Thing #10

I have not noticed the Creative Commons on any websites before. I think that this could impact my students when they are creating products. They can use ideas from these websites that can be a part of something they have created. I have used images and video clips from websites to aide in book comprehension and visualization. I really do not share content on the web other than a blog or a wiki which does not include photos or video. I do now understand that I must look for this symbol when creating products.

Thing #9

Okay, this is one of the activities that I enjoyed the most. It was user friendly and I loved adding images to it. It did take me a while but I was not stressed like i have been in other activities. This was fun! Here is my wiki http://barnswiki.wikispaces.com/Lovin%27+Life

Thing #8 Stretch

As I look through the wikis I could get lost and read forever. There is so much information and I could stay on the computer forever. I found a very cool website that was mentioned in one wiki called spellingcity.com. It is so great. I wish I had more time to surf.

Thing #8

I would like to start a wiki about a book that a student needs to read first and then have conversation about what happened in the book.
The first wiki that I visited was http://monsonclassroom.wikispaces.com/. This wiki was from a fifth grade classroom. It was designed to have students think about ways to help our country and climate. The instructions were very clear and concise. I enjoyed reading the students responses and I thought the questions were very well thought out. I especially liked the question that the teacher asked about what questions would they have for President Obama.
The second wiki that I looked at was http://gowest.wikispaces.com/. This was completed by third grade students. It looks like the students were studying the west and the teacher set up a timeline and then gave the students an area to research. The students used Kidspiration to make graphic organizers and also added pictures. I think the students would have to have a lot of help in producing this wiki, but a lot would be learned.
The final wiki that I observed was http://community.saugususd.org/dlindsay/page/. This was a fifth/sixth grade site that was set up like a class web page. It was divided into a classroom window and a curriculum area. There were student blogs,teacher blogs, news events and homework in this area. This wiki was very appealing to the eye as well as informative.

Thing #7

I have been reading different blogs for quite a while but I am a closet reader and never have really responded to any. My own daughter has a blog and she always asks me why I don't comment. This activity has made me comment on people's blogs that I don't know. I really enjoyed telling someone that I liked something that they had done and how I benefited from their work. Interesting!
I am doing okay in the class. Just a bit behind with a challenging class that keeps me at school until all hours of the night. But I am back on the road.

Thing #6

As the man said in the Youtube video the RSS feed is addicting. I have two favorite feeds that I really enjoy. The first is http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2Fflickr_interestingness. There are so many cool pictures to look at. I love to take pictures and this has given me lots of great ideas. The other is http://www.executivehomemaker.com . This has some great decorating ideas and gifts to make.

Thing #5

I read "Amplifying Possibilities in the K12 Online Conference. This was very interesting to me. I went to the first grade presentation first. I watched Mrs. Cassidy's presentation. I thought I would start out easy first. I got two good ideas from her presentation. One was using a blog as a sort of newsletter and then some different ways to use wikis. Then she posted some links to her blogs, wikis and other classrooms for more ideas. I would love to incorporate the blogs through my students writing and possibly blogging buddies in another state or country. If your interested here is the link http://k12onlineconference.org