Thing six

  I discovered Grooveshark that is an online website where you can create playlists and listen to music for free.  At Grooveshark you can share the music you have, interact with other people and search for music.  The thing I like about this tool is you can find music you like for free and create a playlist for the next time you log on.  I also, liked that they categorize their music by type because I listen to several different types of music.  I disliked is that the Grooveshark tool will let you add the same song more than once. This tool will be useful for me because sometimes music helps relax me and helps me write and get homework done.  It would be helpful in a school setting if you are teaching a music class and you would like them to hear some music from a specific artist.  The sites useful features are: the search engine, playlists, and favorites folder.

Music source:  http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/

Thing # 5

   School 2.0 to me means to me that you can type, put up videos, pod casts, and etc to help students learn and study the ideas.  It also, means that students can blog their thoughts, opinions, questions, and answers on a site where the teacher can help the student learn the material.  School 2.0 means that it is a way to interact with students on the Internet to help them understand the material and they can criticize or give their opinions on the book they are reading for a class or a painting that they are studying on the Internet at home.  My opinion School 2.0 in schools in the future means that a lot more of the homework, slide shows for class, assignments and make-up work a student needs can be online in a blog for them to find if they need it.  It means for schools in the future that if students have questions that they can be answered quicker and get the extra help they need outside the classroom with their homework.  You are welcome to leave any comments you have.

Thing Two

      The important decisions in life are what sticks with you throughout life.  I decided on oceannorton for my posting name because I love the ocean and the life in the ocean.  In addtiion, the sound of the waves of the ocean calm me down and when I learn about marine life I get overly excited.  I decided on using the blog name biologynortoneducation because I am a biology major.  Plus, I love working in the lab and find the lecture fascinating.  I decided to include education in the name because it is my minor and I love working with children of all ages.  I also believe that education is a important aspect of life because without it we cannot expand our knowledge and reach our potential.  I created the posting name and blog name through the experience I had creating the blog.
      My experience of creating a blog was easy because you are following simple instructions.  The blog was easy to create because I had an idea of what to expect, but it was a new experience for me.  I never have never posted blogs online before, so it is a good learning experience for me.  This experience taught me how to create a blog and make an avatar.The avatar that I created reflects my personality that I like to look nice when I go out or go to observe in a classroom.  I like to look professional when I go out into the field. The avator reflects the color of my eyes, but does not look that much like me because I have lighter skin color, longer and darker color hair. 

Thing One

    Life long learning we all do without thinking about it.  I do it everyday with relearning the keyboard, going to class, reading, using the computer and solving puzzles.  The easiest habit for me out of the seven and a half habits would be to begin with the end in mind because I set goals for myself.  I first started college not setting goals and learned fast that it would help to set them, so after I figured out what I wanted to be I started setting goals for myself.  I started with my long term goal and broke it into years. I even set goals for what I need to have completed by the end of the week, so that I do not get behind on anything in school.  In my future classroom I'll set goals easily for the class to try and reach. The hardest habit for me out of the seven and a half habit would be play because I do not have very much free-time on my hands.  I'm usually in my textbooks, running errands, helping my twin sister with my nephew, giving my rides Mom to and from work, work, and cleaning the house.  I try to at least to take thirty minutes every day to have fun, but most days it does not happen. In my future classroom play will be hard because most student think that science is either boring or think that they are not good at.  The way I would apply play in my future classroom would have to be through the different labs and activities that I will have them perform. The tutorial was fun and easy.

Thing three

       Blogs can be used in our education program and in our future classroom.  I could use this blog in the education program if I'm in a study group and need to communicate with them about an assignment or when we are meeting up again.  In addition, I could use this blog in the education program to share journal articles that I find interesting that might help someone out with an assignment.  In my future classroom I could use a blog to post important test dates, slide shows and notes. I could use a blog to help answer student questions if they miss a day of school and would like to catch up.  Lastly, I could use a blog to communicate with other teachers around the world and we could help each other find interesting labs and activities to help students learn the material.