Week 6 Thing 14

Here is one a the Voice Thread I made for my brother's business.

Week 5 Thing 13

We have been using google docs for 3 years at DVE. It is a great way for our staff to collaborate on projects and lesson plans. I am glad we can now utilize this tool with students.

Week 5 Thing 12

I like the wiki's that had the "book talks" on them. I think wiki's are a great tool.

Week 4 Thing 11

I think these tools would be interesting for students to look at their own writing. What words do you use they use most often? I also think it would be interesting for students to look at different websites and compare their most used words.

account allows applications blog bookmarking browser categorize challenge classroom cloud computer connections create del discovery district exercise explore favorites feed icio idea individual library link list network note options paste post potential powerful resources rss save site social students tag tagcrowd text tool used users web website week wordle words

created at TagCrowd.com

Week 4 Thing 10

I think Del.icio.us is an interesting tool. I think this is a great way to quickly bookmark a variety of sites for students, the quesiton I keep coming up with and looked for was a general research area for students. However, there is no way to control the kinds of comments that are posted. This poses a problem for using it with students. I looked around and I haven't found a good solution yet.

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Week 3 Thing 9

Twitter is frustrating.

Week 3 Thing 8

http://www.classroom20.com/video/dalton-sherman

This student is pretty cool. He looks like a 5th grader. Very composed.

I wanted to comment on this site, but I don't have "approval" yet. Classroom 2.0 http://www.classroom20.com/
When I can comment I plan to say:
This is a great video. Students never cease to amaze me with their creativity and public speaking. Thank you for sharing.
The reason I wanted to comment on this video is because I think sometimes we don't give out students enough credit. I think it is great when the HS students get up and thank us each year, but maybe we should try a younger student Middle School, Upper Elemetnary. I think we would be pleasantly surprised.

Week 3 Thing 7

I found some great feeds. I found I had to be very selective, or it would be easy to ignore the feeds.
 I have found finding the RSS button "obvious" on a lot of sites. This makes me move on when I can't find it, which is too bad.

Week 2 Thing 6

Glogster is great fun to play with. Here is a possible one for idea. After students do their filed study they can make an interactive poster of their findings. We could include a picture of the student actually in the field study.
http://denisemiller.edu.glogster.com/dvefieldstudy/

Week 2 Thing 5

I created a banner and a trading card. These are fun tools. I can see students taking pictures of school rules or important places and making trading cards. It could be fun.

Week 2 Thing 4

I chose to take the Flickr challenge. I uploaded 2 pictures. I was able to crop them and change their color. Generally, you have to have a "special program" to do this. I also liked that I didn't have to change their size before I posted. I even searched for them later. It is a cool tool.

Week 1 Thing 3

I like Creative Commons. I am trying to figure out how best to use this resource. I think DVE teachers could find some great images to use on their websites. There is so much information.

Week 1 Thing 2

Great review of Copyright. Love the Fair Use Harbor. We need to share this.

Week 1 Thing 1

Although I think the "avatar" is cool, I haven't figured out a way that a stationary avatar is useful. I would love to do some animation with my students...so if the avatars could be animated into short "scripts". THAT would be totally a unique way of utilizing this technology.