New Sites

I have a dilemma. Given a list of sites to explore, I am amazed at how easily I become immersed in all that's available. The directive was simply to set up an account for Animoto but the options seemed endless and it was fun. I had similar experiences with photobucket and flickr. There are so many other sites to investigate but I'm also getting ideas from colleagues. Another fun site (the options are more limited but perhaps a site for elementary?) is xtranormal.com so I've played with that a bit. Thank you to all for your great suggestions!

Guy Studying

It seems I go through these phases, flashes of color...drama, frustration, jubilation and exhaustion. PhotoBucket and bighugelabs were great in helping me play with, alter and embed my photo. Now I just have to remember how I did it! Thanks to all my classmates for their invaluable help.

What will I do?

This is the question I found myself asking throughout today's class. There are so many possibilities of ways to use the tools presented. Classtools.net really has a wide variety of ideas to use with students. I am looking forward to collaborating on a unit with regular education teachers to keep students actively involved.

Site Exploration

It really has been great discovering some of the many sites and applications available. It's amazing how well a student can enhance a presentation for any subject. I checked out Soundzabounds with its incredible selection and varying lengths of music. I also liked Pandora and the ability to search by artist. Now...on to more music!

Middle School Blog Site

I don't always take the time to read through the "Curriculum Connection" that is e-mailed to us. For some reason the April issue caught my attention. I plan to investigate the site more thoroughly, but I wanted to share that on page 4 at the end there's a link to Billings Middle School, www.billingsmiddleschool.com/beta. Students are actively involved in technolgy training and lessons using blogs.

Learning Overload

I learned a phenomenal amount of information that I need to reflect upon and digest. I would like to be able to add sites that students can use to my delicious account. I have to think a bit more on how I'll best use wikis with student projects. There are several things I need to investigate further. I know initially I'll use RSS and the Delicious account the most.

Hurrah

This is my first post. Now I should be able to find my Blog on my own! Thanks, Rebecca.