Sunday, October 23, 2011

Shelfari, Big Huge Labs, Jing...

I found the tools that I explored very interesting.   I think that using Shelfari would be a quick way to keep up with the ever increasing amount of books that are available for professional development.  I loved that you could see what others were reading, or have read already.

Big Huge Labs was a fun site to explore.  I though this website would be great when planning class celebrations, or when shopping for gifts for family members.  I like the idea of being able to create puzzles with custom designs.  I think this could be helpful in many content, and non-content areas.

Jing is a tool that I could see being using by me as a teacher, and also by students.  Since it is a program that has to be downloaded, it would have to be done at school in small groups; however, I think this tool could be used in student presentations.  Students could work in small groups, or with the teacher to select information or videos to be included in a presentation, or project.  I would not use this tool with my entire class.  This would be a tool that would be reserved for extension or enrichment activities with my higher reading groups.

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