23rd Thing

Yahoo!!! I am finished with 23 Things. Well not exactly I will keep my blog going and keep up with all the web 2.0 things I have learned both professionally and personally.
Survey Complete!!! It was simple and quick.

22nd Thing

Yessss! I have come a looong way. There are a lot of "Things" (Web 2.0) I have heard the students talk about and I had know idea what they were talking about. Now... I know. I agree we should keep up with all the "Things" we have read, explored and learned. I will keep my blog going. When I read my "1st Thing" again today I remembered the feeling of not being able to keep up or finishing these "Things" but, look at me now. I did it! This experience has taught me a lot: 1st - I am willing to try new things like blogs, text messaging, podcasting and facebook (I did and now I can), 2nd - I do like geeky things (webinars are in my future) and 3rd - I can create cool things (Flickr, Big Huge Labs).
I have enjoyed these"Things"! I am excited about all the Web 2.0 things I have learned and will learn with the help of NEFLIN, and http://www.webjunction.org/1 and other Web 2.0 courses.
Finally, I will ask myself "What did you learn Today, What will you learn Tomorrow and What did you learn Yesterday?"!

Thanks,
23 Things @ NEFLIN

21st Thing

I did like how the Assignment Calculator and Research Calculator timed the assignments so they wouldn't have to rush the assignments. When you are helping students with assignments, this is a great starting point for students so they won't expect for you to just finish the assignment for them. Each of the headings has a couple of resources that they can use like online and/or in-person help, Quick Studies, QuickStarts, Reference QuickStarts, and RefWorks. It's so much information when you use the assignment calculator. RPC and Teacher Guide to the RPC would be helpful to teachers as another resource. The media center could probably use this tool but I think it would be unlikely considering most of the time we can't work on assignments with the students due to the fact that we are too busy. I would make the time to help whenever possible. I will share these links with teachers and colleagues at my school.

20th Thing

I have observed that the students love the"Twilight" series and have begin to ask for other books that are similar to this series. So I looked at "Reading Trails" and I especially liked "What Should I Read Next?". We can now answer the question (What's similiar to the Twilight series" or whatever the title maybe) a little faster by looking at these sites instead of using our memory about books we have read in the past. Some of you might know what I'm talking about. All we need to do is type in the book titles and/or authors name and there it is...I also liked "BookBrowse" and "Tonight's Bedtime Story". I loved the illustrations on "Tonight's Bedtime Story". I do think these Book 2.0 tools will enhance the reading experience. I think all the features are necessary it depends on what your interests and needs are...