Thing 9

I am leary about creative commons, but I will be trying this out. First off I have never done anything like this, so it is still a little greek to me. I have seen the cc logo on certain site but have never know what it meant. Just like in the beginning of the course I had seen the RSS but never known what it was either.

I know my kids use things off of the internet all most every day and have wondered, at what point does plagerism come in. Well this thing answers this question very well. I typically won't let my students just copy text out of an article, I make them type it in their own words. I make them limit how many pictures they use for their projects, also.

I have used pictures, and videos in my lessons, but most of the time I have to say that I don't own them but our school does have the license to use them such as Safari Montage http://10.1.3.172/SAFARI/montage/login.php . I am just now getting into using the internet for all that it is worth, when you don't have the technology to use, or the equipment to use it on, you kind of just let it go by the wayside.

I am glad that there are firm guidelines to follow when using stuff from the internet. I am sure as I start using stuff more, I will become more familiar with what is acceptable and what is not. Fair use seems to be fairly easy to understand and follow, also.

Just a couple of weeks ago we used the web site http://www.bighugelabs.com and did a picture autobiography about themselves. Some student were amazed that some pictures would not show up in their project. I explained that not all pictures that are available for viewing are available to be copied and placed in your project. I guess this is the perfect example of fair use. Some artist freely want you to use their stuff and others don't want you to use it at all.

THING ME

I have my promethean now. WOO HOO!

Thing 5b

Well, I must say that I love my google reader. I don't have to read the newspaper or even watch the news. I can just look at my metro Atlanta feeds and see what is going on around Atlanta. http://www.google.com/reader/view/?tab=oy#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fatlanta.bizjournals.com%2Frss%2Ffeed%2Fdaily%2Fatlanta

http://www.google.com/reader/view/?tab=oy#stream/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2FTeachersLoveSmartBoards Is really cool about learning things to do with our smart boards. I don't currently have one, but should have one soon. It is neat to be able to use "Things" from this class and off of the web and try them out.

I really enjoy what the Google Reader does and how I only have to read what I want to know more about.

Thing 7

Well, I need to say this is not my first experience with a wiki space. Last year a group of teachers participated with the gifted class as we read "The Boy in The Stripped Pajamas." We had to read sections and then post our own thoughts about what we had read, and make comments about what the students had posted.

Well, now I have one of my own. http://23thingssandbox.barrow.wikispaces.net/chrispannell

Hope to add more soon.

See ya on the other side.

More thoughts of Thing 6

My diigo http://www.diigo.com/user/pannelledlife is going to be a great source of information that I can use and can have my students use. I have to figure out a good project that will tie in technology and how I can use this to help teach. I want my students to be able to use the technology and know what is out there for them to use. We already use wiki spaces in one of the reading classes http://bcswikis.barrow.wikispaces.net/mccallcharacters. I think I am ready to try one of my own.

Thing 6

Now I have my diigo set-up and working. OH MY!!!!! Being able to see all of your favorite websites and being able to get to them from anywhere in the world as long as you have internet connection. I started out with some of my basic ones that I use on a regular basis. Now I keep adding more based on what I want to know.

Thing 5 and 5a

I have had my google reader for about two weeks now and I am loving being able to glance and get information. When I was out, week before last, I was able to get to my blog and post through wikispace, and with my diigo I could get to my bookmarks. This is a great thing. I was not at home where all of my favorites are stored on my one computer, but since I had setup my wiki I was able to get to them.


SMARTBoards and Updating the Lesson Activity Toolkit

Well I am getting a smartboard soon and I have been trying to find out as much info as possible. So one of my reader site is Teachers Love Smart Boards

The blog above is a very helpful one talking about how to update lessons and a toolkit resource. I can't wait till I can post some of my own flip charts and save them in a blog. But, this will have to wait till next school year.