Thing 22 - ("zweeanzwanzeg" - LUXEMBOURGISH)

I will...

1) Keep Google Reader as my home page. This will have me continue using this page as my main source of gaining information from around the Web. I will keep this updated by adding new, relevant to me RSS feeds. I will also delete RSS feeds that are not so interesting anymore.

2) Use more productivity tools supplied by the Web for school work and personal work. Ta-da List and Backpack are two that come to mind that I can start using this summer or in the fall.

3) Photoshare more often on Flickr using more pictures that I take. I did not realize how easy it was. I took some sweet photo of The House on the Rocks this summer that would be cool to add.

4) Enhance my communication skills in the classroom to the parents by placing some of my slideshows on my teacher website this fall using Zoho Show and Slideshare. I will have better access using the school's PC compared to my Apple at home. I look forward to sharing what the students are learning in the classroom with the technology provided by our district and Web 2.0.

5) Continue using Facebook to stay personally connected with friends. I recently just chatted with a college friend through Facebook's chat feature. I have not seen him in over two years. This really gives me an opportunity to stay in touch with people I have not been doing that with. I also have been connected with old high school friends. Reading what is up with them has been quite entertaining.

6) Look at online games to better educate myself, but I will NOT play these games regularly. I am proud to announce it has been a week since I played Puzzle Pirates. I will continue seeing the positives gaming has to offer, but I will also continue to challenge students and parents to better develop self-control when it comes to gaming. It is not the absence of, but balanced infusion in one's life where I see value.

Thing 3 ("ba" - VIETNAMESE)

Call it the "old way" like the video said, but it is "my way"! I tried using a newsreader before. I never used it. For some reason, I don't mind clicking through my bookmarks. With that said, I think I need to try to use it some more. I just spent the past 30 minutes setting up my Google Reader. It is cool and I can see how it would save me time, but we'll see (smile).

I do like that all of the sites I usually visit are right there on the reader. I also like that I can add other people's blogs, although I usually don't read other people's blogs (that might be changing). I think I can use this in the classroom by having the students select what would be interesting for current events which falls under our social studies expectations. Personally, like I mentioned before, this tool has not easily transitioned into my habits. That is something I am willing to battle.


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