The Final Post??

Summary: My Crazy Trip through Web 2.0

I can't begin to thank the instructors, PFK, Mesquite ISD, and everyone else involved in the creation of this class. I have learned so much and have had so much fun learning. I have been telling all of my Mesquite teacher friends about this class and how great it is. My family thinks I have gone nuts because I "play" on the computer all the time! And, my youngest son said, "I can't believe that you are taking a class to teach you how to play on the computer at work!!" My very favorite-most Thing was Animoto. I absolutely love making the little 30 second videos and I am very seriously contemplating paying the $30 a year for unlimited videos. I can see so many uses for school, Scouts, family, and friends. I have also used Image Chef a lot. I guess that the biggest surprise of all that has come out of taking this class is the fact that I can really do all of this stuff! I always thought that it would be too hard or too complicated to learn all of the "fancy" stuff, but it has been so easy. Even if I had a little difficulty figuring something out, I kept on until I "got it". Learning it for myself, by myself, just helped me to remember how to do it next time. I can't think of a way to improve the format. This is my best style of learning: self-paced, figure it out yourself with the instructions. I guess that is why it was so easy for me to follow. I would definitely take another class like this. I am hoping that there are more cool things to learn, because I am ready for another one next summer!! I am kind of sad to be finished and I have to admit that I kind of poked along on the last ones, making them last. Like at Christmas, when you don't want to open up that last present because you want to make it last longer. I plan to keep on "playing around" with all of my newly learned tools so that I can find lots of uses for them next year at Berry. If nothing else, I can just teach all my friends what to do!!

Thing #23

I loved the Disney "A Fair(y) Use Tale". It was very clever. Copyright infringement is such a scary thing! I am glad to get this information and to have these sites for future reference. I can remember in the "old days" when we could show whatever movies we wanted in class to go along with books we had read or whatever. Now, teachers must be so careful in what they show. Our all-knowing school librarian is a great resource to have. In order to give credit where credit is due, I am adding to this post, the information from the Learning 2.0 "About" page concerning this class: "The Learning 2.0 - 23 Things program is based on the Learning 2.0 program that was designed by Helene Blowers, Technology Director at the Charlotte Mecklenburg County Public Library system, with the support and assistance of several staff. Helene's program was loosely based upon Stephen Abram's article, 43 Things I (or You) might want to do this year (Information Outlook - Feb 2006) and the website 43Things."

Thing #22

Podcasting is interesting....even though I am a visual person, I do like to listen ocassionally!! I played around in the four different directories listed. I found a very informative podcast about pets (cats in particular) entitled Tacoma Pet Hospital. I listened to two different podcasts on fleas by a vet who specializes in cat care. Alas, poor Jasmine has a few fleas from her walks into the wild. (I promise I am NOT the crazy cat lady.) The life cycle of the flea is fascinating, believe it or not, and I learned something new. Then I looked around at some more podcasts, but then couldn't remember which directory my cat care podcast was on!! I finally found it again. It was on Learn Out Loud, which was by far my favorite directory. It was definitely the easiest to use. I added Tacoma Pet Hospital to my Google Reader, as well as my iGoggle home page. Now, I can find cat care information whenever it need it. I don't plan to make my own podcast at this time, but who knows, maybe I will have something important to say in the future...then I will know what to do!!

Vacation 2007

Jasmine