Thing #23: Creative Commons

Alright, so I have found a website here that is a 23 Things for Teachers in MI and was taken from "Helene Blowers, Technology Director, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, and has been modified for use by Wayne RESA. The original program is 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." So whether or not APSU borrowed from the 23 things or the 43 things, we'll just say that there are a lot of programs similar to ours out there and I'm sure we are not the originators.


As far as me in the classroom for the future. I will definitely be frequenting sites that are CC friendly to gain ideas for classroom activities, lessons, and anything else that is needed to make class awesome.

Thing #22: Live Binders

I think Live Binders will grow exponentially as this tool is useful on several levels for several professions, not just teaching. With that said teachers do have an awful lot of binders that could be preserved with this online tool. I liked this tool, just need some more time to get it completely figured out.

U.S. Presidents 1890–1910

Thing #21: Animoto

Well it was a little hard to find the spot to do just the 30 second videos. I kept getting redirected to the pricing plans, but once I found it it was a easy to use.  I might actually pay for the full length video membership because the impact this could have on a PowerPoint or just by itself can really get a class interested.  Not to mention its easier than scouring YouTube to find an appropriate video with music that's not vulgar. So overall this is a really cool tool.



Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Thing #20: YouTube...God's gift for comedy...sorta

I added a video of Blackadder's cause to WWI mainly because it's hilarious. YouTube will more than likely be a favorite tool of mine to gain attention of the class and bring humor to history and then bring it to relevance for the students.

Thing #19: More social networking, but professional

I may not be as opposed to social networking with the ones geared more towards the professional world. After all, the main reason I deleted my facebook was that I just lost interest in everyone complaining about their life like their life is the only one that matters. However, TeacherPop seems to be more constructive and useful for a future teacher. So we shall see where that one goes.