Thing 23

I can hardly believe I have made it through to Thing 23. It has been intense. At the beginning I just kept thinking, "I hope I get it. I hope that with my limited computer skills I am able to accomplish each task." Talk about differentiation - I know there are blogs and wikis with more apparent skill, but to me, my sites are the best I am capable of at this point and I am very proud of myself. I have started something for me that will grow and it will benefit myself and my students, as well as my co-workers. I thank the resa23things team. You are providing a great service for education in Wayne County.

Thing 22

Well, here I am. I have actually created a wiki and it will, hopefully, become a usable creation this fall. I am a faculty advisor for our National Elementary Honor Society and am going to work on the wiki for this group of students. Yes, I am at a very early stage. I did give it a name, upload an image and embedded a video. I removed the video after realizing that other videos of an inappropriate nature came along with it. I believe the reason is because the one I intended for my site was actually a video response to another video on YouTube. Let this be a warning to others! I am excited about it, though, and am looking forward to my own progress and the future success of this wiki. The site is MarquetteChapterNEHS.wikispaces.com

Thing 21

Wow! It all seems a little overwhelming at this point. When I look at the variety of wikis and see some that are very complicated and some that are very simple, I'm feeling a little out of my depth. I do know, however, that I will be taking one step at a time and feel encouraged that through this process, it will begin to come together. So, here goes. On to Thing 22! By the way, I really enjoyed various wikis, but one that caught my eye was the ABC Learning Resources Centre where teachers from all over have contributed pictures of themselves to advertise books that they would like teachers and students, as well as parents, to read (located in the Book Talk, Home page, BookVideo Ning section). Wonderful!

Thing 20

In this lesson I learned how to subscribe to podcasts and add them to my iTunes library. I found this interesting and will be on the lookout for more that I may want to add. As a beginning step I subscribed to podcasts called Modern Manners Guy and NPR Talk of the Nation. It is still a little frustrating to me on iTunes because I am not very familiar with navigating their site. Finding a podcast on there and clicking on it often takes me to a screen I don't understand or that seems to be taking me nowhere. Anyway, I will persevere!

Thing 19

Podcasts! I am looking forward to more exploration of this media. I especially appreciated the sites like Grammar Girl, mathgrad.com, and I found the one created by students in Dearborn with their mystery story and illustrations very appealing. There are so many possibilities for motivating students to create, write, and illustrate stories by using technology. How refreshing it will be for my students to be awakened to these new options.

Thing 18

Sunset Beautiful (Nx Power Lite)

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Great! I have successfully embedded a slideshow into my blog. That was my goal and all of the lessons leading up to this have truly inspired me to use more technology in my classroom. What more can I ask for? Now, sit back and enjoy the presentation.

Thing 17

On-line productivity tools are interesting to explore and seem to be available in an endless array of interests. I did like Knowtes and think that this might be one I could use. I also looked into wordlearner.com as suggested by another participant and really liked it, too. I will continue to explore these types of sites and can now add them to Delicious if I so desire.