Session Six: Podcasts, Video & Downloadable Audio

Tonight I learned of wonderful ebook sights: planetbook and readprint. These sites are wonderful resources for downloading classical stories. However, most of these books online do not have pictures.

planetebook

readprint.com

I also learned of a new electronic product called a Kindle. You can purchase books to download on your Kindle. This may be something I may be interested in purchasing. It is totally wireless. Our class located it on Amazon. I wonder if they can be found somewhere else.

Overall, I have really enjoyed my web2.0 academy eperience. I have learned so much about the web that I really did not know. I will be using Flickr, del.icio.us, as well as my blog accounts.

Thank you so much Annette for all your help. I will continue blogging and learning.

Session Five: Wikis and Online Production Application and Tools

Tonight I learned about Wiki and Google docs. I think Wiki would be a great tool for group collaborations in the classroom. Students may edit and comment on their Wikis. The teacher can check the history of the Wiki to see what each student contributed. I will use this in the classroom. Googledocs is something I will explore more.

I am so excited that I am learning so many new things with technology. I look forward to learning more. I need more time to explore.

Session 4: Photos and Images

Tonight I explored Flickr and created a Flickr account. I was able to view many wonderful pictures and saved some to my computer. This is monumental for me because I did not even know Flickr existed.
I also explored ImageGenerator.com
A great site I found was FD's Flickr Toys
This is a great site for making trading cards.

Look! I uploaded this image. I have hope!!

I can learn and not be afraid of technology.

Session 3 Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati

Tonight was wonderful. I established a del.icio.us account. I have learned to post all my favorite websites to a universal site. I have learned about several search engines. I have learned what a tag is and is going to use one tonight. I am learning so much about the world wide web.

Session 2 RSS and Newsreaders

Tonight was very interesting, educational, frustational, but still productive. I did learn what RSS means. I did not even know there was a RSS before I entered this classroom this evening. I now know that RSS means "Rich Site Summary" or "Really Simple Syndication". I like the really simple meaning. I think I would call it 'Really Simple Summaries'. I have searched through the Google search engine for a blog that had a RSS feed that I could add to my blog tonight.

Anyone reading this; I will be an ESL teacher this coming school year. Therefore, if anyone has any cool, great blogs for ESL; please leave me a comment.

Thank you so much.



Teacher Lingo

Classroom Memories

2007-2008
I taught a 2nd grade class.
They were sweet and charming
and oh so nice.
They were just that kind of class.
Sometimes we struggled; and sometimes we laughed.
I will miss them oh so much.
Their smiles; their hugs;
Their tears; their bugs.
They were seven and eight year olds that touched
my heart forevermore.