I really enjoyed today’s classwork and format a lot. I enjoyed hearing
Adam’s “lectures” on the other two days but I really liked the guided
activities and then follow up discussions. I felt after leaving today I
have more technology skills then I had at 9 this morning. As much as I
enjoyed exploring some on our own the other two afternoons I felt lost.
Working today with guided assignments that our peers worked through
with us was extremely helpful to me. I also liked the idea bouncing
that happened as a result of it.
“Be Willing to Live in the Soup”
I
viewed the Google Drive link and really liked the whole idea that there
are no confusions about which document is the updates one or which
version of the document I should be viewing. I also liked the
collaborating and sharing feature. I think I would use this with Hannah
in regards to newsletters or parent updates we may be sending home. It
would also be helpful in sharing teacher generated grade level
assessments within the district. It could broaden my professional
learning community in a sense. We would meet in the “cloud”.
I
also viewed the Keep Moving Forward blog. I have heard you speak of
your work at Burr and Burton but it was nice to see a picture of your
lab and to hear some of the statistics of female participation and your
journey with your students. It made me think how nice it was for Adam
to see his student today in the restaurant working. Although moving on
is nice it can be bittersweet. Taking these courses in itself is
challenging. Ironically my 9 year old daughter started Girls on the Run
this spring when I was taking my first 1 credit graduate class. The
major message this program relays to girls is to always keep moving
forward. Interesting how parallel my daughter and my lives were this
spring.
Most importantly I viewed the Diggo Help link and was
even more impressed with the whole concept of social bookmarking. I
think this is where I will move forward from the most. It will help me
organize my classroom space, my lessons, and my mind! I am very
impressed with all the features from highlighting, tagging, and
the snapshot tool. I love that you can save things in snapshot and know they
will never disappear just because they are taken from the original
website you may have found it on. It will be liberating to purge some
of my “antique files” and store them in the “clouds”. -Aimee
I agree Aimee the diigo tools are outstanding and I am in desperate need of them. I feel like my classroom is well organized most of the time and my computer is a mess. I think this is also a goal for me to work toward. It would have such a welcomed practical use in my classroom.
ReplyDeleteI learned this earlier in the week after explaining my troubles with keeping too many tabs open because I was afraid to use my current bookmark technique that scrolled foe ten minutes until I found the last one I had marked. I must commit to actually using labels that make sense for me. Hopefully this will cut down on time searching for my favorite items.
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to exploring Diigo some more. I definitely need the organization as well. Right now I have four windows open with about eight tabs in each!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear I'm not the only kindergarten teacher who couldn't find the site I bookmarked throughout last school year! I'm hoping we all can share our resources through the Diigo site.
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