Thing 13

I think it is a great idea to be able to save interesting or important websites to a common website that is accessible anywhere I might be. Although, it is another website that I could easily spend more time on.

It does seem convenient to be able to tag a saved website in order for someone else to be able to benefit from it as well. I can see this working in my classroom for the parents to be able to search and find sites, articles, coupons, parent classes, information about a very specific issue, etc. that we might recommend to them. However, without being on the Delicious site yet, I'm not sure if our class could have their own account and relative items could be stored there for all our parents to benefit. If it works the way I think I am understanding it to, then it could be great for our parents to have a common place to visit for our specific information we want to share with them. And in return, information that a parent might think other parents would benefit from could be tagged onto the class account.

Thing 12

I loved this widget. I liked that it works eye and hand coordination. I love stuff that works the parts of the brain that I feel get forgotten.



Well, I see how important it is that I learn how to center or do whatever I need to in order for my entire widget to be seen and usable. Just like in my Thing 10 where my embedded video wasn't entirely viewable. Kathy, I will be emailing you and will edit Thing 10 and 12 when I learn how to fix it. I really want to share this fun widget fully!!!

Thing 11

I did post comments on 3 fellow 23 Thingers blogsites. I felt a little bit like I was intruding on their personal diary. Those were their comments on their spaces and I didn't need to add my two cents. It could be helpful if in my blog I was asking for numerous opinions about a specific topic though. But it did make me very aware that people may be really reading the thoughts that I write.

Thing 10

My kids love this video and think it is hilarious. I didn't know what to embed so I thought I would share a laugh with whomever wants to view it.



I did download a video to keepvid, but am not real sure why I would use that. I understand that You Tube is not accessible in some work places. I guess that may be a reason.

I also can't figure out why only part of the video screen is viewable in my post. Part of the screen is cut off and you can't see all of the funny stuff. Oh well, at least I was successful at embedding. I'll play with it later.

Thing 9

I had never been on You Tube before now. My kids have shown me some videos, but I have not explored it until now. People could spend a lot of time on there (like every other web site we've learned about), but I didn't think it was wonderful. Maybe I'm not into watching amateur videos about nothing. I'm really not quite sure how this could be incorporated into the classroom, especially since You Tube is blocked in our district.

Thing 8

I actually had a lot of fun with this "thing". My kids were getting involved too. I had a little input creating the interest lines for my magazine. This "thing" definitely is a time consumer, but on a very cold, windy and rainy day it was fun. Again, there is so much more "out there" than I ever imagined. It's no wonder kids spend hours upon hours on the computer, but accomplish nothing but the knowledge that I may be learning in this class.

Thing 7

I enjoyed this "Thing". Doing anything with photos is definitely my interest. I actually didn't have any issues doing this "Thing". I will be coming back to Flickr and doing lots of great things with some of my photos. I will be spending some of my summer vacation on Flickr.

As for Flickr in the classroom, I can see it maybe being useful in a high school art classroom. I suppose it could be used with a blog assignment to document a subject over a period of time, such as a science project. There are probably many other useful ways to use it, but I'm thinking personally and selfishly.