Thing 7

When I first logged onto Flickr ill admit I was a little confused on how to operate it. Flickr looks like one of those home and garden websites. After exploring and looking around I really started to like Flickr. Interesting last 7 days was my favorite part of the website. Some of the pictures made no sense to me and others did, one thing is for sure though about Flickr. Flickr always has interesting photos on just about any topic you can think of. The one picture that I just so happen to come across was a Beagle hound picture. I love Beagles and I couldn't think of a more perfect picture to blog about with Flickr. Using Flickr was neat and fun but, I just don't see how Flickr and education go hand in hand. The link for the Beagle picture is below this paragraph.

www.flickr.com/photos/raindog

Things 6

I did some major searching on the website, Web 2.0 awards top 100. Many of the websites I liked, others not so much. For me to like a website or not always depends on the complexity of the site. If it's simple to use I generally like it but, if it's something I have to fool around with then I am not a fan of that website. It's funny after all the searching and looking, it ended up being plain and simple YouTube. What I like about YouTube the most is the simplicity, all you do is type in what your looking for in the search bar at the top. Any type of video or entertainment is at your disposal and usually at quick speeds. The useful features about YouTube is the amount and type of videos you have access to. The one down side to YouTube is it's not generally for a school or a classroom environment. YouTube could be used for allot for educational purposes but, at the same time allot of inappropriate information is also there. In general I would not use YouTube in school or the classroom because of the distraction it can cause. 

Thing 5

Of all the articles I read, I discovered one topic or idea in particular: That is that technology is going nowhere but up from here on out. I mean go ahead knock yourself out if you want to read, every little article or detail about School 2.0 or Web 2.0. It's basically telling you the same thing no matter which 2.0's you read. School 2.0 means better learning with quicker and easier ways to learn. School 2.0 can do nothing but benefit our future students. I believe it means that education is on the rise just like our current and future technologies.

Thing 4

Commenting on blogs is important because its the other person a sense of confidence and importance. Think if you don't comment at least every once in awhile the other person might stop blogging and that's lost information that other bloggers and yourself may never get back.

Two other points i learned from are common sense yet people still fail to do them and often create a problem. The first is to not be afraid to comment, it is important because your opinion matters maybe not to yourself but, to other people it can be useful. Second is to realize the power of words allot of times people post or blog inappropriate words or opinions. All that does is make yourself look bad and discourage other bloggers from blogging.

Claire Albert
I chose to comment on Claire's post because she is very smart and makes good points and she's not like alot of other people and puts half effort in her work. If you want to learn something and how to do it right go to Claire.

Kenna Gupton
I also commented on Kenna's blog for the same reason as Claire's she makes good points and inserts alot of common sense into her work. her work is also very straight forward and gets to the point which, is something I like.

Alex Duchscher
I commented on Alex's post because he did a great job describing the uses of blogs . His blog is also very creative and easy to learn from.

Casey Ball
This blog was short and to the point she also included her opinion into every topic which is good.

Chris Earheart
I really liked what Chris had to say about technology being a teamwork thing. He is right about this class being used for learning and helping each other.

Mallory Stewart
Mallory's blog was very neat and organized and at the same time to the point, it also included  her opinion about the blogs in a constructive way.

Johanna Connors
Johanna included her life into her blog which, is good because it gives you an example of how life was without blogs which is very depressing.

All of the blogs I chose to comment on for various reasons. First they were very helpful and to the point. Second most of the people I commented on I know from being here for two years. Lastly their blogs were well thought and organized and that's the type of blog I want to get my information from.

Thing 3

There are many ways I could use blogs in my future as an educator. First,  I could use them to communicate with different types of people from all over the world to gain knowledge and ideas for use in the classroom. Second, is to learn all about the different technologies to make learning easier and more fun for my future students. Lastly, I would like to teach the students on how to use blogs to their advantage on learning and finding new information. Any extra help given to students is always good for the students and the educator!  All of these would help advance and help the students in their learning experience.

Thing 2

I have decided to name my blog 23 Happy Things. People may wonder why I named it that, the first reason being that, every time I log into blogger and work on these 23 things they, in some way, it makes me happy. Second, creating the blog was easy and quick! I don't have any experience with blogs but, with a little help I picked up on it pretty quickly. Creating the avatar however, I have not quite figgured out how to change it. The person in that picture is dull and pale, those features do not describe me in any way, shape, of form. So the avatar is still a work in progress.

Thing 1

Of the seven and half habits, I have something in common with all of them. Many of the habits I am pretty good at and do often, others however, I struggle to do and it has cost me at some point in time during school. The one habit that I excel in is habit 2, accept responsibility for my own learning. The one area I struggle with  is using technology to my advantage. I view education 3040 as a great chance to improve my technology skills and using them to advance myself in my educational career.