Thing # 21

<object id="vp1M8Ah1" width="432" height="243" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="http://static.animoto.com/swf/w.swf?w=swf/vp1&e=1354301770&f=M8Ah1El4uy1HtAWQkRPUOA&d=0&m=b&r=360p&volume=100&start_res=360p&i=m&asset_domain=s3-p.animoto.com&animoto_domain=animoto.com&options="></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed id="vp1M8Ah1" src="http://static.animoto.com/swf/w.swf?w=swf/vp1&e=1354301770&f=M8Ah1El4uy1HtAWQkRPUOA&d=0&m=b&r=360p&volume=100&start_res=360p&i=m&asset_domain=s3-p.animoto.com&animoto_domain=animoto.com&options=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="432" height="243"></embed></object><p><a href='http://animoto.com'>Make a video</a> of your own at Animoto.</p>
Animoto was a surprisingly  easy experience. The moment i went to the site it asked me to link my Facebook account to Animoto. After I linked the two accounts it prompted me to use my Facebook library photos to make a video. I was able to select the photos and the music it then edited the video on it own. This was an easy and fun experience.

My Animoto video.

Thing # 20

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YouTube is a great site that has an easy to use and you can find videos rather easily. The video above was the third video on the search return. However, caution must be used when exploring YouTube in the classroom because the returns can bring up something that is not appropriate for students. YouTube is best when the videos are pre-loaded before class so the students can only revives relevant information.

Thing # 18

It is important for teachers to know how to use social media because it remains an important aspect of our culture. Keeping in touch with students to see if their is any out of class problems affecting a student. Cyber bullying being a negative side of the new social media websites that can be very traumatic for a student.
I have had the privilege of living in tech savvy household and I have used theses sites since there inception and I understand there concepts.
I feel that Facebook is the most useful for teacher and there classroom, as you can set up a group on the site that you can invite the students to join.

Thing # 17

Delicious is a very good resource for organizing bookmarks for use latter. It is a good way to bookmark websites for a teacher's classroom. If the students are old enough you can set up a way for the students to share links with each other. Being an active member of Delicious is a good way to contribute to the community and make it easier for people to find relevant links. Delicious can work both in the classroom and for personal use as well. Having students look at interesting websites with relevant content to the lesson can help them learn.

Thing # 16

I have chosen iGoogle as my start page, because I have a Google account and it was easy to start an iGoogle homepage. It appealed to me because it has a wide variety of widgets I could move around and chose from. This way when I start my browsing session the first things I see are productive and relevant to what I am doing.
An online calendar can help me stay on task because I have an easy to read document of when projects are due. This way I will never be lost in the due dates for my projects.
I always have the hardest time maintaining to-do lists. They do have their uses for some people, but I just find it more trouble to maintain 
The sticky notes program was very useful for my home life. I spend a lot of time on my laptop at home and having the notes available on my computer helps me stay on task.

Thing # 14

I chose to use the mind map, bubbl.us. It is an easy to use way to categorize your thoughts when you are organizing a  project. The website allows you to make topic ideas and then you can build on those ideas with  bubbles that chain of the original topic.
I can use this program when I am writing a paper and need an easy way to organize my ideas.