Good Reads Screen Shot

Google Reader Screen Shot

Diigo Screen Shot

Web 2.0

I created a wiki page using PBworks and the address is:

http://welearninthisclass.pbworks.com/


I have to admit I thought I was technology suave until I did all the work for this week. I had never heard of google reader, creating screen shots, diigo and goodreads. It was amazing to me how much I learned and enjoyed learning about these tools that I can use to organize the many social networks etc in my life. My wiki page took me the longest, but now I have a website that I can use as a template for my future classroom. I found that as I was creating each extra page especially the content page I grew more and more excited to add the moon phase google gadget and my teachertube link. I think I will end up using goodreads the most because just checking off the books I want to read it inspired me to continue reading. After creating several screen shots i realized I had no idea what the function of the "prt scr" key was and it surprised me how easy of a task it was to save.
Everything was useful. I am not sure how much I am going to use diigo for my personal use. However, in the classroom this will be a perfect way to organize articles in relation to what they are learning. I found that the hardest parts were the creations of the the different wiki pages. I mainly struggled on the content page, but I think it turned out nicely.

Love for Education...

When I was about ten years old I told my parents I wanted to be a teacher, so I could boss other kids around. My view of education has certainly matured since then, but I still have a great desire to teach. I have substitute taught and have worked with children on many occasions over the years. Their enthusiasm to learn and their open minds is what inspires me to become the best educator I can be. I look forward to learning with the students in my class as they learn from me.