed to go. I think generators would be ideal in the classroom especially with younger children.

Thing #8

The mash-ups were a little confusing. I downloaded the kaldascope and it did nothing. I'm not sure if it was me or my computer.However I was able to create this cool magazine cover of Grace, my daughter. When I tried to share from Flickr the site told me that I didn't have a blog. Once again if anyone has any suggestions or comments, please let me know what you think.

Thing #7

 I enjoyed exploring flicker and everything the site can do with my pictures. This is one of my favorites of the 23 things blogs. This is a wonderful site for elementary students. I believe the students would really get excited about using this site in the classroom.

Thing #6

   The Paypal site is a secere way of shopping on-line. I just recently became a member. I was always afraid to buy anything on-line because I did not want to put my credit card number over the internet. I even have a small line of credit with paypal now, which helped with school supplies this semester.

Thing #5

 

 

Web 2.0 is not about version numbers or betas is the website I most identified with and was able to understand at a basic level.

     Tim O'Reilly summed it up:
"Web 2.0 is the era when people have come to realize that it's not the software that enables the web that matters so much as the services that are delivered over the web. [...] The net has replaced the PC as the platform that matters, just as the PC replaced the mainframe and minicomputer."
So much is being built on top of this Web platform nowadays: new media such as blogging and podcasting, old media is moving to the Web, music (e.g. Webjay, iTunes), education, shopping (e.g. Amazon, eBay), marketing, banking, law, government - you name it, it's being built out on the Web.
I think Tom Foremski captured this point in his recent post, when he said:
"The new dotcoms are not technology companies, necessarily, but they are all "technology enabled" companies."
And that's what Web 2.0 means to me - everyday, non-technical people using Web technologies to enhance their own lives and businesses. The Web is an infrastructure, a foundation. What we create and build on the Web is what Web 2.0 is all about.

 

What does "School 2.0" mean to you?

   New collaborative computer technologies, in particular the read/write web, distance learning programs, free and open source software, and videoconferencing.

What does it mean for schools of the future?

   

   A move from an industrial to information economy, and a change in skills that are valuable to employers.

   A culture that is rapidly becoming more transparent and collaborative because of the new technologies, allowing a more open discussion about many aspects of our society, including (and especially) education.

Thing #3

   When I start teaching I would like to use a classroom blog as a tool to communicated with my classes, parents and for students to communicate with each other. Students would not question  what is expected on homework or test because it is right there. I would post images useful to the lesson or unit being taught. The students will have a valuable resource available to them at any time and they would know what is going to happen in the next class session.

I decided on my posting because it was available and simple to remember and as far as my blog name I wanted to use a name that I could distinguish from my other blog. I have another blog because I have taking 3040 once before so creating another blog wasn't difficult at all. My avatar fits my personality because that is my ultimate goal is to be a teacher in front of a room of 20 to 30 students teaching about art and its history.

Thing #1
    The easiest of the seven and a half habits of a life long learner would be habit number four, having confidence in myself as a competent and effective learner. Confidence I have, but the hardest habit would be number six, using technology to my advantage. This is my second time taking educational technology and I left that class unsure of a few lessons such as mail merge and excel. I  am a non-traditional student and when I was in high school we didn't have computers. In fact, my first experience with a computer was when I started Austin Peay three years ago. My goal is when I leave this class is to have a more knowledgeable understanding of my computer and all that the Internet and various programs have to offer.