So in the time since my last blog post I've definitely been using some of these tools and not others in my own classroom... (the caveat being that we have missed the last week of school due to Sandy!)
I've become totally hooked on delicious. I've been finding awesome animations and visualizations to use in my class and tagging and sorting them on my own page. Also, as I've found other people who find my links and I started looking at their links - a great way for me to do even more exploring. I haven't yet shifted to using delicious with my students but I am pretty into it for myself!
I've concept mapped a little with my students on chart paper but I definitely haven't done it on the computer with them yet...
Using google docs to make a spreadsheet and create a graph with my students was very difficult. I think the hardest part was the varying skill levels of the students. Some kids are well versed in using computers so when I show/tell them to click on insert, some can follow easily and some can't. Additionally the biggest issue is that some students graphing skills period are not great. Students need to understand how graphs work before making one - on paper or on a computer.
Starting a Voicethread project with my kids this week ... will update with how that goes!
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