Thing 12

This is a picture that I edited using Picasa.  It is from a pregame tradition at a Vanderbilt football game.  Players carry an anchor across the street, and into the stadium, as they enter the stadium before a game.  This program is amazing!  There are so many ways someone could edit any kind of photo.  I will definitely use this to make awesome posters and photos for my room.  Another site I liked was the google translate site.  You can translate words or phrases from any language to another language so easily.  I actually have this app, and it will be a great asset for when I am trying to explain mathematical terms to someone that speaks another language as their dominant language.

Thing 11

The easiest way to find feeds, I found, is to search key words of the subject that you want to subscribe to.  The search tool that I liked the best was the google blog search.  It was very similar to a basic google search, so I was very accustomed to its format.  The first search tool was very confusing, and I could not even figure out how to search.  I may have just been impatient, but I knew I would like the google blog search, so I moved on to that.  I searched for basketball drills, and I found 2 great sites that involve basketball drills for youth basketball.  I quickly subscribed.  

Thing 10

RSS is a great tool for everyone, not just teachers.  RSS allows you to view new posts based on your subscriptions.  This helps to keep readers updated on what blogs are posting all in one place!  I will use this technology in my school to help keep interested parents updated on what is going on in our classroom.  In my personal life, I will use this to keep myself updated with teaching tools and strategies, as well as coaching tools and strategies!  Teachers can use RSS to find new blog posts about teaching topics, and they can share their own as well!  

Thing 9

I really enjoy this template because I hope to be a coach one day.  I can use this to create name plates for each player's locker.





This template helps create banners.  I will use this within my classroom for decorative slogans!







This image can be used for decoration as well.  You can pick any word or phrase you want to make into many different shapes!

All of the above images were created with ImageChef.

Thing 8

Jigsaw is a very fun way to create a puzzle with a Flickr image!  I will definitely use this within my classroom for many activities!  I could create an image pertaining to what we are doing that day, and have to students help complete the puzzle before we start.  This will give the students a little game to help them relax before the lesson completely begins.  I really enjoyed a lot of the mashups.  It was really hard to decide which one to include in my blog.  I ended up choosing the one that I thought I would use the most in the near future.  I will definitely use other mashups in the future too!

Thing 7

I chose the above picture because a great friend took the picture.  I will give him credit here:  This PHOTO  was taken by Bryant Brink in November 2012 at the Vanderbilt vs. Tennessee football game.  I had a hard time finding a photo that I liked that would allow me to use on my blog.  So, I got permission from a friend to use one of his.  This was an amazing game.  Vanderbilt beat Tennessee for the first time at home in 30 years!  It was a great experience.  I will definitely use Flickr in the future!

Thing 6

I chose Grid as my tool of choice.  I really liked this tool because I hope to be a coach one day.  I can use this app to create a list of stats for my players.  I can create graphs to know who needs to shoot the ball where, and who needs to pass the ball where.  This is also a great way to organize your class grades.  This is basically a spreadsheet within an app for an IPad.  The only downfall is that you need to have an IPad, and they are currently working on the final touches of the app, so It is unable to be used at this time.

Thing 5

I really enjoyed reading the 50 web 2.0 tools post!  School 2.0 means using technology within the school to help students learn lessons.  Students are so accustomed to using smartphones and IPads to perform everyday tasks, that it is a great way to gain their attention, and interest, within the classroom.  This seems like a great idea, and I support it.  But, some schools might have a hard time finding the funding, or even the teachers, able to attempt this "School 2.0" idea.  I hope that many new and old teachers are willing to understand that things change, people change, and we must adapt accordingly!  

Thing 4

Commenting is a great way to interact with bloggers from near and far.  People can share their agreements or disagreements with the given blog post.  This helps the commenters create, or show, their identity through ideas.  This then helps the readers understand who each person is.  This then leads to a sense of community within the comments section.

I really enjoyed the reading "Your Comments?"  It was a great way to explain the importance of commenting.  It makes sense that writers would want feedback since they put this out on the internet for everyone to see.  So, your comment is very much needed, and important.  Also, I enjoyed the 10 ways to get more comments.  It is a great list of ways to objectively get more comments and interest within your blog.  I will use this in the future!

The 5 blogs I chose from our group are:

http://shammontrees23things.blogspot.com/

http://mcneily23things.blogspot.com/

http://autumnapsu23.blogspot.com/

http://kaylakitchens.blogspot.com/

http://kanikaapsu23things.blogspot.com/


I chose all of the above blogs because they are the first 5 names before my name on the list.  The first 4 comments are about being excited to reach the "thing" that I commented on.  The last one is a comment about the avatar.

The extra 2 blogs:

http://coachingbetterbball.blogspot.com/

http://johncarrier.blogspot.com/

I chose both of these because I aspire to be a basketball coach in the near future.  These will be great assets for my coaching career.  My comments were just opinions of their plays and drills that they both posted.