Thing #17

I don't like to listen to talk radio so I thought I would not like podcasting. All the podcasts that I had heard of were about an hour long and were about things that did not interest me. Last year my daughter came home with an assignment to create a podcast. My first thought was, good luck with that one. A couple of hours later she came in the living room and said that her assignment was complete. She and her group had collaborated through texting and email and then created their 10 minute podcast and submitted it to the teacher through email. Wow! Then I became interested in podcasts. Since I love books I found the Authors on Tour Live and the Just One More Book podcasts my new favorite pasttimes. I can't wait to go buy some new books after listening to a few of these podcasts.

Thing #16

I mentioned before that I am an organizer. I am also a reader. I have tons of books. I will definitely utilize this site. I like how I can organize my books by title or author. The 50 book club will help me remember how many books I have read in a year. This would be a wonerful site for teachers to bookmark. When you are studying a particular author all the books are listed there on the site. The kids could also keep track of what has been read during the year. This is another great organization site.

Thing #15

I finally got it to work. I have not put all my current bookmark on the acount. Since I am a person who likes things organized this was a great tool. Delicious was easy to navigate and understand. It was also helpful when trying to find information on a certain topic. I could see what were some popular sites to visit. I am constantly searching the web at home and looking for ideas to use in my classroom. The next morning I have all these notes to take to school with web addresses written down. With delicious I can bookmark the sites and then access my account at school from any computer. At home everyone can have their own account and we won't have a long list of bookmarks on one computer.

Thing #7A

This past summer I became a fan of My Dallas Mommy. If you love coupon shopping and finding great deals this is the blog to read. The blogger is featured on Good Morning Texas each week. Since I am not home to watch the show in the mornings I just read the blog. Each day people will comment on the blog about great deals they received at stores, on-line, resturants and entertainment places. Not every post is something I am intersted in, but I jsut keep searching until I find what I'm looking for.

Thing #14

I am one of those people who loves to organize things so I found "Thing #14" very interesting. I looked at three different areas for the learnin activity. I found the to-do list and the phone reminders in 30 boxes. I am a person who loves to make a list and then see things crossed off that list. I was wondering why I had never found this site before now. at my house we have quiet a few phone books laying around. We have the yellow pages, the white pages, and personal phone directories. One of my organizational projects is to consolidate all the addresses and phone numbers of people and companies we need into one place. I am considering using something off the 30 boxes to do this.
I also enjoyed the Jigzone and Wordle. I had learned about Wordle this past summer in a workshop and have seen how it can be used in the classroom. I have seen many teachers at my campus use Wordle. The kids love it.

Thing #13

I spent quiet a bit of time on Thing #13. I enjoyed the website, "Image Chef" and this is where I found some interesting things to create. I even posted an image on my facebook page and received a few comments on it. My own children became interested and began creating images as well. We can't wait to use this on a project that one of them will have to complete in the near future. We created hearts and crosses with out names and Bible verses in them. The sports jerseys were a big hit with my son. These would be great for creating invitations for birthdays or football parties.

Thing #12

Here is the comic strip that I created from pikistrips.com. These are not my pictures. I downloaded them from flicker. I am trying to post a link to give credit, but I am having trouble doing that step. I will keep working. This was fun and I think my own children will enjoy using this site for some of their school projects. I plan on visiting the site some more over the holidays. I did look at the slide show sites and they will also fun to create projects with all our holiday photos.