Is this the end, or only the beginning???

NO! NO! I do not want it to be over!! It been about 2 weeks since I wrote anything on my blog because I knew this day was coming. Don't get it twisted! I'm glad this class is almost over but, I really enjoyed the 23 things assignment. I was so excited to start a new thing, I was like a kid in a candy store. WOW the things I learned!

I have gone picture crazy, literally. Some of my favorite things to do was Animoto, flickr,picasa web album and,smilebox I already had a facebook account but this is also one of my favorites. I facebook everyday.I have a igoogle page I find this very useful in my day to day activities.

Many of the programs that I learned about I will continue to use because they were very useful. My igoogle page has all my needs right at my finger tips. I have all my RSS feeds on my igoogle page. All my google alerts, and when I'm searching I just bookmark anything I want to keep. I store all old work in my live binder because I do not use that often just for storage to look at something I did not want to get rid of.

I really did not expect to learn as much as I did. I thought it was just useless work to fill the day but, it was an excellent program. The only thing I would change is some of the things are redundant and could be better used if they were all applied to the same source so a student would not feel like wow I just done that!

Overall for me personally I wish it could be a little longer, maybe not for the class but maybe if a student who choose to continue to work the program, Give them ideas on how to keep advancing while learning new technology. I plan to keep searching and using new technology as it come along I have google alerts on my igoogle page to inform me about the latest and greatest technology.

Again, this was an excellent program. I recommend it to anyone. Formular to technology or unformular its great for all.

Thing 23

Creative Commons help you share your knowledge and creativity with the world. When it comes to Creative Commons copyright and licenses they have stepped outside the box from the traditional "rights reserved".

Our 23 things assignment is called 2.0 23 things for teachers is a staff developed program for the Mesquite Independent School District. Content and style have been borrowed and duplicated with permission under creative common licenses.

As  an educator I find this tool extremely useful. When it come to copyright our students are bombarded with extremes on what they can can cannot do. One major problem our student face is plagiarizing their work in school. With creative commons I see a vast number of students improving their skill while working with a legitimate proven source to help over come this problem.

I will use and support creative commons daily as I teach and educate my students in the classroom. There are many useful creative challenges that I can use to inspire my student with creative commons. Allowing my students to discover new ideas using blogging technology. Understanding the importance of commenting on someones blog. The possibilities are endless. I know becoming and English middle school teacher is a challenge within it's self but I'm so excited, I just can not wait to get started.

Thing 22

I created a live binder account. One of my binders is called educational resources. I used some information that I received from my Google alerts and made a binder for this class.

I also have a binder with children games and other resources for middle school students. The last binder that I made is just called Janie's amazing sites. These are just the site that I am personally interested in.

Having access to live binder in a classroom environment would be great for students to have and learn from. I could share with my students on how to create a binder but I think there are a lot of more interesting technology for now. Live binder is a great resource for college students or someone continuing education. Right now I do not think live binder is a particularly good resource for middle school or grammar school students. This is just my personal opinion, I'm sure if a grammar or middle school teacher found a good way to Incorporated this technology this would be a great resource.

Here is my Educational Resource Live Binder enjoy

http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=214622