Summary!!

Is it really the end or really the beginning? That is a good point. I feel like since the 23 things blogs are over that this is the end, but I will be using many of these tools in the future and in my classroom. I learned so much from these sites and although I was frustrated some of the time, I was able to figure most of the things out. My favorite things in the course were using animoto, you tube, and remember the milk. My lifelong learning goals were affected by a few of the sites, I would use them in the future to organize my lessons or lesson ideas for the classroom. I was surprised by the fact that I could write in this blog like I have been and keep it up! I said I would never use a blog, but I guess since I had to for the class it kept me motivated to keep going. I did learn alot in this class with the 23 things, and most of the things I have never even heard about before! I will keep up with developments in web 2.0 by checking out diigo as much as I can. Every semester new students will post new links to sites that could be beneficial to me. Some days were harder than others, but some were more fun than others. Overall, it was a journey where I learned alot and I will take these experiences with me in the future.

Thing # 23

http://resa-23things.blogspot.com/
As educators, we all should be familiar with creative commons because it's important to set examples of not plagiarizing. Our students need to know the consequences of plagiarism and the rules to follow so that they do not get stuck in a situation in which they may be confused on the matter. Creative Commons is really helpful because it narrows down for students their options on what they can choose to help them with their work. Sometimes it's hard to determine what is up for usage and with creative commons, everyone can benefit from sharing their work because the rules are followed and everyone basically gets what they want. As an educator, I would use creative commons in the classroom so that specific authors can benefit from their work being shared correctly and the students can benefit from using photos, for example, on a project to display their points. We can also get ideas for our classroom or teaching it is all up to the author.

Thing # 22

http://livebinders.com/shelf/my
The titles of my binders are livebinders blog, which is a site where teachers can get advice on how to work and use their livebinders. The second one is the apsu 23 things binder which is helpful for us because we can follow each other and get advice from our peers. The last binder is reading rockets which is an extremely helpful site for students, teachers, and other educators like librarians and speech pathologists. I would also use the reading rockets site to look up book choices for my students or to get helpful study advice for the class. On the other tabs I posted sites such as hippocampus and another educational website. These sites provide grade level material and special education links that can assist educators in the classroom. The other livebinder is your first binder and it's basically a beginners guide to starting and setting up your binders. I would use livebinders in the classroom for lessons because you can plan ahead of time and get all the information you need and save it into your binder. Once you begin you can pull up anything that you need because it is all saved in one location. Students can also use the site to help them store information in  one area and keep it all organized. I personally would not use livebinders in the future, unless I had more patience! It was very frustrating to work with this website because it's confusing! I was not able to embed the icon and link to my blog with one of the livebinders, so I posted the link to the livebinders site, with my 4 choices.