THING 15

I have been using SKYPE  since my freshman year of college and I like all the features and extra settings it has to communicate with people from other countries across the world or in the same state. For it to be used in the classroom that would be really good for parents to see how their kindergarten kids are doing on their first couple of days in class. Also, your classroom could have a competition with another classroom over for example math problems and then who ever wins gets to have a pizza party in their classroom the next day for lunch. There are many different ways to use skype along with other resources to make it fun and effective in a classroom.

THING 10

While I went over and worked in the Zoho Writer page I found it to be fun and it had some more features that made it easier to use as well. However, I already have a google email and documents website so I like how google has everything right there for you to use as well. It makes it self sufficient to use rather than having to go somewhere else outside the zoho writer page and then add it to the document.

THING 9

I believe that the more interactive a classroom can be the more kids will learn, but when you have at the most 20 something kids in your classroom you can't really interact with all the kids one by one. So that's why I believe that if the school system would incorporate Ipad's into their classrooms this will keep the kids interactive while learning and growing in their reading skills. Also, the Ipad could be used in any subject from helping with math problems, exploring more about science, or art and music whatever it is you can use the Ipad to help the students learn while still helping them learn interactively while your not around.

THING 8

After looking at the different Wiki's online I have really liked the Bull Run Library wiki page and how it was setup. They included some changes in the library prices, or fines for late books and they also have any updates going on in their city or around them. The Bull Run Library also adds pictures and keeps it organized in different ways that can make it easier for people visiting the website. However, the other one's are just general Wiki pages that doesn't grab the attention of the people visiting the website, so I feel that they could use what the Bull Run Library wiki group used to add more features that could help their website seem more alive rather than being so dull.

7 things

When I explored the different Internet Image generator programs, I found that some would be useful and kid friendly where others didn't have these advantages. Therefore, I decided that glogster and flipsnack would be the most useful for projects/assignments in the classroom and outside that are kid friendly, making this easier for kids to put there projects together, and it's Eco-friendly since it's being used on the Internet rather than using paper. So Glogster would be an in classroom assignment, where each student creates their own montage of what describes themselves, for example their favorite color, number, clothes, brands, animal, or whatever describes that student. The project must contain at least if not more than 1 picture of your favorite animal, 20 actual pictures of you (the student) and other things, and 10 words or letters. Another one that I would use is flipsnack, and each student must make a book, of their choice, over one of the lessons we are going over in science, math, history, reading, or art. They would also have to describe in detail what there describing and make sure the person reading it can understand how it works and what the picture is meaning. For example, you could do a book over how to divide or multiply fractions.

6 thing

When I created my RSS account I was a little confused at first, but when I went to RSS tutorials everything made more since to me. Thank goodness!! However, after I started subscribing to some newsfeed and other peoples blogs it was really cool to be able to see what people updated on their blogs for that day or what is going on in the NBA. I feel like for my personal life it would be easier to look up what is going on in the different sports, economy, or world that week or day, because rather buying a newspaper, magazine, or getting up early to watch the news I could just look up all the information I find interesting all on my bloglines account. Therefore,  I found it very useful for myself and even business people who already are always using technology in their jobs, so this is a very useful website that I would find interesting to use for my students. Because through this I could have them research certain websites that I know are kid friendly and from that site they have to do a project or report based on the information given on the website. There are plenty other ways to use it for students in the school level and this is just one of them.

http://dashboard.bloglines.com/privatepage/1#MerchantCircle

THING 5!

So I went to the website www.bighugelabs.com and I found it really interesting how you could make a mosaic's and other things as well that would be useful. I could see myself using this for pictures from each year of my students, and teams I would have. Here is my Mosaic that I made from this summer :)