Diigo: I like the idea of being able to create or insert comments, highlights and sticky notes directly onto web pages. What a great way to offer step-by-step instruction, or to encourage discussion and questions about the content. I wonder what would happen to those pages should you change computers. Do they save automatically to your account, or does the 'master' copy have to be 'edited' on the computer you are using. I have yet to open a page I modified on another computer, but am interested in trying tomorrow to see what happens if you log into your account on another computer. One of my initial questions was how students log on if they do not have an e-mail address, but that was answered in the video. I am a little confused as to how to create groups, without students e-mail addresses. Do they all have to create an account? Do they share an account? Once again, I think this will just require a little exploration, on at least two computers. Regardless I like this site for setting up websites or articles that I plan on reading with my students. Since we don't have laptops available for student use, I would primarily use this to prepare and modify content that I am sharing with the whole class during lessons.
Little Bird Tales: The video noted that there is a long lead time before the 'Tale' begins, but I think that the use of images would allow us to ask students to predict what this tale will be about or think of their own stories. As I was on the site playing, I thought that it would be a great idea to combine Little Bird Tales and Diigo and use both simultaneously. Out of all of the sites, I found this one to be the most appealing. It would be hard to create individual tales for all of the students in my class, but I do think that it would be great to use with students that need extra support or are English Language Learners. Since my students don't have tablets, I would maybe ask them to think of a story beforehand so that images can be downloaded previous to the meeting that they could then choose from. Or their own drawings could be uploaded and used. I really liked that the stories could be embedded to other sites. This allows for sharing to be done with even more ease.
Stixy: I would use this site more for planning and sharing information or ideas, rather than as an instructional tool. It could be a great outlet to create a site for parents and students to visit and leave notes or comments, although I wonder about the visibility and challenges in keeping track of all the notes. I picture it being a place for a parent to post a quick question and then the teacher can post a quick answer. Then the information is there for others to also refer to. It can be used for class announcements or suggestions as well.
Popplet: This was a cool way to present information and to show connections, that also allows for comments and questions, but I'm not sure that my fourth graders would benefit greatly from this site. I have to really think about when and in what context I would use this.
Voice Thread: This site and program is pretty incredible. I like their commitment to universal access. It is a great way to facilitate discussion, critiques, debates, presentations. I also think it can be used as a tool for fluency and for focusing on how to improve our ability to read fluency which is critical for comprehension.
Prezi: This program can be used to present information or to collaborate with others. I like that it gives more flexibility than your standard powerpoint. The zoom feature makes it much easier to easily highlight important information or tasks.
Titan Pad: Very similar to google docs, as long as you remember (in both) to select colors. We use Google docs frequently at my school during meetings or after meetings to comment on meeting notes, pose new questions, request modifications to the agenda, etc. This type of document is pretty incredible in general. Titan Pad seems to offer the same great benefits, but I think it would be hard to leave Google Docs as that has already become my primary, go-to site for sharing documents. I did like the timed aspect of Titan Pad though.
Little Bird Tales: The video noted that there is a long lead time before the 'Tale' begins, but I think that the use of images would allow us to ask students to predict what this tale will be about or think of their own stories. As I was on the site playing, I thought that it would be a great idea to combine Little Bird Tales and Diigo and use both simultaneously. Out of all of the sites, I found this one to be the most appealing. It would be hard to create individual tales for all of the students in my class, but I do think that it would be great to use with students that need extra support or are English Language Learners. Since my students don't have tablets, I would maybe ask them to think of a story beforehand so that images can be downloaded previous to the meeting that they could then choose from. Or their own drawings could be uploaded and used. I really liked that the stories could be embedded to other sites. This allows for sharing to be done with even more ease.
Stixy: I would use this site more for planning and sharing information or ideas, rather than as an instructional tool. It could be a great outlet to create a site for parents and students to visit and leave notes or comments, although I wonder about the visibility and challenges in keeping track of all the notes. I picture it being a place for a parent to post a quick question and then the teacher can post a quick answer. Then the information is there for others to also refer to. It can be used for class announcements or suggestions as well.
Popplet: This was a cool way to present information and to show connections, that also allows for comments and questions, but I'm not sure that my fourth graders would benefit greatly from this site. I have to really think about when and in what context I would use this.
Voice Thread: This site and program is pretty incredible. I like their commitment to universal access. It is a great way to facilitate discussion, critiques, debates, presentations. I also think it can be used as a tool for fluency and for focusing on how to improve our ability to read fluency which is critical for comprehension.
Prezi: This program can be used to present information or to collaborate with others. I like that it gives more flexibility than your standard powerpoint. The zoom feature makes it much easier to easily highlight important information or tasks.
Titan Pad: Very similar to google docs, as long as you remember (in both) to select colors. We use Google docs frequently at my school during meetings or after meetings to comment on meeting notes, pose new questions, request modifications to the agenda, etc. This type of document is pretty incredible in general. Titan Pad seems to offer the same great benefits, but I think it would be hard to leave Google Docs as that has already become my primary, go-to site for sharing documents. I did like the timed aspect of Titan Pad though.
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