Thing #13

Wow! I never thought there would be so many websites available on the internet. There is pretty much a website for any and everything. Once you get the bookmarks and tags created on delicious, the more time you save when needing to look something up. I will need to play around a little more with this program to find more things of interest to me. I had a little trouble getting started, so I didn't get as much done as I had hoped. I am a little nervous about people getting to see all of the things that are of interest to me, but I will get over it. I do, however, enjoy looking at other peoples interest. I like how you can get to this account from any computer. Since I always run into trouble with my home computer...I need to be able to get things done from a backup computer. When I get more time to get back to this site, I will add more bookmarks. I was a little disappointed that I couldn't log in with my blog title so you can find my account using coplinkids.

Thing #7b

In my Google Reader I found an article about Should Schools Require Students to Purchase Specific Technology? This article was about how there is a lot of technology, hardware, and software for educators and students to use in school, but some schools are trying to push certain brands of technology tools onto students. Whether it be ipod touches, iphones, or laptops, many students can use other tools of technology to do the same kinds of programs. It stated that it shouldn't matter what brand the technology is, but what the operating sytem can do. People should be able to use whatever they feel comfortable with using. Some schools were requiring students to use ipod touches and iphones for their studies and projects when many smart phones can do basically the same thing. A study was done about the different types of educational applications available on the iphone had some type of counterpart on many other different systems. Why spend money when you don't really have to?

Thing 7a

I read a story from my google reader titled To Shred, or Not To Shred. It was about how schools use a lot of paper during the school year, even though it is usually recycled, it is still a waste. It also is discerning because the amount of time and effort the students put into all of the work is lost because it is tossed later on in the year. The article discussed creating blogs for classroom use instead of using so much paper. It is a way to get student work published without wasting so much paper and time and effort is valued. The blogs also create a way to get feedback and interaction among others not just teachers. The blogs can also stay as long as needed. They do not have to be erased or deleted after the school year. They can stay to continue getting feedback. I really never thought about this topic, but it is so true. This type of student work is definitely what I see in our future. This blog was a very interesting read for me.

Thing #12

I experienced a little while with wordle. I really liked this activity. I brainstormed all of the different things that people read. Students could do this type of activity easily after learning about a major topic in any area of curriculum. They could write words describing a character from a story, titles of books written by the same author, different types of waters on earth, or using words to describe a scientist. These were just a few examples off the top of my head. I could see being able to use this easily throughout all subject areas. This would be a great activity to assign at the end of a unit to check for understanding. I think kids of all ages would love this type of assignment.

I also played around with the PollDaddy website. This was a lot of fun! I thought that this was a pretty neat way to get kids to take a poll. We are always doing graphs in first grade, this is just a another different way to do it. After the poll, the class could discuss the results. This could be done with any question for any subject area as well. My principal had us use polldaddy at the end of the year last year to vote for our school theme for the upcoming school year. While I did the poll, I have never seen how to make it all from the website.

Thing #11

I created this mosaic through Mosaic Maker using pictures that I had in my favorites from flickr. I had a pretty easy time trying to figure out how to put this all together. I didn't do a lot of pictures because I didn't want it to take up too much space. This could be a cute way to display the students in a classroom to a blog. My students always like getting their pictures made, if they were displayed on a blog... they would really be excited! A mosaic of classroom activites or projects could be another good way to display things going on in the classroom. I just need to get a little more confidence in this blogging stuff before I dare try one for my classroom.

Lucky Maltese Dog-One Year Old June 2003

Maltese Puppy

Now That's A Bed Full Of Yorkies

Yorkie Puppy

Rock 'n' Roller Coaster

Fracture-Filled Diamond



I created the comic strip with Comic Strip Generator. This was a lot of fun. I am not sure that the choices of comic strips are all appropriate for school, but it was fun to look through them all and try to be creatively funny.


I used the Futune Cookie Prophecy Generator to create the fortune in the cookies. Students could type a positive message to send to another student to build confidence and self esteem in others. They could also make up a positive fortune about a student to exchange with them in the classroom. This could be done during a friendship discussion or about the student of the week.



I created the Etch A Sketch with the Etch A Sketch Generator. I tried to be creative on how this toy was such a hit back in the day. Now, kids of all ages love the computerized toys.


I really enjoyed these generators. I think I could have spent all night creating, but there's got to be a stopping point...and this is it!

Thing #10

I liked creating this slideshow. Although, I couldn't link my slideshow in the text because everytime that I made my link, I would get a different slideshow than the one I created. Even when I would put my link at the bottom where I gave credit for my pictures, I would still get the same wrong slideshow. This was my first slideshow ever to create. I guess I am a little behind on the times. The slideshow that I created shows the importance of being able to read. The pictures are of different things that people grow up and read in everyday life. When students see how reading and math are used daily as an adult, they understand the importance of learning the skills in that subject area. I could have added a few more pictures of important reading material, but I didn't want anything to mess up. I am a little slow at these activities since I am not as familiar with them.
Magazines: by Confession: I Love Magazines! by Astrid

Candy Recipe Cards by the Felt Mouse

Word of the Father by Billy Reed

Street Signs Have No Spell Check by Datsdof

The Internet is not a newspaper by mfophotos

Thing #9

The flickr advance search tool under the cc licensed photos is a really neat tool to use when needing pictures that are copyright legal. I found lots of cool pictures that I could use for good lessons in the classroom. These pictures could serve as an introduction to a lesson or as visuals during a lesson to get a better understanding of importance. I think that by using these types of pictures in a lesson would really be useful visuals for student learning. I know the students would also get a kick out of this kind of technology being used in the classroom. My students love when I use my computer to look up things for them to see. So, if I could use pictures to show relevance in a slideshow, they would be really engaged in my lesson and their own learning. I found this picture titled: Magazines by Confession: I Love Magazines! by Astrid, to use in a lesson about the importance of being able to read. I feel that if a student can see all of the different things that a person is able or needing to read in life, they will see the importance of needing to learn how to read.






Candy Recipe Cards by Felt Mouse

Word of the Father by Billy Reed

Street Signs Have No Spell Check by Datsdof

The Internet is not a newspaper by mfophotos





I used Spell with Flickr to produce the college word. This program could be a neat tool to use for spelling, word wall, or making words lessons. I could see how the students could use these letters to create different words to practice in our language arts subject. I use magnetic letters and paper letters all of the time, but this would be an added bonus to use different font letters to change up the activity. Kids really love to manipulate with letters!