Thing 21

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

HAY CHECK IT OUT!!!!!!!!!

I did it! I set up an account with Aminmoto, made a 30 second video with my grandchildren.

I really enjoyed doing this exercise. Everything I learn I teach my sons everybody want video cameras for Christmas. We have created a video of our family, up loaded it on a CD and instead of Christmas cards we will send out this video. I can not wait for Thanksgiving we plan to add those pictures as well. I think this was the best exercise of all the 23things.

OH YEA I FIGURED OUT HOW TO EMBED THE CODE :)

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

I kind ah went crazy and made two this is fun I need some new up to date photos we took these pictures about 3 summers ago when I was in Chicago

Thing 20

Here is my video that I found from You tube. It is nothing professional I just thought it was kind of cute.

While exploring I realized that some of my family member that I will not name had already introduced me to You Tube. At the time I did not know what I was watching, they would just say hay Janie come look at this. Some of the things they had me to look at were kind of crazy. GIRL FIGHTS were some of the first videos that I saw but I did not know they were YOU TUBE this big fantastic place where people uploaded all kinds of interesting and crazy stuff.

I have an account on You Tube now, I had to get it if I wanted to watch some of the videos. I don't know if I will be uploading anything other than pictures but, my boys still want video cameras.

I embeded the code check out one of my favorite cartoon characters. CANDANCE

Thing 19

I am a member of APSU Ning network, Teacher pop. This was a very interesting site. I will try and continue to use it after this class but I have joined so many different sites I wonder how will I keep up. HOW ON EARTH DO SOME PEOPLE KEEP UP?? Teacher Pop is a good site for educational material but I think it's just for socializing with teachers and classmates.

I joined a site called Gather, and in this site there was another group called Kids In The Kitchen! Yea! something I enjoy. My husband and I are both chef's and our oldest son is an excellent cook. My 11yr old son is on his way. This summer we sent him to camp with the YMCA and the theme was Kids in the kitchen. He really enjoyed it. So when I saw this group about kids in the kitchen I was very curious. My son reads the post with me and we work together on finding good easy recipes that he can try. Wow I will continue with this group for sure.

I have to work on taking some photos of myself, that's something I do not have a lot of.I do have a lot of family photo's because I'm the one taking all the pictures. I put a photo on my Teacher Pop about 5 years old but I think I'm recognizable. I committed on Dr. Walls post about unwritten rules, and I also wrote on the community post. I wanted to send everyone in my class a gift, but when I saw it was not for free. WELL YOU KNOW! I placed a chat widget on my blog and facebook popped up. I guess that mean you can chat with me where ever I'm at. COOL!!


Now finding and making a video, this is my biggest challenge yet.

Thing 18

I currently have a facebook account, I use it to keep in touch with friends and family. I also signed up forhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/137494276493/ I

 will use it to learn what is going on in the Claxton building. I also have a twitter account, but I do not really use it.

Facebook has become an essential part of student life for most college students. It serves as a way students can communicate with teachers, classmates and different type of clubs. 

However social networking sites may be a way to reach students I think that there should be a sense of maturity while using this as a learning tool for students. I like the litle skit that Fieneas and Furb use on the Disney Channel about internet safety. Yea I watch cartoons:).

I learned that everyone on facebook does not use twitter and everyone on twitter does not have a facebook account. Thank goodness, I thought I was the only one that did not use twitter.

I would have to say that I like facebook better. My reason for this is prior to actually learning about posting and social networking I like the games. I played farmville everyday until I made a city. Yea you can check me out and become my neighbor on cityville, I'm totally addicted. I'm still trying to figure out what exactly to say on twitter other than hay come and be my neighbor or friend on my facebook account I just love it. I have conversations all the time with people I do not know. 

This is were maturity comes in. Our children are very vulnerable we need to watch and monitor there moves.

This social networking site could be very useful in a classroom but like I said previously SAFETY before TECHNOLOGY is a TO DO!!!!!!

If you want to look me up my name is Janie Walker I friend everybody.

Thing 17

Bookmarking is another exciting and powerful aspect I enjoyed with web 2.0. Once I started using a social bookmarking service and tagging all my bookmarks I found that it was much easier to do a quick search and tag to find the many websites that are interesting to me.

I joined delicious and found out that it was a part of Yahoo which was interesting I did not know that. I made my bookmarks available on multiple computers that I use, and the bookmarks that I already had was easily added to delicious.

Now guess what! My primary source of information is Google. So what did I do? All my bookmarks are now on my Google account, everything is in one place and one account provider just making my life easier trying out all this technology.

I also bookmarked http://apsu23things.blogspot.com/2008/08/23-things.html I thought this was fun to do.I  also bookmarked the sandbox http://apsu23thingssandbox.pbworks.com/w/page/11343369/FrontPage

I will continue to use all the tools that I have learned about there just making my life easier

Thing 16

Wow what another great exercise. I was really impressed with the idea that Google wasn't just a search engine. I created an igoogle page and I continue to use it. THAT'S MY START UP PAGE :)

I also created an online calendar from 30boxes that I am sharing with the class. It just has some of my activities for the rest of the month on it. I am good with this part of the exercise. As I said before I am an older student and I have all type of calendars everywhere:):):):):):). I have a wall calendar hanging in my bedroom, posted on the wall in my bathroom, one hanging on the refrigerator in the kitchen. My igoogle page has a calendar, my cell phone has a calendar, it also has a special ringtone for each apt that I have on a particular day. I have several calendars that I use particular school assignments. I'm calendar CRAZY!!:)

http://30boxes.com/widget/8381228/JanieWalker/6412522aa39c44b59ed7ce6218476ae7/0/

As far as any other tools and programs are concerned I better take it slow. I do not want to get burned out on all the new technology I'm learning about. Creating or converting file to PDF I do not think I need that right now. My computer is pretty advanced I have not had a problem with send my files out. I have looked at several of the programs but they require some form of payment. I do not think that I need this right now but will keep it in mind for the future.

I also made a to do list that I thought was pretty neat. This reminds me of small chores that I might want to accomplish around the house. I did not share this because the only thing I could think of for this was my grocery list::) Just like my calendar I have these all over my house too.:):)

The most useful tools for me right now are my calendars and my to do list. I keep up with all my assignments, when there due. It also works well with my life at home keeping things straight. Making sure my son is at apt on time and the correct day. That is one of the main reason I started keeping so many calendars.

Thing 15

Wow Wiki's are great!! I explored many wiki's out there. This was a true learning experience. I am one of those student that did not know exactly what a wiki was, and was using it on occasion. I am glad that I found out exactly what it was and how to use it.

I am an older student and I guess until I came to Austin Peay I have been out of touch with all the new technology. I am glad that this was one of our exercises in our 23 things.

I edited a page in APSU 23 Things Sandbox wiki.and had a blast. I had to stop myself and leave room for someone else.:). I posted my igoogle page because this was what I was most proud of. There are a lot of things that I could have shared but to me this was the best one.

Thing 14

I choose to use flowchart.com, I really think this can be useful in any classroom setting where there will be quizzes or test involved.

You can drag/drop clip art onto the page you are working on. You can also have unlimited pages the the flow chart open at one time. The best thing I like about it is the real time collaboration. This is awesome!

I put together a little flowchart of my own and hopefully I can get the students in my current class to experiment with me. I have placed a link on my page and we can work on this chart together in real time I'm just trying to make sure this system works. So please feel free to change and make positive suggestions. Thank You

http://flowchart.com/editor/#c77bd29a48ce7626:86673

I also tried bubbl.us mind maps this one gave me a headache I did not understand what I was suppose to do. I think this is a tool for brainstorming ideas that you may have about a topic and then working on a method to put it together for future presentations. This could be useful for student who are working on a project because I think they can collaborate with each other in real time.

I did not like or really understand bubbl.us. I do not think this would be a useful tool for me.