What do you like / dislike about leaving comments? How did you feel when you received your first comment? Why do you think commenting is so important in online communities? What might this mean for students who share their writing online?
I have tried to be very careful leaving comments as I don't want to discourage anyone in any way or say something irrelevant. Even after reading the guidelines I am still very hesitant to leave a comment. I also don't want to say something that will be taken wrong so, I go back and reread my comment a couple of times. Some people can easily and quickly rattle off a comment but, that is not me.
I love getting comments as it encourages me to continue to work and do the best I can. It is great to know that someone is out there reading my stuff. An online class would not be very successful if you could not send comments. I am glad we are able to read what others are doing and receive comments from all. It allows us to learn more. I feel I have learned just as much from the participants as I have from the Things.
If a student is writing for a large audience and receiving encouragement from multiple people, they are destined to succeed and do better.
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
Thing 10 Embed and download video
This video created by "Dr. Loopy" is fun and I do want to use it this year. This media specialist has done some great stuff. It speaks to an issue we all face with our students everyday, choosing information resources. I think students will get the point in a very fun way. I hope you find it entertaining.
Dr. Loopy is a media specialist from Texas and he has done many entertaining videos on Science Experiments and library related subjects. He has had his students create some great book reviews. I even created an account on Glogster, I think that is what it was called, to post a question to him. I will be visiting his works often.
I did download a video, but it wasn't the one I wanted from School Tube. To save on time and move on I did one from You Tube. I will later explore downloading the ones I want from School Tube.
Dr. Loopy is a media specialist from Texas and he has done many entertaining videos on Science Experiments and library related subjects. He has had his students create some great book reviews. I even created an account on Glogster, I think that is what it was called, to post a question to him. I will be visiting his works often.
I did download a video, but it wasn't the one I wanted from School Tube. To save on time and move on I did one from You Tube. I will later explore downloading the ones I want from School Tube.
Thing 9 Online Video Sharing
What do you like or dislike about YouTube? Did you find videos that would be useful for teaching and learning? Is YouTube restricted in your building?
This is my first experience using the "Tubes" on my own. For the fun of it I went to School Tube first and found it very easy to use. I found several library related videos that gave me some good ideas and a couple I want to use. I created an account and made a comment. You Tube was next and my searches turned up many, many, many videos that were boring and had no point to them. When I returned to 23 Things and searched from the links it was lots of fun and I spent way too much time playing. I also created an account here and I know I will go back here in the future even though it is blocked in my school. I can't imagine any school that would not block it. My last stop was Teacher Tube and I can see it has more features than School Tube. After creating my account I can see it will be a great place to organize everything I am interested in. I need to spend more time here but, at this time it looks like there is more monitoring on School Tube. It may be possible for a school to safely allow students to log into School Tube? When I created my account on School Tube as a teacher I was asked info to prove my position as I will be considered a monitor and can flag videos to have them removed if they are from my school. This is definitely an area I want to do some social networking on to gain as much knowledge as I can in the shortest amount of time.
This is my first experience using the "Tubes" on my own. For the fun of it I went to School Tube first and found it very easy to use. I found several library related videos that gave me some good ideas and a couple I want to use. I created an account and made a comment. You Tube was next and my searches turned up many, many, many videos that were boring and had no point to them. When I returned to 23 Things and searched from the links it was lots of fun and I spent way too much time playing. I also created an account here and I know I will go back here in the future even though it is blocked in my school. I can't imagine any school that would not block it. My last stop was Teacher Tube and I can see it has more features than School Tube. After creating my account I can see it will be a great place to organize everything I am interested in. I need to spend more time here but, at this time it looks like there is more monitoring on School Tube. It may be possible for a school to safely allow students to log into School Tube? When I created my account on School Tube as a teacher I was asked info to prove my position as I will be considered a monitor and can flag videos to have them removed if they are from my school. This is definitely an area I want to do some social networking on to gain as much knowledge as I can in the shortest amount of time.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Thing 8 Mash-ups and online image generators
In the same post in which you placed your creation, briefly describe your experience completing Thing 8. Which of these tools intrigues you and why? Was it easy, frustrating, time-consuming, fun? Share some of your ideas for using the images you can create.
I had lots of fun playing with all the tools in Big Huge Labs. I probably spent too much time as I don't see myself using this in the library very much. I may use it for personal use if I can find the time. This is a picture of my grandson from our vacation in Texas. Even though it was 100 degrees everyday he still wanted to play outside. I know there are many ways of doing cool things with your photos. My daughter does it on the Walgreens website and she has done some pretty cool things with the pictures she has taken.
I have read some of the suggestions for using Flickr and I do see how it could be used in the classroom.
Is there something wrong with the Spell with Flickr link? I am confused how to do that feature. This was a fun Thing and I am ready to go onto the next.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Thing 7 Share photos
Think of ways you may be able to use Flickr in the classroom or in your work and share your ideas. What issues might you face?
Flickr is a lot of fun and because I have not done any online photo sharing I could spend weeks playing with this. At this point I don't know if Flickr is blocked at my school and I will check that out. I also agree with several others who caution the use of personal photos on the web. I'm not sure I will have my students use this for anything they are doing in the library. I do feel it will be great to pass on to my teachers as I can see many uses for the classroom. I loved the example with the labeling on the butterfly picture. I could see myself helping teachers and students learn to use flickr as a tool for class projects.
Flickr is a lot of fun and because I have not done any online photo sharing I could spend weeks playing with this. At this point I don't know if Flickr is blocked at my school and I will check that out. I also agree with several others who caution the use of personal photos on the web. I'm not sure I will have my students use this for anything they are doing in the library. I do feel it will be great to pass on to my teachers as I can see many uses for the classroom. I loved the example with the labeling on the butterfly picture. I could see myself helping teachers and students learn to use flickr as a tool for class projects.
Thing 6 Online photo sharing
The Library Dragon I really wanted did not give me the rights to use the picture so, I had to settle for this one instead. It was fun figuring out how to do this and I want to spend a little more time on this later to alter the picture. Take a look at the post later to see if I have been successful with this. It is funny how simple things can take a long time to learn how to do on your own. I looked at pictures for a very long time and I was amazed by the thousands of pictures that have been posted. I'm ready for the next thing!
Yea! I have flipped the picture and it now looks the way I want it to look. Sorry if you didn't get to see the original. It showed more of the books and the dragon was facing the other way. This also gave me a chance to see that it is easy to edit what I have posted.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Thing 5 Subscribe to blogs
RSS can be a difficult concept for some to grasp right away - what questions do you have? What didn't work or doesn't make sense? How might you use RSS in your personal or professional life? Find anything in your searching that you'd recommend to others?
So much has happened these last three weeks I had to go back and reread many of the instructions. I was so ready to do all of the "Things" and I had way too many obstacles to overcome. The cord on my laptop had a short in it, we went on vacation, sold our condo in Muskegon and had to move all the stuff home, son came home for a visit from school in Phoenix and my sister-in-law was here for a week from Texas. Wow there was no time to work on my "Things".
I think I have grasped the concept of RSS but, I don't think I have even begun to comprehend all that it can do for me. There are so many uses and hidden features it will take some time and networking to make the most of it. It is a definite time saver once you decide what blogs you want to keep up with. It will be fun playing with it. My one recommendation to others is to be sure to find a blog that will make you laugh. We all need to laugh more to releave stress and help us to feel better.
So much has happened these last three weeks I had to go back and reread many of the instructions. I was so ready to do all of the "Things" and I had way too many obstacles to overcome. The cord on my laptop had a short in it, we went on vacation, sold our condo in Muskegon and had to move all the stuff home, son came home for a visit from school in Phoenix and my sister-in-law was here for a week from Texas. Wow there was no time to work on my "Things".
I think I have grasped the concept of RSS but, I don't think I have even begun to comprehend all that it can do for me. There are so many uses and hidden features it will take some time and networking to make the most of it. It is a definite time saver once you decide what blogs you want to keep up with. It will be fun playing with it. My one recommendation to others is to be sure to find a blog that will make you laugh. We all need to laugh more to releave stress and help us to feel better.
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