I do not intend this to be my last post. I enjoy blogging, and now that this assignment is over the restrictions are lifted. I feel that I have the freedom to say and write about whatever I want to and incorporate this into my teaching career, education, and personal life.
This program has affected my lifelong learning goals because it truly made me realize the importance technology has and will continue to play in our lives. Technology is not only important in our own personal lives but the lives of our students as well. As a teacher it is important that we are able to connect and relate to what our students are learning, not only at school, but at home, in the media, and in technology.
There are so many wonderful resources available to teachers that we have no excuses. I don't want to ever make my students sit through a "boring" class I want our classes to truly be learning experiences where they LOVE what they are learning and find it fascinating and interesting. I think that the internet and technology is making that possible!
I will keep up with developments in web 2.0 but using the websites and resources I have learned here on this very blog! I will check in with the teacher social media networks I have joined. I will use Feedly, Facebook, and Pintrest to browse teacher and education groups. I can simply Google developments in web 2.0 occasionally and I know that the newest technology will be the top hits that I should check out. I can even come back here to this website and see what new assignments you have for students to accomplish!
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Thing 23 Last but not least
The APSU 23 things blog was created under a creative commons license. This is evident by simply exploring the websites it is based off of:
Learning 2.0- 23 things
K-12 Learning 2.0
Understanding Creative Commons licensing is a very special tool for educators. We can "borrow" ideas from others, but we don't have to re-create it exactly like the original. We can still add some of our own creativity, as long as we follow the rules of the CC license. This is much more ideal compared to how you would normally reference someone else's work, since sometimes the original doesn't exactly fit our needs as teachers. Just like in this project, the APSU site keeps the same "backbone" but is very different, so that it fits APSU's students' needs more appropriately.
Learning 2.0- 23 things
K-12 Learning 2.0
Understanding Creative Commons licensing is a very special tool for educators. We can "borrow" ideas from others, but we don't have to re-create it exactly like the original. We can still add some of our own creativity, as long as we follow the rules of the CC license. This is much more ideal compared to how you would normally reference someone else's work, since sometimes the original doesn't exactly fit our needs as teachers. Just like in this project, the APSU site keeps the same "backbone" but is very different, so that it fits APSU's students' needs more appropriately.
Thing 22
There are so many reasons why staying organized is necessary as a teacher. A lot of time is spent filing papers but this is not necessary with livebinders. Livebinders allows you to electronically store any important information all in one binder and organize it by tabs with useful links. Links to learning and education allows the teacher to communicate with parents and students virtually. My link below is a livebinder I created which includes 3 tabs a link to my blog, link to a newsfeed related to my subject taught, and a link to games. I will utilize livebinders in the future, its free, and keeps subjects/topics organized.
http://www.livebinders.com/edit?id=1153942
http://www.livebinders.com/edit?id=1153942
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