KIN 710 on librarything

A fun site! It is really easy to set up and to manage. I am always writing about the books that I read in a diary and then setting it aside and then cannnot find it. More than keeping track of books read, it allows me to share with others and to get ideas from what others are reading. I could see using this. It is satisfying to see the books I've read listed so easily in one place.

Jump roping video from YouTube

Totem pole ceremony

After a months of work, the 12 foot tall totem pole is standing tall in our school library. It was a rush of activity to get the pole done in time. But with the help of several volunteers, the final coat of paint was applied a couple of hours before the ceremony. After Native American dancers put on a performance, the children lined up between the buildings to watch the pole carried to its final place in the gym. The carver has been a part of our school since September working with the students in the carving process...and sharing his stories about Native Americans.

KIN 710 on youtube

The quality of the videos varies. Some are informative while some are visually grainy. I don't like the way that the feed is slow and often the video needs to pause while the feed catches up. I guess you can go to another tab and wait until the video is all cued up, before you go back to watch it. This site is such a great resource for the P.E. classes that I teach. For short videos of sportstacking (cupstacking) championships, this is a great resource to inspire students. For instructing too, there are unlimited choices. For short videos on bike safety, there are some worthy choices. I am not limited anymore to the choices that our district video lending library carries. I chose a video entitled "Top 6 Stretching exercises" as one that I would mention in my blog. It is an advanced lesson in stretching done in a professional way. It may be more for middle school or high school. There are several others which give good information on stretching from various viewpoints and for specific sports.

KIN 710 on Technorati

Technorati is a nice resourse for blog information. When using the work "kinesiology," there are several videos that are titled "applied kinesiolgy" which have little to do with the kinesiology that we are familiar with. Probably, I would go to different sites to search for specific videos (youtube)or for photos (flckr) instead of using Technorati. For blogs though, it works well.

KIN 710 on del.icio.us

There is a lot to like with this site. Just having a website of favorite bookmarks is nice since bookmarking on every computer I use gets old. Taking the next step of creating categories using tags produces an amazing tool for organizing sites. Teachers will be able to go from topic to topic and be able to find sites for that subject immediately. I get tired of scrolling my long list of favorites. You can create categories as broad or as narrow as is useful. Students can add sites that they are using to create a resourse of sites that a whole class can use in research and discussion for more information. In planning my curriculum, I can use del.icio.us as a way of finding specific sites quickly for a particular activity. For instance, there are many websites of teachers who have written about specific games, or certain lesson plans, or some other specific pieces of information. These would be easily found when researched under the specific tag of interest. This site has lots of potential for me to grow into.

KIN 710 on Web 2.0

Gee what a great resource. There are several categories that I use regularly like the photos and real estate (Zillow is great to see house values), google maps. The categories that I don't and the areas that I know nothing about.....this is where the value of this site comes in. What is striking is how many sites that are listed here that we have used already just in this class.