Thing # 22

I checked out a few directories and found they were not all friendly. I listened to a couple of travel podcasts. I want to travel. My first experience with podcasting was with my research paper class in graduate school. I felt Learn out Loud was easy to use. I am not ready to subscribe yet to podcasting but will soon. My students who need further enrichment and challenges will be creating podcasts for me in the near future. We are working our way through wiki's and blogs. This week they created and presented their first PPT. I feel podcasting is a useful educational tool. Students do not have to have an IPOD, any MP3 player will do.

Thing # 23

I researching the Internet, I found two sites that referenced the 23 things. There are lots of lists out there to complete. Here are the links:
http://plcmclearning.blogspot.com/
http://explorediscoverplay.ning.com/

I have thoroughly enjoyed this project. There are lots of tools to add to my toolbox. I look forward to using them in my classroom. Thank you Dr. Wall.

Jordie and Kris Thing # 21

Animoto is fun and easy to use. You do not need a tutorial to get you started, though there is one offered. I like the option of using their music or downloading music from your computer. What a fun way to use pictures. I can use this in my classroom on the class website to show parents what their children are doing. This is a tool I have bookmarked to use. So far, this is my favorite tool to have in my toolbox.

Thing # 20

I haven't had much experience on youtube until now. I have a student that created a video and put it on youtube last week. He has been waiting for me to view it. I did not have any idea the content on youtube. I would say you can find anything you basically want. I found some very funny sites, David Cook (American Idol) winner, and I found a video that touch my heart. Many of you have heard of "The Last Lecture", by Randy Pausch. We were talking about it today at work and thought I would like to see it again. Sure enough, it is on there and almost 8 million people have viewed it. I believe his lecture is great for high school. This site is blocked by our county so I do not see a use in my classroom for it. However, I do believe it has educational value. Most people do not associate educational value with youtube. At least I did not. I like this site for songs and for finding video that has touched my heart. The video is titled "The Last Lecture".