One last thing....

I can officially say I am now a blogger. This was very intense experience. I believe that because taking in the summer it only gives me 4 1/2 weeks to do my 23 things wheras in a regular semester you have 16 weeks to complete this. At first, I did not understand why it was required to have this in this course, but I see now. Many of the tools that I learned doing my 23 things will be a part of my teaching experience in the future. I enjoyed learning all these web 2.0

Thing #13

http://docs.google.com/demo/edit?id=scAAAwyJ5hSkm-hE2Vhw-V1oU&dt=spreadsheet#spreadsheet
This is the link to the planning of a group trip using the spreadsheet tool in Google Docs.

My students could use Google Docs collaboratively in creating documents, spreadsheets, and drawings in like group activities. Out of these two applications I like the Google Docs over the Zoho. Google Docs was a much easier tool to use and I would have students use that one over Zoho.

Thing #14

Mind maps and flowcharts are similar, because they both are types of charts. They are different, because mind maps are more detailed and are broken down in two different directions that can be taken. Flowcharts have a beginning, the process, and the end. I find the flowcharts more useful to me than the mind maps. I took a blank flow chart and made the process of cooking spaghetti. I found doing a recipe was a good idea, because there are particular steps to be made when cooking. Mind maps are like more than one flowchart put together.

Thing #15

This is another tool Dr. Jerles spoke about in class. I have heard of wiki before now. Like in Wikipedia, which anyone can put information on there. Many people do not trust sites like wiki, because some of the information could be false. However, I could use wiki in my education field and if I have the proper research make changes to things that may seem incorrect. I do not believe I will be as quick to use wiki over some of the other tools that I have explored during my 23 things. I did find the tracking tools to be very interesting by allowing me to see what is being changed and by whom.

Thing #16

I choose igoogle for my start page and I kept it has my permanent homepage. I already use google a lot and I really like using it. The online calendars can be useful by helping me keep track of important events, appointments, and birthdays. Yes, the to-do list are wonderful, because I can remember everything that I need to do without trying to keep it in my memory. I would recommend any of the online calendars or to-do lists, they are my favorites. I like being organized and on time and these tools helps me to succeed that!

Thing #17

I think this is also a very valuable tool to consider using in the future. I remember Dr. Jerles showing us his delicious account in class. He explained that he absolutely loved using it to keep all of his things in one place. I would definitely use this in my classroom to organize my lessons and to keep other useful sources for my students. This tool will allow me to go back and easily find my items with the bookmarking and tags. Also, I like that fact that since it is a social bookmark it can be accessed through any computer, anywhere. Teachers can take advantage of this tool like I said before by keeping bookmarks and tags to important links that could be used in the classroom.

Thing #18

This was one of the easier blogs since, I already have a twitter and facebook account. I have been on facebook since about 2004. I recently became a member on twitter so, I am still adjusting to it. I feel that it is important for educators to become a part of these social networks, because technology is taking over and teachers can keep up with what is going on by being part of some type of online community. One new insight that I encountered on twitter was being able to follow famous people everywhere. This makes you feel like you know these people personally. On facebook, I like that your page can be set as private along with your pictures so, strangers are unable to access your information. The thing I dislike about twitter is that it is not that simple to find particular things and accessing things from different tweets. I would have to say facebook had the most useful features, because twitter is just all over the place. Yes, there were a couple of kindergarten groups that I decided to follow on twitter.