Tool #6

Again, there are many wonderful tools here! 
I really like Wallwisher.  It can be used in so many ways in the classroom.  For example, it can be used at the start of the day as the children walk in with a question relevant to the previous night's homework.  Wallwisher will really engage the students in their learning.



I also like Today's Meet because it allows for there to be interaction between teacher and students while instruction is going on.  Students can post thoughts and questions as they think of them. The teacher can then come back and answer them. 

http://todaysmeet.com/DRodriguezPlace

Tool #5

The tools available to us on the internet are really awesome!  I'm so grateful to the people that create these tools and make them available for us to use.  These tools lend themselves wonderfully for instruction.  I can see using Animoto in many ways to enrich a lesson.  For example, it could be as the anticipatory set to get the children's attention.  The Animoto I created could be used to have the children guess where I am based on some of the famous sites.  Of course, for that purpose I would've included a few more recognizable sites.  These were some of my favorite pics.  :o)



I see the Wordle being used in various ways as well.  The students could create a Wordle about something they have learned and give the teacher an opportunity to check for understanding.  Here I describe my dogs and you get an idea of who they are. 

Tool #4

I see so many benefits to Google Docs.  I just created and agenda and sent it to Corky for input.  Though it's too late to work on this right now in real time, this tool will make things easier for people to collaborate.  It will cut down on the number of versions of a document that are out there.