Summary

This has been a very quick journey. I started this journey with excitement for the new things I had plan to learn. Like all journeys when you first start you jump right into it with both feet. That is what I did jumped right in. As I went on I begin to wonder am I there yet. No not yet I heard my mind say. By the time I got to item 15 I begin to wonder would I complete the task I started. In my mind I was not going to let misd23things win over me. I won and now I am better for it. I plan to continue to blog from time to time. The closer a new school approaches I look forward to share with my new parents. Most of them are not new to the things I have just learned about. If I am going to be effective as a teacher I need to step up to the plate and learn how and use the new technology that is available to me. Some of the things I know I will use is YouTube, when we start to learn about nouns and verbs. I will use a slide show of the things my students do during the year to show the parents from time to time on a blog. There is so much to do with this new found knowledge I have. Please do not change the course at this time. But knowing how technology changes I someday this course will too. I plan to encourage my co workers to takes it. Thank You for all you have done to ensure that teachers have a chance to learn new things.

Item 15

I have finally figure out how to do what was needed for this item. To me it was hard. But I did not let it get me down. I would work on it for a while then walk away from it. After I got it done I felt a sense of relief. This is maybe the only one that really made me feel like giving up. But after working on it for a while and seeing things come together I was so proud of my self. Yes I put the video, pictures, and much, much more on my wiki page. I can smile at it and say "I got you and not you got me." To see what I am talking about just check it out. If you don't want to hear all of the music just click on the music icon in the slide show that will turn it off. I hope you enjoy what I have done. I know it is not super but it was fun.

Item 23

I have worked and now I have reached item 23 I still have one more to go. That is item 15. I know that social networks can be and are good to have. This allows us to communicate with others that may fell the same way we do. It also allows us to stay in touch with old friends, and make new friends. I think that Ning is also a good network to have. I found a few things that I can use in the classroom. Yes, I can use most of the things I have learned here over the last few weeks in every part of life. I enjoyed during the posting of the pictures, slide show,and more when they work. I will use the social network to keep in touch with my parents and they can see what is going on in the classroom.

Item 22

I have a myspace account now. I can't believe it. I was one of them that feel that myspace is a waste of time until now. I can see how having a social page is a good thing. One I can update the parents on things that are happening in the class. They can find out about me and know who I am. Parents are on myspace daily talking to friends and catching up with lost friends. Why can't we do the some thing for the classroom? There are some things I need to do to myspace and I will as the summer goes on. I Plan to put a music list on it soon.

Item 21

One of the cool things I saw and plan to use is the google calendar. I can keep up with my conferences, Dr, appts. and any thing that is important and I need to have a record of. I also crated a google library of some of the books I like. This was really fun There were some that seem to have gotten the best of me at this time. But I will try it later when I am not so short of time. I hope I did the link right so that you can see my calendar and library. The calendar can be used and posted on a blog for the parents to see what happening in class. Making a library can help the parents choose books for the students to read.

item 20

There are many ways that google doc can be used. One way it can be used to help keep up with the work that the class is doing for the week. You can use the spreadsheet and check it off as the work is completed. I would use it that a way. Second way it can be used to keep up with the work that is turned in by the students as they turn it in. Just the way this course is using it now. I can see it being very helpful for me to keep up with the work. Third way I would use it is by keeping up with books that I use in the classroom and when I loan it out to another teacher so I am not wondering where it is when I need it. These are just a few ways I can use google doc. Oh another way will be to use it as a way to keep up with the test that I will need to do during the year.

Item 19

Voice thread is something new to me. I see it as a good tool to use in the classroom. It can be used to allow the students to express their thoughts. If I were to use it in the classroom I would allow the students to tell their stories that they have written or feel like telling if they are not able to write or put what they are thinking into writing. Sometimes new things can cause fear in the person who is trying it. However I plan to give it a try. Just to see if the students and I can work it out.