Monday, December 5, 2011

Is it the end or only the beginning?

Wow, what a journey the 23 things have been! Probably some of my favorite discovery exercises were animoto, spell with flickr, image generator, calendar on Google, and finding youtube videos related to a specific subject for classroom use. The 23 things was a great way for me to learn about new possibilities the web has to offer and web tools I could use in the classroom. I liked the things being split up, half due at one point and then the rest at the end. The two due dates kept me on track and held me responsible for the completion of the 23 things. I would have to say I might have pushed the things to the end if there wasn't that mid turn in date. I am definately going to try and keep up with my blog. I would love it if one day I could use this exact blog in the classroom to keep parents updated and a way of communication. Technology is going to continue to change and the 23 things was a great way that informed me on some advancements I had never heard about.

Thing 23

The example I found for 23 things is below the discovery exercise a note is listed that says: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. The copyright symbol along with "some right reserved" is displayed as well. Now that I know more about Creative Commons, I believe it would be great to introduce at the sixth grade level or even fifth grade. Your students need to be aware about copying and taking someone else's work and creative commons is a great place to start.