Thing 11

Well my experience with Flickr was ok. It was not the most fun for me.  The instructions again were not clear and I had a hard time getting done what I had to do.  It was confusing and frustrating for me.  I will probably not use this resource very much.  It will probably be more beneficial for someone in a more artistic class rather than a language class. I chose this picture because I like Cappuccino and had never seem a store like this.  They do exist in Europe and that is pretty neat.  Alex Garcia is the photographer for this picture.      http://www.flickr.com/photos/11872189@N00/5121694514/

Thing 10

I really liked watching the videos on Creative Commons.  It sure has taken some of the pressure off my back about using peoples' written materials.  It has also made me feel better about the pressure the school district was putting on us. I am now going to make time to search for information that will enrich my class and enrich my students.  I have never even noticed CC on anything and even if I would have I wouldn't have known what it meant. I absolutely believe that CC will impact how students learn and how teachers teach. Both students and teachers will be able to create projects by having countless resources to pull from.
I'm beginning to use video clips and audio clips from the web. It isn't because I don't want to buy because I don't have the time to search for them.  I am excited about my new found information and I intend to use resources to enrich my teaching.  I believe this is a wonderful opportunity for all educators and students and there isn't anything negative that I can see.  I liked http://varellbrazil.multiply.com.

Thing #9

Well it was ok playing in the sandbox and learning how to manuver in it.  I do have to say that some of the instructions were not very clear.  Somethings that we were asked to do would not work, and even trying again I was still unsuccessful. Once I caught on to the instructions on embedding it was fun to do it and it was really edifying to me to be successful at something like this.   I did like making my page and knowing that someone is going to look at it.  The name of my Wiki page is http://misrecuerdos.com.

Thing 8

I really enjoyed reading Wiki Wiki Teaching and reading about her experience using a wiki in the classroom.  It was such a good learning experience for the kids and it really caught on fire and made the kids catch on fire with a new learning tool.  I would like to eventually come up with a wiki that I can use with my Spanish speaking students especially in my heritage class. I think it would be great fun to be able to get the students to research their family history and their roots.
I totally enjoyed reading about other wiki projects.  They seem to have been so much fun to do and are so much fun to follow. The five that I read were very diverse. Code Blue was so cool because the Drs. gave information concerning their area of expertise and I learned a lot. I also thought it was neat to have different doctors points of view and everyone added informative commentaries to the wiki. In the Wolves Den it was nice to find the feature of a Table of Contents which included poll results, on going conversations, a Voki and educational resources available such as notes, lectures, videos, books, games and email. The wiki Schools of the Past was great to read and reminded me about of many things that were going on in the 50's and 60's. I liked the Thousands Project wiki because it was so diverse due to the diversity of questions being asked every month.  These were more fun to me than reading  blogs.

Thing 7

I adopted The Adventures of Teaching and The Patio Perspective from Thing 6.  I liked the 71/2 Habits that were mentioned in the blog which gives me ideas in what to do when I begin to use what I'm learning.  I also adopted The Patio Perspective that talked about the new technology and all the new stuff we have at our hands and all it takes is for us to do it.   I also adopted a blog about cooking and I'm excited about reading from this post.  I also adopted Walden Media which tells about the latest Christian movies and how these are rated. Well, I definitely agree that commenting is extremely important because if this didn't happen then it would be strictly one sided and a waste.  I think it is very enlightening to be able to read and respond and whatever you respond is your and you can take ownership.

Thing 6 continued

patioperspective.blogspot.com is one of the links I was referring to in my previous blog.

Thing 6

After reading the blogs, I have decided to share concerning what I thought was interesting.  I thought it was interesting that the blogger can make the rules concerning their own blog. I also understand that inviting comments makes the blogging process much more effective. Blogs engage readers where they will usually respond and blogs demand interactions.