Thing # 3, Part 1…All About Me!
My name is Diana Jones and I’m a marketing, speech and yearbook teacher at Prince Avenue Christian School. I am blessed to have the best little family EVER which consists of my handsome hubby, my cute...
View ArticleThing # 3, Part 2…Thoughts on Web 2.0/ New Learning
Web 2.0 offers an entire new way of student learning, understanding and participation. As learning was once primarily one dimensional via articles, written papers, books, etc. it now encompasses a...
View ArticleThing # 4 Thoughts on Blogging
I was reluctant to enter the world of blogging and didn’t see the relevance in education…wrong! I was really interested in seeing some of the opinions and uses of blogs in the classroom, but was...
View ArticleThing # 5 Feedly
Feedly is a great concept! The closest thing that I’ve had to this in the past was my igoogle home page which brought me the latest news, weather and entertainment stories each time I would log in....
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I like the balance that I created on my feedly. I have a nice mixture of entertainment, news, fashion and career…makes it more enjoyable to peruse. Throughout this summer, I have been working at the...
View ArticleThing # 7
This is my favorite “thing” yet! I had a blast looking thorough all the tools in hopes of finding one, or more, to use to add interest to my lessons. Some of them I can see how they would be more...
View ArticleThing # 8
I’m going to sound way behind the technology curve, but I just learned today what a wiki was and what wikipedia meant…wow…so embarrassed! Better late than never, I guess! So, wikis…pretty cool...
View ArticleThing #8 -Stretch
I researched DECA, Distributive Education Clubs of America, which is an association of marketing students for which I used to be (and will hopefully once again) be an adviser. The information seemed...
View ArticleThing # 10
So ironic that we are discussing this as I was approached on this topic a few months ago and wasn’t sure how to respond. I have a group of dear friends who are fellow marketing teachers and we used to...
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Thing #11
Around the garden: Chiot’s Run Well, I like flickr for personal and professional reasons. Personally for an iphoto back up, I’ve often wondered what I should do as all my photos are squirreled away...
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How to plant and grow your own veggies! on PhotoPeach That was tedious, but fun! I could definitely use this when trying to teach processes like with photoshop, camera functions, and layouts for...
View ArticleThing #13- K12 Online Conference Session
In theory, I think an online conference session is a great idea. I think having a place where you can access information based on your schedule is so helpful in our extremely busy schedules (especially...
View ArticleThing #14 Networks
I think the key point in Matt Renwick’s, How Should Social Media be Taught in Schools?, is that students ultimately still need guidance. Yes, my 7 year old can plan on the ipad like a PRO and my 4 year...
View ArticleThing #15 Diigo
Wow, my head is spinning! I am a little overwhelmed with my summer workload, getting ready for school to start and all the new terms and technology: feedly, blogging, diigo, wiki, flickr…whew! I think...
View ArticleThing #16 Curation
Ok, without a doubt, Scoop it is the BEST tool that I have found to date! Here is a link to my page and I can tell you that I have just begun to scratch the surface of great info! I teach Marketing...
View ArticleThing # 17 Podcast
Well, I’m starting to feel like a civilian in the Men In Black movie…so oblivious to the “other” world out there…in this case technology! Sure, I’ve heard all these buzz words but didn’t realize the...
View ArticleThing # 18 Screencast
Always wanted to know how Mr. Eley and all those technology geniuses made instructional videos…pretty cool! I am in the process of training a new employee to take over curriculum ordering and while...
View ArticleThing # 20 Youtube
Finally, something I already use and LOVE! I think it is extremely important to show my students examples of the concepts being taught in class. Often times, they relate better to campaigns that they...
View ArticleThing # 20 Google Drive
Once again, I am amazed at the possibilities of all these new tools! This can serve as a much more efficient way of getting the materials/plans that I work on at home back to school with me the next...
View ArticleThing #21 Evernote
I guess I’m slow, but it seems to me that Evernote is similar to some of the other programs that we have explored. I already have the ability to take notes via my ipad, bookmark my favorites, access...
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