Thing 21

I really enjoyed using Animoto! It is a really neat website and there are a lot of things that you could do with it. The first thing that came to mind was using it for different events at school to make a video for students to watch of photos taken. We could also use it for a video for the end of the year to look back at all the fun we had! This is definitely something I will use in the future.

Make your own slideshow at Animoto.

Thing 20

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6uYhDU5tvg     Special Education Teaching: Teaching Strategies in Special Education

I really like YouTube. There are so many different videos and many different areas where you can look up information. People make videos on things such as strategies, how to use different tools, classroom management, etc. I chose this one because I think that we sometimes find it difficult to incorporate different strategies in the general education classroom for those with special needs. There is always help you just have to know where to look and take the time to do it.

Thing 19

http://teacherpop.ning.com/profiles/profile/show?screenName=040mq1ffxfo4l&from=fb

This is the link to my badge that I added to my Facebook. The only online community that I am a member of, that I use often, is Facebook. I do like Facebook and Twitter seems to be a nice online community as well. I like the Bake Space a lot because I am baking and cooking all of the time. I like that they have a space for recipes and I saved this website for my personal future use. I think that I would use the Craftster.org, Whats on my Bookshelf, FilmCrave, and Classroom 2.0 Ning.

Thing 18

As educators, we need to be able to know how social networking works so that we can broaden our knowledge and find new things to use in the classroom. With twitter, https://twitter.com/#!/AndreaForsting, I like that you can look up many different things in a lot of different areas. I had never used Twitter before this class so it was interesting to see what all it offered. People always use it to follow friends and celebrities but it is also great for educators. I like Facebook but it is more my personal social network rather than how my Twitter is for school and the classroom. You also have to be very careful on what you post on your social networking. Make sure that all things you post or look up are appropriate. We are professionals and must conduct ourselves that way in everything we do.

Thing 17

I am not sure how I feel about Delicious.com. I can see where it could  be useful but I do not particularly like it. This could be a tool used in the classroom and for personal use as well if you chose to do so. Social bookmarking for teachers would be great for sharing information with other teachers as well as parents. If there is a site that you think would be useful for students to use at home you could use this to share with parents very easily. 

Thing 16

For my start page I chose to use iGoogle. This one appealed to me because I use google quite frequently so I figured it would be the best one for me. I will make this my homepage. It shows me the weather, news, and time as well as many other things. This will be great for signing in everyday.

The online calenders can keep you on track by sending you reminders. I received one the other day that I had actually forgotten about. This is a great system to have for those who have a lot going on and need reminded of daily things to do.

I do not really like the to do lists. I make my own in my agenda which is something that keeps me on track from day to day.

I would recommend a lot of these tools to others. They could be used at school as well as at home, especially the calender and start pages. I like the StickyNotes idea since that is something I use and I think it helps with little side notes and reminders.

Thing 14

http://www.gliffy.com/gliffy/#d=3397601&t=Blog_14_Example

https://bubbl.us/

For Gliffy (flowchart) I chose to make a floor plan for fun. I thought it was neat to be able to create many different styles and there were a lot of different layouts to choose from. In bubbl.us I just made a simple diagram. There were not as many things to choose from when it came to bubbl.us so I think that I would prefer to use Gliffy with all of its different options. Even though it was very easy to use bubbl.us and if I was looking to make a simple diagram that is what I would use. It would be great for compare and contrast and students could use it very easily.

Thing 13

https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1Km0K-hJYLTcmM0v1djiXvkAd6YuUvP7vX3iyc2tnUZU/edit

Using Google Docs, students could make a lot of different helpful things for assignments and projects. They can use this to make presentations, forms, and tables along with many other things. I decided to make a simple drawing just to see what could be done with it. This would be great to use for students learning shapes or maybe just for some fun during free time.

When it comes to comparison and which one I like better I would have to say Zoho. I like that there are many different areas (apps) for me to use. It is a little more professional and when it comes down to it Zoho just offers more useful things to help keep organization and structure.