Thing 22

I see wikis as a great way to collaborate, and blogs as a more personal way to share your information without editing. So, I guess I see blogs as more of a "diary" of information and thoughts that you want to share, and wikis as a way to share and obtain information for all parties that are interested in a particular topic. I really like the use of wikis for professional use. I can see it being used within our department. Below is the start of a "counselor wiki":

https://nhscounselorconnect.wikispaces.com/

Thing 23

This experience was great!! Thanks Maureen and Joan for your work in making this available!!! Everyone in education should take this journey.

When I started Thing 1 I thought since I had heard of most of the lingo in Web 2.0 that it wouldn't be as "new" to me, but as I worked through each thing I realized " wow, I really wasn't taking advantage of all the resources Web 2.0 has to offer". The educational benefits are outstanding, but I can see how many things I can use personally. I recently purchased an itouch, and I love it. . .on the hunt for a new computer, and all this new knowledge I now have is just making it that much more exciting.

In some ways, all of this can be somewhat overwhelming. It is like being a kid in a candy store with so many options. Everything was so easy to use that the overwhelming feeling does pass. It is going to be great to see what Web 3.0 has to offer. I think I might need to dedicate some of my summers to staying on top on all of this technology. It is always a unique balance. More and more people are in front on their computers. I now can truly see the value of what this digital world has to offer. However, I never want to lose that face to face interaction that is still so important to connect with people. Even with web cams, it is still not the same. Hopefully, our world (and myself) will continue to find that balance.

Newington23things.blogspot.com is going to be one of my "favorites", wait, I now know how to bookmark and tag which is going to make the world of web 2.0 so much easier.

Thing 21

As I was searching through some of the educational wikis I found one on and advisory program. NHS is moving to have an advisory program, and a wiki could be used to share resoucres among teachers on what they are doing in their advisory. I think it would be important to password protect this type of wiki so that only staff could use it.

Thing 20

Honestly, I did not realize how amazing this is. Are you sure it is still in the infancy stages? I keep thinking about when I am traveling and want to read a book and really do not feel like buying a book at the airport. I could just read from my ipod.



A lot of the ebooks sites were similiar in format, making them easy to navigate. I looked at bookyards. com and manybooks.net. Manybooks did not have videos and music, bookyards was just books.

Ebooks is a great resource for a students maybe with a specific disability. If they are unable to carry books they could access them from a computer.

I used the username=nhsstudent and password=nhslib. . and it would not login me in.

Thing 19

Screencasting is a great tool to help students navigate through the sign in process on Naviance. This would save a lot of time, and students would have a visual before signing on. I could also use it for parent presentations or when showing teachers or anyone that wants to see the naviance features. The computer I was using did not have a microphone, so there is not audio. This is a short screencast of how I could use it in the class room. What a great tool!!!

After I wrote the above, I had every intention of embedding my screencast. However, I am facing some technically difficulties. I am borrowing a computer this summer, so it could be that. Screencasting is something I really can see myself using!!

Thing 18

I found some good podcasts on cooking. I enjoy cooking and this was a different way to learn a receipe.



I found some with high school students describing their college search process. This could be used with juniors and seniors to help them through the process. It could be used to begin a lesson on the college search or posted on a college blog that the students can listen to.s There are epsiods on the college essay, searching, etc. . .it is like having a mock personal counseling session that you can view and hear.

http://podcast.com/show/14248/College-Search-Laugh-and-Learn/

Thing 17

I liked this presentation because it is something that our department could use for students and parents, and we would not need to create the presenation. It is clear and not to busy. The presenation below is on PSAT intrepreation:

Psat Nmsqt

View more presentations from april.chamberlain.

Outside of the classroom students could use slideshare to help them research their own presentations to see what a presenation looks like. There are also videos availalbe that I thought could be useful for in the classroom. Overall, I see Slidshare as a huge time saver. Not having to recreate an entire presentation makes everyone job much easier.