I love the benefits of Facebook. Last week my father was in the hospital and I used it to post updates to my family members across the state. It was very comforting when friends would post support! I was in the hospital for most of the week and it was very convenient to post just one thought instead of having to send email. I have also used Facebook to find resources. It is a great platform to poll your friends on opinions on products or other items.
Twitter is something I haven't really delved into. I have an account and periodically someone will ask to follow me but I can not figure out why since I haven't "tweeted" about anything in over a year! I am still exploring the benefits of this resource.
I have attended a workshop where the presenter was "online" with the class and I found this to be fun! The responses were displayed on a screen behind the presenter and we all had a chance to respond or participate. Questions sparked more questions and I think this added to the presentation. However, the speaker definitely has to be comfortable with it or it could cause havoc on a presentation.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Thing #4
Uploading a video to Youtube was easy. I think this would be a terrific tool that a teacher could use to supplement instruction. I flip videoed a math teacher last year teaching long division and I could post this on a class blog so that students who needed reteaching could access this. I definitely think I will do this with my special education blog. I will record the homeroom teachers teaching concepts and then post or link the videos so that my students can easily access them when needed!
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Thing #3
Skype allows you to communicate with others and share information visually. Classes could collaborate with each other across campuses. The classes could schedule times where both classes would be available. Skype allows a visual communication where sometimes an audio explanation is not as clear. Skype also allows students to "visit" places and make contacts with other students so that they can share experiences. Skype provides the students with faces and places behind their online collaboration projects.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010
Animoto
The link is "I just made a movie in animoto". Click on that and it takes you to the video. I made this video on my iphone and then used the animoto application to send to my blog!!! Hopefully it is viewable by other people! When I click on the phrase it takes me to the animoto site.
Friday, June 25, 2010
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