Thing 15

After exploring the APSU sandbox page, I enjoyed looking through things that others had posted. This is a great way to convey thoughts and share ideas with other classmates and professors. Wikis would be a great way to develop your classroom into a community of students and parents and develop a great connection of thoughts and ideas. A wiki would be useful for parents to provide the teacher with interesting things for the classroom. Wikis would also be useful in communicating ideas with fellow teachers. I think this a great tool and would love to create a Wiki for my classroom or school when I begin teaching!

Thing 14

I have always been a chart person. I feel much more organized and informed when information for something is neatly placed in a flow chart or organizational tool. After exploring the sites provided I found new interesting mind maps and flow charts that I cannot wait to use in my classroom. I was shocked with Gliffy and how simple it was to create a chart. In Microsoft you must create the charts on your own or alter them usually, however with Gliffy you can simply find the chart you like in the side bar and click, drag, and add your information. While mind maps are a little less convenient, I found it simple and interesting when creating a mind map through Bubbl.us. With the simple push of a few keys you can add new text bubbles as either a new topic or additional information on a topic your have already created. I enjoyed exploring the mind map and flow chart sites and hope that I get a chance to try them very soon.

Thing 13

This thing was very interesting. I was amazed by the similarities between this on-line processors and the regurlar office processors. Zoho and Google Doc have all the capabilities of Microsoft Office, however without the pricey installation fee. While Zoho has some nice apps such as the planner and calendar, I found the Google Doc was easier to navigate. My favorite part about Google Doc is that you can upload a document from your own computer and then with access to google you can edit it anywhere. This deletes the step of having to e-mail a paper you are working on to yourself in order to complete it on another computer. As well Google Doc has a simply way to share documents and collaborate with other classmates to get the best product. Google Doc lets each person of a group to have input on the assignment being worked on rather than a million different copies on ten different computers.