Thing 12 All glogged up!

Using glogster was very easy. I enjoyed playing with it. I could easily recommend this to students to use on classwork assignments, or even as part of a project. I could see using this as a tool to get basic information across in a non standard format. It looks way more interesting than a powerpoint, and you can easily get just as much information in the glog. I can definitely see myself using it in the future, and recommending it to my students.

Thing 5b

Dave Clarke has a lot of great Blogs on coaching soccer. I read one recently that was good for almost any sport. In my seven tips to make a difference on match days he created a list of dos and don'ts that every coach should follow. I really like what he has to say, so I added his blog to my google reader. The down side is that I get lots of emails for other helpful tips he is willing to sell me.

Thing 11 Slide show

http://www.flickr.com/photos/worak/2074966747/

angry girl

worak

http://www.flickr.com/photos/randysonofrobert/636336624/

happy coffee

Randy Son Of Robert

http://www.flickr.com/photos/orinrobertjohn/1824233430/

sad girl

Orin Zebest

http://www.flickr.com/photos/polinasergeeva/3051541583/

fight

Polina Sergeeva

http://www.flickr.com/photos/orangeacid/137551747/

cry boy

orangeacid

My slide show will be used as a lesson with my Social Skills class. I will let them watch the show as a warm up activity to a discussion of what to do when you have strong feelings. We will incorporate discussion on stopping and allowing yourself time to decide on your actions, proper ways to express your emotions, and taking control of your emotions away from others.

I found the use of Slide.com to be very easy, and would recommend it to anyone.

Thing 10

I was doing a search on the creative commons portion of flickr I used the word angry, and thought this was a great example. here is the page link. The picture is from a collection by Worak. I think I might use the picture as a writing prompt next Monday morning. Most of my students look like this on Monday mornings.
I enjoyed using Flickr, and I think I will be more likely to use it as opposed to google image searches. My students get a big kick out of changing the background of the spare computer in my room. I am going to encourage them to browse through Flickr for the next great background. I am going to continue looking over creative uses of pictures for my lessons. I have more low learners this year than in the past. I hope I can get more out of them with the use of pictures, particularly because of the low reading levels of some of my students.

Thing 9 cc

I have noticed the cc on some sites in the past, but never paid much attention to it. I do think it is important for students to understand the purpose of the cc, and the implications of using these materials in presentations. I have linked images or videos in the past, but I have not included any in a presentation. I know now that I can make the decisions on how content I have created may be used, and can therefore take ownership of that material if I decide to share it. The only negative i see with limited sharing using cc is the fact that you may prevent someone from using a great resource that they may need.
Students consistently use pictures from Google in projects at school without consideration of cc. Based on best practices most of the ones I have seen have been within guidelines, however, I can recall a few projects which stretched copyright at best. A lazy teacher who is not willing to check out information on the web may not realize that a students entire project was nothing more than a cut and past job. In future projects, I may move away from assigning pictures quotes, or even music on a power-point presentation. I may look for more creative input from my students, and less Internet research. I have always enjoyed student produced materials that had a little more creativity to them, and this gives me more reason to push to that end.