I am finished!!

Well it has been an amazing journey. As some of you know..the second week of this class I shattered my right forearm and dislocated my elbow. I had to have surgery and they put a plate and screws in. I was down a little over a week. I am pretty technology saavy, but had not done many of the things we were asked to do in this class. Needless to say...with having to use only my left hand to type and navigate, I was more than a little scared that I was not going to complete this class.
The instructions and steps were amazingly easy to follow and great fun to complete! My favorite things were probably playing with the photo programs and Google docs. I have always believed that everyone should become a lifelong learner and this is never more important than with the ever changing technology. I love to use technology with my students and this has given me many more avenues to do that. I would love to take another discovery course like this one! THANKS!!!

Thing 15

http://misd23things.wikispaces.com/LisaStovall

The directions for this activity were very easy to follow so it made the exercise a very fun one. I would really like to set up my own page for my class and parents and plan on doing this now that /i have practiced with the sand box.

Thing 23

There is so much to look at and see! On the Ning website I found a third grade teacher group to share ideas and get help with questions. Even though I have taught 3rd grade for 10 years I am always looking for good ideas and need help with questions. This is another great resource for that!

Thing 22

I have a MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter account. Go figure..I love technology. Of all of these, Facebook is my favorite! I have gotten back in touch with friends that I have not talked to since high school! Myspace is not my favorite because of all the different things on there! I don't think I have really figured out Twitter yet.
Like others have said...like with all online usage you have to be very careful what you do. Unfortunately I have had to turn some friendship requests down because I am not sure what kind of content they will put on their or my Facebook.

Thing 7b

In my reader NY Times-education section, it discusses Obama trying to get private banks to get out of the student loan process. It discusses how much private banks make off student loans and how it is not benefiting the students or schools. I don't know how to feel about this topic because I don't know enough about it. I do know that I am very much in debt after going to school for my PHD and if there is anyway to help me with those bills, I am all for it!

Thing 21

 This is from Picasa web album.  This is the first time I have use this and it is really neat.

I use the google calendar becaue it email me and helps me remember things,

I use Google Earth with my students when we do communities.

Using Google saves teachers a lot of money because many of the things we are tempted to buy, there are templates or applications through Google.

Thing 20

Our principal introduced us to Google docs this year. She uses it to get info from the staff. I started playing with it a little this year and began looking through the templates. I even used it to invite people and get RSVPs to my summer swim party this year. I can see many uses. I love the calendars. This helps my kids know what is coming up. I just found the attendance book..this is something that I have always purchased and this allows ,e to have it right on the computer! I also like the math quizzes because our principal wants us to do weekly assessments and this is a good format for that.