Final Reflection

I have really enjoyed this project because I have learned about a lot of good resources that I can use in the classroom or in my personal life. I am not a very tech savvy person to begin with but I feel like I have learned a lot from this project and can use the computer for more things than just to type a letter now. This is the first time that I have blogged. I did the biggest majority of these exercises on my own and have come up against some blocks that I could not overcome by myself. I now have the knowledge of things that are out there and things that can be helpful / things that I would like to use. I will have those resources on my brain and can get help overcoming the roadblocks to get them fully functioning in the classroom. If I had not participated in this activity I would not have a new outlook on technology and how it can be incorporated into the classroom. The learning has definitely not stopped here but it has only begun.

Rollyo

I never could get an account started in Rollyo but I do understand that you can narrow down websites and only get info from your favorite ones that you trust. I like this activity and I will get help to better understand how to get account running so I can get info from my most trusted websites.

Shelfari

I liked this activity. It can help you organize books you have read, want to read or will read in the future. It could help you keep up with the books that you use in your class throughout the year. I added one book to my shelf and when I tried to add another book to that shelf I lost the first one. I enjoyed exploring this and if I decide to use this feature in the room or for own personal use I will ask for help on creating and saving my bookcase shelves.

Image Generators

Life is as easy as you make it! Life is as easy as you make it!
I made a street sign on the first discovery resource for Week 10 and I tried twice to copy and paste. It pasted the text for the sign but it did not paste the sign. I tried it twice with copy and paste and I am not really familiar with other ways to put it in my blog. I will ask someone to help. I enjoyed this activity.

Twitter blog for activity 18 and 19 together.

I explored the twitter website and I finally did get an account and was able to tweet about what I was doing. I never could figure out how to get the picture taken and posted. I tried to find some people that I could follow and when I went to google I found a bunch of celebrities that I do not know or like so I was no interested in even looking at any of their tweets. I do not think that this is something that I would use in my spare time or even in the classroom. I do not have time to keep up with other people on twitter much less to tweet so others can keep up with me. I am a very personal person and if I want to tell others what is going on I can do it in a less private way than to tweet about it on the computer.

Tagging

I think that tagging is a useful tool. It helps you find info about the topics that you are interested in and it lets you do this in a quick way. I think that this feature is very effective in helping teachers find info to use in the class and it is a great way for people to share ideas. I like the tagging feature.

Del.icio.us

I explored this website and I think that it is a good website to find info on different topics that you are looking for. It makes it easy to find research that has been compiled from a lot of different people.