Things 10, 11, & 12

Week 5 - Things 10, 11, & 12

I chose to use Big Huge Labs to create a magainze cover:

I also created a badge for Coach Lennon:

You can also see what the guys are really thinking:

Flickr won the award for photo and editing. I have been able to use this program through Learning 2.0. I really enjoyed the program, but I choose to tag my photos through my personal webpage because all of my friends use the same webpage program. I could play that Travel IQ all day!

Things 8 & 9

Week 4
I subscribed to New, Fun, Thinker, and two feeds for my APP English class. We are beginning Latin American Literature next semester and there will be a concentration on Julia Alavarez. I added two feeds from publication websites for her. What I like most about the feeds is that each student could pick something their own feeds or we could subscribe as a class about a certain subject.

In Writing lab, I could definitely use this because I could have all my students subscribe to the things that are interesting to them. Student's assignments could become personalized to their own interests.

I already have several newsfeed on my homepage that I read from time to time, but this is a way for a whole class to subscribe as a whole.

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Things 5, 6, & 7

Week 3
This week I started on a new endeavor. I am creating a website for our wrestling team. I know how much work this is going to be, but I really hope the website helps promote our wrestling team. I would love to see the program expand. For our week in flickr, I uploaded the pictures that are going to be going on the website.

QOOP is an awesome third party site that allows you to do several different things with your photos such as calendars and posters. Using Big Hugs Labs, I was able to create a magazine cover using the senior wrestling team.

I am really interested in this Flickr program. I am doing a fundraiser for the wrestling team. I am going to be creating a poster of all the senior wrestlers. I had planned on using a printing company here in Chattanooga, but with these third party programs, I believe I can save a lot of money by creating the poster myself and simply ordering it. We will see…

Things 1 & 2

Here is what I wrote for my Week 1. I thought it might help to see what someone else did, although I'm not sure I would always follow my own lead. :)

The program is a tutorial program presented by the California School Library Association. The main purpose of the program is to allow teachers to experience and learn about the newest tools available on the internet, especially the ones that students are using everyday. The format of the tutorial is done with activities. There are twenty-three activities and each one explores a different tool on the internet.
7 ½ Habits of a Life Long Learner
My goal is to learn about technology that I can integrate into my writing lab courses. Right now, all we do is Word, PowerPoint, Photoshop, and the Internet. I want to know how I can let my students explore the tools of the internet and have fun.
I would have to say the easiest of the 7 ½ life long learning rules is “Create your own learning toolbox.” I am a very organized person, and I feel I can keep track of everything I need to remain a life long learner. I have kept a notebook or folder for each one of my college classes from my 300 levels and up. I have every paper I wrote in college on a flash drive.
I know I can always go to Nancy if I have any problems on my path to finishing the twenty-three things.
I would like to have my twenty-three things finished by the end of fall break. I am a full time graduate student, so I already have so many other due dates that I would like to finish up this program while I am not also teaching.

Week 2 - Things 1 - 4

Hello All! I can't believe I missed the breakfast. I heard it was wonderful! I am taking a course very similar to this in my graduate school program. It is called "Teacher as Learner" It focuses a lot on technology in the classroom and uses a lot of cool things on the internet that you can use with your students.

I had fun creating my avatar. I always related avatar with the Sims game, so I have always been weary of ever creating one. I added a cute bag and a dog, but the picture of that dog does not even begin to do my dog justice.