Addition to Thing #6 After working with a student to learn Evernote I am now a fan!! And I was surprised how many of my students used it. I think for next year I will try to sell it to some of my teachers....very useful!!!
OK....as for Thing #7....I have used GoogleDocs previously however, our computers at school cause it to work sporadically. I have run into a few issues with what our district has blocked when it comes to "sharing" work. I am a huge fan of Dropbox. My district restricts the use of flashdrives and students cannot access their emails accounts so it is a battle having them work on something at home and then wanting to access it at school. SO Dropbox makes it soooo easy!! Drag, drop and save! Woo hoo!!! It took some dealings with my IT department but it works! I even got my mom on it...I save pictures of her grandchildren and she has no problem viewing them.
I took some time to look into Livebinder again too! Another great way to share and store information.
I played around with Stixy....I liked it...not sure how I would use it in the classroom. I seem to run into that with all of these tools. I think my summer will be revisiting these tools and figuring out ways to incorporate them into the classrooms...getting teachers to buy in!! I need to find some examples of how they are being used....if anyone has a good place to go let me know!
The last one I tried was Google Calendar! LOVE IT!!! I shared it with my family ...we put in our vacations, special dates, birthdays and sharing it is easy! We all have our own color so it is easy to see who is doing what at a moments notice. I could see introducing this to students when mapping out a research project...what needs to be done when and Google Calendar will send you email reminders!! LOVE THAT FEATURE!
I enjoy Evernote but was disappointed that sharing folders doesn't seem to give each person that it's shared with the ability to edit: only the creator can edit. I really wanted to share a grocery list with my husband and then when it was purchased take it off, but if we both can't do it, it's a waste.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to explore the "checklist" because I'm just that kind of girl. I'm definitely spreading the word about it and Dropbox that you also mentioned.