Thing #6

Mappr- I thought Mappr was a really neat thing. In first grade we do a lot of stuff with Flatt Stanley. Mappr would be a great tool for the kids to use to find images to place on the place Flat Stanley went. It would also be a great tool to use when we are learning about Texas.
Flickr Color Pickr- I thought this was a neat thing but was not really sure what I would ever to with something like this.
Mosaic Maker- I really enjoyed learning about this and thought of lots of things you could use this for. Not that you are suppose to do a letter of the week it would be a great way for students to find objects that have beginning letter, same sound, rhyming, or similar objects. You could find Texas symbols, insects, plants parts, needs, and wants. The list could go on forever with the amount of things you could do with this.

Thing #2

Be Proactive
This is the habit that is easiest for me. I am not one to wait for other people to fix my problems. I understand that when I have a problem I have to start looking for a solution. I am also a great believer in the fact that we affect the situations we are in. If you are hanging around people that are negative you are going to become a negative person. So if I want to be positive and I want to be proactive those are the people I need to be around.

Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood
This is the hardest on for me. I am very quick to want someone to understand my point of view before I take the time to understand theirs. When someones opinion is different than mine I am very bad about trying to explain why I am right rather than trying to understand their point.

Thing 1

I really like the idea of 23 things. There are things on here I have never heard of. I would not have known to learn about them because I did not know they were out there. I am glad it is only 23 things and not 43! I love learning about new technology and this is going to be a great way to learn.

Thing #3

Learning to create a blog has been one thing I have found very useful. It is so easy to do and can be used for so many things. I have actually surprised how easy it is to do using the site Blogger. With the step by step directions and the pre-made backgrounds it can not get any easier. Avatars was something I had never heard of. I had a lot of fun doing that. I think I spent much more time than necessary deciding what outfit my Avatar should wear. It was a project I could have had finished in 5 minutes but instead spent an hour on. I did have some trouble inserting it on my Blog. I had to read through the directions a few times before they made sense.

Thing # 5 Flickr

I have thoroughly enjoyed using Flickr. I have had friends use Flickr before to email me photos and always thought that was the main purpose of Flickr. It was not until taking this course that I realized how much Flickr can do. I had grown very tired of using the same old clip art graphics and had begun to Google images to use instead. I had no idea I was breaking copyright laws by doing this. I was so glad to learn about FLickr so I could still find images and not have to worry about breaking copyright laws to use them. I also like the way if there is something I need to do with the photo Flickr lets you know.