534 week 4

This week we looked at different Nings. I had fun looking over them and I think they are are great resource for education, but I think there needs to be an adequate amount of training for teachers first before they are added to the curriculum. My district is not there yet. We also looked at bookmarking sites. We had been introduced to Delicious in a previous course, but I never got into using it because I can't access it at work. I saw a couple of others I liked so I want to try to access them from school. Sure would be convenient for me and a useful tool for me to teach my students for their use. Podcasting and videocasting is a project I have been wanting to do with my students. I will have to try the sites we checked out and see which ones work in our district and practice so I have the knowledge and patience to do it with my students.

534 Week 3

I'm finally getting caught up on all the work I let go when I was sick--better late than never I hope. I really enjoyed the things we tried and experimented with for this week. Many of them are not applicable in my work situation right now, but who knows in the next couple of years. I will definitely be able to use them in my out of school life. The one thing i think will be beneficial in the classroom is the use of RSS. This isn't my first attempt at using it, but I will be much more selective this time and only subscribe to publications I read frequently and get the most info. from.