Thing #10

I created this cartoon, based on a joke with a co-worker. I used comic strip generator but next time will use my own photos (however I don't have many on my SBISD lap top). I know several teachers who have done this with their students. As a speech pathologist this could be used in a variety of ways, it could be used with self pictures for reinforcement and specific learning, this could be used as a part of a daily schedule or a personalized way to learn a self help skill. Also you could do personalized articulation cards. The kicker is having the time to do this with the students, I would need to practice more first!

Thing #9

I started out by searching through my own favorites list and found several sites to link to my google reader. I wound up searching more sites and spending time doing that and then linking them to my google reader. I think I worked through this backwards but it worked for me because I only looked at limited sites. The search tools that I reviewed were fine, some were too broad for me. Overall Google was easiest.

Thing #8

Well, I thought the Google Reader was impressive. It could be a great resource for teachers, possibly narrowing searches and saving 'surf time'. I however was not very selective in creating mine and therefore will not be sharing it. It seems to me that you would need to be selective in your subscriptions and that for this to be a time saver there would need to be more front loading time in the Google Reader creating then I did. I would think that educators could create a Reader for specific study topics, such as the Civil War, a specfic country, etc. For me as a special educator I could have a Reader designed to keep me in touch with research based studies and parent support groups.

Thing #7

I reviewed all of the various Google links. The one I enjoyed the most was Google Scholar. This search engine would be great to use for article research on a specific speech/language topic, such as articulation development. For me, the Google Scholar would be an excellent resource for evidence based practice. I was not impressed withPicasa after loving Flickr. A family favorite was iGoogle. My daughter has her own email address and profile on the family computer, so she helped me create her own home page - what fun!

Thing #6

Here is the very basic playing card I did. The text says, "The CHILDREN are standing."

Thing #6

I played around with Trading Card maker, this was fun and my nine year old told me how some of her friends used it for a class project about animals. In terms of use for therapy I thought it would be great for personalized articulation cards. This could also be used for emotions and pragmatics skills with kids on the Autism spectrum

Thing #5

I found this picture in Flickr and loved it! Right now I can relate, it seems to be about poor and proficient communication all at the same time. I thought Fickr was great however the amount of material was overwhelming. I did get better at navigating but was constantly amazed by the organizaiton, the tags, etc

Thing #4

I have sent my info onto the team captains and hope that I am on my way.

Thing #3

I have now created an avatar and so far that has been the hardest, but I did it and am proud that I stuck with it!

Thing #3

I have created a BLOG and decided to help with motivation and life long learning that mine would have a professional twist. My idea is to start to create a BLOG to be used by fellow speech language pathologists in our school district. My goal at this time is to create links and information related to the speech language pathology profession, public school, and SBISD.

Thing #2

I have now read the 7 1/2 things and have decided the easiest for me is: accepting responsibility for my learning and the hardest for me is: using technology to my advantage. With that in mind I forged ahead to Thing #3 to create a BLOG, yeah!