Friday, July 2, 2010

One Last Thing......

The Learning 2.0-23 Things for teachers journey has been a long one, but a great asset to my future as a person and a professional teacher!

When I first saw this assignment, I thought it was going to be dreadful, just be looking down the list and how much it was seemed overwhelming for a 5 week summer course. BUT, I am SO glad that I got this experience!

I have learned so much from all of the 23 things. Some of my favorites are the blog, flickr, RSS feeds, delicious, and all of the things that Google has to offer!! At first, I really thought this would just be 23 things that I did for a grade, but I definitely felt different with each new amazing discovery that I made! I will definitely use the blog to keep in touch with students, parents, and other teachers. I think it is a great way to communicate with each other outside of the classroom, and I love that feedback can come from all directions so that I can get new ideas! I also plan to definitely keep up with my online RSS feeds! I think that is my favorite of them all.

Overall I think this is a great program. I plan to keep up with updates through blogging!

Thing #23

I found the following information at the bottom of the Learning 2.0-23 Things for Teachers web page. The information clearly shows that it borrowed and duplicated its information with permission under Creative Commons. Below the information provided is the link that goes to the Creative Commons website, for more information.

As a teacher, I will use creative commons to borrow information, and possibly add some of my own! I am glad that I have learned about this because I will now know what I am and am not allowed to borrow or use for my personal purposes. This will be something I would like to teach my students about so that they borrow and add the correct way!


Credits
Learning 2.0 - 23 Things for Teachers is based on Learning 2.0 - 23 Things, a staff development program for the Mesquite Independent School District. That program was based on the Learning 2.0 program that was designed by Helene Blowers and adapted by the California School Library Association and others. Content and style for Learning 2.0 - 23 Things for Teachers has been borrowed and duplicated with permission, under a Creative Commons License.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/

Thing #22

Today I got to experience with podcasting. I listened to the podcast on learn outloud called "Great Speaches in history. I think this podcast will be great for students! History is such an important part of the school curriculum and it is very important to know the "important" people of history. I think the children would enjoy listening to this podcast while learning the great speeches in history. They can actually hear the real voices of the people giving the speeches as well! I found this site the easiest and most helpful for me.

Below is the link to listen to the Great Speeches in History.


Great Speeches in History Podcast