Thing 6: Online Image Generators

I had fun making trading cards. I thought it would be fun for

students to make a trading card about their favorite book.

There are many posibilites......
I can't wait to explore some more - after I get through all the

23 Things on a Stick!

Encourage Children to Read

I really like the ImageChef sight at http://www.imagechef.com/.
You can make a poster encouraging students to read.

Star Reader Award

You can also make a Star Reader Award using ImageChef.

Thing 5: More Flickr Fun

I had fun playing around with some of the Flickr Mashups. I could spend alot of time in this area. I made a puzzle from one of my Flickr photos and posted it on my Blog. I also uploaded photos with Splashr onto my Blog. I could see students using these tools to make posters, collages, or reports on favorite books to share with others. Slide shows could be set up on places to travel. The Yahoo! - Trip Planner allows you to plan a vacation then use the photos on Flickr to show them off. Sounds fun. I would like to try that this summer.

Thing 4: Photosharing with Flickr

I took the Flickr Tour and it looked like so much fun, I signed up for my own account. I explored Flickr photos, but all the pictures I uploaded onto my blog showed up as a blank square with a red X in the upper left hand corner. So, I uploaded some of my own pictures and used one of them. I tagged it with 23 Things On a Stick and made it public. This is the first time I have used something like this and am a little cautious about making family photos public. I used a picture of our new puppy, Coco, instead. Flickr did publish a security notice about malicious third parties attempting to gain access to your Flickr account called “phishing“. Make sure and read that information.

Thing 3: Set Up an RSS Account & Add Feeds

The instructions were a little difficult to follow. It took me awhile to find the feeds that I wanted to set up. I will have to spend more time exploring with RSS.
What I do have, I like. All the information updates I want are in one spot. I don’t have to search for them. It is like the “My Favorites” folder on the internet. I did sign up for both Bloglines and Google Reader. I found that I liked Google Reader the best. The format, to me, is more user friendly.
Now, I will be able to stay up to date on the news and also blogs from other teachers. It will be a great way to share ideas. I agree with another blogger that the easiest way to find information was to go to Google Blog and put in a subject that interests me.

Thing 2: What is Web 2.0 and Why Should I Care?

It seems like the world of technology is growing faster than anyone can keep up. As an educator, parent, and grandparent, I feel it is important to learn new things and not get “left behind”. I want to know where children are going on-line to get information and how I can use this same technology. Right now, my granddaughter could teach me about My Space, Facebook, blogging, and Gmail.
I do find the internet helpful. I use it for e-mailing, web searches to help with school work, plan vacations, and playing a few games. But, I want to learn more about other tools available to us today.

Thing 1 Getting Started

I just completed setting up my own blog. What a new experience. The step by step instructions and the help of a co-worker (thanks Ruthie) made it a breeze. I am excited to get started and looking for many new ideas.