autumn

Thing 23

2008-05-01T06:02:00.000-07:00

As I come to the last of the 23 things, I am a bit overwhelmed at the amount of information that can be found and the many different things that can can be learnt along the way. I found some of the things interesting,others not so much. I was also sometimes frustrated when I could not send uploads to my blog. I would have liked more help in this area, as I found I wasted alot of time along the way.

I found the course good for me (as a student) to help me understand the frustrations my students feel when they do not understand something. I probably will not use any of the 23 things in my classroom (at the moment) as we do not have enough resources.

Also, I would need to be much more competent and confident to deliver some of these things in my classroom. I find our younger students just know so so much.. I now know why they can spend hours in front of a computer. To be very honest, I myself like to be creative in a more hands on approach, which is probably because of the industry I am involved in.

On saying that, I did enjoy the journey and hopefully will learn lots more.

WEEK 9

2008-05-01T05:43:00.000-07:00

THINGS 20 21 AND 22

I went into Youtube, Had a look at introducing the book, ( very funny) I am interested in music so clicked onto some music video's, some quite good stuff here.

Understand a bit more about Podcasts, through Yahoo, podcast.net and went into educational Podcast. Looked up Art and then listened to some of the Podcasts from some art students on how to make various things. I found the audio a bit hard to understand and some spoke too quickly. I can see some interesting ideas for the classroom here if the students had the time.

I found E books and Audio books a really interesting concept and could be very useful in a classroom situation. As our students have very different learning styles this could be an advantage for some.

WEEK 8

2008-05-01T04:54:00.000-07:00

THINGS 17 AND 18

Had a look into Zoho writer which allows you to create a document, edit it and then share, I was unable to get into this site to join and create a doc, but I will try again later.

Library thing was really good, I signed up and then put in a search for books on garden sculptures, (which I had been looking for earlier) How quick this tool is for finding anything you are interested in. Do Libraries do this?

WEEK 7

2008-05-01T04:24:00.001-07:00

THINGS 16 AND 17

I found Wikis the online encyopedia an amazing tool. Which anyone can edit??I would like to understand how this works further. I also went into the sandbox and entered a comment, which i will go back to. It will be interesteing to see what others had written on the entry which was about a dog and a cat.

2008-04-24T18:45:00.000-07:00

2008-04-21T01:51:00.000-07:00

Week 6

2008-04-17T21:48:00.000-07:00

Thing 13 14 and 15

For these exercises I entered del.icio.us./SJLibrarylearning2 and Technorati. I then picked a site at random, which was Internet Scout program. It focuses on developing better tools for online projects. I picked a tag - Education on another site and then another tag -Teaching. It was really very interesting reading, so much useful information on all facets of teaching, resources, ideas and problems that may occur. I think this is a great and useful site for any teacher new or experienced. I found it had great ideas for the classroom and keeping students, motivated. Using tags has its advantages although - again, you could spend hours searching and reading, there are so many tags which could be a disadvantage as there is so much information it could all become just a bit too much to take in. The disney movie was interesting.

Week 5

2008-04-14T16:20:00.000-07:00

Thing 10

I have spent SOME time playing around with images generators and will get back to it when I work out how to send it to my blog. What am I doing wrong? anyone? This is where i am having trouble. I can enter the site, follow the instructions, create, but cannot send...

Thing 11 and 12

I really enjoyed loooking through all the web awards. There are some very interesting sites, I looked at Travel - Farecast, Mashups - Ning and books - Lulu. I will go back to these at some stage and look at other sites of interest. You need heeps of time!

Thing 9

2008-04-14T15:05:00.000-07:00

It is amazing just how much information can be found when looking at all the feeds that I was interested in. I found Technorati, Blog pulse and of course Google seach to be a mind field of information. I often wonder what we did before Google to find everything we want or need to know about anything!!! Although I think It would become addictive, there are so many sites to search! Alot of hours could be spent in front of a computer screen, I know i have spent many nights researching where to go on a holiday. I think there was too much information as in the end, I felt like I had already been there!!!

Week 4

2008-04-05T05:54:00.000-07:00

Thing 8

Disovering RSS (Really Simple Syndication) Set up my account and have subscribed to everything that seemed of interest.

Thing 7

2008-04-05T05:30:00.000-07:00

After spending half the night trying to send my postcard for all to see, and it did not want to play. So I think I have had enough of computer technology tonight. I should have gone out, WHY did I even turn it on, It is saturday night!!!

Thing 6

2008-04-05T05:17:00.000-07:00

My postcard looks really good, i promise! shame it would'nt send to my blogspot!!!

2008-04-05T03:21:00.000-07:00

Week 3

Learning so much about tags, groups etc on Flickr site, which I had no idea existed until now.

Thing 5

I was able to upload one of my pics, and then send it to my blog. I am amazed!! It was so easy to do.

kerri's wedding cake

2008-04-05T03:15:00.001-07:00

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Originally uploaded by magnolia195

a wedding cake I made for a special friend

Autumn

2008-03-24T23:56:00.000-07:00

Week 2

Thing 3: sucessfully have set up my own blog, with a bit of help along the way!! i have added my first post and even was able to add an avatar and import it into my blog spot. i found this took a little time as there were so many choices to choose from. I was also frustrated at the instructions on how to add an avatar to my blog. although it was simple in the end.

Thing 4: How do you register your blog ??? I am very annoyed now, I have spent too much time on trying to do this, and now i have no connection to the internet....... i will get back to this. Opened my work email this morning, and there was mail from Tony telling us he will give instructions on how to register. i was one step ahead!!!

hip chic

2008-03-24T23:03:00.000-07:00

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magnolia

2008-03-20T05:13:00.000-07:00

week 1
Already I have learnt to read the instructions more closely. I had already started week 2 before I began week 1. Although, I found this was a good lesson for me, as I was then able to go back and fully understand the tasks ahead.

Thing 1
Learning contracts are a very good idea, it keeps students on track, especially if the teacher is also goal orientated as i am. I believe, in every thing we do, we need to have a clear goal to keep us motivated. I like to keep to time or ahead of time, I am like this in my personal/business life as well as in my teaching

Thing 2
Looking at the 71/2 habits of highly successful lifelong learners. For me I always begin something with the end in mind. I find this gives me a clear goal to work towards. I have always tried to keep all of these habits but Creating my own learning toolbox could be a challenge, but i am ready to give it a go.