Thing #17 Delicious

I think the delicious tool is very useful. I found many different educational resources for technology in education that were very useful. I can see this as a tool in the classroom to find helpful resources I could use in my classroom to teach a certain lesson. I could also use it to get ideas for lessons plans that I could use. I could use it to find videos I could have students watch in class on a particular subject they are learning to help them better understand the material. Then I could bookmark it so I can easily find it again without having to take time in class to search for it and will always have it stored. Teachers can take advantage of social bookmarking sites by they can find websites, videos, or resources they can use in the classroom to teach the material they are teaching their students and bookmark it so they can easily find it and not have to take up time in class to search for it. They can use it to store educational websites, videos, pictures, etc. that they can use in the classroom so they will always have them and will not have to try to search for them again and take up extra time.

Thing #16 Getting Organized

I chose the stickeynotes.net startup page. I appealed to this one because I like using stickey notes to stay organized and write down important things that I need to remember. The online calenders can be useful to me to put important dates in so I can keep up with all the important dates coming up and keep it organized. The do-lists are helpful to make a list of things that I need to do so I will not forget anything and to keep track of what I need to do. The stickey notes tool has some uses for me at school and at home. I can use it to write down important things I need to remember to do or important dates so I can keep track of everything and keep everything organized for my classes so I won't forget an assignment or important dates. I can also use it at home to create a list of things I need to do or important events coming up so I won't lose track of everything and can keep it organized.

Thing #15 Wiki

I changed the font size and color of the text in the teacherlibrian wiki. It found that was very easy to use. A wiki can be beneficial in the classroom by it could be used to add more information to an article or examples of the text to help the students learn more about the material being taught. It can be used to change the font size and color of the text so the students can see the text better so they can read it better and understand what it is saying. It can also be used to add pictures to the text so show students examples of the material so the students can better understand it. It can be very useful in the classroom to teach the material more efficiently.

Thing #14 Flowcharts and Mind maps

I used bubble.us to create a mind map. I used the button beneath the first square shape that appeared that said to add another child bubble to create a bubble under the first one to show points that were different. Then I used the other button that said to add another sibling bubble to create a bubble beside another one to show points that were similar. Then I just clicked on the bubble and starting typing what I wanted to put in each bubble. I also moved the cursor inside each bubble and clicked the connect button to connect two bubbles together. The mind map has bubbles under and beside each other that connect together. I used gliffy to crate a flow chart. First I selected the flowchart button on the side to create a flowchart and then selected the type of flowchart I wanted to create. Then I used the different shapes provided on the side to create my flowchart. Then I clicked inside each shape and typed in what I wanted in each shape. I used the arrow shape and dragged it to where I wanted to connect certain shapes together. I also drew shapes beside each other to show points that were went together or were similar and shapes under each other to show points that did not go together or were different. The flow chart uses arrows instead of lines to connect points together and uses different shapes instead of just bubble shapes.

Thing #13 Web-Based Applications

I found may features with Zoho Docs. It allows you to upload any type of documents, pictures or videos from anywhere or create a new one. I also found that when you create a new word document, you can use resources such as a thesaurus, spell check and word count. You can also use different fonts and size of the font. You can also reset the document so if you want to completely delete the document without having to open a new document. You can also rename your document that you saved if you want to change the name of it. When you create a spreadsheet, you can insert formulas into it to calculate whatever you want to. It also allows you to sort the information in the spreadsheet in a certain order that you want so you don't have to move everything around. I went to google docs and created a drawing of a venn diagram of the parts of the speech. Here's a link to my drawing: Google docs allowed me to create a drawing, spreadsheet, presentation or document. Zoho Docs allowed me to create or upload documents, spreadsheets, videos or pictures. They were both easy to use and had many useful features. They would be very useful in a classroom to create documents, spreadsheets, videos, pictures, or drawings to teach the material in a different way.

Thing #12 Google

I used the Google Calender. Here's a link to my calender: https://www.google.com/calendar/render I created a calender for the schedule of lessons and activities for each day for one week. It was very easy to create and I liked that it automatically saved it once I logged into my gmail account so I didn't have to remember to save it and it will always be there when I go to it if I want to go back and add more to it or delete some things. I can use this tool to create a schedule for my lesson plans to keep track of my lessons and it is all organized so I can keep up with it and know exactly what I will be doing each day. I can also it to put up important dates such as homework assignments and tests to remind the students of upcoming important dates so they can keep track of it and know what is coming up. It is also a way to keep parents informed of what their children are doing in the classroom and what is expected of them. It is a great tool to use and can be useful in education.

Thing #11 Finding Good Feeds

The methods of finding feeds that I found the easiest was going to google and just typing in what I was looking for. The search tool that was the easiest to use was the Google Blog Search because I could just type in what I wanted to search and the results came right up and it was easy to find. The technorati was easy to use too because I could just search the type of blog I was looking for and it came up several blogs related to what I was looking for. The one I found confusing was using the topix.net because I could not find what I was looking for when I typed in what I wanted to search. The kind of useful feeds I found were about parental involvement in education, technology in schools and curriculum and instruction in the classroom. The other tools I used to find newsfeeds were I went to google.com and search for education newsfeeds and it came up with many directories and RSS Feeds in education that I could go through and find the kind of newsfeeds I was looking for. Google was the easiest way for me to find different feeds in education and is the way I will use to find different feeds that I am looking for on a particular topic.