thing 22-nings

Not a fan of this. I have no desire to connect socially on the Internet. My children facebook, I don't. I have no desire to communicate w/ them on facebook. I know many parents get on w/ their kids to see what they are doing, etc, but I respect my kids privacy on this matter. I don't need to check up on them in college, they earned our trust years ago and that is why they get to go away for college instead of doing Uof H or some other local school. When they are home for the holidays, they let me see their facebook pages so I can see pics they load there.
I will never-I know, never say never- facebook w/ my students or athletes. I don't think this is appropriate and can't believe we are encouraged to do so- especially with the things that have been reported in the news about inappropriate things between students and teachers. I don't have the time to spend on the computer during the day and after my hours after school, I need to do "personal time" with my friends and family. I do network with others in my field but not this way.
My students will be connecting with other students around the world in my aerobics classes and I am looking at ways we will set this up for them.

thing 20-you tube,zamzar

LOVE this. I can't get to you tube on district server although I have been told for a year we will soon be able to. What I did for my Outdoor classes is download you tube lessons on my home computer, transfer them through zamzar and then upload them on my wikis and server for use. It has been great as I think there are experts that can teach a quick demonstration of a skill more accuratly than I can. I wish that I could embed one of my you tube clips, but my laptop does not work at home-already been reimaged and still does not work on internet, etc. I will try to remember to embed a video when I get back to school this fall and can use my laptop.
My students have loved the clips and I ;have downloaded some funny ones about fishing, etc.
I am taking this a step futher w/ my studnets and their tech. skills by having them watch a mini lesson, then they film themselves doing the skill, and download it to wiki for future instruction. I have been doing this with the rope knots and the kids love to see themseves and then become the teacher.
Teacher tube is good as well, but have not downloaded from there.

thing 19-web 2.0 awards list

I will mark this one for use. There are some good things for my health fitness classes to use for motivation, etc. I was interested in food as I grew up with a professional culinary chef(mom). I actually like my sites better, but I will use some of these for my students in my aerobics class where we will study nutrition and healthy eating, recipes to try, etc.
I like comiquez as I will have my students use this for presentations, responses, etc.. One sentence is funny, and if I ever get time to play around on the computer, I will return to this site. When I taught English, I used descriptive phrases to decorate the ceiling of my classroom. Students loved to look up and comment about them and I think it helped their writing scores. I would do this in the gym ceiling to put up sporty phrases, but...
The Health section will be good to use with my aerobics class as they reserach and read off the internet.
Wikis- already using PB and LOVE it !!!
Mobil tech- not for me. I still can't believe people twitter. I text instead.
Sprotes- district has similar sites we use
I will mark this thing and come back later when my classes start and gets the studnets to let me know what they find useful.

thing 18- on line tools

The templets are similar to the ones I already use, but I don't want to have to go online to use these. The fact that you can download ware to use is fine, but I don't have a need for this one. I will make notes for the future in case I ever do. The disadvantages for me are I would have to learn a new program, screen is a little different. Advantages: everyone can access and use download.

thing 17-rollyo

As I began things 23 several weeks ago, I decided to first go through everything and play around with each thing. I made notes on the ones I needed time to spend more time with, ones I could immediately use, etc. For this one, I had a big X on it as I didn't think it would be useful to me very much bc there are other tools for research I can use.
I can see how others would use this for student research as students would be directed to the sites the teacher wanted them to go go and could build up a specific search engine for research.

thing 16- wiki

Can I tell you how much I love using my wiki sites. This is by far the best tool for me. I have several sites and each site is for a specific area of HF that I teach. I am able to share these sites w/ teachers across the district and state and they can see what new things we are doing in the gym as well as coaching. My students love these as I post animotos, photos, lessons, etc on them. I also keep my teaching tools on there. For me , it is so much easier to use a wiki to upload information on so I don't have to carry around a memory stick to put in another computer that I am using when demonstrating to others. For instance, I am teaching an Outdoor Ed class that is now state mandated and other teachers around the state are contacting me on how to teach this class. I can give them my wiki site and they can look at videos that I use as teaching aids. I have taken videos from you tube, gone through zamzar to change file and then can upload onto my wiki. I also add links to my wiki to another wiki since it only holds a certain amount of space. I like pb as it is simple, concise, and each to read.
I will be adding to my wiki sites as I gather more information about each subject during the year. I love it for athletics as parents love to see what their kids are doing and I will also be posting instructional videos for athletes to view for a specific skill. I am still building on a few sites and am very excited about the information that I can share.
Here are a few of my wiki sites:
http://outdooredwais.pbworks.com/
http://coachingsfms.pbworks.com/
http://cardioaerobics.pbworks.com/

thing 15- library 2.0

I grew up in the days where we had to write on notes cards for research, search through many books, and then carry those heavy books around with us just for a small piece of information that we needed. Thank goodness times are changing. I do have my classes reaserach information about fitness issues and think that the use of the internet is a very important tool to use. Students are able to get the latest updates and can cross check imformation and opinons of authors that they use. The only problem that I see is the avaliability of computer access. I am fortunate that with my tech grant, I will now have i-touches and new laptops for students to use in the gym so we can get access. I can send them to the library for additional help if needed. The thing about using technology with my classes is that I am able to turn to my studnets and ask them how to do something and several will be able to help me. I have watched students work together and share their knowldege of technology and they become an instructor. I will be the first to admit that I am not always able to answer their questions, but they can always answer mine. I know that this technology will be benefit sutdents and myself in this ever changing technology world.