We were asked to choose our favourite tool from EDUC932 so far and write about it. I am actually going to pick two different tools for two very different reasons.
For practicality and usefulness, I would without a doubt choose Google Forms. After hearing about it over the past few years, I am so glad that I was pushed to finally take the plunge and try it out. ...And her life was never the same! I did some Google searches before I made my forms to see what other teachers were using them for. I was immediately surprised by all the different purposes that they can serve for teachers. From just a quick search I found Forms being used for making rubrics, quizzes, anecdotal records, exit tickets, checking in with students, and collecting homework and contact information. After some simple adjustments to the form that I posted in a previous blog post, I been using my Forms this week to collect data during Reader’s Workshops. I am looking forward to being able to use information and patterns (such as common reading weaknesses) to inform future lessons and planning. Storybird is the second tool that I want to mention in this post. When I choose Storybird for my presentation unit in EDU932, I fully intended to introduce it to my students after summer break. However, once I started using it, I couldn’t wait to get my students onto it. My initial feeling about its awesomeness and its potential to inspire writing was confirmed by my students reaction. Within a weekend ⅓ of my class had logged in at home and started their own stories. By mid-week even some of my less participatory and excitable students were weaving stories with Storybird during their free time! In addition, I have been able to go one and comment on their work. This would work really well for the editing and revising stages.
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