Thing #13 Online Interactive Learning Tools

Okinawan coastline

1.) Once again, I get lost in 21Thingsland--and instead of efficiently honing in on a spot, taking a screen shot and moving on, I spent an hour trying to find a specific Budhist temple and dojo in Japan! I changed my mind figuring I could go about this assignment quicker and went to the Vatican because we plan to go there some day--then I went back and took a screenshot of Okinawa because that will be my first retirement trip in a few years--my husband has studied Goju Ryu karate for years and wants to go to it's birthplace. There is also Budhist temple on Mt. Karamu that we would like to see because it is the home of a teacher we respect.

2.)  Here is a place that has become very near and dear to me in the last few years--my middle son lives in San Francisco and we stay at this vacation rental when we visit him. A couple from Washington owns the apartments and rents them weekly. It is right in the bustling Sunset neighborhood and we live and shop and catch the BART just like real city people. Considering the price of hotels in SF it is a deal and the apartment is cute as a button. This is my advert for VacationRentals.com  A couple times a year 1257 9th Ave. is our home away from home.

3.) I used Quizlet for flashcards for Lord of the Flies, the next novel we'll read in ELA 11 at CPHS. I am going to email my colleagues this resource first thing Monday--I LOVE this resource. I especially appreciate some of the ready made resources that are available. Quizlet will be a great fit for my Moodle lessons (next hurdle in my tech life is to create these lessons that you've used for 21 Things--they are SO much better organized, I think, than even the book resource.) I can't wait to add some of this stuff. My biggest gripe is that I'm so busy with daily teaching tasks I can't seem to incorporate all these ideas. I feel like my brain is a sieve--I keep working through the modules, but I've got ideas leaking out all over. Frustrating. You didn't ask for a screen shot of the Quizlet, but this is what I found.