Thing #13--Trading Card

Thing #13--Mosaic Maker

I used Mosaic Maker (http://bighugelabs.com/mosaic.php) to create this mosaic of my little girl's 1st birthday pictures. It was a really easy site to use and it uploads pictures directly from my flickr site which makes it very quick to use as well!

Thing #12

I got all of these pictures from my flickr site: Hadasa9108

These pictures are from the fall festival at JHHS this past October. My little girls dressed up

as a cheerleader and as a princess. They had fun playing all the games but loved the candy the best!

Thing #11--Picture from flikr

Taken by an unidentified photographer but posted by the Smithsonian.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2535860263/

Thing #11--Exploring Flickr

I already use Flickr to post pictures of my little girl for my family to see. I love using flickr because you can do so many things with it. I actually have a pro account and I upload videos as well. As I browsed around in the commons area I was thinking about the possibilities of using Flickr in the classroom. I teach Spanish and I think that I can definitely have my upper level students select pictures to describe in Spanish and even to use as a story line or prompt for creative writing.

Click on the link to see pictures of my princess! http://www.flickr.com/photos/familiahernandezpics/

My favorite pic from the commons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/2535860263/

It reminds me of my time in Peru.

Thing #10 Creative Commons

I really like the idea of creative commons. I think it makes it easier as an educator to pull in materials to engage the students. As teachers I think that sometimes we don't have the finances to buy all the materials and resources that we would like so to be able to go to various websites and use materials for presentations and even student activities is great. I have already had my students complete a project using Flickr and they love the freedom that they have to let their creativity run wild!

Thing #8--Wikis

I actually just attending a pull out session about Wikis and was glad to get more info on them. I am definitely going to create a Wiki for my Spanish 2 class so that teachers and parents can follow what is going on in the classroom.

The three wikis I looked at:

1. Grazing for digital natives--I really like that she has a column of workshop resources that are full of good info. I found some stuff about podcasting on this site that was helpful.

2. Westwood Schools Computer class--I like the layout of this wiki. It is student and parent friendly w/an events calendar and also a class calendar per class. I would like to incorporate this onto my wiki so that parents can keep track of tests and projects.

3. Math 12V--I like that this site is used by the professor to impart notes and instruction to the students but I also like that the students are responsible to submit questions and review material as well. That way both the student and the teacher are engaging in the wiki.