Thing #7

Flickr is a very good website for finding pictures that interest you. They have it designed for you to find the kind of photo you want by using simple keywords. It is very user friendly that does not cause much frustration, even for those that are not so web savvy.

There are so many fantastic photos that can be found on flicker that can be found by using simple key words such has this photo that was taken by C...G.d'Orée*

http://www.flickr.com/photos/graindor/8045010021/in/photostream

Thing #4

When bloggers comment on their peers blog it helps build an online community. It is always good to get feed back on the things you post on your blog to make your future post even better. Commenters can tell you what they like about your blog or what they don't like. Commenting also helps get your name and personality out to other bloggers, this helps form a community of like minded people. Community on the internet is very important because they can gather around a cause that you and your peers find important.


I have chosen the following blogs for the same reason; I was intrigued by their writing style and the topics they chose to right about.

http://23dlymon.blogspot.com/

http://krissyparker12.blogspot.com/

http://kathrynvanmater.blogspot.com/

http://dwitter3040.blogspot.com/

http://wyoung3780fall.blogspot.com/

http://marstwentythreethings.blogspot.com/

For my out of class blogs I chose these two because I think they have the most longevity for me as a teacher

http://thetechclassroom.com/

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/


The comments I chose to make on the blogs I have presented are chosen because the post had an idea in it that intrigued me.

Side Note- I have a seen a problem when commenting; when I hit the publish button it erases my comment and does not post it to the blog. I will continue to make comments and try to fix this problem.

Thing #13

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RU7hzEns_lbKX9sRw_dvOwTrQs3yWH2mzS2X3voqeHY/edit

Students can use the web based documents to work on a project simultaneously from the personal computers at home.  Also a teacher can check the progress of projects by logging in and having access to the documents their students are working on. I prefer the Google docs program because I have experience with Google docs and I did no fully understand Zoho.

Thing # 12

Google has come along way since the days of being a simple search engine and have many great tools that are very useful. Google translate being one of the best of these tools, it allows you to translate into all the major languages on earth. I made a translation from English to Polish here http://translate.google.com/#en/pl/I%20want%20to%20be%20an%20english%20high%20school%20teacher%20after%20I%20graduate%20college.
I also set up some alerts that are sent to my Gmail account that will be useful for me. In the classroom google alerts will be nice to have when finding new information for the classroom and Google translate offers a chance at communication among people with a language barrier.

Thing #11

When looking for blog posts it was easy for me to find thee rss feeds by using the control-find function on my computer to see if the blog had the RSS feed button.  I found the google blog search the easiest. It was very straight forward in finding the relevant post.  The technorati search engine was the most difficult for me because of how busy the website was. There were some RSS feeds I found but they were a lot of ones for personal use. I did find a useful literature review blog that is updated somewhat often. Because I am a seasoned internet user I did not find any strange feeds. RSS feeds are an easy way to stay current in the very busy universe of the internet.

Thing #10

An RSS feeder is handy for a teacher because it allows them to get articles or just general information that will be relevant for the classroom. It is an easy way to set up a way to get multiple feeds that will normally need to be found in multiple places that are set up in one easy to find location.

Thing #9

I created the images here http://www.comicstripgenerator.com/

This was an easy and fun way to manipulate images. It will allow the kids in the classroom to manipulate in creative ways.

Thing #8

<iframe width="1000" height="700" frameborder="0" src="http://splashr.com/show/fire/japan/25/"></iframe>
This is a mash up I made through Splashr. It is 25 pictures that are tagged with the phrase "Japan".
Using a Flickr mash up is an easy and fun way you can have the students use a keyword that is relevant to a lesson. This program has 25 images that have form of relevance to the keyword that you choose. Sharing photos online is important so as a society we have a shared experience. I may not be able to go to exotic location but with web 2.0 photo sharing I can find images of it that can fill me with wander.

Thing #6

The site I decided to explore was https://www.dropbox.com/, it is site that lets you download their program that lets you use "cloud storage" for certain documents and programs. This is a useful program that lets you access programs from any computer or that can be shared with someone. This can be useful for a teacher to use to give a student missing work if they miss class for any reason, that way the student can stay current with the rest of the class. One fault the program has is that it can be confusing on what files are compatible with it. 

Thing #5

Based on a couple of the articles provided, Web 2.0 is very important for schools in the technology age. Over the past couple of decades computers have become more prevalent in every day life. A direct cause is that younger and younger kids have become proficient with the use of computers. Couple this with the fact schools in increasing numbers have accesses to enough computers that each of their students can use them in some fashion in the classroom. From this "School 2.0" has come into vogue. What this means to me is that a school that utilizes web 2.0 tools successively transforms itself into a school that fits in the modern internet age. As time marches on schools will need these tools to survive as more computers for students gives them unprecedented accesses to learning tools that were not available in the decades past.