It is not the end, it is a new beginning

Wow! I feel a weight has lifted off of me because I finished my, "23 Things." There was times when I got really excited creating some of the blog posts. Although other times I would get so frustrated and wanted to throw my laptop at the wall. After I finished each blog post I would get really excited knowing that I was getting closer to thing 23. One of my favorite blog exercises was when the social network Facebook was brought up. I loved doing that blog because I am always on Facebook, and know so much about. I also enjoyed Igoogle. It is still currently my homepage. I fell in love with Igoolge. It has so many wonderful things to offer. I would say after completing this program that I have new goals in my classroom, and know I will be using some of the website that I found out about from this program later on in my classroom. Nothing really was to surprising in this program. I seamed to understand all most it all. Some of the websites were really confusing, but I seamed to get the hang of it after a while. I do not think that this program could improve in any way, I really liked the layout of it. I would not change it. It is pretty easy to follow, and I found it a very useful program. When I become a teacher I am going to take what I learned from doing these blogs. I will use the websites, and I will have them help me to make lesson plans, and to also better my students education. I still plan to visit the site Web 2.0, and I am going to try and keep up with all the websites, and the new websites that are out there. I found all the websites on Web 2.0 very useful. Although some of them really frustrated me, I could still see myself going back to all of them and trying hem out again. I know I will continue to keep going on my 23things website. I worked so hard to complete each blog post, and I am not going to forget all that hard work now. I  am going to subscribe to RRS feed so I can stay up to date on all the new teachnoglogy. Technology changes each and everyday, and I do not want to fall behind and not know what is going on. I want to educate my students to the best of my ability and with all the newest technology out there. 

Thing 23!!!!!!

After reading about Creative Commons licensing I realized that is a very important thing to the teaching world, and not only teacher but it goes for everyone else. The screen shot above is what  I found on the 23 Things Website. Dr. Wall did a good job on citing the website she was fair and sited it correctly. She gave credit to what was not hers. When I am a teacher I will always use Creative Commons licensing, because even though sometimes I do not think I am doing anything wrong I really might be with out even knowing it. There forth knowing how to site things correctly is a big deal, because if you do not you can get in a lot of trouble for it.

Thing 22!

Thing 22 was a bit tricky and hard. LiveBinder was a bit confusing to get the hang of at first but after a while I started to like it. From my knowledge I think I made my binder correctly. i had three titles that were labeled; Reading Resources in Kindergarden, History of the United States, and Arts and Crafts. I choose these titles because they were the ones that stud out to me the most. I like that this website is an online binder. I think that it makes it easer for teachers to stay organized because all of binder is online, and that way nothing could get lost or misplaced on accident. I could see myself using the websites that I put into my Live Binder as help with making lesson plans for my students. I could see myself giving out the names of the websites I find to the parents. I would give the websites to the parents because it could help them stay connected with what I am teaching. I do like Live Binder a lot, however I could still see myself using the old fashioned binder way. Which consists of paper print outs and a cardboard binder. I can see other teachers using the old fashioned way as well. http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=814241

Thing 21!

I really enjoyed making my video on the website Animto. I feel like this site is going to become one of my new favorite websites. I got really into making my video. I even tagged the people that were in it on Facebook. I could see myself using this website when I become a teacher. For example, I would use this website to create slideshows of my students to show at open house. I could also use this website to present visual presentations to the class. I have attached in my blog the video that I made it is a video of my family because they are the best people that are in my life :).http://animoto.com/play/ZaKfPOCX9ABYcUR1D4gEMA

Thing 20!

I love, love, love  You Tube. It is most diffently one of my favorite wesites. I use it just about everyday. I mainly use it to listen to music. However, I feel it saves me everyday in school. For example, I am currently taking Statistics and I never know what I am doing in that class. You Tube sves my life in that class beacuse, it has how to videos on the website. It tells me what to do step by step, and that is a really big help for me to learn things in Stats. Another thing I love about You tube is that it is  very easy to navigate. There is a big search bar up at the top of the screen, and you type in what you want to search and it takes you to it. Who ever invented You tube must be a millionair beause I am pretty sure You Tube is used by almost everyone in the world these days.

I uploaded this movie trailer from You Tube. It is called CyberBully. It is an ABC Family movie. The reason I am posting this You Tube clip is because I feel that every teacher should see this movie. It really makes you stop and think about how bad bullying is becoming in schools, and on the internet these days. Children are taking their lives because of it. I think it is time for more teachers to make a stand and try to put an end to bullying, cyber bulling and bulling in schools. I know that I am going to try everything in my power to stop bullying, because no one needs to be put down so low that they think the only way for it to stop is to kill themselves. 

Thing 19!

I had a lot of fun completing "Thing 19." I got really excited about it when I was exploring the websites we could go to. I am already a member to two social networks which are Facebook and Pinntrest. I love Facebook and I am on it just about everyday. I just recently got a Pinntrest, and am still learning how to use it. So far I really enjoy it, and I have found some neat ideas on there. While completing this blog I sign up for bakespace, because I love to cook. I fell in love with bakespace. I found all of these delicious sounding recipes that I can not wait to try. I even ending up pinning some of them on to my Pinntrest account. I can differently see myself using this website later in the furture. It might even become my new favorite website. When I become a teacher I can see myself using this website to get ideas of delicious sounding recipes and making them and bringing them in for my students to eat. Another site that I signed up for was goodreads. I signed up for this because I love to read and this website had all different kinds of books that you can look up, and order them. You can also create a booklist for yourself on books you want to read. I can see myself using this website a lot in the future because I love to read, and I am always making a list of books that I want to read. I can also see myself using this in my classroom to look up books that I want my students to read.  Another site that I learned about for "Thing 19", was teacherpop. I had a little trouble creating an account on the site. I just ended up browsing through it and I thought it was a good site for teachers. I went to Ann Walls homepage, and read all about what was on her page. I enjoyed reading all the posts that people had left her. She seams like a very nice lady and I hope I have the chance to meet her one day. I could see myself using this website when I become a teacher, and learning to love it, and getting in contact with other teachers that are in the world. This is a wonderful site for teachers, I can not wait to become more familiar with it :)

Thing 18!!

I loved "thing 18", It was be far one of my favorite blog posts I had to write about. I am always on Facebook I love it. I find myself getting lost in it all the time. I love looking at my friends pictures and posting on their walls and everything else it has to offer, I do it all. I think it is a wonderful website. I can see myself using it in my classroom a lot. When I become a teacher I would want to create a new account for my students and parents of the students. I would use this in my classroom to keep in contact with my parents and students, and I would somehow make projects on Facebook and have the class intact in the projects through facebook. While looking up educational things, and old teachers on Facebook I came across my old high school's Facebook page. I really enjoyed it I got really into the page. I loved that I was updated on all the things that were happening at the school. I also found a few of my old high school teachers. I sent them a message, and re connected with them. I also really enjoyed finding out about the APSU education Facebook page. I asked to join the group, and I can see myself going to that page a lot more now to find out about what is going on in the education world at Austin Peay. Facebook I would have to say is my favorite site of all times. I could see myself always using Facebook always. Twitter is another story for me all of my friends have it, and I hear it a wonderful website as well, but I could not see myself getting one yet, maybe one day though.



I have attached in my blog a link to my Facebook! I am always updating my Fcebook but I am very pleased with it right now. http://www.facebook.com/Smackers4685?ref=tn_tnmn