Week 8, Thing 20, Subject: Ning

Ning is a very cool website. The Ning group I joined was a Response to Intervention group. There were links to useful US Department of Education web sites and a podcast section. Very interesting. It appears that it might be difficult to stay in touch with all of these websites, but it is good to know where to go to get the information. Not sure what a good score on the game was but I got an 86. The timer was a bit unnerving.

Week 8, Thing 19, Subject: Google Earth

I hve been playing with Google Earth for the past year. I starte when I found out I would be moving to Colorado. I was looking for a house and everytime my realtor would send me an address I would check it out on Google Earth. It is fun, but not always up-to-date.

Week 8, Thing 18, Subject: SlideShare

SlideShare was a bit easier to manage considering we have navigated all the other share sites. I was able to find a SlideShare on the RtI process. The particular SlideShare I chose was interesting because it provides information on the RtI process for social and emotional issues. Most of the time RtI information is provided for academic purposes. SlideShare.

Week 7, Thing 17, Subject: Podcast

I was able to find a podcast on an area of interest for me; RtI. The podcast is how quickreads can benefit students in the RtI process. RtI Podcast. I am still trying to solve the RSS mystery, the mystery of where the RSS feed goes to on my computer when I download it. :)

Week 7, Thing 16, Subject: YouTube

Well, I visited YouTube for more than a minute today. That is to say longer than when one of my teenage sons calls me over to see some crazy thing another teen has posted on YouTube. I was able to see that there are some interesting videos posted, but also some things I would rather not see or hear. Like traditional t.v., you can always turn it off. And there does seem to be a reporting system for those abusing the site. The site I chose was for crafting because that is where one of my interest is. The video I chose. This website could use some cataloging. It would be intersting to WORDLE this site, wouldn't it.

Week 6, Thing 14, Subject: Voice Threading

Voice threading was interesting. The most I had done with recording a voice was in designing a Storybook production for a retiring teacher. I was able to comment on a voicethread where a teacher had copied a photo of a painting in a museum, she used it teach her students about creating depth of objects in art. I was able to comment on her thread: https://voicethread.com/#q+education.b3352.i28616. This too looks like a great web site to spend some time on when there is more time.

Week 5, Thing 13, Subject: Google Docs

Well what first came to mind it gotomeeting.com. Google docs and gotomeeting.com share a purpose. When I completed my M.A. our cohort used gotomeeting becuase we were all located in different parts of the country. We were fortunate that one of our team members was a member of gotomeeting and we were able to merge our individual documents into one cohesive paper for our class. I can see that google docs would serve well for this purpose..AND its free. Along with setting up a wiki, I think Google Doc will be useful to me in the future.

Week 5, Thing 12, Subject Wiki's

I am understanding more and more how all of these web tools can work to gether. I am enjoying the wiki section of this class. I think a wiki can be very useful and think I will use it in the future as a collaborative tool on committees that I am on. I was especially impressed by the way it was demonstrated for use in the classroom. I visited the classroom wiki listed and liked that the photos and videos were password protected. I also visited a library wiki and liked the book review section. I thought I might have blogged about this already, but in the event I didn't....

Week 4, Thing 11, Subjct: TagCloud v. Wordle

I was able to get into TagCloud and used my blog as a source to cloud words. It was very interesting to see what word choices were uses. I was not able to Wordle to work and after several "fixes" continued to get error messages. It looked like Wordle had better graphics than TagCloud. They both allowed for choices in word count and had several other features such as frequency of word use. The tutorial was useful in demonstrating how a word cloud could be used in the classroom for examining text. One note was that the words are different from Tags in that they are not links in the document. I bet that can be done too. I was not able to find a way to save my word cloud. But I did enjoy reviewing it.

Week 4, Thing 10, Subject: del.icio.us

I was able to subscribe to the del.icio.us RSS. It looks like the answer to bookmarking or favorites when one cannot have thier personal computer with them. It elminates searching for sites or information over and over again. Classrooms can use this site for projects that require saving or reviewing information. I will have to think about keeping up with this site. I love the RSS feed feature on the web sites, they seem very useful so far.

Week 3, Thing 9, Subject: Twitter

I signed up for twitter the first week. It is interesting to follow publications that have information you are interested in. I have learned that some of the sites can be overwhelming. One should only subscribe to those publications they find interesting or neccessary. I have also been able to add a few friends to my twitte page. My twitter page is jacquesirish.

Week 3, Thing 8, Subject: Commenting on a Blog

I was able to log into Mary's blog and make a comment. I think I will have to figure out the linking part again. Here is the link to my comment.

http://adventureswithaonghus.blogspot.com/2009/08/its-sunday-and-i-am-stoked-about.html?showComment=1253649722733#c7254019992590006639

Week 3, Thing 7, Subject: RSS

I have really enjoyed getting to know how to use a RSS. I have subscribed to the feeds at my sons' schools and my old school. It is great to be able to see all the updates without having to go through and search the web site itself.

Week 2, Thing 6, Subject: Glogging

Glogging looks to be a lot of fun. In social studies it could be used for making posters of famous people that the students need to know. Still going to look at that site more.

Here's my poster:

Week 2, Thing 5, Subject: Trading Card

Flilckr was very interesting. It was very difficult to understand mashups and 3rd party tools until I clicked on the embedded links. They seem fun and could easily be used to make instruction interesting. Here is a trading card I made in a 3rd party tool.

Week 2, Thing 4, Subject: Flickr photo

I created a Flickr account and loaded a picture of the outside of our school. This is a great way to share photos of a field trip for teachers. Great public site.
See the photo at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacquesclan/3944331855/?addedcomment=1#comment72157622308312245

Week 1, Thing 3, Subject: Permission to Copy

WOW, very interesting. One might believe that any image given on the internet was fair play. I did not realize these images needed permissions. I will certainly use the advance function when searching for images in the future. As a teacher, I will make sure that student are aware of the advance search function. And as a parent, I will teach my kids how to use images appropriately. One question I do have is how do people who post images to the web know how to publish with appropriate approval levels?

The first thought that came to mind for a teacher in wiki was organizing a field trip. For a forward thinking prinicpal, I might even try a wiki for organizing thought about an upcoming meeting. This might be good so that people have time to process an idea before a meeting starts. Definitely, a wiki could be used for a classroom project. very interesting, a bit like text messaging with a document.

Just visited a library wiki site. Interesting use of a book club. Links were in place to comment on different genres of books and what people thought of them.

Just took a visit to a classroom wiki site. What I noticed is that the teacher was able to put restrictions about who can view the particular components of the wiki. For instance there is a video of a class trip and only those invited can view it, thus protecting the privacy of the participants.

Sitting in Web 2.0 training learning how to wiki and google docs. Can't wait to learn more.

Am getting ready to go to COlumbus, OH to obtain training on a new reading program, Read Naturally. It looks to be a good program for reading intervention. A solid fluency program, with comprehension, and progress monitoring pieces. Can't wait to go and learn more about reading intervention.