http://jennycoyne.edublogs.org My blog as I learn about Web 2.0! Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:37:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en final blog post reflecting on your overall course experience and next steps. Wow! I can't believe we're at the end of the course! Although it was pretty time consuming, I really enjoyed this course! I keep bragging to my friends about how high-tech I've become! I have ... http://jennycoyne.edublogs.org/2008/08/07/thing-23-where-do-we-go-from-here/ I came across RetroJunk as I was exploring VoiceThread and just couldn't pass up the opportunity to put this gem in my blog!  I laughed out loud.  RetroJunk is awesome! TMNT on RetroJunk http://jennycoyne.edublogs.org/2008/08/07/just-for-fun-retrojunk-and-tmnt/ In this task, I learned about the Social Networking tool Ning and how it can be used for both personal and professional purposes.  I enjoyed exploring social networks in Atlanta.  I think this could be a really great way to meet other people with similar interests.  It could also be ... http://jennycoyne.edublogs.org/2008/08/07/thing-22-social-networking-in-education-you-bet/ One blog post that I came across in my Google Reader was called 100 Unbelievably Useful Reference Sites You've Never Heard Of. I was REALLY excited to come across some of the websites that were listed in this site. There are sites from a number of different categories ... http://jennycoyne.edublogs.org/2008/08/06/thing-7c-google-reader-redux/ Today, I learned about Pageflakes and created my own Pageflakes page.  I actually ended up creating two pages... one for professional use and one for personal use.  The personal one has fun stuff like Sudoku, Facebook, an address book, weather, an RSS feed to my sister's blog, and my horoscope.  ... http://jennycoyne.edublogs.org/2008/08/06/thing-21-create-a-custom-start-page-using-pageflakes/ Well, my brain is in total pre-planning mode.  I enjoyed using Google Docs to make some materials that I can use in my classroom in preparation for the school year.  I started by making a categorized list of things I need to do in my classroom to prepare.  As soon ... http://jennycoyne.edublogs.org/2008/08/06/thing-20-online-office-getting-started-with-google-docs/ One video that I loved watching was a video by Bill Nye (the science guy!) The video was about the earth's crust, which will come in really handy when we study mountains in third grade! It talks about the thickness of the earth's crust, as well as how ... http://jennycoyne.edublogs.org/2008/08/05/thing-19-a-tale-of-two-tubes-video-sharing-in-the-classroom/ In this task, we were asked to use Evoca to create a podcast sharing at least three ideas for student and/or teacher-created podcasts to support classroom learning. Here's my podcast! http://jennycoyne.edublogs.org/2008/08/04/thing-18-publish-a-bare-bones-podcast-using-evoca/ Yay! Finally something in this course that I have actually heard of before! And done! The Spanish department at Trinity makes occasional vocabulary and song podcasts, so I have done this before! Because listening and speaking are both so important in foreign language learning, we decided to have ... http://jennycoyne.edublogs.org/2008/08/04/thing-17-exploring-podcasting/ In this task, we looked at Library Thing. Library Thing is a way for people to network about books. One thing that you can do with Library Thing is to create an online catalog of your books. In an ideal world with unlimited time, I would love ... http://jennycoyne.edublogs.org/2008/08/04/thing-16-librarything-where-books-meet-web-20/