Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Reflection

I think summer camp 2.0 was excellent! Here's what I took away from this experience: 1. An overview of web tools to use in the classroom 2. freedom to explore them to the extent I felt comfortable with and had time for 3. a stress free environment in which to do the work (summer, my own home) I still need help with a few of the items 1. Sharing my google doc on my blog 2. embedding shelfari on my website Struggles I will try to fit in a few more responses to people's work, but I did not always find the time to post my thoughts about classmates' assignments. I feel that this experience was valuable, and I got what I wanted out of it. My hope is that the Summer Camp 2.0 instructors will leave their blog up as it is so that I can revert back to tutorials and ideas for instruction as the year progresses.

Poll Everywhere

Fun!!!

Shelfari

This will be a great tool for the classroom! Since all students will have gmail accounts, it will be really convenient. http://www.shelfari.com/o1514846236 I don't understand how to embed it on my website, though. I would like some help with that.

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Google Form

I love knowing how to use this - easy and a great tool for the classroom!

piktochart

I really enjoyed creating a piktochart, and I plan to collaborate with my partners, improve this chart, and use it in our period 8 class.

Spicynodes

Spicynodes : Try it: Preview nodes I am losing track of my many passwords, so I decided to do the preview option for spicynodes. I love this site!!! It will work so great for research and our gardening class. I have a meeting with my partners on the 16th, and we will be making some lesson plans for the garden class. I definitely want to show them this site.

Quizlet

literary terms Quizlet is so easy to use. I could easily embed little quizzes and study guides on my website for students to use if they have extra time in class.