The above clip was found on YouTube.  I really haven’t looked much at YouTube, but I have heard about it.  It is such a vast site that I think it would take a good bit of time to find just the right clip I am looking for. 

My background being a French teacher, this was a great chance to find cultural videos to show my students.  The above video is a perfect example of what I would love to show my students.  Students do love to see how other places look in real time, not “textbook time”–outdated and out of style.

I do hope to use YouTube and TeacherTube as resources in my classes.  They are great resources to show students that the world is really smaller than we think.

Merci to tm12349 for taking such nice pictures and turning them into a beautiful slideshow.

I checked out Ning in Education and Ning.  I order to search Ning, I had to create an account, which I didn’t do.  So I just searched Ning in Education.

There was a lot of depth to this site and I could spend a lot of time searching through it.  The groups helped me find more specific information, which was helpful.

Just like anything else, it will take time to sift through these sites and become familiar with how they work. 

The information was very helpful and dealt with a lot of topics that schools and administrators across the U.S. are dealing with.  A great site covering a lot of ground.

As I prepare for Thanksgiving, I came across a great recipe for Pumpkin Cheesecake.  I plan on trying it out on my family and see how it goes.  It does look delicious!

I really do enjoy subscribing to feeds and having everything sent to me!  I’m able to check things out periodically and read about topics that interest me . . . like this cheescake!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Pageflakes is very interesting!  I think this will be a great tool, as a foreign language educator, to showcase a lot of what France has to offer.  I can incorporate RSS feeds in French (possibly) as well as the weather, etc. 

The sticky notes and to-do list would be a great place to post homework, etc. Plus I believe that I could have all of my contact information on there for students to contact me. 

Professionally, I would be able to subscribe to RSS feeds from my favorite professional websites, get up-to-date information about French news and other topics that are important to me in my career.

Everything in one place. . . and I can choose who I want to see it!!

Too cool!

Using Google Docs is going to be very easy for me.  I am first going to create a survey with the “form” option in Google Docs.  I hope to gain insight in to how much technology my teachers know about and have the results go directly to a spreadsheet.

I also plan on exploring the collaborative impact of “shared docs”.  This will be very beneficial in terms of collaborative unit planning within level specific courses. Instead of meeting at one particular time that might not be convenient for all, those involved can upload their thoughts and opinions for all to see, thus resulting in a collaborative document.

This is great– I can’t wait to dive in!

I”ve used Itunes now for about 3 years.  At school, I have used my Ipod to keep all of my French music organized and ready to be selected and played at a moments notice.

As for podcasts, I have subscribed to several, through the Itunes Store over the last 3 years as well.  They have an abundant variety of great ones to sift through.

Some of my favorites are Le Casse Croute, a French cooking demonstration as well as The FrenchPodclass, an audio/visual journal through France as well as learning how to speak French.

I really do enjoy podcasts and my students have enjoyed the ones I have shared with them.

Ok, now I have a Delicious account!  What a great way to quickly find out about great websites, blogs, etc. I think it’s great that I can search for other people’s bookmarks, even subscribe to them!

I will just need a little (more) time to sift through the site and become more familiar with it.

Here’s my delicious link:  http://delicious.com/wlocke

So much to do, so little time!!

LilbraryThing –It is HUGE.  I went on the tour and was overwhelmed when I clicked on the Zeitgeist . There were sooo many tags or ways to read the tags–from most popular, most tagged, authors who LibraryThing, etc.  There were even lowest-rated tags.  

I do love reading books, but would need to look this site over for a while to become familiar with it.

Looks fascinating!

You’ve got to read Blessings and Stressings: Reflections from Home.

To me, this is an example of a real reflection.

I have been a regular user of quizlet for over 2 years and never knew it was a Web 2.0 tool! Some of the new tools that I looked at and would like to use once I am back in the classroom are LetterPop and ToonDoo.

I would use LetterPop for club newsletters, as well as invitations to special end-of-the year club events (Honor Societies, banquets, etc.).

I would use ToonDoo in the classroom and have students make cartoons in the foreign language explaining a cultural idiom or grammar point.

They both seem very neat!