Course Management Tool

Course management tools such as D2L, Blackboard, and Moodle are taking over teachers grade books. These tools allow teachers to upload assignments, give out quizzes, do students grades and communicate. All three of these tools are very similar except D2L is geared more to college students whereas Blackboard is used in High school. The only downfall to these programs is that it can be a bit confusing to get started but in the end it saves so  much time. I love D2L because I always know what is going on in my classes and I don't need to worry about keeping a bunch of papers together. I also like seeing my grades calculated right in front of me. I think this is easier for teacher as well because all they have to do is punch in a number and the computer program calculates everything for them and there is not math and no mistakes. Programs likes these just make life easier!

ZOHO VS GOOGLE

I did not like the zoho!! I tried printing my graph about 7 times and it still didnt print. The google one was very easy, if I knew about these applications I would have not bought microsoft office, it works just as good!!

Dancing!

Dancing!
Originally uploaded by stone0206

I thought this was really cute!!

RSS feeds for teachers

RSS feeds I think would be extremely helpful in the classroom. Say for example in the classroom you follow up with currents events in the world, state, or community and by having these websites send you the news, it saves so much time rather than trying to search for them.

Trading Cars

Using trading cards in the classroom can really get students involved. For example on the first day of school the students can create one about themselves and then other students can view them. You could also use it for research, if you are presenting on famous people the student can make a card for each famous person they are researching.

Trading Card

How Web2.0 can be used in the classroom.

Web 2.0 activities such as Flickr can be used in the classroom in many ways, students can upload pictures for homework assignments and present them to the class. The teacher can post videos of how to do certain activities and when a student is at home they can log on and get help. All online tools can be very helpful in the classroom especially by using communication between the teachers and parents.