Thing # 22

Les Mis

Okay Puppy Papers had her favorite musical on...well here's mine!! I saw Colm Wilkinson in Toranto...

Thing # 21

Podcasts. I had the best luck with the education podcasts. The only problem was that they were not up to date. I looked at several and I left my notes at work, btu I think Extreme Team was one of the names and it was a 6th grade class that did monthly podcasts. That was pretty cool and I can see how we could do that maybe for a book club sharing reviews. But the problem with podcasts is just like the workshop we had said....don't do it unless you intend to stay with it. Well, that's quite a commitment when you're not really sure what you're getting into.
When I searched the non-education sites there were even more that were several years old or didn't even exist any more. I looked at the sports one and typed in Dallas Cowboys and the most recent was 2006. Also several I tried to listen to never would come up. Before this assignment I had gone to several sites and listen to podcasts and even subscribed to some on iTunes, but I don't really keep up with it.

Thing # 20 YouTube

You Tube

I'm already pretty familiar with YouTube. Some great videos on that site. My dad, who is 86yrs old, sends me SMU clips and even Ed Young the Sr. Pastor of Fellowship church puts videos of meetings, messages etc...

I'm not sure how to make the video itself appear in the blog as opposed to having the link. Mary did it on her myspace with the Tom Cruise spoof and Puppy Papers did it on myspace too. Someone tell me how to do it.

Thing # 19

I set up an account with Gliffy Flow Chart and with bubbl.us mind map. The Gliffy was pretty cool to work with and I pretty much understood how to use it. I set up a double bubble thinking map and compared Punk Farm with Stanley's Party. I had done these during read alouds last year so I was familiar with the information I wanted to use. It was easy changing colors and drawing the lines connecting the bubbles and putting in the text was easy too. With the thinking maps you really want it to be more interactive, so I was thinking how could I get the students to help create the chart. I wonder if you could develop it and use it with the promethian board???
The bubbl.us was not as fun to explore. It would be great for a family tree. But it seems a little limited. Guess that's the difference between the two. One you can do most anything and the other is more of a brainstorm in a tree map way. It would be good for classifying and organizing information. And the collaboration aspect of both of these sites allows you to have help designing the charts. The tutorial for Gliffy said you could put it in a wiki and others could edit and add information.

# 18 cont'd

I looked at peertrainer....anyone want to try it with me???