Google

Google
Having an online belt of tools will be very helpful as a teacher. It is still a new idea to have everything go paper less, but it is looking more and more tangible. An online site for my class to interactive with each other would be a wonderful modern approach to learning. Technology is so engaging to students who are already very comfortable using it.
The Google calendar will be so handily once I get the hang of using it. The calendar has so many possibilities with being able to print or e-mail or just have the students look up online.
I can see Google Doc as being a great way for my colleagues and me to “get on the same page.” How nice to be able to work on the paper without having to meet together and coordinate schedules. Google Doc could also be used as a fun filled group assignment for students to do outside of class.
Taping into Google’s resources is that it’s FREE. It doesn’t cost the school anything. Google is very user friendly, colorful, and has a wide range of things you can do. On the other hand Google is not a certified school site like UEN. With all technology not everyone has access to it, although most do. As a teacher I would have to plan on having a backup plan for when severs go down.
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Dr. Deuy Fractions is not my style of music, but I won’t be able to get it out of my head. I can see it being a great tool to learn about fractions. I was rather bad a fractions as student maybe this would have helped.
Introducing web 2.0 has some nice definition of what terms mean. It would have been even better if they would have shown what they look like rather than just logos. I feel like a dinosaur not knowing what some of those terms mean and look like.