I was unaware of most of these resources. I tend to stay with what I know and stick with it! I am a very organized person and have at least three calendars I work from on a weekly basis. (My personal calendar, my school calendar and a family calendar that affects everyone in my household.) This being said, I like how organized the Google calendar was. It had a place where you could share calendars as well. If you were working with a sister classroom, sharing calendars might be convenient to keep information out in the open that is relevant to both classrooms.
I also think the Google Translate is a wonderful resource for students that have a different first language other than English. It would be a great way to make that particular student feel welcomed and embraced in a new school.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Thing #11
I use Google for just about ... EVERYTHING. So, it wasn't much of a surprise when the Google blog search was the easiest to use! I could simply type in the material that I wanted and it was as easy as that. The easiest method to finding feeds was, once I was on the page that had the needed information... the RSS symbol was easy to find and you just needed to subscribe to it. Topix.net wasn't necessarily confusing but I didn't like that you had to sign into it. I feel like taking the time to log in isn't necessary. A useful feed I found was Teacher Tom, it provided good resources for teachers to learn from.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Thing #10
The RSS and newsreaders are incredibly convenient because it allows me to directly receive updates about any information I desire, and I can do so at a click of a button. This makes my work life much more convenient because it allows me to get updates from other teachers about breakthroughs they may have had, and learn about certain cases that could help me. Personally, I could use RSS to give me information on things that could keep me motivated. I would be able to access everything from comics, to uplifting and spiritual messages, to keep me going or make me smile one harder days. RSS and newsreaders make it possible to bring people together from all over the world to learn from each others experiences and become better teachers.
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