Where I am now.....

Now that I have come to the end of my journey, I have discovered that it really isn't it end....yet it's more of a new beginning.....I have come to understand that the world of technology allows us to connect with others, it allows us to embrace creativity and collaboration, and it is a never ending source of learning. There is so much out there to learn and to explore---I found out that my journey through the digital world is just beginning!

Xtranormal Village

Eleventh Stop:

Xtranormal Village

Right as I was about to head home down Blogger Lane and head back to innovation3.wikispace (My all-so-familar Wiki Wonderland), I decided to take one more stop at Xtranormal Village. One of my colleagues asked if I had a chance to look at Xtranormal. That night, I created an account, and experimented with the video technology. It is truly a FUN site to use and it's a site where students could really embrace their creative side---this is definitely a website that would be fun to use with students---they'd get a real kick out of it, just as I did!

I created a video that is more at the "beginner level," but I'll try to share it here:

Prezi Street

Tenth Stop:

Prezi Street

Being one of my later stops on my journey, I had to take a detour to get here. I intended on trying to experiment with Prezi and use it for my learning summary. After experimenting, exploring, and watching tutorials, I decided to get back onto a familiar road---the road of BLOGGER.

http://prezi.com/

Illumination Road

Ninth Stop:

Illumination Road

Along my journey, I stopped at our on-line class and traveled down Illumination Road. While attending the class and using Illumination, I came across quite a few obstacles with my colleagues. We ran into a few technical difficulties, such as having trouble using the microphone and having some difficulty viewing some of the sites, such as animoto and youtube. Although it may be a bumpy road, it's always a new learning experience!

Animoto Avenue

Eighth Stop:
Animoto Avenue

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

When I got to the end of Wordle Way, I took a quick turn onto Animoto Avenue---another really FUN website to explore. Again, I found out that this was a website that I could not access from all computers. I was able to sign up for the site but could not use the website due to the need for additional programs (Flash player). I was, however, able to explore this website and create videos from my home computer. I also learned how to post Animoto videos to my blog. Although these were short 30 second videos, I thought it was a fun website to use!
http://animoto.com/

Wordle Way

Seventh Stop:
Wordle Way



While traveling through Wordle Way, I made some interesting discoveries on my journey. I found out that Wordle could not be unloaded on some computers due to a blocked firewall. Not wanting to attempt to disable anything on school computers that I wouldn't be able to "put back the way I found it," I decided to make my Wordles on my home computer only.


I found the Wordle website to be a lot of fun. I enjoyed making various Wordles about school, holidays, and "just for fun." I learned how to post Wordles to my blog so that they can be shared, as well. This another tool I would like to re-visit and, perhaps, have my students make Wordles of their own---I think they'd really have a lot of fun with this tool!
http://www.wordle.net/

Blogger Lane

Sixth Stop:

Blogger
This was probably my favorite street to travel down during my journey through the digital world. This is most definitely a site that I would re-visit, create new blogs, explore other blogs, and publish various posts. I found this site to be very user-friendly and directions were easy to follow.

https://www.blogger.com/start

Wiki Wonderland

Fifth Stop:

After hours and hours on my journey, I realized I never really left the town of Innovation3.wikispaces.com. I was constantly checking back on this this Wiki wonderland, learning new information, and accessing new websites that I didn't even know existed.



http://innovation3.wikispaces.com/



At times, I felt like I was on a never ending journey. In a way, I think I was right. The world of technology is never ending. There are endless possibilities for learning, sharing, collaborating, and communicating with others.

Chatzy Circle

Fourth Stop:

Chatzy Circle

As I began to find my way back through my journey of the digital world, I spent some time on Chatzy Circle....feeling quite confident using this tool, I regularly referred back to it when I ran into a roadblock. I found Chatzy to be a very user-friendly tool. I frequently checked Chatzy to ask and answer questions that had been posted. I enjoyed my frequent visits around Chatzy Circle.

http://www.chatzy.com/

Diigo Boulevard

Third Stop: Diigo

As I was traveling down Diigo Boulevard was where my journey began to get confusing. My road maps were beginning to get hard to read and I began to feel a bit overwhelmed. I signed up for Diigo and began to experiment with the research tool. I found out that it's a bookmarking tool to label important information found on the worldwide web.

http://www.diigo.com/

Ning Avenue

Second Stop: Ning

I began by opening up a "Ning" account. Thinking it looked a lot like facebook and myspace, I decided to look up some information on it. Low and behold, I found out that it was, indeed, much like these two social networking sites.

http://http://www.ning.com/

As explained by Wikipedia....
Ning is an online platform for people to create their own social networks, launched in October 2005. Ning was co-founded by Marc Andreessen and Gina Bianchini. Ning is Andreessen's third company (after Netscape and Opsware).
The word "Ning" is Chinese for "peace."

Twitter Terrace

First Stop:

Twitter....with all those tweets and followers....I found it a little hard to keep up....I began to realize what a high-paced world of technology we have become.

http://twitter.com/

Where the Digital Journey Began

It all began with much little knowledge of the wide world of technology....

And the Journey Begins.....

I started off the trip with some knowledge of facebook, google, and the basics of how to email, and create word documents.....

Certainly, no computer genius or google guru by any means....

The The C's of 21st Century Skills began my journey full of

many obstacles to overcome, roadblocks, and finally successes....

After many road maps, confusing wrong turns that my GPS took me on--like a wild goose chase, it seemed at times.....I finally made it to my destination!!!