Favorite discoveries...probably that given enough time, I can do these things. However, I did enjoy flickr, mashups, and animoto, probably for the personal applications. Professionally speaking, there have been times when I wish I could do more technology based lessons, but I felt like I had fallen too far behind the techno curve to ever catch up. This activity, if not completely, did get me on track to be far more techno savvy. I will definitely take some of the tools I have learned and introduce them into my classroom. I will also keep current on the new things that come available in the future, using many of the tools, such as blogger, RSS feeds, and social networks. Okay, I will try to use the social networks, but no promises on that one. There are tools, however, that I will definitely enjoy using, partly for their value in the teaching of a lesson and partly to just play with the minds of my students, hoping to keep them engaged. Using Web 2.0 Awards List, Blogs and RSS feeds, I hope to stay current on what is new in Web 2.0.
In closing, there are days that I really hated these 23 things...a lot of days really...but in the end, I have learned a lot and will experiment with these things in the coming school year.
Oh, and if possible, move LiveBinders to an earlier point in the 23 Things so that all the tools learned could be added to LiveBinders while we learned them.
Great job JIM! Your blog is so organized and very professional looking. Hope to see you in another class, if not, good luck in your teaching career.
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