Some of the things I create

I have been so impressed by the creativity seen in the One World One Heart blogs that I have been visiting. I love to create but rarely sell anything I make- usually I create for family or friends. But I thought I should showcase some of the recent items that I have made. I knit felted hand bags and totes, jewelry, bead and button creations, and rag quilts.

Under Construction

I have been changing my blog-bit by bit. Its like anything else computer related...takes a lot more time than you think it will. I changed the "baglady" name to a new name"Nancy's Perspective". And I added some new things like a background and a header. Its fun if you can spend the time on it.

blog hopping

I have been visiting lots of blogs these past few days that are part of the One World One Heart project. I am excited to see all the creative things that people are doing and making (and giving away). But I see that I need to spend some more time with my blog. It started as part of my educational side of my life but I spend all of my free time creating- I would like to either start a new one for the creating side, or "beef up" this one. I am inspired!

new year, new me

I haven't posted in a long time but I'm back.

Thing 23- Reflection

Reflecting on my Journey---I thought I knew quite a bit about Web 2.0 but I guess the biggest "thing" that I learned was that you can always learn more, lots more. I am teaching classes to other educators so I have incorporated many of the websites and ideas into the things I am teaching over on the west side of the state. I had some favorite "things" that I really enjoyed and have incorporated into my daily life, like RSS feeds. I had no idea how useful they would become to me. Many of the tools we learned about were fun and will be fun to further explore this summer. I signed up for the MITS conference in June so I hope to learn more about how to incorporate 21st century learning into the classroom.

I want to thank you for this wonderful learning experience. It was very well done and easy to follow. As a person who offers trainings to teachers, I commend your organization and ease of use. It was very helpful and FUN! Thank-you!

Thing 22-embedding video

I've embedded a video that I like to show teachers to increase awareness of Web 2.0 and using the internet in classrooms. I know there are several similar ones on the web that have the same message, but I like this one because it is all school aged kids with handwritten messages. I think it makes a bigger impact than just reading the words typed on the screen. Enjoy!

Thing 21-YouTube

YouTube is an addictive site where a person could spend a lot of time. I think there are many useful videos for teacher on YouTube and TeacherTube but you have to hunt for them. Its easy to get distracted and clicking on links to different clips and forget what you were initially looking for. Surprisingly, YouTube is not banned in my school district. One of my fifth grade students wanted to show me a harry potter clip so he accessed it. I hadn't checked before that. Amazing!