Thing 7

1. What were your favorite discoveries?
My favorite discoveries are Teacher Tube, the many school related Wikis at wikispaces.com, subscribing to RSS feeds, my two favorite Google tools (Books and iGoogle), and last but not least, the tools offered by Flickr ranging from making, sharing and finding pictures.

2. Were there any outcomes from this program that surprised you?
What surprised me the most was how easy it was to use these tools and incorporate them into Blog and Wiki pages in order to use as resources to train teachers and students. I was also amazed by how many resources are available in the World Wide Web. As a library media specialist I will need to choose carefully and carefully ensure that I am showing teachers and students how easily these tools can be incorporated into lessons.

3. After looking through the list below, what other Web 2.0 Things sound intriguing?
I was amazed to discover how many of these sites I have used before, such as Goodreads, Photo Story, Twitter, Wikipedia, Wordle, etc. I was also equally amazed to find myself overwhelmed with the incredible amount of information tools and resources that I did not know about but hope to learn to use. I plan to further investigate more sites such as Skype (video and internet calling), Quizlet (already made or create your own flashcards on any curriculum subject), Second Life (virtual world to live), and Animoto (education account in order to create full-length videos for free), to name a few sites I plan to investigate further.
This course has been quite an experience in showing me how much there is out there in the web 2.0 world. I have my hands full and am eager to begin using the tools for the benefit of my students and teachers.