Collaboration
How to use in classroom? Have students record different lines from a poem, prayer or song. Student could all be from one classroom, grade level or school. Or students could be from all over the world. Put clips together and share!
Projects by Jen - Can't say enough good things about these online, collaborative projects that are geared for PreK-6 students.
Google Apps for Education (GAFE) - 86 Interesting Ways to Use Google Forms to Support Learning & 21 Interesting Ways to Use Google Docs in the Classroom
Digital Post-It Notes: Lino & Padlet - discuss, respond & reflect, brainstorm, share, take notes, categorize, etc.
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Skype in the Classroom - In addition, follow @MysterySkype on Twitter and follow #MysterySkype.
Google+ Eduhangout Community - you can also follow #Eduhangout on Twitter, visit their webpage with lots of ideas and resources, and checkout "How to use Hangouts in the Classroom."
Content Curation - "The process of sorting through the vast amounts of content on the web and presenting it in a meaningful and organized way around a specific theme." ~ Beth Kanter
*Recommended requirements for content curation tools are that they be cross-platform (Mac & PC) and available on all devices (desktop, laptop, iPad/tablet, iPhone/Android, etc.).
Some of our current favorites:
Twitter (hashtags; professional); follow us at @debbiefuco & @jhox1
Diigo (bookmarks; professional) - debbiefuco is my Diigo user name
Pinterest (visual bookmarks; personal/professional) - Find us at debbiefuco & jhox1
Wikispaces (curating resources for professional/students)
Feedly (RSS - blogs, news, etc.; personal/professional)
Evernote (everything; I maintain both personal and professional accounts)
Weebly - easy-peasy tool for creating a great-looking website
Pocket (formerly called Read it Later) - save to, well, read it later
Blogging - Once again blogging is discussed, only this time as a collaboration tool. Check out 65 Interesting Ideas for Class Blog Posts
Google+ Eduhangout Community - you can also follow #Eduhangout on Twitter, visit their webpage with lots of ideas and resources, and checkout "How to use Hangouts in the Classroom."
Content Curation - "The process of sorting through the vast amounts of content on the web and presenting it in a meaningful and organized way around a specific theme." ~ Beth Kanter
*Recommended requirements for content curation tools are that they be cross-platform (Mac & PC) and available on all devices (desktop, laptop, iPad/tablet, iPhone/Android, etc.).
Some of our current favorites:
Twitter (hashtags; professional); follow us at @debbiefuco & @jhox1
Diigo (bookmarks; professional) - debbiefuco is my Diigo user name
Pinterest (visual bookmarks; personal/professional) - Find us at debbiefuco & jhox1
Wikispaces (curating resources for professional/students)
Feedly (RSS - blogs, news, etc.; personal/professional)
Evernote (everything; I maintain both personal and professional accounts)
Weebly - easy-peasy tool for creating a great-looking website
Pocket (formerly called Read it Later) - save to, well, read it later
Blogging - Once again blogging is discussed, only this time as a collaboration tool. Check out 65 Interesting Ideas for Class Blog Posts