Went to the European League of Middle Level Educators (ELMLE) Conference in Paris last weekend, and my brain is overflowing with seemingly awesome new ideas. But I'm in a place right now where I'm not exactly sure how to use them all in my 6th & 7th grade math classes...so I'm just throwing all the ideas out there for the kids to play with, and hopefully some of these new ideas will stick. Here are a few...
Ning - This is a social networking site (similar to Facebook in layout) where you invite "friends" to collaborate with you in various projects. On the recommendation of Alan November (novemberlearning.com), a developmental psychologist and education professor, I created Nings for each of my 4 middle school math classes with the intent of creating and sharing content on our site. Just threw them out there to see how they react...here's hoping for some positive results over the next few weeks...
Jing - jingproject.com offers a free download of screencast software that can be used to create instant "vodcasts" of work created in classrooms. Hopefully I'll get clearance to download this app onto our school computers. I see big possibilities with this tool...
Google docs - I was familiar prior to the concert, but had only used it for personal stuff (mostly sharing football stats with friends...), but I've learned tons of possibilities for using this collaborative tool in education...again, we'll see how willing some colleagues are to implement this into our practices.
Tons more ideas, but I'm tired from staying up until 4am watching the Steelers win the Super Bowl, so I'm going to bed. More to come...
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Thats a pretty neat idea! The days of forgetting to bring home your homework assignments are over i suppose.
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