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For my second sign, I used a website that happened to be in German. In spite of the language barrier, I was able to easily navigate the site and create this lovely depiction of my feelings about Monday. There were several templates for the smileys holding the sign and you can customize the text, text color, and background color.
This is a generator that I think would be pretty cool for students to use when doing a project on another country. There were a ridiculous amount of countries to choose from, and you can customize the face on the smiley and the text. The website was high contrast, so that wasn't my favorite, but the generator was pretty awesome.
I am crazy addicted to these now, thanks to this lesson and I can think of so many uses for me or my students. I am already mentally decorating my classroom with grammar warning signs. :)
Thing 15 from Alexa Aguilar
Thing 8
Thing 15 from Casey Martin
Thing 7:
My quest through Flickr was much more satisfying than my quest through Go2Web2.0. I saw a lot of really cool pictures. I didn't really have any particular things I wanted to search for, so I decided to peruse the "Recent Photos" gallery. A lot of very talented photographers and photo editors post really cool pictures to Flickr very often. I couldn't believe the level of work available right in front of me. Much of it was copyrighted, however, which was a little frustrating. Every time I found a cool picture I found that I couldn't share it. Virtually all of the landscape pictures were like that. I did find a really cool picture of a spider about to munch on a tasty bug it just wrapped in silk, though!
photo by Wanderin Weeta; pulled from Flickr.
I mainly chose this picture because I like nature. Sometimes I just want to walk around and photograph cool bugs and plants. Unfortunately, I do not have a camera of this quality, so that's not really possible for me at the moment. My wife's dad does have a camera like this though, and he does take pictures like this every once in a while and they're always really cool. I'm always excited to see his latest photographs when we go visit them!
Tyler Imhoff Thing 15
I think RSS can be a valuable tool for anyone that is looking to customize how they view the internet. By narrowing down what you want to view and receiving information on when it has been updated seem like it could be very convenient. When I was deciding what websites to include in my RSS I used a mixture of professional and personal ones. The professional websites I chose were all related to education, and my professional growth. The personal websites I chose were sports, movies and news websites that I like to keep up with in my personal life. Here is a link to RSS website called Feedly that I used.
Heather Ray Thing 15
I used Mosaic maker and used photos of my son from one of my Facebook albums. I started out trying to do Spelling with Flickr but got frustrated and switched. Making a mosaic was a fairly simple process. I can see how easy it would be to use in the classroom for both teachers and students. I could use this to put in a presentation for my students if I wanted to show multiple photos at one time. The same for students. They could use this application to put photos in a presentation or report. As far as photos online, I love being able to show what is going on in my life with my friends and family through pictures, but I am also a little weary of those photos getting seen by people that I don't know.
Ashley Vanwormer thing 7 is great
Although I don’t really use Flickr all that much I loved being able to share photos and look up my interest with others. I think teachers will be able to create new and interest ways for their students to interact with each other through websites like Flickr. My friends and I love to share what we have done through pictures. Teachers can show students and parents what the teachers have accomplished during the year. But to be honest at this point I think we have all heard how great Flickr is a thousand times.
Joya Threalkill -
Exploring Thing #5 | The Perks of Using Web 2.0 Tools.
Exploring Thing #5 The tools that help make teaching more effective are limitless. There is always new forms of technology being created frequently, so instruction in the classroom is always changing. Like Steve Hargadon writes in his article, Web 2.0/School 2.0 is the future of education. It is constantly growing, making it hard for education not to grow along with it. I believe that School 2.0 is our door into the future. Not just for teachers, but for the students and parents as well. It meets people where they are at, and accommodates all learning styles. School 2.0 is not just a school tool, but it can be used at home, at work, and on vacations! The options are endless, just like our students' futures when using school 2.0 tools. I am so excited to see where this technology takes us :)
Thing 7
I have never used Flickr before, but I have heard about it. It was easy to use as well as fun. The picture I chose has makeup everywhere. I personally do not where tons of make up, but the makeup I do where I love to put it on. I like to get all dolled up even if I am not going anywhere and at the same time I like to be chill and have on no makeup. When searching for pictures I kept changing my searching topic. This was because after I found one I found another that would be more interesting, and topics just kept popping into my mind. I spent over 20 minutes just looking at pictures because I find it enjoyable for myself.
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Jessamyn Litaker
Hello there! The below link will take you to my favorite blog that we have done on Thing 8. Setting up and using Flickr was so much fun! I will definitely continue to use this website for personal and classroom use. I found it very easy and exciting! I have already introduced this site to my aunts and grandma. It is a fun way to pass time and to also share your photos. -Krystal Marinhttp://krystalmarinbloggity.blogspot.com/2013/10/maternity-mosaic.html |
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I chose to add this image because it was one of my favorite tools. I think the Mosaic Maker is great! I'll use it FOREVER!!! :)
-Laura C.
Donkey, a photo by dbrand6708 on Flickr.
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Theresa Rogers (Reeves) : Thing 7, My Flickr
I loved the idea of sharing pictures with my classmates and I knew exactly which two. As I have mentioned before, my husband and I are nerds. We enjoy comic books and television shows about traveling through time and space. It is something we share and really have fun with together. My husband works with computers and travels quite a bit but when he is home, he is also an artist. He is really very talented and our house is filled with his wonderful paintings. He does a lot of beautiful pieces but he also does some really fun ones. Lately, he has been working on a series of Star Wars back stage shots that are super cool.
Love the picture. Your husband is very talented!
The other picture that I wanted to share was of our dog. I am a huge animal lover and we used to have two dogs and a cat. My dog passed away last year so now we just have our welsh corgi and cat. My cat is awesome (don't get me wrong) but our dog is some kind of special. Her name is River and she is a Pembroke Welsh Corgi. My husband had her as a puppy before I met him so I really got lucky with her. She is the most affectionate, loving, hilarious dog I have ever met and I am just so proud to be her owner. It seems silly to some to put so much love into their animals but mine are truly special. When my husband travels, they keep me company and make sure I don't get too lonely or sad. I am just very thankful.
Flickr could be a wonderful tool in the classroom. You are able to find pictures on nearly everything and it may even be fun to do some sort of photo scavenger hunt with the kids to help their searching techniques. The program I am going into is Special Education, and I would love to work with the severe and profound, which may not allow me to work with Flickr as much as other classrooms. It would be great to work with for personal photos or just photo searching in general. Like most photo hosting websites, you can usually find some pretty amazing photography. I used to use Photobucket when I was younger to hold my photos in one online, safe place. However, I haven't used that in a very long time. Now the only photo sharing websites I use are Pinterest and Instagram.
Pinterest is where you can pin photos you find on your page and sort them into boards. You are also able to upload you own photos that can be placed in a category for others to explore and search. Pinterest is very much like Flickr except the set up different and a little more organized and structured, which I enjoy. Instagram is a photo sharing social network that allows you to post pictures of anything you would like to (expect inappropriate post) so your friends can see them.
I have a few different views on having my photos in a public place. My Instagram account is usually public because there is nothing that I place on there that is inappropriate or incriminating. It is usually just pictures of my animals doing funny things or me or my friends and family. However, I do understand that more and more, companies and schools are looking at social networking sites (especially Facebook) to see if their employees or applicants are posting inappropriate things that can be seen by others, including parents or students. It is an interesting dynamic to today's society but it is clear that people need to watch what they put on the internet. It seems to be getting people in more and more trouble.
For Thing #8 I played around with a couple of the Flickr mashup tools. These included Colrpickr and Spell with Flickr. Both were really cool tools and fairly easy to use. I am posting the picture I made with Spell with Flickr.
Posting this picture was a bit of a challenge, and I had to Google directions separately on how to do it. Apparently other educators have had a similar problem to mine. I simply switched to HTML mode and added the HTML code that was provided on the website.
I think that Flickr and its mashups could definitely be used in the classroom. Students can use them to compile different pictures for a project. They could use a collage feature and put together different pictures of a famous family line or historical event. I could definitely see myself using Flickr mashups in my personal life. Especially Spell with Flickr. I love it and think it is really cute.
I think sharing photos online could be really good, but I also think that it can be risky. We want to share our experiences and what we like with others, but some people can overshare information. I do love seeing what other people post, especially when it is art.
Thing # 14 go with the flowchart or map your mind- Catherine Ericson
When I think of flowcharts, my thoughts conjure up IRS form instructions or WebMd diagnostic charts. I generally don't think of education. I have never used them in any classes. I do see them as helpful when there are multiple steps/outcomes in procedures; they would be helpful in a chemistry class. They could have applications in a grammar lesson or in a research procedure. A flowchart could determine the direction that a research project ultimately ends up going. I don't think I would go through the formality of creating one for my own personal use using software like gliffy. Althoughit was easy enough to use, it does take more time than drawing bubbles with arrows. I don't know whether I would use flowcharts in the classroom.
I had never heard of a mindmap before. I think they are a good way of extrapolating ideas from a theme or concept. I enjoyed building my mindmap on examtime. I did not want to usemindmeister because I did not want to provide a credit card. The examtime mindmap was a little nicer than the bubbl.us mindmap. I do think that constructing mindmaps is a good way to get our students to elaborate on concepts, literature, characters, an a variety of other information. I would incorporate mindmap building in a class discussion where we would brainstorm ideas while I would create a mindmap for everyone using their ideas.
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Thing # 9: Online Image Generator-By Amanda Hensley
For the online image generators exercise I decided to explore the Custom Sign Generator and Image Chef Generator. With the Custom Sign Generator you could make graphics with a photo, webcam or text. The were numerous generators including fake magazine covers, greeting cards, post it notes, logo signs and famous people messages. These generators were fun to play around with and pretty straightforward to use. The Image Chef Generators offered a lot of templates including photo frames, signs, and notes. I could definitely use these generators to make signs to enhance my classroom. I could use the walk of fame generator to recognize star students. 
http://www.text2logo.com/
http://www.famousdefaces.com/
http://www.imagechef.com/t/elea/Walk-of-Fame
Thing #3.. Why Blog About Teaching? By Susan Peterson
I love blogs about teaching; one of my favorite is Fun in First Grade by Jody Southard. She originally started her blog as the cyber answer to, “What did you do in school today?” and more often than not the children would say “nothing.” She chronicled and turned "nothing" into a blog on her first year of teaching. By sharing her project ideas, how they turned out, how she would do them differently next time, she created a blue print or a scaffold for her future teaching endeavors. After that first year, her parents for her next class asked if she would be blogging again, her blog had become famous in her little school among parents. How do you say no to that? I think it’s incredibly brave to open up your teaching style and classroom through a blog. You will always have those who love you and those who think you can do better. If you have the parents engaged in addition to the children, you have an invaluable audience online and in the classroom, a cheering section and sometimes critics. I want to blog not just to chronicle my first year as a teacher but to have a record of the progression of my teaching. I want to inspire those thinking about teaching and create a network among other teachers. I believe it is important not only to be generous with your students but also with your fellow educators. Sharing ideas and teaching tools makes our experiences as educators richer. One of the Seven Habits of Highly Effective Lifelong Learners, is to build your tool box. While we are well armed with our education and have student teaching under our belt, there is no substitute for the seasoned teacher and fresh ideas. I was a writer initially before I became a teacher, I love the written word, the act of writing, even though it has morphed from the days of ink and paper and electric type writers. It is still a wonderful method of chronicling experience to look back on and remember. Words evoke feelings and help us to remember experiences so we can reminisce or learn from them. Why can’t a blog be part of the tool box as well?
Thing #4 - Why Commenting is Important. - Mrs.Colip's 23 Awesome Things
Commenting creates community because the blogger knows people are reading, and if the blogger responds regularly, the readers know that the blogger is paying attention to what they say. It's creates community because it's people communicating about shared interests.
There were a lot of good points in the reading. I like coolcatteacher's number 7 point "Remember the Power of Words". Even though comments are likely written by people you will never know personally, reading something upsetting will stick with you long after you turn the computer off, no different than if someone says it to your face. Words can completely alter your mood, one way or another. All of us should be responsible, respectful, and productive, and set a good example.
For these public forums to remain a valuable source of communication and collaboration, people who comment must respect the process and stay production in all interactions.
I was intrigued by Dr,Draper's post about the blogger's responsibility to respond to readers. It seems so obvious, but I have never thought about it before. I will make a point to respond to those who comment on my blog so, that it will be however productive that it can be.
I commented on 5 of my classmates blogs:
I enjoyed sharing common thoughts on the reading we did, and I look forward to getting to know them not only in class, but through their blogs as well.
I have also started to follow and commented on two other blogs
The Jose Vilson and The Nerdy Teacher. I started following the The Nerdy Teacher because it's smart and funny. And The JoseVilson because of his thoughtful posts. I recommend following both of them, and I look forward to reading more from them.
I hope my readers will recommend to me their favorite blogs!
Thing #3: Register your Blog -- Teddys23bearablethings
After reading several of the Best Teacher Blogs, there are so many ideas that are running through my head on ways to use blogging in the classroom.
I currently teach first, second, and third year business students. There are so many ways this could be useful.
1. Resources. There are a ton of books, journals, videos, etc. that would guide and direct my students to a more favorable end result or show them different view points. Researching sources is an important part of learning, but being able to find a wealth of information at your fingertips is also a valuable asset for struggling students.
2. Class Assignments/Changes. What better place to let your students know what is expected of them and when it is expected. It would certainly leave very little doubt about the outcome you require.
3. Tutorials. I currently teach QuickBooks for beginning year accountants. The ability to access tutorials with frame to frame instructions and worksheets would really benefit those students who need that extra confidence level to succeed.
4. "What's up" moments. It would be a convenient place to store those times when there is just something you need to have said or should have said, but failed to do so. Those moments when you were sure you had explained it correctly but the overload of phone calls from students tell you there had to be some sort of miscommunication.
5. Contact Information. Let's students know when you are available and how they can make contact with you.
There are so many ways to use blogging as a source it makes the possibilities endless. I can really see using this in the future.
Thing Three: Using Blogging in Teaching
Callie Davis
This is my first semester in the MAT program, but so far both courses have really driven home the idea that we (as aspiring teachers) have an abundance of online resources available to us. Blogs are possibly my favorite of those resources so far. The first hand stories from teachers actually doing my future job are inspiring, comforting, and helpful. Experienced teachers can give new teachers some encouragement with tips and ideas on how to get through the sometimes difficult transition from student to teacher. Further, it allows all teachers across the globe to form a community, sharing ideas and opinions, and helping each other become better teachers. Beyond my own education, I could use a blog in my own classroom to let parents know what is happening on a weekly basis and to showcase student work. I could also use a blog to document my personal development as a professional throughout my career.
Thing # 15 -- using : THING #12 - Lorraine Houliston
I have always loved and used Google. Google has been set as my home screen ever since I have had a computer, and I'm pretty sure it was set as my families home computer screen before I owned my own as well. I have chosen to set up a calendar and alert system on Google. I love that Google calender gives you access to your calendar no matter where you are. You are able to sync it with your phone, on your computer, or tablet. If you want you can set it up to send you reminders about different events you have scheduled by text messaging to your phone number! My favorite feature of Google calendar is the "share your schedule" feature. I think that this is the most handy dandy feature it has because you can chose to "share" your calender with your boss, family, friends, and anyone else who may need to get a hold of you. This feature will be extremely beneficial as a teacher because you could create a "work" calender to share with your students parents to set up conferences with them and let them know what will be going on in the class for that week. You could also use this feature to send out to your co-workers if you were trying to set up a meeting time or plan an event.
Google Alerts is new to me. I have never used Google alerts before but I like this feature. I like the simple interface and I was able to learn how to use it very quickly. I typed in Elementary Education and it immediately gave me a list of the most current sites that were on Elementary Education. I think this feature will be beneficial as a teacher because it will keep me up to date on the newest news going on in Elementary Education. I could also use this as a teacher by asking my students topics they were interested in and then every day read them an interesting new article on what ever topic we had chosen as a class.
THING 16
I love iGoogle! I upgraded and changed up my icons, and combined several of the numerous items I like to peek into regularly. I chose the blurry light background because it reminds me of wanderlust which I have a bad case of from my recent and first international trip to Spain. I want to see everything there is to see now. The layout isn't too precise, and yet it's organized which appeals aesthetically combined with the directionality of the image behind it all. This will definitely be a permenant homepage for me, it simplifies everything immensely. I actually removed the online calendar and put a to do list on my page. I like the look of notebook paper on a computer...ironic? I think it is very simple, and extremely helpful because I have a terrible memory. I used to say the memory of a goldfish, but it's officially been proven that a goldfish remembers for at least 24 hours or it wouldn't be able to anticipate meal times, so I have the memory of whatever doesn't have one. ;-) I absolutely love that I can access it anywhere and any updates or changes I make will follow me to any computer I decide to use. I could most definitely use this tool for future projects. I hope everyone else enjoys it as much!
Thing 9
I decided to go to www.customsigngenerator.com because you can make logos and a bunch more stuff on here for your classroom! I have decided that my theme for my classroom when I begin teaching is going to be jungle themed. There are going to be animal print, stuffed animals, and fake jungle leaves around the classroom.
For their name-tags that are going to go on their desk and above their cubbyhole, I wanted it to have their names in animal print with a theme in the background that pertains to that particular animal. Each group is going to have a different animal depending on their learning rate.
When I saw this website and saw that I could do exactly what I have been wanting to, I got really excited! I made a name-tag for four groups (I will add another one if need be): Zebra, Cheetah, Giraffe, and Elephant. I am only putting two up however because it will not allow me to show all four.
Zebra
Zebra
Cheetah
This is a wonderful tool! You can use if for many things other than name-tags. You can use it for cover pages, labels, and many other items you wish to have an exciting background!
Thing 9
The first image I created was a sign that relates to the class I teach. I was trying to come up with something clever, but could not come up with anything. This was my first time playing around with image generators. It was actually fun playing with these generators. It was actually a lot easier than I thought it would be to create these images. The only thing I really had to do was decide which words I wanted to appear on each line. I could use this in my class by spicing up my power points. This way students would not get bored just seeing that same thing slide after slide. Maybe put some of these images to lighten the mood or have a laugh with my students. Education needs to be fun and interesting for students and I think these generators could help make class fun. Here is a link to happy face generator.
The next images I created were from image chef generator. Famous signs always catch my attention when something else is wrote on it. I always read road signs so I thought both of these would be an easy way to catch someone's eye. I thought I could use these in my class to make announcements that my students would remember after class is over. Not saying these would help how teenagers always seem to forget what is important, but it would not hurt anything because we all know they need as much help as possible. Here is a link to image chef.
Thing 20 - YouTube
By Stephen Morehouse
I've been a longtime fan of YouTube. Besides entertainment, there is an instructional video for almost anything. If a website has a video, chances are that it’s embedded from the popular video sharing site. To give you just a small example of what you can find, I've included a smattering of the videos I've enjoyed viewing.
This first a clip of the talented Lindsey Stirling (who dances while playing violin) with William Joseph doing a rendition of the Halo thing. This combines two of my favorite things, music and gaming. Enjoy.
Follow this link to Brian Wahl’s YouTube page that focuses on guitar instruction and worship song tutorials. I find his instructions are well organized and helpful.
I’m getting ready to replace the front brake pads on my vehicle. I searched for my model and “replace front brake pads” and found this.
THING #8
So if you can't tell yet, I'm a bit of a St. Louis Cardinals fanatic. So I figured since my blog's theme goes along with that characteristic about me, why not add another post that makes it even more clear? Here's a photo mosaic I made in less than ten minutes using Flickr and a tool for Flickr that grabs pictures from the site that fit the search terms you type in. So I typed in "Cardinals Baseball" and these are all pictures that Big Huge Labs' Mosaic Maker found on Flickr and mashed together to make a cool collage of Cardinals baseball. I loved how quick and simple it was to use. I will probably use this multiple times in my life for making gifts or greeting cards or anything really! It will also come in handy as a teacher! I can just set the dimensions of the mosaic, type in a topic we're covering in class, and boom! Instant collage of pictures from WWII or The Great Depression or anything else!
Thing #4
Before doing this “thing” I never really thought much about commenting. Most of my experience with comments has been seeing the small bits of text that people post on YouTube videos which usually fall into three categories. First are the comments expressing simple amusement or displeasure with the video watched. Second are the comments which provide some amusing comment which reference the video and express an opinion which is generally appreciated by other viewers. Finally are the comments which are blindly hateful. These commenters are usually looking for a reaction (trolling) without care for other peoples’ feelings. (For a great summary of how bad these comments can be and a good laugh, see YouTube user “McGroiter”s series of videos entitled Celebrity Hate Mail. WARNING: CONTAINS MATURE LANGUAGE AND SHOULD NOT BE SHARED WITH STUDENTS)
I mention these comments because they are the opposite of the community that comments can be. Instead of encouraging conversation or creativity, these comments go nowhere except to encourage argument (reminding me most strongly of “Darth Commenter”). This ties in with the other part of the reading that stood out to me the most, which is comments need to be constructive, not only in avoiding pointless hatred but, in avoiding pointless praise. I realize that not all comments you make can be essays on what makes something great but, more often than not the comments on things are rarely more than a sentence either way. Without expressing true thought, not only is the sense of community lost but, it is almost as though you are saying that you don’t matter as a viewer/reader/community member. It reduces you to a like/dislike vote with a name attached, which fails to leave an impression to the point that the name is irrelevant.
In regards to choosing which blogs from our group to comment on, I took a “click randomly until something intriguing happens” approach. Knowing that I could not possibly read every blog posted by ever classmate, I chose blogs almost at random, read them, and, if I felt I could add something of value, I commented.
1. Kyle Christmas- Kyle’s picture of a library closed sign from flickr caught my eye so I read his blogpost and contributed to the conversation regarding the digital age by describing my fear of the loss of books, which he alludes to in his post. 2. Jordan Tupper- I commented on Jordan’s “Thing 1,” because I agreed with his statement that “play” should be its own habit. 3. Ethan Bourke- Again I was attracted by a pretty picture. Ethan posted a beautiful image of the old Clarksville bridge and mentioned that it could be applied in an English classroom. I have always loved teaching Literature by means of art, since it’s a different way to reach more students so I commented exactly that. 4. Stephan Morehouse- Stephen has some interesting ideas about using blogs in the classroom. I agree that blogs can be a great way to communicate with students and parents and add that they are a great way to foster a community in the classroom.5. Meghan Wagley- Meghan is a fan of Google Translate, and I think it is a lovely tool, but posted a caveat that it can be used for evil by students of a foreign language. Since I have a different perspective, I felt that I could add to her conversation.
And two more from the beyond:1. “Witch Rants”- This blogger rants about misused words, particularly in the media. I often comment because he says what I am too nice to say and points out things that drive me insane as well.2. “Strange Salmagundi”- This blogger is a freelance writer who posts for the sake of the “odd, unusual, or bored out of their mind.” When I comment, it is usually in the form of criticism (generally good) of her writing. I often read it when I am “bored out of [my] mind.”
Overall, the most important characteristic of commenting is conversation. If you have something to add to the conversation that was created when the blog was posted, then you should add that point in a comment, but comments that do not contribute to that conversation should not be posted. Comments are simply another form of social interaction with their own customs and etiquette.
Thing 8
Thing 8
Flicker mashups could be used in many ways in the classroom. Mainly, I think in presentations as eye catchers or attention getters/keepers. This very neat puzzle as a matter of fact, could be placed in a power point explaining Paris Landing and its geographical facts. This was a fairly easy concept that could be taught to kids of all ages.
I have a pretty profound opinion on using photo's and sharing photo's online. I have a facebook account and am so conscous of what photo's I add to it. I want to protect my childrens faces and demographics as much as I can. With this being said, I use online photo's alot. I upload photos's to online sites to print, I use websites to make photo projects and things such as that. I just try to monitor and be safe with which sites I use.
Posted by Billie Gibbs at 9:28 PM
Thing #7
Image citation:
christophepunkt. "Castle Hohenzollern". 25 Oct. 2009. 9 June 2013
http://www.flickr.com/photos/charlieecko/4043593108/
I've always been interested in castles since they no longer build castles and the United States is not known for them. I would love to visit the United Kingdom, Germany, or Ireland so that I see some of the castles in person. The castle in the photo is in Germany. I like how it on top of a mountain away from everything else.
There were a lot of different pictures and groups of photos that are available to view on the Flickr website. I was not aware of this site before today so it took me a while to figure out how to be able to load the picture onto this blog from the Flickr website.
Flickr is a fun site, but I never really paid much attention to it in the past. I find myself getting sucked into enough sharing sites as it is like Houzz and Pinterest. Recently though, I have been doing a lot of research on Sweden as an option for my husband and I to move to after he is done in the military. We agree with everything Sweden stands for socially. Not to mention the fact that the country is so rich in culture and they understand the importance of being outside and living, enjoying the company of others. So on Flickr I looked up images of Sweden and found one that I really liked. It was taken by a woman named Trish Hartmann. It is of a small town north of Stockholm that is a quintessential fishing village. It reminds me of the fishing villages on the east coast of the US, but without the muggy Summer heat.
Shannon Grice
I made this mind map above based on the topic I have chosen which is over Living and Non-Living things. I was able to use the map above to show the relation ship between Living and Non-Living things. In my future classroom I could use this and the flowchart to introduce a new topic or I could use them as a group or even class project. If I were going to introduce a new topic I could have the main ideas starting off the map then branch off with topics that I intend to cover with my students. If I were going to use them for a group project I could log on to a computer and allow students in a group to create a map or a flow chart on a topic they have chosen or a topic that is relevant to material we are covering that I am recommending research on. If I wanted every group to have the same structure then I would prefer a flow chart because with a flow chart you choose a template. However with a mind map you can have things branching everywhere and you choose how you want it to look. I prefer mind map because I found it much easier for me to use and I had no problem making it my own. I was able to move bubbles so everything was visible and I was able to change colors. I definitely recommend mind maps for classroom use because they require creativity.
Kayla McCarson
Matthew Spinella Thing #14
Back in my day, when we would attempt to figure out what to do with a new project, we would "brainstorm" in groups, either on a white board or with a bunch of big sticky pads on a wall. Whether we were trying to determine the best time/channel to display our commercials (I used to work for a mortgage company that advertised quite regularly and our sales center had to brainstorm the demographic we were most successful funding), or just determining the best bonus incentives to extrinsically motivate our salespeople, putting together Mind Maps was common. With the help of bubbl.us I was able to create a little brainstorm online similar to one that my students in Virtual Enterprise would use to optimize sales with a new email campaign. Last year, each brainstorm was created on large sticky pads and stuck on the back wall throughout the year. Moving forward, I may encourage electronic submission of a project like this over the winter break. Each department can brainstorm how to increase efficiencies by sharing their ideas on this site.
When you teach a business course, flowcharts are also essential. The above organizational chart is a draft I created using Gliffy and is very similar to the organizational chart students use when creating their business plan. Because students need to create a business plan for our class business, and later for their individual business plan, I will be sure to utilize this website to make their lives easier. Choosing the template and colors that best suit their business will be easier than ever.
In conclusion, whether you call it a mind map or a brainstorm, collaborating as a group helps you arrive at the best destination possible. Flowcharts are essential for outlining processes or a group hierarchy. Each is necessary in a business setting.
Cat Stiegler Thing 07~
A wonderful image of galileo who I think is really inspiring to people of all ages and subjects. The photographer appears to be Vito Leonardo, or at least that is their username. It was really exciting to see all of the photos on Flickr and I can't wait to see it become more popular. I think students will have an interesting time looking up a variety of photos and especially sharing their own. With so many phones having a camera installed, it's easy for people to take pictures anywhere and share them instantly~
Ethan Bourke Thing #07 Flickr
Searching through Flickr is certainly an experience. The number of amazing photographers in this beautiful world is phenomenal. I would hate to have created my own Flickr account and taint the wonderful sight with my far below average photography skills. After some perusing, I became curious as to the kind of photos there are of Clarksville on the site. I found this spectacular shot of the bridge spanning the Cumberland River not too long after I searched with a "clarksville, tn" tag. Alfredo Garcia has plenty of spectacular shots, but this one has a lot of character. I like the gloomy skies looming over the rusted bridge. The beat up stop sign in the top right corner simply adds to the foreboding feeling emanating from this photo. I feel an entire story can be formed based on this image alone, which I think would make an excellent writing exercise. The teacher can give the students a specific tag to search for, and then they can choose any picture to create a short tale based on the photo. With this particular shot, a dark urban legend can be formed around this specific bridge that teenagers would tell to all their friends. Some curious kids then would decide to test the legend by exploring it at night and . . . it would go on from there. A lot of potential is there, and the old saying holds true: a picture is worth a thousand words.
Justin Beaty Thing #14 Exploring flowcharts and mind maps
I liked Gliffy flowcharts and Bubbl.us the most. I created accounts with both sites. I would recommend both to my students and colleagues. They were really easy to use. The tools and features available on Gliffy are great for productivity. I made the flowchart of plant classification below in about 15 minutes. It was really to add shapes, insert text and connect boxes. This a very simple flowchart. Gliffy has the features available to make really elaborate flowcharts.
I also liked Bubbl.us for mind mapping. It is really good for jotting down ideas and connecting related ones when brainstorming. I brainstorm (or at least weigh a lot of options in my all the time) constantly so I like having a place like Bubbl.us to go a write them down and store them for later. It is also a good place to store ideas that you have for later contemplation. Below is a short mind map of my living situation within the next year and what I plan to do after graduating.
Nicole Clay
Thing 7: Flickr
Flickr: Half Dome in Yosemite National Park-
I found this picture on Flickr specifically because Half Dome means a lot to me. My family and I lived in Monterey, CA for 18 months while my husband attended the Naval Postgraduate School. While we were in California, we made 4 trips to Yosemite National Park. During our final trip, we completed the 20 mile hike up to the top of Half Dome. It was our first "REAL" hike together, and the entire experience turned us in to avid hikers. We even climbed the cable up the side of the granite rock you see in the picture. It's a 200-yard exhilarating (and terrifying) climb with 2,000 feet cliffs on either side. It took us 12-hours to do round trip. I remember every second of that day and will cherish the memories for the rest of my life. (Photo was taken by T Dingle)
Nicole Clay
Thing 14: Mind Maps
Bubble.us
I found myself yelling at this application quite a bit. There definitely is a learning curve to setting up mind maps. While it does require more thought than setting up a flow chart, I'm not sure the extra effort puts out a product that is superior to the flow chart. Yes, I understand the concept of a mind map, but this application was causing me a headache. Whenever I clicked or tried to drag something it would swing the box over too far or under another box. Then, when I tried to update font color and/or box color it was difficult to keep the box activated so that I could make my choices. Plus, you only get three mind maps before you're paying the company a monthly fee to use their application. I would really have to use this a lot and enjoy it before I pay them a monthly fee. I'm glad I'm aware of this program, and maybe I will use it in the future to design mind maps for my Chemistry students, but it's going to require a lot of patience and practice.
Thing 9
Jim Akins
This has now become my permanent slide image before I give pop quizzes using PPT. I LOVE IT. I tell my students all the time to "slow down and read each answer choice before selecting one". This sign says it all.
I created this using the website ImageChef which is now bookmarked on my toolbar. It was beyond simple to do, just find an image and type in what you want it to say. The next challenge is deciding if I want to pay for a subscription so that I can have larger, clearer images without the watermark.
Being able to create signs and images such as this will allow me to bring a little bit of humor to my PPT lectures. Especially when we are talking about how to solve physics equations, my students definitely need something to chuckle at then.
Thing #21
Jamie Leek
Thing #21
I was really happy with my finished product in Animoto, but the process of making it was a bit frustrating. The first time I tried I could not get my flicker account to open and had trouble with the other photo links as well. I left it alone for a few days and when I tried again Flicker was working but I couldn't figure out how to export the pictures to Animoto. I didn't want to give permission for Animoto to link to my email account, so this may have been part of the problem. Finally, I figured out how to save my selected pictures to my desktop and upload them from there. Once I had that part of the project worked out I thought the experience was really neat. I did not expect the way the finished product turned out but I was really happy with it! Melancholy
Thing # 8
Maghan's Mashups
For this assignment we got to have a little more fun with Flickr! Playing around with Flickr mashups and 3rd party tools was pretty fun. You can create some many different things with other people's photos and even your own! I created my title with other people's pictures on Flickr. That was such a easy thing to do. I just went to metaatem.net/words/ and just typed what I wanted it to say and it chose the pictures for me! Such a easy process.
If you do not want to use other people's photos for your 3rd party tools then you can use your own! For example... I create this "jigsaw puzzle" with one of my pictures with me and perfect, little Emily. This was such a easy and simple process. All I had to do was upload my picture bighugelabs.com. Then WALL-AAAAHH! I had a puzzle!
I think these tools can be used in classrooms for fun activities or decoration for lesson plans/power points. These tools are such good things to have knowledge on! Just in case you do need something like this for your lesson plans. For personal use.... Well if I get really bored, I definitely know I have something to do! :)
Always,
M.S.P. <3
THING 8!!!!
Emily Sehi!!
I LOVED THIS MASH UP! I love taking found objects and using them to create art. This would be a great lesson to show students how to see everyday objects in a different and engaging way. Also I could use this project for the students to create their name. All these mash ups are great for art projects, like this one and the mosaic and puzzle ones.
Thing #3
Valeta Winn
Writing this blog has shown me that I can write down my thoughts and feelings as I am going through as I finish up my time in the Education program. It can allow me to look back and see what I did and how I felt about a certain assignment. I can also put ideas on a blog to look back at later and maybe put them to use in my own teaching methods.
Blogs can be used to keep your students parents up to date on what their children did in class that day. You can make sure to inform the parents of the homework that the children have. Inform them of upcoming tests so they can help the children study.That is if you are up to doing a blog post once a day. If not once a day it can be done once a week to keep the parents up to date on what happened, or tell them what their children will be doing the following week. Depending on the grade level of the child you can have them start their own blog. The blog can be updated as a group, with videos or class messages.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Thing # 13
After creating the Zoho account, I decided to play around with its features, and I must say that it was a very convenient and functional. Then, I decided to play around with google docs and I think that I like it better! I thought that it was very fun to play around on, and I made a simple drawing of the carbon cycle. I think that students would like to use this application to create their own drawings in order to enhance their learning experience. Sandie Luna
Thing #4 From Clinton Underwood
My last blogs seemed sterile. Good review for my classmates. That is what I tried to create. I figured I would help them study if the were forced to read my writing. In an effort to be more interesting, I tried to be more creative. Here it goes…
At the center of any culture is community. And, around that community is certain tradition, ceremony, activity, rights of passage, and the transfer of history and knowledge. It seems as though our teaching community seats themselves around the “dining table” of blogging, and constantly exchange the ideas and fundamentals that build our professional family. The food being served is prepared in the ovens of the classroom; and, the ingredients are the innocents of youth, the passion of learning, the mistakes of history, the dreams of the future, and the transparent love of a mentor and confidant. Um, Ummm. These blogs are food for a teacher’s soul.
As a young “up-and-comer”, I went to these blogs and digested some of the bread these teachers were providing. These “Master Chefs” explained, very well, the need for my feedback as part of the next generation of educators. Just as important as receiving these “nourishing nuggets of wisdom”, it is equally important to acknowledgement that these delicious treasures are being sought out, appreciated, and successfully prepared by others. Finding these recipes, experimenting with techniques, and showing my genuine appreciation through thoughtful commenting demonstrates my desire to grow and to carry our mission forward. All the while, validating those bloggers who are building a group of quality professionals. By commenting on blogs, us “new-bees” are privileged to be able to acknowledge the work of those who’ve spent decades perfecting these gourmet educational experiences. I decided to thank the authors for providing these ingredients. Ingredients which are critical inside the apprentice’s kitchen; “The Classroom.”
Question: Why eat at McDonald’s if Wolfgang Puck is willing to make you Massaman Curry?
If we want the food to continue to come, sometimes we have to say; “Ahh, how delicious, may I have another. And please, tell me how you made these potatoes.” When the meals being eaten are cooked up in the pots of sound standards, true values and years of experience; the nutrition I’ll prepare for my students will never be more than one or two recipes away. As a young teacher, I’ll have the ability to reach out to countless global experts and solicit the very best advice. This constant state of discovery is essential to growing into a mature professional. And, it appears, that blogs can play a healthy role in my growth.
As nourishing as the community is, it’s also important to dissent in a healthy manner. Blogs are a great way to challenge one another and make sure we are thinking clearly on important matters. So, as I’m replenishing myself at the family table, it is just as important to ensure I’m sticking to the fundamentals our community is built on. As well intended as I may be, at times; I can be mislead or confused by complex situations and new relationships. As a member of this community, my reaction to new recipes on the table (technology/standards/testing/assessment) must remain true to the fundamentals of our profession. So, as unpalatable as they may be, the healthy debates are completely necessary when cooking up a new meal (classroom method/technique).
Critiquing, very important. But, just as important; is the manner we critique. I just don’t spit the food back on my plate, if it’s a little too salty. How rude! There is a right way to do it. And in everyone’s case, this community is expected to do it professionally.
Thing #14
I choose to use bubbl.us and gliffy.com as the two flowcharts for this assignment. I really enjoyed creating both of them. I used these two websites because I was able to manipulate them easily and I can use them for various biology activities. I liked how bubbl.us has various colors to make certain bubbles stand out. I also liked gliffy.com different shapes and how you can manipulate them in any direction so you could make your flowchart any way you want. This is a great activity and will definitely use this technology in my future biology class.
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Thing #8
I liked this activity due to it taught me how to work Flickr, and how to make collage photos. I will definitely be using this stuff in the future in my classroom. ~ Mary Swaney
Thing #8
The blog activity that I enjoyed the most is Thing #8 because it introduced me to flickr and how to make collage style photos. It was interesting and fun, and I truly believe that it is a tool that could be useful in the future to spark my student's interest. Flickr was cool and funky, and it connects the user with people from all over the world. - Anetta Patterson
Thing #8
Thign 8 was one of my favorite, it was interestign to fidn out how easy it was to do this one. When trying out different mash-up websites. I found the one where you type in any word and it spells it out using different forms of the letter. If you didn't like a certain letter you could click on it and change to a different type.I think teachers could spell out different words to put on their walls like this to give inspiration to our students. -Amanda Davison
Thing 14
Flowchart VS. Mindmap I found personally I had a lot off fun making the mindmap. I used the Bubbl.us to create the mindmap. The web 2.0 program was relatively easy to use and I was able to create a nice mindmap within a few minutes. I struggled a little at first but once I was used to the commands it went smoothly for me. I made a chart for my new students next school year on three basic types of geography that is in our course of study. I was able to change the colors and size of my text. I also enjoyed changing the colors which would have enhanced the appearance on a document camera. 
THING #7 was fun for me because I like playing around with photos. ~Adrienne V.
http://23-things-by-ms-v.blogspot.com/2013/02/thing-7-flickr.html
Thing 13
I loved discovering GoogleDocs through thing13. Creating a drawing was so simple and fun! I will most definitely be using GoogleDocs as a means of communication, collaboration and simple creativity with my students, co-workers and future parents!
https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1nWEW_-ye_jY78i_Evk0TjtjVl43Tm9LjxoCvB178ss4/edit
-Kayla Kitchens
Thing 12 by Carolin McDaniel
I enjoyed using the translation tool on Google. Being German I had to of course see if it worked properly. So I wrote some simple sentences and checked to see if the program was translating it correctly. And it did. I had used different translation tools before which did not work as good as I wanted. But I was pleasantly surprised how accurate Google Translator worked. I did share it but I honestly do not know where it went Lhttp://translate.google.com/#auto/en/Hallo!%20Ich%20schreibe%20diese%20nachricht%20fuer%20meine%20klasse.
I just could not believe the number of blogs out there. Blogging is still very new to me. I found that using search tools was very helpful i sifting through the thousands of pages to find useful and fun blogs. http://technorati.com/ was the easiest for me to navigate. It has multiple ways to refine your search and the homepage is not too busy looking. I explored several other search tool sites and I personally found them very hard to navigate.
I found a blog on emergency planning for schools to be very interesting. In today's society one must always be prepared for the worst. I want to know that if the time comes, I will be ready to protect my students.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/02/28/taking-action-creating-model-emergency-management-plans-schools-institutions-higher-
One of the oddest blogs I came across while searching for this assignment was a blog about a guy who made a machine to separate oreo cookies. This is just one of many uses for technology and that some people have too much time on their hands!
http://www.inquisitr.com/547184/oreo-separator-physicist-builds-machine-to-scrape-creme-off-his-cookies-video/
http://www.glogster.com/mbinnie/letter-s/g-6l58oj2lsl5jtl9o1dgkca0. Without a doubt, Glogster is my favorite new tool in my future kindergarten toolbox! I love all the possibilities there are to utilize this site with young learners!
Thing #6
Grammarly is what I chose for my thing #6 and I have used it a few times since! I love it!
The 2.0 tool that I chose to explore was the website Grammarly. This website is very neat because it is a grammar checker. Microsoft word and lots of other things just as E-mail contain spell check but many times my professors mark my papers for grammar errors. Grammarly is a solution for Grammar errors! Grammarly is easy to use. All you do is paste the text that you want to check in the box and then push the button. I typed in the sentence "I is goin to the walmarts" just to see if it really works. Grammarly found 4 critical writing issues with in that sentence and told me what they were. That sentence contains a pronoun agreement error and a subject-verb agreement error and two misspelled words. It also checked for plagiarism which is very helpful. I like Grammarly and think that I will use it agian. Grammarly could absolutely be used is a school setting. A teacher could ask her students to check their book reports, or any writing assignment on Grammarly before they turn it in. If a student turns in an assignment with a lot of Grammar errors, a teacher could ask the student to type it into Grammarly and to tell her what mistakes he made as a teaching method.
http://www.grammarly.com/?q=grammar&gclid=COnkrcOIw7UCFQ3NnAod-yUAZw
http://www.gliffy.com/go/publish/4435665/
I did this for my Thing # 14 and it was actually fun. Nothing like being able to bash a song you hate. :)
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FtJvgfET5-XT6NgPjGTFvwYRGskP-xAC1AyJoHApmGo/edit?usp=sharing
I created this link to a PowerPoint! I love using PP's. They are so easy and can have such an educational impact when used correctly!!!
The Picasa Web Album is awesome. Don't you think so? I mean...what a neat way to post current pictures of your class activities for parents and faculty to peruse. Kids absolutely love seeing their pictures on screen, so I know this will be something I will use in my classroom. Below you will find a link to the album I created. Just a short journey with my family....Check it out and tell me what you think.
https://plus.google.com/photos/117331216562664202450/albums/5848787637191887857
Cool, huh? My kids are pretty awesome and I have the BEST husband ever. :)
This tool will be a l;khukgkfh help to me when I have my own classroom. Just thinking of all the educational sites that I can visit and pull data from to enhance my lessons is amazing! What's even better than the enormous amount of material is the convenience of accessing it!
On thing 14 I made a mindmap. A mind map helps to cut to the heart of what the story is really all about which would have really helped me in my earlier years. From the first grade class room talking about Corduroy Bear to the Senior English class talking about Beowulf, mind maps are awesome! This site is really easy to use and it's FREE!
From Megan Singleton:
Thing #9
Online image generators are fun! I've played around with a couple of them before. My favorite one is MorphThing; you can morph celebrities' faces together, as well as morph your face with someone else to see what your baby will look like. This past summer, I morphed myself and Olympic swimmer Nathan Adrian together, and the result was one cute child.
I like the magazine Rolling Stone, so I thought it would be cool to put my face on a cover using a generator on FaceMagazineCover.com. It was simple and easy to use!
For a high school history class, I think it would be funny and entertaining to morph historical figures' faces together to break up the monotony of class time; studentscould also create their own magazine cover using a historical figure or event. With these image generators, the possibilities are endless!
From Alexandera Tolbert
Thing number 21.
I was really happy with my finished product of our dive experience through Animoto. I was able to take pictures and put them to background music and illustrations. It was a very easy process once I was able to upload pictures. I did try to use Facebook to upload my pictures but it did not seem to want to open. I ended up having to use my flash drive with pictures on it and then I did not have any other problems. I think this would be a great resource for the classroom as far as class trips, projects, end of the year memories, etc..
Make your own slideshow at Animoto.
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A simple edit for the 23Things blog by Mrs. Cruise @ https://cruise23things.blogspot.com. My favorite activity so far with this assignment has to be the mash-ups and image generators, like so many on here have expressed. For the sake of saving myself some time, I'll ask you to click on the link to my blog provided if you'd like to view what I've personally created. Looking at some of the above websites and thoughts though, I may be playing around with a few more image generator sites soon! (Maybe after FINALS!)
This is an edit for the 23Things blog by Mr. Lance at lance23things.blogspot.com. My favorite activity so far was playing with Flickr and the making signs and doing picture mashups. It's been great seeing what other's have done with their blogs and given me inspiration to try them out or check out some of the sites I overlooked while doing my Discovery Projects.
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Comments (16)
michelle said
at 6:39 pm on Nov 18, 2010
Thing #2
For thing number two I had to create my own blog and an avatar. I decided to name my blog Michelle's Thoughts because it seemed like a very straight forward name that explained exactly what my blog is about. It is all about my thoughts. I found it very east to create my own blog but I am also very grateful to my teacher who suggested to have a pencil and paper handy to write down all of these different accounts that I will be creating. My avatar reflects my personality because she is wearing a kimono which relates to my extra curricular activity which I pursued in high school. I was involved with martial arts for 4 years and received my black belt. So the way my avatar is dressed reflects my love for martial arts and the Japanese culture. Other than the way my avatar is dressed I would say that it looks like me in real life. I believe I am a pretty decent looking person so why not have my avatar look like me?
Elizabeth M. Nelson said
at 4:22 pm on Mar 6, 2013
Thing #2
I enjoyed making both the blog and my avatar. I have never made a blog before, but I have read several because of fanfiction/fanart. Blogs are an interesting way to get to know someone as well. For my posting name, I decided to use my full name, rather than a nickname, because I wanted people who read my blog to be able to know me and not just what I present to the world on a daily basis. Also, since this is for a class, I am comfortable with putting my whole name on the blog. If it was just something for fun that I would let just about anyone know about, I most likely would use a different name.
Creating the blog was not very difficult. I thought it was rather easy, once I had a gmail account, because there were step by step instructions to follow. As long as I carefully read what to do, I had no problem with creating the blog.
My avatar is a fun loving, easy going type of character. I tried to reflect both some of my physical characteristics as well as some of my character. I wanted my avatar to reflect me as soon as it was seen. The only trouble I had with the avatar was trying to decide where exactly on my new blog I wanted to place it.
Mark Meek said
at 9:51 pm on Nov 28, 2010
Thing twelve
I already have prior knowledge about all the tools Google has! Two of my favorites are the picasa and calendar.
Picasa, something I touched on in an earlier post, is a photo organizer you download to your computer. It automatically updates all you photos anytime you add or delete a picture. It also acts as an editor! You can edit and change pictures with the options of undoing your work, even if you saved over it! You also can upload any picture to the web album which can be accessed anywhere internet is accessible.
Google Calendar is something I started using when I became in charge of my local Fraternity website. I use google calendar to update events and send reminders to current uses of my site. I can also display the calendar to the public for better access. You can also link multiple accounts to one calendar if you were going to share upcoming event!
I will continue using both tools throughout my career as a teacher. I would use picasa to post on going projects to parents and public. I would also use google calendar as a update reminder for myself and for my students
tina said
at 7:52 pm on Nov 30, 2010
Thing #14
I chose the Gliffy and Mindmasters. I thought that Gliffy would be good to present an idea or to give instructions. Mindmasters could be used more for a thinking process or to organize your thoughts. I could see how teachers could use them in the classroom to break down different processes. I added my thing #14
monica sears said
at 5:20 pm on Dec 5, 2010
monica sears said
at 5:21 pm on Dec 5, 2010
Shea Osborne said
at 2:23 pm on Feb 27, 2011
Thing 9!!!!
http://happyfacegenerator.com/signs/smilies/sign-generators.asp
I chose the Happy Face Generator site because I have always been a big fan of smiles. I mean come on, it has been a big form of advertising since the 60s. This is a quote that my Mom would always tell me when I would get frustrated with school, work, etc. When I entered the site I went through the various faces and saw that there was a variety that expressed numerous emotions. A way that this could be used personally and in the classroom is to encourage students by putting famous or inspirational quotes inside the box. Perhaps, a teacher could use this as a way for students to express themselves by a simple quote or phrase that describes them.
Shea Osborne said
at 2:26 pm on Feb 27, 2011
http://www.images-graphics-pics.com/signs/smilies/sign-generator.aspx?text=Success+comes+in+%0D%0ACans%0D%0ANot+Cant%27s&smiley=happy-face&down=20&slide=0&font=comic&color=crimson&fontsize=14&allow=&spacing=22
amy said
at 5:38 pm on Mar 3, 2011
Thing 9
You can access this picture at http://www.imagegenerator.net/browse/all/date/148319/ and to create your own you can go to:
http://imagegenerator.net/
This website was really easy to use. It allows you to pick from lots of different images, such as the one above, and then all you do is click and add the text you wish to use. I thought this was lots of fun and you can use this to send funny emails to friends or perhaps to introduce a new lesson!
I created this image at http://www.streetsigngenerator.com/ . This was also really easy to do. You could choose from four different signs and then just add your text. I thought this would be cute to use in the classroom or in a powerpoint. We all know that sometimes we zone out and sometimes we need to come back to earth.
Posted by Goder at 1:19 PM
Danyelle Money said
at 1:21 pm on Mar 14, 2011
Danyelle Money said
at 1:29 pm on Mar 14, 2011
I do not want to go back to school tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I need a few more days of spring break, please let it snow... not!!
Melissa Castaneda said
at 9:24 am on Jun 20, 2011
http://castaneda23things.blogspot.com/
Dedrick Money said
at 6:37 pm on Jun 20, 2011
Check me out under Generators
Hunter King said
at 10:34 pm on Mar 5, 2013
Thing #8 http://hunterking92.blogspot.com/2013/02/thing-8.html
Obviously I am obsessed with sunrises. I just can't help but find them to be extremely gorgeous and mind blowing. I think that the Flickr Mashups are pretty neat. It can allow to group things together that are similar, like I did, or you can compare things. I think it would make for an interesting assignment for a class. Like you could create a mashup of the cycle of a butterflies' growth, starting from the beginning and so on.
valerie mcallister said
at 11:15 am on Mar 6, 2013
Thing 7:
http://www.flickr.com/
I've never used Flickr before, although I often hear great things about it. It appears to be much like Pinterest to me. So, being the Science nerd that I am, I searched for images relating to Science and found it much more difficult than I expected. However, I found several pictures that relate to several subjects of Science, but each photographer wished to keep their image from circulating the web.
Rachel Funderburk said
at 11:08 am on Mar 27, 2013
My favorite blog post was for thing 9. For this activity I used the ImageChef site to create the above image. I explored some of the other sites but this one seemed the most user friendly. They had lots of different categories of images that you could look through and select from. I saw the above image and added the Learning Zone to the sign I thought that would be a fun image to hang on a classroom door or somewhere in the classroom. This was very easy to create, after you look through the images and select the one you want all you have to do is type your text into the text box. This would be a fun creative activity for kids to do in class if and when it can be tied into a lesson or they could do it during free time, to display in class or take home.
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