Thing # 7a: Google Reader Revisited

When I revisited my Google Reader I read from my Physical Education Update Blog titled, "

You Don’t Need Innovative Equipment to Be Creative in Physical Education." I found this article interesting because at my school Terry MS we have some of the best equipment any P.E. teacher could ask for. This is due to the fact  that our school is new and I work for a great district. Several years ago I worked at an elementary school in Dallas and the kids were lucky to have several  balls and jump ropes to play with. Also, in this article it asked this question. Do your students ever complain about lack of physical education equipment?  Honestly, I can say that TMS students have never complained about lack of equipment. I do realize how fortunate we are and I feel sorry for the less fortunate schools. 

Thing # 14: Discovering Web 2.0 Tools

I used Wordle because I enjoy inputting different words to play around with and see what I think looks best. I changed the layout and font several times.  I used personal words about my family and their names.  I have been familiar with wordle because I have used it in a class before and our athletic students did a project at the end of the year using this. 

30 Boxes is a good site to keep up with anything going on such as: due dates for assignments, appointments, birthdays, etc. 

Thing # 13: Online Image Generators

101-dalmations comic strip


I liked playing with Spell with Flickr, but every time I used a word with an E it would not upload for some reason.  I finally used my sons name and it worked. Yiiippppeee!!!!!   This could be used for many different things in the classroom. Students might could input Spelling words, Science vocabulary, Characters in a book, etc and I think they would really enjoy using Spell with Flickr.  I also tried the Happy Face Generator, Custom Sign Generator and lastly I used Comic Strip Generator and it does not appear to upload for me.  I have spent an hour and a half on this and I am going to finish this for now.

Thing # 12: Slideshow

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I finished my slideshow so here it is.  I was a little worried about this assignment, but it was not as difficult as I thought it would be. It was fun playing around with the different designs and such.

Photo Attributions:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/txnicole/3813159381/sizes/m/in/photostream/
by. Mistycabal

http://www.flickr.com/photos/erin23_2007/398238943/
from. erin23_2007  wnba basketball

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22885507@N05/2201805539/
from. bosy_bobsy

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcornelio29/5449422175/
from. Jasonc29

I hope this is all done correctly...Yay

Thing # 11:Flickr Photosharing and Tagging

http://www.flickr.com/photos/txnicole/3813159381/
By mistycabal Nicole Hernandez

I have heard of flickr, but never knew much about the site.  I played around on it, but I still do not know what I am doing besides looking at pictures.  Well, I will keep trying until it gets better.  I have searched Flickr for almost 2 hours and it takes a long time to find good pictures, but I did find several that pertain to Physical Education or Athletics.  I found pictures of volleyball players, baseball players, football players, basketball players, sport cup stacking and many other physical education, fitness and exercise photos on Flickr.  I just could not decide on the photo I wanted to choose.
I believe this is a great site for students and teachers because they can find any picture needed. Just search what you need and it will bring up many pictures/photos to share.  I also like Flickr because I can save my own personal photos and share with others if I like.

Thing #10: Learn About Creative Commons A.K.A as "CC"

NO.... I did not even know about Creative Commons and I guess I have never noticed or seen the CC logo. I guess I may start paying attention to this more often. There are so many icons/symbols that I never realized about until 23 things. Now when I am on the internet I see so many symbols that we have learned about. For example, I see the blogger symbol very often on various sites. I just find this very interesting.
I believe knowing about creative commons can be very beneficial to us as teachers and our students.  This also helps in knowing what you are researching can be legal or not leagal for a project, school work, etc.
I believe everyone needs to know the copyright laws and what Creative Commons means.  This is some very valuable information to all.

Thing # 9: Play in the WIKI Sandbox

At first, when I began this Sandbox assignment I kept thinking what in the world am I suppose to do, but eventually with a lot of time given it started coming together.  I may have put in more time than I should have.  I had to print out the directions to follow to get this WIKI complete.  I enjoyed putting this together because it made me think about myself for a change. I wanted to add more clip are but I was losing my patience a few times so I finally got it all together.  I think making a wiki was easier than putting a google site together. Here is my wiki if you would like to take a look at Quackin Quinny.  I really enjoyed this assignment after all. Yeahhhhh!!!!