Thing # 17: Podcasts

I have heard of podcast, but never knew much about it.  A podcast is a video broadcast that is heard over the internet through an RSS.  I believe I would enjoy podcasting because I am always on the go and it would probably be easier to listen to while on the go.  I am always listening to the Texas Rangers or Sport station while in my car to and from somewhere and it seems to be similar.
I went to the Grammar girl podcasts and thought this would be a good podcast site for English/Reading teachers. It had many different topics that could help with Grammar such as: commas, prepositions, verbs, punctuating questions,etc.
I also searched for sports through the Grammar Girl site and thought this was very interesting to me. It was titled, "How to teach your Kids to be Good Sports."  This talks about children being so competitive in everything they do such as:  drinking milk the fastest, tying shoes, playing a game, etc.  I believe this can be important because so many do not want to lose at anything and everything should not seem so competitive.
Just about anything can be found through podcasts.

Thing #16:LibraryThing

I really enjoyed the Library Thing site. It was very easy to catalog books of interest.  I kept looking for books and couldn't stop. This was really a fun site. I started looking at children's books that were my favorites and many others.  I also cataloged books that interest me for coaching and Physical Education.
I also didn't remember some titles to books and authors that I knew very well years ago. The more I focused on books for a little bit, it started coming back to me.
I really enjoyed reading about some of the book reviews for new books that will come out for sale in a month or so.
Classroom teachers could use this site to make a list of books they would like for their students to read and choose from.  Students could also learn about the site to make their own list.
WELL, I need to get off of this Library Thing site because I need to go to bed, but I am going to continue my list later.  Love this one...The world of technology just keeps growing in this class.

Thing #15: Social Bookmarking and Tagging w/ DELICIOUS!

First of all, I had never heard of this Delicious website and found it could take up many hours to find out everything about the site.  I really got confused on what I was looking for. I had a lot of trouble tagging different sites, but kept playing around with it and it became a little easier. 
A teacher could benefit from this site by  looking up information pertaining to their subject. One could find many different ideas and narrow down what could be useful.
Also, when I set up my account it kept going to yahoo and it would not set up for me for some reason. I could not figure out why. 
I believe with time, I will love this Deliecious website. One reason would be because I will not have to use so many bookmarks.  I will come back to this and spend more time in Delicious.
One question I may have though, "Is Why Is It Called Delicious?"

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