Thing 7 Flickr

:Love Should Be Enough

I chose this picture because it touched base with me.
I read the words and sat back and thought about it.
For a lot of people LOVE is not enough. So many people are shallow and only see looks.
You cannot love someone if you do not see past how they look. This phrase just spoke to me.

Why Commenting is important (Thing 4)

• Commenting is a great way to create a sense of community. Commenting also allows you to put your thoughts and ideas about someone else's posts out there for them to think about. commenting can be giving someone advice, agreeing with someone, or just giving someone a pat on the back. 
• I loved the blog post How to comment like a king (or queen). This really helped to understand why commenting is so important and how to comment to encourage conversation. I also liked the 10 Techniques to get more comments on you blog post because it showed me how to write a blog that will generate thought and get my followers to want to comment back.  
• I am currently following Casey Estes, Megan Abbott, Conrad C'deBaca, and Dillon and Korina Biemesderfe. These blogs were interesting and found I enjoyed hearing what they have to say. 
• I commented on blogs that were stimulating and left me wondering, or I commented to say I agree, or I just gave advice in general.

Thing 3

Using a blog in my teacher education program is a great idea and there are many ways to do so.

• Write something i learned from another teacher that may be helpful to other future teachers.
• I can describe my training experiences.
• Provide teaching tips the I learn or come up with on my own for others to see. 
• I can just express general feelings or concerns about topics and recent events related to my program.
• It is a way to interact with my fellow students in my program. 
• It is a good way to interact with students and their parents on a daily basis.  
• I could post questions for parents to respond to. This makes the parent feel involved even if he or she cannot participate in in-school activities.  

The good thing about a blog is parents that want to get an opinion out about something in class and wants other parents to hear it too, can post a comment to a blog on that topic and others can join the discussion.

I am sure there are many more ideas for using a blog now and in my future classroom. Any ideas are welcome. Any comments and questions are welcome.

Thing 2

• I had fun creating my blog and avatar. For those who know me well will feel that my title suits me because I tend to babble about nonsense. I have never had a blog before but I am looking forward to having this blog and using it. It was really easy to create my blog. The instructions on Mrs. Wall's website are very helpful.
• Creating my avatar was fun. My avatar reflects what I see in myself. I think my avatar looks like a sophisticated and classy teacher :p. I hope one day this is what I really look like. 
• Blogs are a good way to get an opinion out there for others to read and for you to get feedback on it.

Thing 1

After doing the 7 & 1/2 Habits Tutorial I feel that the hardest habit for me would be habit 1. I'm not quite sure how well I can begin with the end in mind. I like doing things one at a time in order. When I start thinknig of the end I get confused. That is something I will have to work on. The easiest would be viewing problems as challenges. I already do that. There is no point to freak about a problem. See it as a challenge, figure out how to overcome it, and then react.
I want to learn anything and everything possible about Web 2.0. As technology becomes more and more important to the education world, I have to work harder to understand technology.

Web 2.0 sites (Thing 6)

As I explored all the various sites on Web 2.0, I was shocked at how many there were that were actually really useful. I really liked Zoho. Zoho is an online source that has over 20 free web-based productivity applications such as online invoicing, spreedsheets, presentations tool, and many more. As I explored the website, I was intrigued by how useful it is. I even created an account and bookmarked it. There is just so much use in it. I would like for others to check it out and let me know what you think of it or even tell your friends and family about it.
I also liked Open Table. Open Table is an online reservation service. You can cut out making a trip or an aggravating phone call and make your reservations online. You can also rate different locations and read ratings for the places you  are headed. I also bookmarked this one. I found it very useful.
There were many that I found useful for students and teachers. There is just so much to look over. For anyone who is not in my  23 things group follow this link to The 2009 Webware 100 list and explore all the great useful websites. 

Web 2.0 (Thing 6)

The idea of Web 2.0 is marvelous. Web 2.0 is the idea of integrating technology more into the classroom. I love this idea. As a future teacher I feel that it would help me stay connected with parents and students. I also feel that it will increase the rate of homework submitted. I personally like submitting my work online rather that in class. Being in college and having to do online discussion boards as homework has actually helped me in school. When it is a requirement to submit a post, the student will post something to get a grade. Most of the time that is what most of my Professors are looking for; to see if I took part in something and engaged myself in the conversation. Web 2.0, Teach 2.0, Learn 2.0, School 2.0 is all the same and is the future of teaching and learning. My daughter is 6 and can email and find things on the computer better than I can sometimes. When it comes to video games I prefer the original Nintendo. Hopefully I can keep up with all the technology advancements as I continue to work towards a teaching career.