Thing #23 THE END

I know that this is the end of the project and I have the notebook to prove it! Yes, I did keep a paper trail mainly because of all the registering, usernames and passwords.
1. Favorite discoveries
A discovery about myself and probably not a favorite but I really wish I was younger, smarter, could see and hear and had my mind back. I seem to have to go over things a lot and the 18 hours credit would not even touch the time that I spent on this project and I know I still have things I want to do to my blog.
2. Program assisted of affected lifelong learning
I find myself identifing wikis, embeded videos and wondering how they do that on news casts, commericals, etc. This program or project has raised my awareness to the possibilities of what is out there to create using computer programs and even to what I can do! I thought of myself at about 30-35% computer savvy but now I would raise that to about 60%!
3. Unexpected outcomes
I like what I have completed. I want to learn how to do more projects being stress free or maybe not so apprehensive to try new things. I think working with students and say teaching how to use wikis will be one of the best ways for me to gain confidence.
4. Improve the program
Really this is great. I just needed a few more steps on the 'how to'! I looked at a program at the bottom of the 23 Thing page named 5 week and I think I will take a serious look at it later.
5. Another discovery program
Yes, I would participate. I like projects like this one. I already know that I will be doing several days at the library media center this summer working or having recess... I have lots of questions now that I would never had thought of before this Thing 23 program, project.
6. Learning experience in one word or one sentence
I have been happy, sad, excited, confused, mad, sleepy, weary...hummm all the dwarfs!!!
7. Go Play
Off to see the bloggers....

Thing #22 Nings

NINGS is a cool social networking platform. I could have used this so much back in my college days instead of driving to study groups! When I was in West Texas and the only librarian in the district Nings would have been great to communicate with other librarians. Even here I can see how it would work for us to use this networking for a particular subject like Karen's 'how to emails'!
I did spend a lot of time looking at the suggested Nings. I liked visiting with school librarians even made a few comments and of course created another account.

Thing #21 Podcasts and Audio Books

I have worked on a podcasts but cannot get it into this post....stay tuned! To date I have produced 3 podcasts but cannot get them into the blog post. I know how to do them and will spend time later learning this one.
I did spend time looking at a number of podcasts and have plans on using them in the future.
I had fun with my flip video and emailed some video of my gradkids but they cannot be very long at all or they will not email. I did download it to YouTube but still could not get it into my post. This will be an all day session with Vaughn this summer, sorry!!!

Thing #20 YouTube, TeacherTube and Zamzar

This is a cool food fight from YouTube!



This is a cool video about a library.



This is a video about math, not my favorite subject.

I really had fun learning how to embed these videos. I was very apprehensive about it at first but just jumped in and it worked. The usefulness is self evident. I can see how you could use an individual video for a particular lesson or embed a video into a power point. The use is endless.

Again I had problem opening YouTube in the district but was able to open TeacherTube at school!

Thing #19 Web 2.0 Awards

Under BUSINESS I found a great website, woofoo.com! I looked at this several different times and it seems to be like they claim easy, fast, fun, secure, etc. The form gallery is really cool. To design a custom made form all you do is click and drag info like name, address, text. There are wonderful templates to use for invitations, address book, exercise log, and many more. The district blocks it but take time to look at it at home.

This website, woofoo.com, is special because it is so user friendly when it comes to designing custom forms for class. Designing forms to keep up with books for interlibrary loan is the first thing I will use it for. Students are always asking for paper to write down information when using Meriwether and a form to fill in title and call number will help them locate material a lot faster.
I did look at GAMES and some were okay. I am really not a game person so they were easy to pass on!

Yes, so many wonderful 2.0 resources...so little time!!!

Thing #18 Online Tools

I spend a lot time with openoffice.org and I liked it. The download took a long time but I will go back to it and play with it some more. I found it to be more complicated then using Microsoft.
Googled Docs was a little more user friendly maybe because not having to wait for the download.
I guess it is just good to know that there are other tools to use besdes microsoft.

Thing #12 Roll Your Own Search Tool

I have developed my customized search, Rollyo, and used Granmommie for my password, just wanted to share that. I like that I could pick and choose the sites that I was interested in keeping up with top news stories, sports, health.
I did download Firefox onto my computer and want to spend more time learning all I can do with it.