Whew! There is a lot of information and tools out there! This was a great course because I have learned about so many things, and I will be able to carry them with me throughout my future career as an educator. This is definitely a technological age, and this course has shown me that with a little time and effort, I can use technology effectively and easily.
My favorite things were the various sign/picture generators, RSS feeds, Del.icio.us, and Animoto. I loved learning about the RSS feeds because now I can follow my favorite things online without having to go hunt them down individually every day. I have them all in one spot at my fingertips with the Google Reader.
Along the same lines, I love Del.icio.us for much the same reason. I can have all of my favorite sites in one spot, regardless of where I travel. I also loved learning about this site, because now I can also see what other like-minded people found in their search and explore their content as well. I loved the sign/picture generators as well as the Animoto because I have no doubt I will be able to create some project for my classroom in the future.
I don't have any suggestions for improvement because I think it is a great program. I wonder, however, if I would have enjoyed it more if it weren't a summer class. Between class and the 23 Things, there was SO much information that I feel like I haven't had adequate time to really explore and digest it all. I have felt more rushed to get everything completed. I was really overwhelmed with the vast amounts of accounts I had to start in such a short amount of time. However, I will be maintaining a good portion of these accounts for continued use. So, I will have my time to explore them further and more thoroughly.
Although, I have no plans to maintain this particular blog, now that I know how to blog, I plan on maintaining a personal one. I have been wanting to begin my own blog for some time now, but I had no idea how. Now I do. This has been a really informational class, and I have learned a lot. I now feel the technology available out there is approachable and will be easy for me to use. Although, time was crunched, I have learned a lot from these 23 Things and have plans to make future use of them.
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