Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Thing #17
Delicious rocks. This program is so easy and user friendly, that only somebody who liked spending hours trying to find that information they found a couple weeks ago on that website they heard of through their aunts-cousins-husbands-stepsister twice removed. This is straight forward and can help you keep up with websites in an organized way and it is easy to share with other colleauges. I would definitely use this for my students as well. I will definitley give them research papers. So maybe bookmarking a good number of resources would be easier for them then just googleing it.
Thing # 16
IGoogle would probably help me out the most. It us really organized and had a lot of great tools. However, I am not a huge fan of online organizers. I carry around a planner everywhere I go so it is easy for me to have access to. However, an online calender could help out in case I did forget it somewhere or even lost it. But it is highly unlikely that I would ever use it regularly.
To-Do lists are a different story. I make one everyday. And I couldn't survive without them. An online would just be one more thing for me to look at. I would probably use it more for long term projects and things than the ones I need to get done that day.
Backpack was really userfriendly and seemed like something I could use later on to keep all of online stuff organized. It seemed more laid back, which is what I like.
To-Do lists are a different story. I make one everyday. And I couldn't survive without them. An online would just be one more thing for me to look at. I would probably use it more for long term projects and things than the ones I need to get done that day.
Backpack was really userfriendly and seemed like something I could use later on to keep all of online stuff organized. It seemed more laid back, which is what I like.
Thing #15
Wiki's is great idea.
Wikipedia for a source has gotten me into trouble a couple times.
I think the concept of Wikis ia a great idea, but not being able to control it really could create a problem.
I might use this in my classroom, maybe more like an add-on fact sheet then an actual resource page. At the end of the semester it could be used more for a study guide to help them with their final. I am not for sure how I would use it, but for this being a more advanced type of technology, it would work great in the high school setting, which is where I will be.
Wikipedia for a source has gotten me into trouble a couple times.
I think the concept of Wikis ia a great idea, but not being able to control it really could create a problem.
I might use this in my classroom, maybe more like an add-on fact sheet then an actual resource page. At the end of the semester it could be used more for a study guide to help them with their final. I am not for sure how I would use it, but for this being a more advanced type of technology, it would work great in the high school setting, which is where I will be.
Thing #14
Bubble.us, the mind map, is a website I will definitley use in my classroom. Being a science teacher, charts like this will definitely come in handy.
The mind maps are also an easy way to get your self organized and get the stuff you have to get done prioritized.
The flowcharts are a little harder to use but would also be great in a science classroom setting. That is all science is, flowcharts.
The mind maps are also an easy way to get your self organized and get the stuff you have to get done prioritized.
The flowcharts are a little harder to use but would also be great in a science classroom setting. That is all science is, flowcharts.
Thing #13
Zoho is a great account to have set up. There are tons of things to help out in the classroom. You can have places for invoices, notebooks, and even calendars, and a whole lot more. The website is really handy and also vey convienent. It is all in one place and very user friendly.
Thing #12
http://books.google.com/
http://earth.google.com/
I loved the tools Google Book Search and Google Earth. I would definitely use both of these in my classroom. Google Books is great, especially to use for research papers and for extra resources and worksheets for me to give to my students. Google Earth is also a great tool, especially for a science class. This is a great way for students to look at the world in different ways and have more interaction with a computer and it's many resources.
http://earth.google.com/
I loved the tools Google Book Search and Google Earth. I would definitely use both of these in my classroom. Google Books is great, especially to use for research papers and for extra resources and worksheets for me to give to my students. Google Earth is also a great tool, especially for a science class. This is a great way for students to look at the world in different ways and have more interaction with a computer and it's many resources.
Thing #11
Google Blog Search was probably the easiest one to use, but the searchs were always pretty vague. The website was really easy to use. Technorati was also pretty easy and gave me fewer blogs to look through but were more in the range of the subjuect I was looking for. Syndic8 gave me a headache when I tried to use it. The opening screen isn't even that friendly.
Chart Rigger was a blog I found that had to do with Pop Music news, which doesn't really interest me. But the reason I put it up here is because I find it amazing that people will blog about pretty much anything.
Chart Rigger was a blog I found that had to do with Pop Music news, which doesn't really interest me. But the reason I put it up here is because I find it amazing that people will blog about pretty much anything.
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