Hi,
so I've chosen three blogs to follow. The first one, Digitally Yours, is a blog written by Adele Raemer who seems to be extremely professional in using Google tools in English classes. For example, her recent post about using the function "Copy Document" on Googledoc really impresses. She made a video with thorough explanations so that anyone could understand this tricky thing. She lives in Israel, as we can see, and it was another reason to choose her blog among others. She mentions so many new things for me, so I think I will certainly use all this in my class, but it will take some time to practice it and remember. The second blog, Technology Tailgate, is a network of technology blogs. Their recent posts are devoted to Flipgrid (never heard of this before). It is a resource designed to promote open discussion between all students within your classroom. Teachers post topics, videos, or links for discussions and students respond to the prompt and to each other with short video reflections. I scrolled the blog and found it very attractive not only as a teacher of English but also as a mom of two kids. I wish I had enough time for all that :)The third blog, Free Technology for Teachers, written by Richard Byrne. This blog provides a treasure trove of information for teachers about free web-based applications and how to use it for enhancing the educational process. The most recent post here is devoted to the project Google Arts and Culture with the idea to make important cultural materials more available and accessible to people from around the world and to digitally preserve these materials to educate and inspire future generations. Putting it short and simple, it's a kind of virtual tour, where people could walk through museums from all over the world without visiting it.
so I've chosen three blogs to follow. The first one, Digitally Yours, is a blog written by Adele Raemer who seems to be extremely professional in using Google tools in English classes. For example, her recent post about using the function "Copy Document" on Googledoc really impresses. She made a video with thorough explanations so that anyone could understand this tricky thing. She lives in Israel, as we can see, and it was another reason to choose her blog among others. She mentions so many new things for me, so I think I will certainly use all this in my class, but it will take some time to practice it and remember. The second blog, Technology Tailgate, is a network of technology blogs. Their recent posts are devoted to Flipgrid (never heard of this before). It is a resource designed to promote open discussion between all students within your classroom. Teachers post topics, videos, or links for discussions and students respond to the prompt and to each other with short video reflections. I scrolled the blog and found it very attractive not only as a teacher of English but also as a mom of two kids. I wish I had enough time for all that :)The third blog, Free Technology for Teachers, written by Richard Byrne. This blog provides a treasure trove of information for teachers about free web-based applications and how to use it for enhancing the educational process. The most recent post here is devoted to the project Google Arts and Culture with the idea to make important cultural materials more available and accessible to people from around the world and to digitally preserve these materials to educate and inspire future generations. Putting it short and simple, it's a kind of virtual tour, where people could walk through museums from all over the world without visiting it.
So, these were the most recent posts in the blogs that I am following.
Stay tuned!
Hi, Dikla, thank you for commenting. I did not quite understand what your question was about, but I used the word "tricky" to emphasize the novelty of the subject to me personally.
ReplyDeleteHow do you use Flipgrid for tests? I mean technically. Where do you teach? Middle/high school?
Hi Fani, thanks for shading light on these posts. While I too read some of them, I did not read others and you have sparked my interest. Thanks, Uri
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