Thing # 17 Rollyo

This was really cool to learn. I will definitely be using this for my students. I created a rollyo for vocabulary and games. This is an awesome site. Learning something new today feels great!
http://rollyo.com/search.html?q=vocabulary+games&sid=564782

Thing # 16 Wikis

I really enjoyed learning about Wikis. I am a Dyslexia specialist and I would love to have a Wiki that discussed the novels we were reading at the Highschool. Even though we did not all meet together we could discuss our opinions about the novel. We must all remember is that the info. is mostly just that our opinion. I love this site because we can all collaborate together on what ever all of us students are discussing in class. What a great learning tool at our fingertips!! I will go back to this when school starts and take the PLUNGE and try to set one up!!

Thing number # 15

Libraries that were in my schools when I was young, were full of chairs,tables, books and card catalogs. The new technology is amazing,and I love how the younger generations are not scared of the computer, in fact they embrace it.
Today almost all researching for information is at our finger tips on the web. This is so remarkable for our students to learn!
I am also from the old school, I love all this technology, but we must never forget to communicate with each other. We must never forget to sit in literature circles and have discussions with each other gaining great knowledge from other teachers, parents and friends.
The video was very thought provoking. It is truly amazing how so many kids are living on facebook and useless computers sites while parents and teachers are thinking they are working on meaningful assignments. We MUST never loose the art of verbally communicating with each other.

Thing # 14 Technorati

This website sets ups blogs in a very organized way. I liked how Technorati is set up by looking info up through blog posts, in tags and the blog directory. This site sets up blogs in a way that a beginner like me can search through and find what I need. I am going to enjoy going back and reading blogs and tagging important information.

# 13

Wow! This took me for ever to figure out!!!Once I finally figured this out,I can see ways the students can use it in the classroom. For example when researching a topic on delicious as I looked up fluency activities,I was able to tag the ones I wanted and the ones that would be best for my students. This was pretty NEAT!! I will continue to work my way through this site in hopes to better use this for my students.

Thing number 12- Creating Community for commenting

After reading the articles I found two things that I feel are important to remember when blogging. 1.It is important two remember bloggers want to be read.( Why else would they want to be on the internet.) 2.I also thought the concept of making sure you keep your comments meaningful and well mannered is also very important! Words can be very hurtful!

I chose my two interest blogs about weddings. This is of great interest to me being that my son is geting married and I am right in the middle of planning the rehearsal dinner. Tying the knot was the coolest blog. It gave me great ideas. The problem is I want to sit and read it forever. Shame on me!!! http://www.austinweddingblog.com/2009/07/best-regional-wedding-blog-finalist.html
http://www.brendasweddingblog.com/http://blogs.wishpot.com/wedding/2009/07/inspired-bride-wedding-blog-re-launch.htmlblog.com/

# 11 Library Thing

I thought library thing was really cool. I put in books about flowers and about weddings. I was really excited because I added these books to my Library account. What I loved about this is when we are working on a specific unit I can go to my library thing account and put in the author or just one or two words that relate to the topic we are studying. Library thing will bring up books for me to use to read or research for the kids. I also liked this because it was not hard to use. This is good for me!!