24!! Orduh numbuh 24!! Pick up 24!!

Well good gracious!! Where to begin... First of all, I am completely tired of making new profiles, usernames and passwords. Secondly, if I never seen another flickr image it'll be too soon and lastly, I am in no hurry to create a folder, file, image, video, mashup or anything else that requires any kind of technological thought. Now, that being said, let me say I learned a ton going through these 23 things. I know there will be incredible opportunities to use these tools once I have my own classroom. I love the animoto feature for creating classroom projects. I believe that Google and all the tools it has to offer are awesome to help with organizing a classroom and making classroom information accessible to students and parents a like. Social media can be invaluable to teachers who are new as well as those who have been around a while. I know I need to delve deeper into all the 23 things to really see what they can bring to my classroom. I know in order to have a classroom that keeps up with the times, I need to be fully versed in all that the 23 things has to offer. I look forward to giving each one a closer look and tailoring them to be the best possible tools for my exceptional students.

Lucky 23!! Okay, not really but I'm done so I think I'm lucky? Do ya buy it?

When I searched the internet for 23 things, I found that there are many colleges and universities who have employed the 23 things in their curriculum. Creative commons plays a big part in the spreading of 23 things because it enables all the different institutions to use the graphics and images involved in the explanations of the 23 things. After studying about Creative Commons and all it can do and has to offer, I realize how important it is to stay true to the copyright laws of images and quotations. I will absolutely made sure I teach the copyright laws to my students and even though my plan is to teach exceptional students, I will definitely teach the copyright principles in a way they can understand.

11 x 2 = 22!! yay!!!

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•Discuss how you might use LiveBinders in the classroom, including possible lesson ideas for students. I can completely see that LiveBinders would be an awesome way to communicate assignments and information with students. I love how LiveBinders can fill your binders for you and you're ready to go.

I'm legal!!! No. 21!!

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I DID IT!!! This was a very cool experience!! At one point I even texted my son to see if he knew about this awesome tool. I haven't heard back from for him it's only 1pm in CA so chances are he isn't up yet. I could easily see how cool this would be for a classroom to make a project and see it in action. I think maybe the coolest thing would be to do something that has a progression, like a comic book or action, like writing a story, or climbing stairs, or seeds growing. This was a good one!

No. what?? That's right...20!!

Please be aware this video is not quite on the same rating scale as a Disney movie. 

Although this video may seem to be inappropriate, I chose it because it is one of my son's first jobs in Hollywood as an extra, so it has special meaning to me.  In fact, before it even came out, he told me, "Let me watch it first, and I will tell you if you can watch it or not, but I don't want Grammy to watch it at all."

You tube is an incredible tool that can be use for a great deal of educational material that students can use to learn more about our world, how things are done or made, and especially speeches delivered by historical figures.

Thing "not that thrilling" 19

So, I get onto the Teacher Pop thing and am completely unimpressed.  It seems very sterile, and I have to be approved before I am a full member?  Now what strikes me funny about that is, isn't education supposed to be all inclusive without restriction?  So here I sit and wait for my full acceptance.  BUT what's interesting is how many social networking sites are out there for educators that just take your info and you're in. 

BUT the silver lining in this assignment was Gather.  I totally signed up and am in!  I love that on Gather you can just say what you want and people will respond or not, but at the same time it's interesting, informative and get all kinds of different perspectives on current events and subjects that interest you.

So I fully promote Gather!  The jury is still out on Teacher Pop.

I can vote!! Thing No. 18!!

I gotta tell ya, this was a rough one because I have had my you-know-what burned by people who didn't quite understand me or my love for exceptional kids on facebook, and now my facebook is under my maiden name with no reference to anyone or anything that I currently do in life.  I do have a fun twitter that also has no reference to my name or what I do, it's purely fun and to keep it that way, I will introduce you to my boring twitter. Now, my boring twitter account is under the name Kim Burnard.  Very boring.  Says the right things, etc. almost makes me nauseous, and with that, here is the link to the boring one.  https://twitter.com/#!/KimBurnard

I do love twitter, and quite honestly, I enjoy it more than facebook because it's a statement that can be done right then.  Someone's bugging you, BAM! you can post it right then.  I love it because it's in real time. 

Okay, now from the educational perspective, I can see how creating a facebook page for a classroom would be a lot of fun because people in the news could be subscribed to so the class could follow their travels or thoughts.  I can see how posting experiments or classroom thoughts on a facebook page would be awesome to bring a cohesive element to a classroom.  Twitter would be a huge benefit because political figures, sports figures and academic figures and institutions could be followed and updates appear constantly.  I do think social networking has a place in the classroom, but it has to be closely monitored with strict settings.