Now, this Web 2.2 tool has me really excited! Last school year, my third grade teammates and I applied for a grant to purchase one of those fancy remote control answering sets. Whatever the reason, we did not get the grant. I was very bummed. I think those things can be wonderful to check for understanding as you are delivering your lesson.
However, we did learn from our district that every class is going to get a number of iPads. This opens up a whole lot of web tools that we'll be able to use with our students. I was so excited that I forgot the grant we did not get for a while.
Fast forward to my ECAP work this summer and the requirement to study collaboration web tool: Here it is, this little gem of a website, which will allow me to use the iPads as I had wanted to use the clickers: PollEverywhere. it seems to perform precisely the same function I had envisioned, and it is free! What is not to love? Yeeepeee!! I will do a test run and report back once I am able to use it in my classroom.
Long live the Web!!!
Saturday, July 20, 2013
My wiki space - a collaboration of one... for now
Well, hello!
Busy busy here, trying all these fantastic Web 2.0 tools and see which ones stick... Mmm, this one seems to have some potential...
Last year at my school there was only one dual language class in each grade. Starting the new school year, with the new building we are doubling (gasp!) the student population, which means that we dual language teachers will have new teammates. I have met the new bilingual teacher, but we have not had the opportunity to start working together yet. I am full of ideas for this upcoming year, and I expect twice as many from him, being that he already has a few years of experience teaching third grade bilingual. I do want my summer break, but I am also really looking forward to start drafting my plans for next year.
As part of the assignment, I opened my wiki space over at Wikispaces - MrsAAlvarez. The purpose of this Wiki is to enable collaboration and idea sharing with my peers. I firmly believe that this job thrives on collaboration, so I'd love to see all great ideas that other teacher have to share. So, please come and post!
My experience with Toondoo
Well, Here is my first experience with digital storytelling. In all honesty, I did not feel very comfortable using this tool. I do not feel I am the artistic, creative, funny type that would make good comics.
However, I do think that my students would be excited to use it. At their age, they do not pass judgment on themselves, so they would be able to create freely.
I am willing to go ahead and give this a try in my classroom. Who knows, it might be a surprisingly engaging and productive tool!
However, I do think that my students would be excited to use it. At their age, they do not pass judgment on themselves, so they would be able to create freely.
I am willing to go ahead and give this a try in my classroom. Who knows, it might be a surprisingly engaging and productive tool!
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