Final Comments

O my gosh. That was a lot of stuff. I have been so busy with all of my other work and other class es that I put this off to the very end. It has so much great information. I could not pick if I had to. I will keep up with most of this information because it can all be so helpful. I would like to know if we will be able to have a permanent link to all of this information. Thanks for all the great information.

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Attribution (by)
This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered, in terms of what others can do with your works licensed under Attribution.
This was, to me, the best one. It allows us to change and build on their work. This is a great teaching tool. not only can the students use it to understand what steeps the need to take to have their work copy written, but it helps them to understand the laws of certain works.

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I really liked them all. It was hard to pick one. I think podcasts are cool. It is a way to explain something to one child or a group of chilren while you work with others. You can also share them with other teachers and use them year afer year.

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I tried and tried but I could not get it open. I will try again tomorrow and update my blog then

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This is a video about the 7 continents. I have spent the whole semester using them so it is only fitting that my video be about them.

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Teacher Pop looks like a great website. It is a good way for parents to get to know the teachers in a somewhat personal manner. i just opened my accout so it will not let me do anything yet.

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http://myspace.com/mikkimouse64 This is the link to my MySpace account. I do not have mine set as private, but if I used one in my classroom it would definitely be set that way. It is a great way to see into the life of others. If you do not want others to see it or know about it don't put it on myspace. I liked myspace better than facebook, but both are fine.

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Delicious is a great website. I will defiantly use a website like delicious in my classroom. I could have used it earlier in the semester. It will come in handy when I want my students to research certain sites or when I am giving parents resource information as well.

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Wow! That was a lot of infromation! All of them were very cool, so I just picked one and used it.
Which start page did you choose? I chose iGoogle. Why did that one appeal to you? I just liked all of the different options that it had to costomize it. I will likely go back and look closer at the other ones as well. Will you make it your permanent home page? Not yet but I will when I have given the other ones a chance to hepl me decide for sure.
How can the online calendars be useful to you? I can use it for my students and parents to be able to see what is coming up in the class. I can also use it for my own personal calender.
What about the to-do lists—helpful, too much work…? For me, the to-do lists did take a little too much time. But after i got use to them, I think it can be a useful tool.

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I found wikis to be really cool as well. This again will be a very useful tool in the classroom. It too would be great to use with other teachers and/or parents. It would also be great to use with a book club. I tried to play in the apsu23things sandbox but it would not open up in any of the sections.

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Flow chart and mind map are completely different one from the other. But the are equally important. A flow chart is great for keeping up with where you are on a projects and where you want to go. On the other hand a mind map is a great way to think out or map out your ideas to help you to know where you want to start and where you want to go. Both have there place in the classroom.

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Zoho writer is the bomb. I was not aware that there was anything like that out there. I will find many different uses for this app. The Zoho website itself has a lot of other great apps. as well. There ar soooo many tools in it that I could not use them all just yet. Google doc is just as cool. I love the idea that others can edit the doc if you allow them to. These would both be great for group projects.

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http://www.google.com/calendar/render?gsessionid=rt0wjfGbeGvy7uwQkD0qmQ This is the link to my calender. It would be a great tool to help students and parents to know what is coming up in the future. It can have a lot of uses in the class as well as in my personal use.
I also joined iGoogle. I am not sure if it worked right or not. I will keep working with it until i know for sure. I too is a great tool with many different uses.

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What do you like about RSS and newsreaders? I think that it is a great way to cover a lot of information in a small amount of time.
How do you think you might be able to use this technology in your school or personal life? I would use it to keep up with all of my student and parent blogs at once.
How can teachers use RSS or take advantage of this new technology? Not only can I use it to keep up with it parents can see what is going on with all of the other students to see if their student is keeping up with their work compared to the peers.

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I had a hard time getting this to work and none of the other sites would open. When I have a lot of extra time I will play with it more and look for other sites as well. This was still a lot of fun and I look forward to spending more time with it.

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This was really cool too. I could use this as an fun activity as well as a learning tool. Students can use this site to just have fun or to add a little something to the class blog.

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I think flickr is a really cool site. I think it would be a great way to keep families involved with what is going on in the classroom. When we do projects in the class, we can post pictures on flickr so family and friends can see them. There are many different ways I could use the site.

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I find blogs to be a great way to stay in connection with students, as well as parents. There are many different ways to use blogs. I could have students use it to work on assignments. They could use blogs to ask eachother questions about assignments. I could use blogs to stay in contact with parents. Parents could also use them to stay in touch with eachother as well.

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ttp://www.yourminis.com/main This a wiki website. It has so much information. There is a lots of cool stuff that can be used to help create or to enhance your web page. It is a web page that I will visit again and use it often.

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I feel that School 2.0 is a great way to keep student actively involved in the learning process. It not only gives the students and teachers unlimited resources, it give them unlimited way to use those resources. It is the way of the future. Times change and so do the ways we teach and learn.

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# How did you decide on your posting name and the name of your blog? I just tied it to something that interests me# What was your experience in creating the blog? Was it hard for you or easy? Why? I have not had much luck with it I can not tell if I am getting anywhere or not.# How does your avatar reflect your personality? Did you create an avatar that looks like your real self or someone totally different? Why? In a way it reflects me, but there were not any old, over weight avatars to choose from. hehe I do think that once I get use to blogging, it will come in handy in my classroom. It is a great way to help teachers as well as students stay up with what is going on in class.

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Well I am ready to go. I have always thought of myself as a lifelong learner. I waited until late in life to return to school, but I felt it was never too late. I find myself having the most trouble with habit #4 for the most. I don't have as much confidence in myself as I should when it comes to my learning. I find myself thinking that I will never be able to keep up with my younger classmates. But then I just remember that I have come a long way already, so I know that I can reach my goal.