# 8

I subscribed to the google reader and learned how to bring new sites of interest all together. This is a site that can be of great interest to a teacher and a student. This allows you to gather information and news feeds about a topic to one spot on the computer. This saves lots of time and presents itself as a great organizing tool for a teacher and a student. This tool will also help me sift through info and throw out articles I do not need or want. This is amazing!!

Google# 7

I signed up for a google alert on a topic of interest for me. I am so excited about getting this new information daily. Imagine how excited my students would be if we were learning about different current events that are related to the topic we are studying. As long as my students stayed on topic,I would let them choose something to study that was of interest to them and then at the end of the study, we would all share our info. I think they would love this!!

Next, I explored Google Scholar. I put in Romeo and Juliet and received great new resources for me to look at and add to my tool box of teaching.This is a great source that I have found today and I plan to use.

#6

Mapper , Flicker color picker, and mosaic maker are amazing! The one that I see I will use the most is the mosaic maker. I am going to have the kids read their novel and then begin discussing sequence of events. We will find a picture from flicker that resembles what the main idea of the story is about. This will be called my big idea. We will proceed to find smaller pictures that we will put around the big picture that represents the sequence of events throughout the story. This will be a great way for them to comprehend the novel that they are reading. Wow!! This is amazing stuff!

Thing #5

Flickr is a really cool site. I am going to utilize Flickr by putting grouping pictures that could be used for a Christmas wedding. My son is getting married in December and this will enable me to pull photos together that I could possibly use when designing the flowers for the rehearsal dinner.

As for my students, this will be a great hands-on site for them to use parts of sensory imaging by finding pictures that can relate to the topic at hand.

Thing #3

Setting up another yahoo account was something I did not expect to do when creating a blog.We already had to create an account, so therefore I was not planning on creating another one. Once I got past figuring this out and stressing over it,creating an avatar was really fun!I enjoyed dressing my character up and putting her by a peaceful lake enjoying life.

Thing #2

Teaching and mentoring are challenges that I love to set before myself and then work hard to achieve.I look at mentoring and helping others as a time that I can take my knowledge and share it with others hoping that they will feel good about what they have learned.

Technology sometimes tries to rock my world! Instead of looking at technology as a great advantage,I truly try to run from it!! I am trying to make a conscious effort to look at technology as a gift that has been given to me instead of a curse that is haunting me.