After a mini PD on using web tools in the classroom, I was able to share a DIIGO group with staff to keep them updated/provide them with all links. More efficient than email, and continual communication and collaboration. Diigo Groups
13 Tricks & Tools for 2013!! Here is the Powerpoint and cheat sheet I recently shared with my faculty. The content is based upon using different tech tools for a variety of integration. 13 Tricks and Tools for 2013 Cheat Sheet http://www.scribd.com/embeds/138717726/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll 13 Tricks & Tools for 2013 by nacafarelli http://www.scribd.com/embeds/138717747/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-236z2kq63946c90jvb6v
Loving this short animation on proper online etiquette. Short and sweet, teaches the basics in an easy to relate to way! http://www.brainpop.com/technology/computersandinternet/digitaletiquette/
I am terrible with getting papers back to students, not to mention all the time it takes! Solution: sliding folders for each student! Staples $6 sale for 25, 1 crate or 3 locker size (depending on classes). Lifesaver! Even easier if you have a student volunteer!
using DIIGO to annotate and comment… Students collaborating on classroom reading by commenting on the text and leaving comments on each other’s notes: http://diigo.com/0wcaf http://diigo.com/0wcaf
Using DiiGO to pose questions and have students annotate texts… My students have just started learning to use Diigo. I put them into groups and created accounts for them, then gave them a practice activity to install the diigolet and use the search tool. Now, for active reading, I am using an eText and DIIGO’s … More DiiGo and Annotation
Interactive Web Wall on an Interactive Whiteboard… Oh the Possibilities! http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=122138 Link to the wall… 2012: The Legacy Lives On!
Tweet out links to their work to the site/tool providers! Nicole A. Cafarelli @MsCafarelli @storyjumper check out how my #english12 seniors used storyjumper to write owner’s manuals!http://cafsclass.wikispaces.com/Process+Manuals
I’m having students practice persuasive writing and college & career readiness using storify. Since it is the end of the year, and students are always more interested in that last “bonus opportunity,” I’m experimenting with the idea first as just an optional bonus assignment. Depending on how it goes will determine how I use it next … More A New Bonus Opportunity w/ Storify!
My students recently wrote sonnets as part of our Shakespeare preparation. After studying and analyzing some of Shakespeare’s, they took a crack at writing their own. After students finished, I had them use the web tool storybird to make their own sonnet books!Storybird is great, it let me make student accounts under my own name… or … More Storybird Sonnets
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