Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Summary
I am happy to have had this opportunity to complete an awesome online Web 2.0 course! Even though I may work in the technology department I do not know or even pretend to know all this course provided. I was encouraged to push buttons, try new things and deal with challenges and obstacles that computers provide :) Overall, I think that if every teacher took this course their eyes would be open to really understanding the idea behind teachnology integration and the uses for all areas and subjects. I hope that some time soon in the near future, teachers have the tools and skills to provide the necessary training for our students and equip them for the real world of work. Thank you both for a well designed course and one that I will be utilizing daily, with 300 -500 online tools I am looking forward to the next 23 Things:)
Thing #23 WooHoo!!!
Find an example or attribution that shows the Learning 2.0-23Things blog was based on someone else's work and modified from its original.
Here you go...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.
Now that you know about Creative Commons licensing, how will you use it in the future as a teacher or school librarian? It is important that all teachers and students understand copyright permissions and usage of digitial text and graphics. With the ease of cut and paste plagerism is an all too often means of writing for our students and teachers. I like the fact that many sites are beginning to realize that by sharing information the possibilities are limitless. We need to educate the differences between c, cc, and pd and make sure works are cited correctly!
Here you go...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.
Now that you know about Creative Commons licensing, how will you use it in the future as a teacher or school librarian? It is important that all teachers and students understand copyright permissions and usage of digitial text and graphics. With the ease of cut and paste plagerism is an all too often means of writing for our students and teachers. I like the fact that many sites are beginning to realize that by sharing information the possibilities are limitless. We need to educate the differences between c, cc, and pd and make sure works are cited correctly!
Thing #22
I liked the Podcastdirectory.com the most, it gave me a alpha listing that was easy to follow, I clicked on several comedy podcast, after my trauma with the Animoto I needed a laugh, but nothing was really funny! I was taken to http://www.mediafly.com/ and was able to find several really good podcast, however none in the comedy area. I guess I lost my sense of humor today. I listened to several Zig Zigler podcast, one in particular was "Don't give up... humm.
I added these Zig Zigler podcast to my Bloglines and iGoogle page.
Podcastalley.com did not have anything that I was interested in and it didn't seem easy to locate the podcast that I would want to check out, matter of fact, there were some really unnecessary podcast - most of them were people that enjoy hearing themselves talk out loud and assume someone cares to listen :)
Many of the Elementary Technology Facilitators introduced podcasting to the teachers this year and it was an exciting buzz around the campuses and for the students. I am still trying to imagine all of the application pieces that this could provide for the secondary campuses. It wasn't until May that we actually had a server in our district that the podcast could be posted to and support. Sometimes technology moves at a faster pace than the equipment.
I will need to search more in depth for those podcast that I want to subscribe to on a regulary basis, with my varied interest and attention span one or two podcast would probably be a disservice to the podcast world.
I added these Zig Zigler podcast to my Bloglines and iGoogle page.
Podcastalley.com did not have anything that I was interested in and it didn't seem easy to locate the podcast that I would want to check out, matter of fact, there were some really unnecessary podcast - most of them were people that enjoy hearing themselves talk out loud and assume someone cares to listen :)
Many of the Elementary Technology Facilitators introduced podcasting to the teachers this year and it was an exciting buzz around the campuses and for the students. I am still trying to imagine all of the application pieces that this could provide for the secondary campuses. It wasn't until May that we actually had a server in our district that the podcast could be posted to and support. Sometimes technology moves at a faster pace than the equipment.
I will need to search more in depth for those podcast that I want to subscribe to on a regulary basis, with my varied interest and attention span one or two podcast would probably be a disservice to the podcast world.
Thing #21
I am not happy with Animoto at all. I had major problems with my photo's uploading, the music uploading and then the video to load - I means hours!!! My computer is running well and has a good signal I just think it has a mind of its own! I have used other digitial formatting programs and none were ever this challenging. You have to have at least 10 photo's before you can move forward, it took forever for the music genre choices to finally appear and then when they did and I selected my music it took another hour to save????
Thing #20
I got distracted and sat and watched 20 different videos to find the one I wanted, there are so many. I wanted an inspirational or motivational video and I found plenty. The one that I chose was created in http://www.endlessmemories.biz/, I liked the way that it played. I created a slideshow/video this summer that I am thinking about posting on YouTube or TeacherTube. I set up accounts in both. I also am thinking of the high school math teachers that have created lesson using their Smart slates/Notebook software that could be shared as a Mathcast for other teachers in the district and around the world. The fact that YouTube is the #4 most visited site is pretty powerful! The video title is "Rules for Being Human".
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