Is it the end OR only the beginning??

WE DID IT, FELLOW BLOGGERS!!!

You know that song from "Finding Nemo"?? The one that talks about just keep swimming?? Well this blogging project kind of had the same mindset. Just keep blogging, just keep blogging, just keep blogging, blogging, blogging.

Let's just say that I am glad that I am done blogging for a grade. It is a lot harder to blog when you have deadlines. Even though this project was very time consuming, I learned that there are some AMAZING websites out there that will make my job a whole lot easier. I really enjoyed all the webpages that had to do with graphics and creating visuals for the classroom. I am such a visual learner, and I really want to incorporate several visual aspects within my classroom.

So, where do we go from here?? I think that I will use blogging as a future teacher. I have learned the importance of emprasing technology, and the importance of keeping in constant contact with my parents. I think that blogging with greatly benefit me in the future. I also have several different accounts setup on websites that just might help me one day.


Goodbye, Twenty-Three Things. It was a great ride.

-Kelina Stanley

Thing 23.

Helene Blowers got the idea for Learning 2.0 -- 23 Things from Stephen Abram. Abram is the creator of 43 Things I Want To Do This Year. I believe that Creative Commons will definitely be something that I will find useful for me as a teacher. I honestly had no idea what Creative Commons was before I started this course. Once I found out that there was such a thing as copyright laws and the significance of these laws, I will be very careful with what images I use. I think that this is a great thing for teachers to teach in the classroom. It is our responsibility to be a positive role model to our students, and this is just one way for us to show them that we should be responsible for our actions. 
 

Thing 22.

Every teacher needs a little bit more organization in their life. I am no exception. I enjoyed LiveBinder. I can see it being a great tool for me as a future educator simply because it would help me organize links and articles to different websites. The three tabs that I created were "Classroom Management", "Elementary English", and "Elementary Science". In an ideal classroom, I would have tabs for all subject areas. This will allow me to be able to quickly reference my webpages, and it will help me with some more ideas for activities within the classroom.

 Here is the link to my Classroom Management tab in my LiveBinder:
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/817412?tabid=ed787821-61c6-bdec-d83a-3e50b9673e7b

Thing 21.

What a cool website! At first, I was very hesitant with using Animoto because I thought that it would be super difficult. It was surprisingly very easy to make, and I really enjoyed making a video of some of my sisters, family, and I. I pulled my pictures for the video from my Instagram. It had to option to connect straight to Instagram, so that made my life ten times easier. I think that Animoto could be used in the classroom as a way of reviewing information and for show-and-tell events. The students could also use the website as a way of presenting who they are on the first couple days of class. 

Here is my video:
Thirty Second Video

Thing 20.

I absolutely love YouTube. I use YouTube for many different reasons in my daily life. I use it to watch videos for lecture, looking up music, or even if I just need a quick laugh. The video that I am attaching to my blog is a video made by the Make-A-Wish foundation. I am a member of Chi Omega, and our philanthropy is the Make-A-Wish foundation. This foundation is very close to my heart, and I am actually coordinating an event through Make-A-Wish this semester. The great thing about YouTube is that is just one more way that I can gain more information about the things that I love.

 

Thing 19.

Well while I twirl my thumbs and wait to be accepted into TeacherPop, I figured I might as well blog about my experience with Ning network so far. I really like the idea of there being other social networks out there besides the big named ones, like Facebook and Twitter. One of the other networks that I checked out was Education Networking. I really loved this site and what it could potentially mean for me as a future educator. This websites gives me several different activities and ideas that I can potentially use in my future classroom. Teachers are famous for borrowing from one another, and this social network is just one more way for me, as a future teacher, to beg and borrow for some new ideas for the classroom.

Thing 18.

Now here is a topic that I can actually talk about. SOCIAL MEDIA. What college age girl does not use social media on a daily basis? We tweet about our day, we connect with people from back home through Facebook, and we expand our social groups through social media. I think it is very important for future educators to use social networking. As an future educator, I want to be able to connect with not only my students but with my parents, as well. Social networking is a great way to show parents what is happening within your classroom, and that, in return, allows your student's parents to feel more involved with the school.Even though social media is great, I also think that people need to closely monitor what they put out there on social networking. Once something is on the internet, it can never go away. As a future teacher, I feel like I am consciously aware of the things that I post, tweet, or are tagged in. Social networking can either make or break a career. Be a conscious "tweeter" and you are in the clear!

Here is the link to my Facebook page: Kelina Stanley