I used a site about Web 2.0 tools from Barbs delicious account lists and decided to focus on mobile tools since I think that is something that would benefit the most teachers and students at this time and possibly for a while into the future.
I was only able to get to one of the links out of four. One link was "retired" this year do to lack of need for it since the tools are available in most phones now.
Classroom Response System (CRS) are sometimes referred to as "clickers".
We have clickers in our district. One teacher has been using them for several years, she teaches math courses. I have not had the chance to see them in action.
"Know what your students are thinking and learning right now.Bringing interactive social assessment to every classroom is now possible and affordable. Using Poll Everywhere in your school or university, you can increase teaching effectiveness without breaking the bank."
- Encourage risk-taking with anonymous student responses
- Elicit diverse opinions when there isn't a correct answer
- Expose social misconceptions
- Gauge student comprehension of material immediately
- Grab students with thought-provoking opening questions
- Allow students to provide instructor feedback
- Automate taking attendance
- Assess last night's reading with a quick quiz
- Strengthen retention
- Utilize its capabilities outside the classroom for professional development, student-run presentations, talent shows, battle of the bands, company presentations, student government, or community forums.
This site http://www.go2web20.net/app/?a=voice_on_the_go is one that could save lives. “Listen to email and compose email and SMS by voice…” The “eyes free” access to these programs sounds great. According to our text on page 79 “non linear” learning that is available as a result of the internet and our access to more indepth information on a specific topic, exactly what we are doing here.
To see a video go to this site.
Google voice utube can be found at this site.
I tried to get google voice on my phone last night but I am not quite there yet.
Hopefully I will get it figured out by tonight.
My husband and I just purchased an iPad2. We have not been able to use it much because when our granddaughter sees it she thinks it is for her. She is 22 months old and is learning how to use it. Hopefully she will get tired of it so we can play with it too.
Easy books sounds like a good site for business classes but so do most of these sites. I look forward to really checking them out.
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