Thing 23

Creative Commons is something students will need to learn. They need to know that copyright is illegal, it is the same as STEALING. As a future middle school teacher, it will be important for me to start telling the students these things. They will be using ipods, phones, computers and need to know not to illegally download things. Also students of that age will be starting to prepare to right papers. Anything used by someone else needs to be references, or they could get in major trouble. You could do a whole lesson as a teacher on Creative Commons. Every child needs to learn it as soon as possible. Always refer to who and where you recieved information from! The video we watched at the beginning of this assignment was cute and could be shown!

Thing 22

The titles of my three binders are, Multiple Intelligences, Math is FUN, and Tennessee Colleges. I chose to post Math is FUN because this is what I am wanting to teach.

Math is FUN

A teacher could use a Live Binder in the classroom, and make it public where only the class could see it. They could share information they find about the topic, or learn new things about the topic. Teachers could also use it for their classrooms to keep everything organized, and it is an easy to get to website where you can recieve all of your files saved.

Thing 21

Make your own slideshow with music at Animoto.

I had a lot of fun with Animoto! It took a while to get all of my ten pictures because some of them would not download, but other than that I loved it! It is a fun slideshow of a few of my family and friends. This can be used in the future for any special occasion! Glad I made an account, and tried it out. The songs would not let me preview, so I just chose one. Other than that I had a blast!

Thing 20

I love youtube. It is a website I am on daily. I love watching funny videos, or sometimes just listening to music while I am studying. I chose the video for School of Rock, Jack Black singing the Math Song. I find it funny and interesting. The movie is great, and this song helps keep the students involved. They are the age of students I would like to teach. Everyone wishes school could always be that way! I am not sure if this would be safe to put on all students computers in schools. Anything now days can be found on youtube. It is a site where people post everything. It can be monitored, but there are ways around everything. Although as a teacher, showing some videos could be necessary at times.

Thing 18

I use twitter and facebook daily. Actually more than daily, way to much in one day! I love using social networks. I have had a facebook for about 4 years and a twitter for almost 1, before those were myspace. I follow famous people, friends, family, and sisters on my twitter. My facebook has more friends from highschool and my past. I use them both as much as I possibly can, and since I have an iphone it makes it a lot easier. These are the most common social networks today. It is very important with what you put on them for other people to see because it is very easy to find someone and see what they are saying. I can not see myself using facebook or twitter inside the classroom becuase it can cause problems with students or parents. It also tends to cause bullying, which is not what you want inside of your classroom. I will use facebook and twitter to keep in touch with my fellow teachers, and other friends from highschool and college. It is a great way to keep in touch.
https://twitter.com/#!/kgupton10
http://www.facebook.com/kenna.gupton?ref=tn_tinyman

Thing 17

I joined Delicious, after I viewed and explored some other bookmark sites given. While I typed in educational technology, I could not figure out how to use the program or look at comments. Bookmarking and tagging is an important thing in technology today. Social bookmarking is becoming more popular from day to day. Pintrest is a very common social bookmarking sight. Facbook and other social networks use tagging. In the classroom, students could bookmark there favorite things for a project, or just as a simple fun activity. It is also a good way for teachers to stay in touch and see what each others interests are. There are great ideas you can get from one another by bookmarking something you like. Fellow classmates that will be moving away after college you Pinterst, and that is a way I can keep in touch with their classroom, students, and love life. Social bookmarking will be the most popular thing in just a few years.

Thing 16

I did not create a new google home page because I already have one. I use google for everything. My start page is the beach because I love the ocean! I wished Tennessee had one! My calendar is also done through my google account. It lets me know when I  have something to do, it notifies me daily! Online calendars can be useful to me because I am always forgetting something, therefore everytime I am on my computer or email Google will send me a notification. To-do-lists are much needed, as a college student with a job in a sorority I am constantly busy. My life is always on the go, so to do lists are useful in every day for me. I would probably not use this in the classroom for my students, as they will be recommended to have an organizer to keep important due dates in. They can decorate it and make their own calendar if they wish.

Thing 15

A wiki is a great tool for students to use in a project, or a get to know you game. The children could change each others thoughts or add on what they think or feel. I uploaded my avatar in the Wiki just because I would not mind if anyone changed it or messed with it. This would be great to use in an English class to get your students to create a poem, or story. They students could keep the story or poem going.