My plan of attack for next school year is going to be "taking baby steps." I would like to try a few of the things that I have learned with my AP biology class. Typically, they have access to the internet at home, and they are motivated students. I am definitely going to publish more of their work and have them collaborate.
I plan to share what I have learned with the other members of my science department. I want to get others involved in social bookmarking. We have a fairly young science staff, so I am sure that some of them are very aware of the amazing technology opportunities.
I would still like to know more about other applications such as Twitter and Skype. I guess I should be signing up for "13 MORE Things." However, to fully understand and appreciate the information from "11 Things," I will probably wait a little while before doing that.
I hope to stay in touch through my feeds on bloglines. I am off to Hocking Hills tomorrow, so I will do some more reflection (and rehashing of all I have learned) when I return. Thanks for a great class...it was very worthwhile, and I have learned so much!
Thursday, July 22, 2010
THING 9 Part 2
I think SlideShare could be very useful in my classroom. The easiest way to begin using it would be searching for particular biology topics and sharing interesting PowerPoints with my students. I hope that I will also be able to share my students' PowerPoints as well. My biggest concerns with it will be privacy and accessibility.
THING 8
Google docs is yet another exciting way to collaborate with colleagues. There are several biology teachers in my building, and we all like to put our own spin on a lesson. How great would it be for all of us to share our documents and be able to edit as needed? It would also be great for my AP biology students to share data and results from their experiments with other AP biology classes. It is clearly an advantage to be able to have all of your documents and presentations in one place. I often find myself wondering when and where I saved a particular document. The biggest disadvantage I see is accessibility. Not everyone has internet access at their fingertips.
THING 7
Wow...how did I not know that social bookmarking existed? What an amazing way to share resources with your colleagues! I can certainly envision many practical applications of this "thing." I can't wait for our first science department meeting so I can share this with my colleagues. Just being able to consolidate all of my great websites is amazing...I currently have "My Favorites" on three different computers.
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