What an adventure we were on during our first F2F session! I came in a little nervous as I wasn’t sure what exactly to expect but was blown away by the energy that this group had! Very engaging PowerPoint which incorporated a variety of tools which I could take away and use immediately. The first F2F opened the doors to network with others as well as learn how to use our toolkit.<\/p>\n
Twitter \u2013 As others mentioned, there is a whole other side to twitter which I didn’t know existed and how it can be incorporated into the classroom. We learned about call outs (@) and keywords (#). Truth be told, I didn’t know there was a difference. \u00a0We also got a chance to try an activity out with twitter where we created a \u201cbackdoor\u201d conversation during a video and got insight into the strengths and struggles that come with this concept. I\u2019d be interested to see a video on this being done in the classroom.<\/p>\n
Google Apps \u2013 A powerhouse tool which has blown me away with all the features it has. Coming into this, I knew of Google Docs and how students can communicate in real-time despite physical locations but I am inspired to look more into this platform and find out more about the many plug-ins I can enable and maybe why I would want a plug-in J<\/p>\n
Diigo \u2013 An awesome bookmarking site! Although I had never heard of Diigo, after the group discussion, I learned about a few applications for this tool and how others are using it as a place for students to post websites for projects \u2013 very clever idea with so much potential. This enables students to work collaboratively together and share resources while allowing feedback on the types of resources they \u00a0find. The other idea I liked was using this tool as a potential search engine. It not only eliminates advertisements and top hits but gives you sites which have been bookmarked (liked) and the number of times.<\/p>\n
Finally, we learned about two tools \u2013 poll everywhere and socrative and how we could potentially use these in the classroom. Cohort 21 is a wonderful idea to bring schools together, learn new tools all awhile enabling everyone to experiment with the tools and work collaboratively together.<\/p>\n
I am flooded with ideas on how to integrate these tools into the classroom and rather eager\/giddy to try them out but find myself wondering how far to dive into each tool with the students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What an adventure we were on during our first F2F session! I came in a little nervous as I wasn’t sure what exactly to expect but was blown away by the energy that this group had! Very engaging PowerPoint which … Continue reading