PODCASTING AND TWEETY

I do not prefer auditory learning as a style but without it, where would I be? Lately I have been so distractable. I was glad this was one of the latter Things since I was sure that I would not enjoy this venue. Well, it was not so bad because the videos were good at explaining it and helping me to SEE its extrinsic and intrinsic value. I did not like the Ninjas analogy!!. The WRESA segments needs further study but it show that there are good podcasts out there for use with students and adults. Perhaps I can make my own podcasts for the auditory learner.

Tweety and Thing 18 - Slideshare

I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEE SLIDESHARE! I LOVE POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS. ALTHOUGH IT IS BETTER TO DEVELOP YOUR OWN TO FIT THE NEEDS OF THE CLIENT, IT HELPS TO HAVE IDEAS TO INSPIRE YOUR WORK. SLIDESHARE IS GREAT!

Knowledge Management 101

Check out this SlideShare Presentation which I embedded so that I can review at a later time :

Knowledge Management 101

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A Well Managed Classroom

Check out this SlideShare Presentation which was a collaboration between the Principal and the PLC:

A Well Managed Classroom

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Tweety Explores Thing 17 - Online Productivity Tools

I explored all the online productivity tools. I had explored bubbl.us before and found the student version of Inspiration easier to use. Of course it is not free. The Zoho site was unavailable. I did not care for Remember the Milk. It was not easy to use. 30 Boxes did not appeal to me. I already use 2 online calendars. LibraryThing was great for someone who reads a lot and enjoys communicating about the books. I was interested in Knowtes since I am a visual-kinesthetic learner and flashcards is one of my learning models. I needed an invitation into the site but did not have one. Perhaps Leslie has one and will invite me in. Any of these sites could be used in your personal or professional life.

Tweety Explores Google Docs - Thing 16

Since I am not a part of RESA's 23 things, I am unable to work with the spread sheet they provided. I did explore Google docs on my own and I see great potential here. How many times have we tried to update rosters, forms, documents only to not have all the participants available? If we have everyone's email, they can update their information online in the original document! I shared some test data with Priest administrative cabinet and it was only for their eyes. No one else had access. It was in graph form. I am interested in whether changes can be made to that since only spreadsheets, presentations,and documents were mentioned. The possibilities for collaboration is thought-provoking.

Tweety Revisits RSS in Bloglines

I went to Bloglines to experience RSS again. By the way, these was not one of my favorite places to visit. It appeared to have many feeds which would take up my time. I had pushed Abstract Art and 2872 feeds were there. I wanted to mark them all as read but I could not resist looking at least one hundred of them AND saving three. I will revisit the site. I added a comic (Dilbert ) and interest feed.

I am thoroughly overwhelmed now. Through this journey, I have explored NIng, Flickr, Facebook, Delicious, Jing and Bloglines. I probably have forgotten a couple, I have joined them all. Eventually I will have to determine what fits my needs. I imagine this decision will take some time so I will continue the journey and hope it stablizes my ramblings.

Explore Thing 14 - Delicious

This experience was to say the least Tasty! I placed several Common Craft videos and several bookmarks into my newly registered Delicious account. I would be helpful to access your bookmarks from the web and not always from your resident computer especially since I have computer compatibility issues at my work site. This will take time to build because I know I do not want all of my bookmarks for public consumption. I love this idea for sharing and look forward to telling my colleagues about it.

Explore Thing 13 - Tagging and Social bookmarking

I found the Common Craft video to be completely understandable and comprehensive. I wish some teachers could make their presentations simple and visual too. I know that I will enjoy the social bookmarking and tagging. I am an Apple user and use Mobile Me. The concept of sharing is similar. I am excited about registering with Delicious since sharing with my colleagues is important to me.

Tweety Adds Widgets in Thing 12

As you can see I have already added a cherry clock. I could not resist. I love gadgets. I was fascinated by the PollDaddy and decided to give it a try. I wonder will anyone actually answer the poll.

Tweety Explores Thing 10 - Embedding Video

This is a video of my son who entered a contest at MARS Advertising. I thought this was hilarious. Enjoy!

Tweety Explores Thing 11

Connecting to the learning community has been easy to do.  Commenting on blogs and sharing ideas are an essential extension to blogging.  Many of my colleagues are becoming interested in 23 Things since I embarked on the journey.  I utilize Facebook and comment often.  I am looking forward to developing a "Blog Community"  that is interest driven.  I am already in one which is Education driven.

Exploring Thing 9 - Online Video

I have already had the pleasure of viewing YouTube.  I did watch two hilarious clips, one about Free Hugs and one of Math with Ma and Pa.  It took me back to my math teaching days.  It was so funny.  I commented on both.  My son, Michael, did a video  for a YouTube contest.  It looked complicated but he said my four year daughter shot the video!  I plan on researching this area a little more---downloading video clips.  There is great implications for teaching here.  It is important to find content that is relevant and credible.  Perhaps as we continue the journey, people have suggestions for good video teaching clips.  I do not know if my school allows YouTube.  I will check the next time I service the school.

Another Adventure with Thing 8

I revisited Big Huge Labs and ImageGenerator.org. I looked at Badge maker, made a Jigsaw puzzle of my granddaughter Jalyn and reviewed other creative images. I thoroughly enjoyed reviewing the free backgrounds from ImageGenerator and tried several of them on my blog. None of them were quite the ticket but I enjoyed exploring. I found out I am particular about what I post as "my product".

My Mosaic Creation

My Mosaic Creation
Originally uploaded by marshpb

Isn't this gorgeous? But where does the man in cornrows come from. He is not my type of jewelry. Maybe he is someones. None of my jewelry popped up but I still think this effective. I wonder can you rearrange them so the people are not altogether?

Tweety's Creation in Thing 8

My Creation
Originally uploaded by marshpb

I finally am able to show a creation. I used Spell with Flickr and I was not enthused by its choices. Many were too rustic for my taste. I then tried Flickr Color Pickr which was interesting to PLAY with. Sudoku with Flickr was uneventful since I did not choose topics which had enough pictures in my Photostream. I will  revisit this topic later. Flickr Montager held my interest but I always wondered where a picture came from that did not fit the category. I spent a lot of time trying to upload my montage of beautiful ethnic children (tag) but to no avail. Flickr Memry game (Concentration) was fun and I did send one to a few colleagues. Was it easy? Some. Was it frustrating? Oh, Yes, Was it time-consuming? Yes Fun? Most of the time. The ID Card was done through Bid Huge Labs and it was easy and fun to make.

Tweety Explores Thing 7

I thoroughly enjoyed this "thing".   I relish going through photos and when it was time to download some of my own photos I found another way to preview all my photos without going through each roll.  I had many duplicates (from trial and error days) and now I can delete them!

When deciding which ones to upload, I tried to decide what would be interesting to others.  Here is just one.  

This is the Priest Elementary School STAT TEAM---communicating, collaborating, cooperating at a STAT Team meeting at the Southfield Library.  Oh by the way we CARE about TEACHING and LEARNING and each other.    

When  I think of this section, I visualize the learner, adult or child, uploading a picture or graphic and discussing in detail their thoughts about the picture, their views on the people or activity and what they think is going to happen next.

Tweety Explores Thing 6

Exploring Flickr was interesting. There were so many photos to explore, choose, organize, edit and share. I took one hour to select this photo. This rose reminded me of my deceased mother, who adored flowers of all kinds. She especially like the rose only to say that it does not stay with us long enough. Neither did you, Mom!