thing #17

Rollyo is a great tool for me to use with my classes. I could see myself posting my rollyo on my syllabus at the beginning of the year. I created a rollyo that will alow students to get help with homework, extra practice problems and games. I agree with everyone else that the SBISD teacher that made the Rollyo video did a fantastic job. It is so easy to understand. What a great teacher he is!



http://rollyo.com/msueheine/heine_geometry/

thing #16

Wikis are easy to use and I can see myself using this with my classes. It is a great way to get students involved and talking to each other about special projects or problems. The PB wiki I viewed was extremely helpful and I will go back again at the start of school to revisit adding a syllabus and a calendar to class wikis. This is definitely one of the best things in "23 things".

thing #15

Tell me it is not so! I have fond memories as a child of going to the library each week for yet another Nancy Drew book to read and it is hard to hear that the library is antiquated. I enjoy collecting and reading hard bound books but the world is changing. I do agree that teachers must change (video was an eye opener) the way they teach and libraries must change to meet the new student needs. I can definitely see that digital collections of journals, books and blogs would provide a much larger collection that one library could ever afford. Library 2.0 meets the needs of the patrons and meets the users in there space (internet) as opposed to the library. It is user friendly and can be constantly upgraded. I do see a need to integrate the the 2.0 service with our curricula and make easy button commands such as Google Page Creator to help students and teachers.

thing #14

Technoratti allows an easy search by directory, blog posts or tags. I really enjoyed reading blogs on this site because you are gettig regular real people critiques of movies, plays and news and not those thoughts of paid critics. You are able to read rare human uncut experiences and view photographs of amateur photogs.
Web blogs such as DEL.icio.us use tags to organize content which narrows searches about desired subjects. It is to tag favorite websites for easy call up and share with other people. Tagging has allowed me to find previously viewed material quickly and these keyword searches allow me to shop on line a lot faster too!

thing #13

I found this website very interesting. While there would be limited use of this site in my classroom I can see where Science, English and History could really benefit from using deliscious.
I did explore the different tags on art and photography and found a wonderful site called The Disposable Camera Project. They left cameras all over the world with instructions to take a picture and leave it for the next person to find... eventually with the hope that the camera or pictures would return home. Everyone left comments on the website and some of the photography was amazing!

thing #12

I have been so busy posting to my own blog that I had not thought to respond to others. I did learn that your comments should be meaningful, respond to your commenters, share something about yourself and remember the power of your words. I responded to several blogs, some unfortunately before I read thing 12. I am definitely improving my technology skills!

thing #11

I signed up for Librarything and added a list of books that I have recently read and some on my TBA (to be read list). There is something satisfying about seeing the list that I have read over the past two years. I also like the information you can find on a book before you purchase the book. I got lost in reading everyone's comments about different books and was surprised to find that some groups read together in small chunks of time. The most valuable I found to be the tab Local. It gives you access to Houston libraries and bookstores that visiting authors are scheduled to appear for talks and signings. I have enjoyed meeting authors in the past and listening to their thought process and how they chose the settings of their books. I think this could really be used by English teachers and their students but would have limited use for Math teachers. It was fun to see what everyone was reading.