Thing # 7b

I'm jumping ahead a little bit but I don't have time to complete #20 & #21 right now. I've been reading my google reader and recently added southern living to my list. It's one of my favorite magazines and I rarely find enough time in my day to read it at home. Seems I'm always doing something...cooking, washing, cleaning, you know the drill of a working mom! Anyway, today I read several fun articles but I had no idea there were southern living blogs!!! Written by folks who write the magazine articles! Everything from food to gardening (and all points in between). What a delight!

Thing # 19

Voicethread was neat. I really liked the idea of sharing photographs with my family and friends and having the capability of hearing their comments, sentiments, etc. I could see myself using Voicethread in that way. I can also see how very cool it would be to use in a classroom where the students can make comments collectively, make predictions about pictures, compare and contrast, or even use to generate written works. I've noticed, throughout Learning 2.0, that some of our teaching videos have been created with voicethread (or something like it) and I feel so smart now that I know where to go to create works of my own!

Thing # 18 edit

I forgot to report on my "how to" videos..... I was having trouble embedding my video clip so I went to You Tube and searched "how to embed a video into a blog!" I also checked out "how to replace a ballast" because mine is out in my pantry and seems I can't get my husband to get it changed!!!

Thing # 18

During my scavenger hunt, I found two interesting videos relating to special education. One was on inclusion and the other was about a career in special education working with severely challenged kids. They were both very informative. The inclusion video was especially helpful because our campus is moving toward inclusion next school year. I've added my favorite You Tube video for fun: Bon Qui Qui at King Burger. Watch below and enjoy. I found Teacher Tube to be a great source to be used in the classroom. Kids seem to pay so much more attention to video/computer and several of the videos I explored like Animals in the Rainforest, Ocean Currents, and From an F to an A (kid production) were very interesting and captivating. I'm sure kids would really enjoy viewing videos or short clips as an alternative to the old textbook! And...it's a great idea for those kids whose reading skills are lacking or maybe learn better with visuals :-)

Thing # 17

Podcasts.... I've used i-tunes forever and never knew podcasts were there! This class is the best and I'm learning so much. I looked at several podcasts, some easier to navigate than others, but ended up subscribing to Dragonfly TV in my google reader. I also liked The Tech Teachers because it has so much information on all kinds of technology use. If you haven't tried I-Tunes, download it now and check out all the available stuff! I'm planning on spending more time there exploring what all I've missed the past few years.

Thing # 16

Libray Thing was really a cool site. I did not create an account yet but I believe I will. I would really like to do this for my dad as well because he LOVES to read and, in fact, reads so many books that he forgets which ones he's read before. For example, I put is Clive Cussler and got a complete list of his books! I liked the "suggested" search because it lists so many books related to my author or book I put in. This would be great for a classroom to have students share the books they've read and to catalog their own reading experience. I want to take some more time to explore Library Thing and I absolutely love that it's linked with Amazon (I buy most of my books from there! among other things :-)

Thing # 15

Delicious was fun! I found tons of things I'm interested in and read for a long time before recognizing I'd been on that site soooo for way too long. I searched all kinds of stuff but I tagged/bookmarked various running sites, a running blog, and some special education sites. I had trouble determining if my tags/bookmarks are public/shared but check out my link and see at delicious.com/clwhite. I thought it was neat that delicious imported my bookmarks that already existed on firefox. I'm not sure I followed the directions exactly....maybe that was the step I as supposed to skip... but I got carried away and just kept clicking!!! Anyway, now I can find all my bookmarks in one place and see them all at a glance which I find very helpful.