Last THING

Final blogpost! Write about your experience in this "23 THINGS" module, using the following questions to guide your post:

• This was meant to give you exposure to new things and give you a chance to explore and experiment. Did it do that? Did you learn anything new? How will you use it?

Overall, I really enjoyed doing this activity. I learned about several new tools that I can hopefully incorporate into my classroom one day or use as a TIS. I think Twiddla will be a great resource for classroom collaboration. If I should happen to get a TIS job next year or my county miraculously finds funding for us.... I would like to have my teachers complete the 23 Things at the beginning of the year or over the year. I really think they would benefit from learning about these tools and just blogging in general. I have learned alot from blogs this year and I think my staff would benefit from them as well.

• This module was organized around the 5 ISTE National Educational Technology Standards and Performance Indicators for Teachers (NETS-T). Do you have a better understanding of the NETS-T now? Explain.

Yes, I do have a better understand of the NETS-T. After reading over them again, I see how each of the 23 things correlates with the standards and indicators. Teachers she provide oppurtunities and be provided oppurtunities to collaborate, demostrate, create, model etc 21st Century skills to their peers and their students. It is important as a 21st century educator that you process or have the willingness to learn theses skills.

• How could you use the "23 THINGS" format to introduce new "things" to your teachers, or to help them introduce new "things" to their students? Explain.

I think this would be a good way for teachers to try to use technology tools. I like how you are given just enough to do the basic skills and grab their attention and then they will wnat to learn more about the tool. Everything forthe most part was basic and simple and could be done within a short amount of time. Teachers have very little time so if they have to sit down and figure something out it needs to be fairly simple. I also think this would be a good way to introduce blogs to teachers as well. I have learned alot of great ideas from teacher blogs and my staff would benefit greatly from blogs. Teachers post numerous free resources on their blogs and they are great teaching tools. THe only thing I would do differently for my staff is maybe tweak a few of the things to suit my schools needs better.